BME 3 Final Review Question and
answer verified to pass 2025/2026
Diabetes was first described - correct answer ✔Independently by many different cultures
Fred Banting grew up: - correct answer ✔On a farm
An IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) must have at least five members. One of these
members must be a non-scientist. - correct answer ✔True
Currently, if a scientist wants to experiment on mammals, the scientist's experiment must be approved
by a committee that is composed entirely of other scientists. - correct answer ✔False
Choose the two main functions of the pancreas: (Select 2 of the 4 answers) - correct answer ✔It
produces and secretes digestive enzymes into the stomach.
It controls glucose level in the blood stream through the secretion of insulin.
Around 1920, the amount of glucose in blood could be measured by an electronic meter. - correct
answer ✔False
A child who develops diabetes typically loses weight. In 1920, the best treatment for this child would be
to: - correct answer ✔restrict diet, causing more weight loss
Fred Banting performed his experiments on dogs at - correct answer ✔University of Toronto
Fred Banting developed his idea on how to treat diabetes while he was: - correct answer ✔preparing a
lecture for medical students
, The best treatment for diabetes about 1915 was known as: - correct answer ✔The starvation diet
James Collip needed an assay for the activity of insulin in order to develop a purification method. His
assay for insulin activity was based upon: - correct answer ✔Measuring the change in blood sugar
levels in rabbits
In 1920 the company Eli Lilly was known for manufacturing - correct answer ✔Capsules for drugs
Fred Banting died in 1941 from: - correct answer ✔A plane crash
Banting's method of isolating insulin involved a surgical procedure to tie off ducts in the pancreas,
waiting several weeks, then removing the pancreas. - correct answer ✔This method was used to
produce insulin for just a few times
James Collip, at the University of Toronto, developed a method to isolate insulin based upon - correct
answer ✔The solubility of insulin in alcohol/water mixtures
Professor Dorothy Hodgkin was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1964 for deciphering the structure of insulin
using the technique of X-ray crystallography. - correct answer ✔False
Neuropathy in patients with diabetes is caused by: - correct answer ✔prolonged high blood glucose
levels
One of the most common problems people who have lived with diabetes for decades have is with their:
- correct answer ✔Feet
A protein is a chain of - correct answer ✔Amino acids
answer verified to pass 2025/2026
Diabetes was first described - correct answer ✔Independently by many different cultures
Fred Banting grew up: - correct answer ✔On a farm
An IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) must have at least five members. One of these
members must be a non-scientist. - correct answer ✔True
Currently, if a scientist wants to experiment on mammals, the scientist's experiment must be approved
by a committee that is composed entirely of other scientists. - correct answer ✔False
Choose the two main functions of the pancreas: (Select 2 of the 4 answers) - correct answer ✔It
produces and secretes digestive enzymes into the stomach.
It controls glucose level in the blood stream through the secretion of insulin.
Around 1920, the amount of glucose in blood could be measured by an electronic meter. - correct
answer ✔False
A child who develops diabetes typically loses weight. In 1920, the best treatment for this child would be
to: - correct answer ✔restrict diet, causing more weight loss
Fred Banting performed his experiments on dogs at - correct answer ✔University of Toronto
Fred Banting developed his idea on how to treat diabetes while he was: - correct answer ✔preparing a
lecture for medical students
, The best treatment for diabetes about 1915 was known as: - correct answer ✔The starvation diet
James Collip needed an assay for the activity of insulin in order to develop a purification method. His
assay for insulin activity was based upon: - correct answer ✔Measuring the change in blood sugar
levels in rabbits
In 1920 the company Eli Lilly was known for manufacturing - correct answer ✔Capsules for drugs
Fred Banting died in 1941 from: - correct answer ✔A plane crash
Banting's method of isolating insulin involved a surgical procedure to tie off ducts in the pancreas,
waiting several weeks, then removing the pancreas. - correct answer ✔This method was used to
produce insulin for just a few times
James Collip, at the University of Toronto, developed a method to isolate insulin based upon - correct
answer ✔The solubility of insulin in alcohol/water mixtures
Professor Dorothy Hodgkin was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1964 for deciphering the structure of insulin
using the technique of X-ray crystallography. - correct answer ✔False
Neuropathy in patients with diabetes is caused by: - correct answer ✔prolonged high blood glucose
levels
One of the most common problems people who have lived with diabetes for decades have is with their:
- correct answer ✔Feet
A protein is a chain of - correct answer ✔Amino acids
