This is a practice exam I made myself using the literature and lecture slides from week 1 u/I 7. I did not add week 8 as most of it was self explanatory and already included or mentioned in the other weeks.
It is a good way to test your knowledge with 35 varied multiple-choice questions in total.
1.What did Selye discover in his experiment in which he injected rats with ovarian extract?
A) The stress-response is similar even when facing various different threats and can be
dangerous in the long-term
B) The extent to which our homeostasis is out of balance depends on whether the threat we
are facing is mental or physical
C) Enlarged adrenal glands are a product of stress hormones only when a threat is expected
beforehand
D) The stress-response of the body can be very different depending on the threat our
homeostatic balance is facing
2.What is not a reason for why a stress-response can become harmful in itself in the
long-term?
A) If you constantly mobilize energy, you will never store a surplus
B) A long-term stress response also means prolonged suppression of immune activity
C) The class of hormones secreted during stress can damage certain brain systems
D) The storage of hormones secreted during stress can get depleted in the long-term
3.What causes the secretion of epinephrine?
A) Activation of your sympathetic nerve endings in your pituitary
B) Activation of your sympathetic nerve endings in your adrenal glands
C) Activation of your parasympathetic nerve endings in your pituitary
D) Activation of your parasympathetic nerve endings in your adrenal glands
4. What is the correct order in which peripheral glands are activated for secretion?
A) Hypothalamus → Pituitary → Peripheral glands
B) Pituitary → Hypothalamus → Peripheral glands
C) Hypothalamus → Adrenal gland → Peripheral gland
D) Pituitary → Adrenal gland → Peripheral gland
5. What is the difference between epinephrine and glucocorticoids?
A) Epinephrine is concentrated in the sympathetic nervous system, whereas glucocorticoid is
concentrated in the parasympathetic nervous system
, B) Epinephrine is concentrated in the parasympathetic nervous system, whereas
glucocorticoid is concentrated in the sympathetic nervous system
C) Epinephrine acts within seconds, whereas glucocorticoids act in the long term
D) Glucocorticoid acts within seconds, whereas epinephrine acts in the long-term
6.What may be the ‘tend-and-befriend’ hormone?
A) Prolactin
B) Oxytocin
C) Estrogen
D) None of the above
7. What is not something that happens when your cardiovascular system is activated?
A) Your veins become more rigid
B) Decrease in blood flow to your skin
C) Reabsorption of water in your kidneys to the circulatory system
D) Your arteries become more rigid
8. How can stress promote plaque formation in your blood vessels
A) Increasing the likelihood that crud sticks to inflamed injury site
B) Increasing the amount of crud that circulates in your circulatory system
C) It cannot actually promote plaque formation
9. What is not a stresser dimension?
A) Adversity
B) Intensity
C) Uncontrollability
D) Duration
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