GSU BIOLOGY 1104 PREPARATION TEST
2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Which one of the following hormones is released by the posterior
pituitary?
A) TSH
B) gonadotropin releasing hormone
C) growth hormone
D) adrenaline
E) none of the above. Answer: E
● The region of the brain that controls involuntary actions such as
breathing and "muscle memory" is the:
A) thalamus B) cerebrum. C) midbrain D) hindbrain.. Answer: D
● Which pair of hormones is responsible for keeping blood calcium
levels within normal ranges in some animals?
A) thyroxine and thymosin
B) aldosterone and insulin
C) ADH and growth hormone
D) calcitonin and parathyroid hormone
, E) insulin and glucagon. Answer: D
● . In a typical ovarian cycle of humans, on what day is an egg released?
A) 1
B) 7
C) 14
D) 21. Answer: C
● True or False. Neural cells maintain a resting potential of positive,
sixty millivolts.
A) True
B) False. Answer: B
● Which one of the following is a chemoreceptor?
A) pressure receptors in the skin.
B) hair cells in the ear
C) olfactory receptors in the nose
D) rods and cones in the eye
E) all of the above. Answer: C
● Brain tumors result from uncontrolled cell division. Yet in adult
humans, most neurons in the brain do not divide at all. Which of the
following explains this?
2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Which one of the following hormones is released by the posterior
pituitary?
A) TSH
B) gonadotropin releasing hormone
C) growth hormone
D) adrenaline
E) none of the above. Answer: E
● The region of the brain that controls involuntary actions such as
breathing and "muscle memory" is the:
A) thalamus B) cerebrum. C) midbrain D) hindbrain.. Answer: D
● Which pair of hormones is responsible for keeping blood calcium
levels within normal ranges in some animals?
A) thyroxine and thymosin
B) aldosterone and insulin
C) ADH and growth hormone
D) calcitonin and parathyroid hormone
, E) insulin and glucagon. Answer: D
● . In a typical ovarian cycle of humans, on what day is an egg released?
A) 1
B) 7
C) 14
D) 21. Answer: C
● True or False. Neural cells maintain a resting potential of positive,
sixty millivolts.
A) True
B) False. Answer: B
● Which one of the following is a chemoreceptor?
A) pressure receptors in the skin.
B) hair cells in the ear
C) olfactory receptors in the nose
D) rods and cones in the eye
E) all of the above. Answer: C
● Brain tumors result from uncontrolled cell division. Yet in adult
humans, most neurons in the brain do not divide at all. Which of the
following explains this?
