Indiana State Jurisprudence Test
Study Guide for Health Facility
Administrators
1. _________ is dependent not only on the temperature, but also on the amount of
substance available.
A) Condensation
B) Evaporation
C) Freezing
D) Melting
Answer: B) Evaporation
2. A person is diagnosed as having acidosis, a condition in which the blood pH is
below 7.45. What does the doctor most likely conclude?
A) Too much oxygen is found in the blood
B) Too little carbon dioxide is found in the blood
C) Too much carbon dioxide is found in the blood
D) The blood is too alkaline
Answer: C) Too much carbon dioxide is found in the blood
3. A researcher notices a positive correlation between the height of a plant and
nutrient concentration over time. Based on this observation, what conclusion does he
reach?
A) When the amount of nutrients available to the plant increases, its height also
increases
B) Plant height is independent of nutrient concentration
C) When nutrients decrease, plant height increases
D) Temperature is the only factor affecting plant height
Indiana State Jurisprudence Test Study Guide for Health Facility Administrators
,Answer: A) When the amount of nutrients available to the plant increases, its height
also increases
4. A spoonful of sugar is added to a hot cup of tea. All the sugar dissolves. How can
the resulting solution be described? A) Saturated and heterogeneous
B) Supersaturated and homogeneous
C) Unsaturated and homogeneous
D) Unsaturated and heterogeneous
Answer: C) Unsaturated and homogeneous
5. A student notices a pattern of stripes on five tigers. Each of the five tigers has the
same stripe pattern. Using his inductive reasoning, what does he logically assume
based on this information?
A) All tigers have different stripe patterns
B) Each offspring will have the same stripe pattern
C) Stripe patterns are randomly distributed
D) Only adult tigers have stripes
Answer: B) Each offspring will have the same stripe pattern
6. After food has been masticated in the oral cavity, where does it go next?
A) Esophagus
B) Stomach
C) Pharynx
D) Small intestine
Answer: C) Pharynx
7. An atom has 28 protons, 32 neutrons, and 28 electrons. What is the name of this
isotope?
A) Iron-60
B) Nickel-60
Indiana State Jurisprudence Test Study Guide for Health Facility Administrators
,C) Copper-60
D) Cobalt-60
Answer: B) Nickel-60
8. An intracellular chemical signal can be produced in the cell membrane. Once it is
produced, where does it go?
A) To a different cell
B) To another part of the same cell
C) Out of the body
D) To the bloodstream
Answer: B) To another part of the same cell
9. Arrange the path of food through the digestive system.
A) Oral Cavity → Esophagus → Pharynx → Stomach → Small Intestine → Large
Intestine
B) Oral Cavity → Pharynx → Esophagus → Pyloric Sphincter → Small Intestine →
Large Intestine → Colon
C) Pharynx → Oral Cavity → Esophagus → Small Intestine → Colon
D) Oral Cavity → Stomach → Esophagus → Small Intestine → Colon
Answer: B) Oral Cavity → Pharynx → Esophagus → Pyloric Sphincter → Small
Intestine → Large Intestine → Colon
10. As soon as an invader, known as a(n) _____, enters the body, the body begins to
fight.
A) Antibody
B) Antigen
C) Pathogen
D) Leukocyte
Answer: C) Pathogen
Indiana State Jurisprudence Test Study Guide for Health Facility Administrators
, 11. Blood oxygen levels are most likely low when blood _________.
A) Fills the left atrium
B) Fills the right atrium
C) Leaves the left ventricle
D) Returns from the lungs
Answer: B) Fills the right atrium
12. During the aging process, not all hormone levels decrease; some actually increase.
Which of the following is a hormone that may increase as a person ages?
A) Growth hormone
B) Testosterone
C) Luteinizing hormone
D) Estrogen
Answer: C) Luteinizing hormone
13. During which of the following phase changes will the cohesion between the
particles in a substance decrease?
A) Condensation
B) Freezing
C) Deposition
D) Vaporization
Answer: D) Vaporization
14. Fertilization (the fusing of one sperm and an ovum) results in a(n) _________.
A) Embryo
B) Zygote
C) Fetus
D) Gamete
Indiana State Jurisprudence Test Study Guide for Health Facility Administrators
Study Guide for Health Facility
Administrators
1. _________ is dependent not only on the temperature, but also on the amount of
substance available.
A) Condensation
B) Evaporation
C) Freezing
D) Melting
Answer: B) Evaporation
2. A person is diagnosed as having acidosis, a condition in which the blood pH is
below 7.45. What does the doctor most likely conclude?
A) Too much oxygen is found in the blood
B) Too little carbon dioxide is found in the blood
C) Too much carbon dioxide is found in the blood
D) The blood is too alkaline
Answer: C) Too much carbon dioxide is found in the blood
3. A researcher notices a positive correlation between the height of a plant and
nutrient concentration over time. Based on this observation, what conclusion does he
reach?
A) When the amount of nutrients available to the plant increases, its height also
increases
B) Plant height is independent of nutrient concentration
C) When nutrients decrease, plant height increases
D) Temperature is the only factor affecting plant height
Indiana State Jurisprudence Test Study Guide for Health Facility Administrators
,Answer: A) When the amount of nutrients available to the plant increases, its height
also increases
4. A spoonful of sugar is added to a hot cup of tea. All the sugar dissolves. How can
the resulting solution be described? A) Saturated and heterogeneous
B) Supersaturated and homogeneous
C) Unsaturated and homogeneous
D) Unsaturated and heterogeneous
Answer: C) Unsaturated and homogeneous
5. A student notices a pattern of stripes on five tigers. Each of the five tigers has the
same stripe pattern. Using his inductive reasoning, what does he logically assume
based on this information?
A) All tigers have different stripe patterns
B) Each offspring will have the same stripe pattern
C) Stripe patterns are randomly distributed
D) Only adult tigers have stripes
Answer: B) Each offspring will have the same stripe pattern
6. After food has been masticated in the oral cavity, where does it go next?
A) Esophagus
B) Stomach
C) Pharynx
D) Small intestine
Answer: C) Pharynx
7. An atom has 28 protons, 32 neutrons, and 28 electrons. What is the name of this
isotope?
A) Iron-60
B) Nickel-60
Indiana State Jurisprudence Test Study Guide for Health Facility Administrators
,C) Copper-60
D) Cobalt-60
Answer: B) Nickel-60
8. An intracellular chemical signal can be produced in the cell membrane. Once it is
produced, where does it go?
A) To a different cell
B) To another part of the same cell
C) Out of the body
D) To the bloodstream
Answer: B) To another part of the same cell
9. Arrange the path of food through the digestive system.
A) Oral Cavity → Esophagus → Pharynx → Stomach → Small Intestine → Large
Intestine
B) Oral Cavity → Pharynx → Esophagus → Pyloric Sphincter → Small Intestine →
Large Intestine → Colon
C) Pharynx → Oral Cavity → Esophagus → Small Intestine → Colon
D) Oral Cavity → Stomach → Esophagus → Small Intestine → Colon
Answer: B) Oral Cavity → Pharynx → Esophagus → Pyloric Sphincter → Small
Intestine → Large Intestine → Colon
10. As soon as an invader, known as a(n) _____, enters the body, the body begins to
fight.
A) Antibody
B) Antigen
C) Pathogen
D) Leukocyte
Answer: C) Pathogen
Indiana State Jurisprudence Test Study Guide for Health Facility Administrators
, 11. Blood oxygen levels are most likely low when blood _________.
A) Fills the left atrium
B) Fills the right atrium
C) Leaves the left ventricle
D) Returns from the lungs
Answer: B) Fills the right atrium
12. During the aging process, not all hormone levels decrease; some actually increase.
Which of the following is a hormone that may increase as a person ages?
A) Growth hormone
B) Testosterone
C) Luteinizing hormone
D) Estrogen
Answer: C) Luteinizing hormone
13. During which of the following phase changes will the cohesion between the
particles in a substance decrease?
A) Condensation
B) Freezing
C) Deposition
D) Vaporization
Answer: D) Vaporization
14. Fertilization (the fusing of one sperm and an ovum) results in a(n) _________.
A) Embryo
B) Zygote
C) Fetus
D) Gamete
Indiana State Jurisprudence Test Study Guide for Health Facility Administrators
