TEAS Test study guide Questions
with Accurate Answers
A cell can be thought of as an aqueous solution enclosed in a semi-
permeable membrane. To keep cells from bursting or collapsing when
patients receive fluids intravenously, what type of pressure must these
fluids have to match that within cells?
a. thermodynamic
b. osmotic
c. ionic
d. exothermic correct answer b
A patient experiencing symptoms such as kidney stones and arthritis
due to a calcium imbalance probably has a disorder of which of the
following glands?
a. hypothalamus
b. thyroid gland
c. parathyroid glands
d. adrenal glands correct answer c
A patient has been diagnosed with a chemical imbalance in his brain.
Which part of his neurons is likely to be affected by this imbalance?
a. dendrites
,b. axons
c. synapses
d. lateral correct answer c
A person with excess stomach acid, HCl, might take milk of magnesia,
Mg(OH)2, to relieve his or her discomfort. Which negative ions are
formed in the chemical reaction that takes place?
a. H- and Mg-
b. Cl- and OH-
c. H- and Mg2-
d. Cl- and OH2- correct answer b
A student places a cell with a 50mM intracellular ion content into a
solution containing 20mM ion content. Which of the following will
happen in this system?
a. water will move out of the cell, decreasing the size of the cell
b. water will move into the cell, increasing the size of the cell
c. ions will move into the cell
d. there will be no movement of water or ions across the cell
membrane correct answer b
After leaving the stomach, which anatomical structure does food travel
to first?
a. duodenum
, b. ileum
c. jejunum
d. cecum correct answer a
All of the following about RNA are true EXCEPT
a. RNA is single stranded
b. RNAs nucleic acids include uracil instead of guanine
c. RNAs sugar-phosphate backbone contains ribose
d. RNA permeates the nuclear envelope correct answer b
Although mitosis is commonly referred to as cell division, the cell itself
truly becomes two separate cells through which process?
a. telophase
b. cytokinesis
c. s phase
d. transcription correct answer b
An ovum stays in the fallopian tube for several days without moving.
what can you assume?
a. the ovum is not mature
b. the ovum has been fertilized
c. the ovum has not been fertilized
d. the ovum may be twins correct answer c