VCE QUIZ DIABETES MELLITUS
COMPREHENSIVE TEST 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ How does the body make energy? Answer: 1. Eat food with carbs
2. Carbs change to sugar (glucose) after digestion
3. Glucose enters blood to go to all parts of the body for energy
4. Your pancreas senses the rise in blood sugar, so it makes insulin
5. Insulin helps the sugar get into cells in your body so they can use
the sugar as energy
◉ Glucose Homeostasis Answer: - Glucose is main fuel for CNS
- Brain cannot make or store, therefore needs continuous supply
- Fatty acids can be used when glucose is not available
(triglycerides)
- Need 68-105 mg/dL to support brain
◉ Absence of Insulin Answer: - Insulin needed to move glucose into
cells
- w/o insulin, body enters a state of breaking down fats and proteins
- Glucose levels increase (hyperglycemia)
, ◉ What are different kinds of diabetes? Answer: Type 1: body
doesn't make insulin
Type 2: body doesn't make enough insulin or can't use insulin
properly
Gestational: diagnosed during pregnancy
Other Forms: steroids, cystic fibrosis
◉ Insulin Answer: Pancreas secretes 40-50 units of insulin daily in
two steps:
- secreted at low levels during fasting (basal insulin secretion)
- increased levels after eating (prandial)
- An early burst of insulin occurs within 10 minutes of eating
- Then proceeds with increasing release as long hyperglycemia is
present
◉ Gestational Diabetes Answer: - Any degree of glucose intolerance
with onset or first recognition during pregnancy.
- Post gestational mothers at higher risk of developing Type 2 DM.
- Non-Hispanic mothers have a 50% chance of developing Type 2
DM in 5-10 years after birth.
- Hispanic mothers have a 60% chance of developing Type 2 DM in
5-10 years after birth.
COMPREHENSIVE TEST 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ How does the body make energy? Answer: 1. Eat food with carbs
2. Carbs change to sugar (glucose) after digestion
3. Glucose enters blood to go to all parts of the body for energy
4. Your pancreas senses the rise in blood sugar, so it makes insulin
5. Insulin helps the sugar get into cells in your body so they can use
the sugar as energy
◉ Glucose Homeostasis Answer: - Glucose is main fuel for CNS
- Brain cannot make or store, therefore needs continuous supply
- Fatty acids can be used when glucose is not available
(triglycerides)
- Need 68-105 mg/dL to support brain
◉ Absence of Insulin Answer: - Insulin needed to move glucose into
cells
- w/o insulin, body enters a state of breaking down fats and proteins
- Glucose levels increase (hyperglycemia)
, ◉ What are different kinds of diabetes? Answer: Type 1: body
doesn't make insulin
Type 2: body doesn't make enough insulin or can't use insulin
properly
Gestational: diagnosed during pregnancy
Other Forms: steroids, cystic fibrosis
◉ Insulin Answer: Pancreas secretes 40-50 units of insulin daily in
two steps:
- secreted at low levels during fasting (basal insulin secretion)
- increased levels after eating (prandial)
- An early burst of insulin occurs within 10 minutes of eating
- Then proceeds with increasing release as long hyperglycemia is
present
◉ Gestational Diabetes Answer: - Any degree of glucose intolerance
with onset or first recognition during pregnancy.
- Post gestational mothers at higher risk of developing Type 2 DM.
- Non-Hispanic mothers have a 50% chance of developing Type 2
DM in 5-10 years after birth.
- Hispanic mothers have a 60% chance of developing Type 2 DM in
5-10 years after birth.
