BME 3 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Immediately after his one year of surgical residence at Toronto's Hospital for Sick
Children, Fred Banting - ANSWERS✔-Opened his own practice to see patients
\.In 1889, Oscar Minkowski removed an organ from a dog. The dog subsequently
developed symptoms similar to diabetes patients. What was the organ? -
ANSWERS✔-Pancreas
\.Fred Banting grew up: - ANSWERS✔-On a farm
\.In 1921, how could you diagnose diabetes? - ANSWERS✔-With a urine test
\.Choose the two main functions of the pancreas: (Select 2 of the 4 answers) -
ANSWERS✔-It produces and secretes digestive enzymes into the stomach & It
controls glucose level in the blood stream through the secretion of insulin
\.Charles Evan Hughes, the US Secretary of State in 1920, was diagnosed with
diabetes in 1920. - ANSWERS✔-False
\.Blood test are only for measuring the number of red blood cells a person has. -
ANSWERS✔-False
, \.In 1921, picric acid was used as a - ANSWERS✔-both a common laboratory
reagent and an explosive for artillery shells
\.Fred Banting performed his experiments on dogs at - ANSWERS✔-University of
Toronto
\.In 1920 the company Eli Lilly was known for manufacturing - ANSWERS✔-
Capsules for drugs
\.George Walden was the engineer at the Eli Lilly in charge of insulin production
and purification. George Walden's major contribution was that: - ANSWERS✔-He
invented isoelectric precipitation.
\.Fred Banting died in 1941 from: - ANSWERS✔-A plane crash
\.James Collip discovered that if he injected too much insulin into a rabbit it
developed convulsions. This effect is known as: - ANSWERS✔-Hypoglycemia
\.James Collip, at the University of Toronto, developed a method to isolate insulin
based upon - ANSWERS✔-The solubility of insulin in alcohol/water mixtures
\.X-ray crystallography can be used to - ANSWERS✔-determine the three
dimensional structure of a protien.
CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Immediately after his one year of surgical residence at Toronto's Hospital for Sick
Children, Fred Banting - ANSWERS✔-Opened his own practice to see patients
\.In 1889, Oscar Minkowski removed an organ from a dog. The dog subsequently
developed symptoms similar to diabetes patients. What was the organ? -
ANSWERS✔-Pancreas
\.Fred Banting grew up: - ANSWERS✔-On a farm
\.In 1921, how could you diagnose diabetes? - ANSWERS✔-With a urine test
\.Choose the two main functions of the pancreas: (Select 2 of the 4 answers) -
ANSWERS✔-It produces and secretes digestive enzymes into the stomach & It
controls glucose level in the blood stream through the secretion of insulin
\.Charles Evan Hughes, the US Secretary of State in 1920, was diagnosed with
diabetes in 1920. - ANSWERS✔-False
\.Blood test are only for measuring the number of red blood cells a person has. -
ANSWERS✔-False
, \.In 1921, picric acid was used as a - ANSWERS✔-both a common laboratory
reagent and an explosive for artillery shells
\.Fred Banting performed his experiments on dogs at - ANSWERS✔-University of
Toronto
\.In 1920 the company Eli Lilly was known for manufacturing - ANSWERS✔-
Capsules for drugs
\.George Walden was the engineer at the Eli Lilly in charge of insulin production
and purification. George Walden's major contribution was that: - ANSWERS✔-He
invented isoelectric precipitation.
\.Fred Banting died in 1941 from: - ANSWERS✔-A plane crash
\.James Collip discovered that if he injected too much insulin into a rabbit it
developed convulsions. This effect is known as: - ANSWERS✔-Hypoglycemia
\.James Collip, at the University of Toronto, developed a method to isolate insulin
based upon - ANSWERS✔-The solubility of insulin in alcohol/water mixtures
\.X-ray crystallography can be used to - ANSWERS✔-determine the three
dimensional structure of a protien.
