Certified Diabetes Educator Exam Questions With Correct
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Goals for a self-management program are guided by program philosophy
Acculturation the process of cultural and psychological change that results following meeting
between cultures
Enculturation the process by which a person learns the requirements of the culture by which he
or she is surrounded
Avoid resistive exercise ESRD, nephropathy, Charcot's foot, proliferative retinopathy
Glipizide should be taken on an empty stomach
Drugs that raise blood glucose Clonidine, Corticosteroids, Cyclosporine, Diuretic, Estrogen, Gemfibrozil, Oral
Contraceptives, Phenytoin (Dilantin), Thyroid Hormone (Synthroid)
Sulfonylurea + Aspirin lowers blood glucose
Metformin + Clonidine raises blood glucose
The accuracy goal of home meters is a total error of up to 15%
A blood glucose meter that measures plasma blood higher than a whole blood glucose reading
glucose in the laboratory would be
Diabetes Control and Complication Trial (DCCT) - Type 1 Intensive blood glucose reduces risk of eye disease by 76%, risk of kidney
disease by 50%, nerve disease by 60%
, United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) - Every percentage point decrease in HgA1c, there was a 35% reduction in the risk of
Type 2 microvascular complications.
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Lifestyle changes was more effective than drug therapy - weight loss of 5-7% of
their body weight and exercise reduced the development of Type 2 by 58%
Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Follow-up study of DCCT - cardiovascular disease event was reduced by 42%
Complications (EDIC) - Type 1 and nonfatal heart attack, stroke, or death from cardiovascular causes was
reduced by 57% with intensive blood glucose control
Ketonuria in the presence of euglycemia indicates weight loss
When switching a patient from Regular short-acting increase the basal dose
insulin to Rapid insulin for the pre-meal bolus, we usually
fend we need to
When glucagon is impaired in Type 1, epinephrine will 1) glycogenolysis, 2) inhibit glucose utilization by insulin action
raise BG by performing 2 processes
When epinephrine becomes the primary counter- 1) inhibit glucose utilization, 2) inhibit endogenous insulin release
regulatory hormone to raise blood glucose in Type 2 who
is producing insulin, epinephrine will
Sulfa drugs + Sulfonylureas Sulfa drugs tend to increase the effects of Sulfonylureas and result in
hypoglycemia.
Children of persons with Type 1 Diabetes have 2% chance of developing diabetes if mother has diabetes, 6% chance of
developing diabetes if father has diabetes
Children of persons with Type 2 Diabetes have 30% chance of developing Impaired Glucose Tolerance and 15% chance of
developing Type 2 Diabetes
If 1 twin develops Type 1 Diabetes, there is a 50% chance that the other twin will not develop diabetes
If 1 twin develops Type 2 diabetes, there is a 90% chance the other twin will develop type 2 diabetes
Insulin resistance in a Type 2 diabetes person is indicated hepatic tissue and peripheral tissue
by response of
Both patients with DKA and HHS can present decreased Serum osmolality
mentation which is related to which physiological
abnormality indicated on the laboratory report?
Motor neuropathy in foot leads to muscle atrophy, which changes shape of foot; abnormal high arch,
protective fat pads on metatarsal heads become displaced, and high plantar
pressure on inappropriate areas of the foot increases risk of ulceration
One indication of peripheral vascular disease is venous filling time longer than 20 seconds
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Goals for a self-management program are guided by program philosophy
Acculturation the process of cultural and psychological change that results following meeting
between cultures
Enculturation the process by which a person learns the requirements of the culture by which he
or she is surrounded
Avoid resistive exercise ESRD, nephropathy, Charcot's foot, proliferative retinopathy
Glipizide should be taken on an empty stomach
Drugs that raise blood glucose Clonidine, Corticosteroids, Cyclosporine, Diuretic, Estrogen, Gemfibrozil, Oral
Contraceptives, Phenytoin (Dilantin), Thyroid Hormone (Synthroid)
Sulfonylurea + Aspirin lowers blood glucose
Metformin + Clonidine raises blood glucose
The accuracy goal of home meters is a total error of up to 15%
A blood glucose meter that measures plasma blood higher than a whole blood glucose reading
glucose in the laboratory would be
Diabetes Control and Complication Trial (DCCT) - Type 1 Intensive blood glucose reduces risk of eye disease by 76%, risk of kidney
disease by 50%, nerve disease by 60%
, United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) - Every percentage point decrease in HgA1c, there was a 35% reduction in the risk of
Type 2 microvascular complications.
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Lifestyle changes was more effective than drug therapy - weight loss of 5-7% of
their body weight and exercise reduced the development of Type 2 by 58%
Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Follow-up study of DCCT - cardiovascular disease event was reduced by 42%
Complications (EDIC) - Type 1 and nonfatal heart attack, stroke, or death from cardiovascular causes was
reduced by 57% with intensive blood glucose control
Ketonuria in the presence of euglycemia indicates weight loss
When switching a patient from Regular short-acting increase the basal dose
insulin to Rapid insulin for the pre-meal bolus, we usually
fend we need to
When glucagon is impaired in Type 1, epinephrine will 1) glycogenolysis, 2) inhibit glucose utilization by insulin action
raise BG by performing 2 processes
When epinephrine becomes the primary counter- 1) inhibit glucose utilization, 2) inhibit endogenous insulin release
regulatory hormone to raise blood glucose in Type 2 who
is producing insulin, epinephrine will
Sulfa drugs + Sulfonylureas Sulfa drugs tend to increase the effects of Sulfonylureas and result in
hypoglycemia.
Children of persons with Type 1 Diabetes have 2% chance of developing diabetes if mother has diabetes, 6% chance of
developing diabetes if father has diabetes
Children of persons with Type 2 Diabetes have 30% chance of developing Impaired Glucose Tolerance and 15% chance of
developing Type 2 Diabetes
If 1 twin develops Type 1 Diabetes, there is a 50% chance that the other twin will not develop diabetes
If 1 twin develops Type 2 diabetes, there is a 90% chance the other twin will develop type 2 diabetes
Insulin resistance in a Type 2 diabetes person is indicated hepatic tissue and peripheral tissue
by response of
Both patients with DKA and HHS can present decreased Serum osmolality
mentation which is related to which physiological
abnormality indicated on the laboratory report?
Motor neuropathy in foot leads to muscle atrophy, which changes shape of foot; abnormal high arch,
protective fat pads on metatarsal heads become displaced, and high plantar
pressure on inappropriate areas of the foot increases risk of ulceration
One indication of peripheral vascular disease is venous filling time longer than 20 seconds
