BME 3 Question and answers already
passed 2025/2026
Which category has no effect on your final grade? - correct answer ✔Attendance
You can finish the entire course by week two, if you work hard. - correct answer ✔False
How many quizzes are there during the entire course? - correct answer ✔10
Where will the course reading and discussion take place? - correct answer ✔Perusall
What software is essential for this course? - correct answer ✔Excel
What causes pernicious anemia? - correct answer ✔A vitamin deficiency
Congress passed the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 after an uproar caused by the publication of an article
about dog dealers in which magazine? - correct answer ✔Life
An IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) weighs the scientific benefit of the application
versus: - correct answer ✔The harm caused to the animals
Fred Banting entered medical school: - correct answer ✔After dropping out of college
When Banting and Best performed their experiments on dogs, they need approval from a committee
before they could begin animal work. - 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
Charles Evan Hughes, the US Secretary of State in 1920, was diagnosed with diabetes in 1920. - correct
answer ✔False
Fred Banting developed his idea on how to treat diabetes while he was: - correct answer ✔preparing a
lecture for medical students
During the summer of 1921, Fred Banting performed experiments on dogs. In one group of dogs, he
tried to cause the dogs to develop diabetes by removing an organ. Which organ did he remove: - correct
answer ✔pancreas
Fred Banting performed his experiments on dogs at - correct answer ✔University of Toronto
James Collip discovered that if he injected too much insulin into a rabbit it developed convulsions. This
effect is known as: - correct answer ✔Hypoglycemia
The University of Toronto licensed a patent on the production of insulin to Eli Lilly. The agreement
allowed Eli Lilly to manufacture and sell insulin. In return, Eli Lilly would give the University of Toronto -
correct answer ✔5% of Eli Lilly's net sales from the insulin
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
In 1920 the company Eli Lilly was known for manufacturing - correct answer ✔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: - correct answer ✔He invented isoelectric precipitation.
passed 2025/2026
Which category has no effect on your final grade? - correct answer ✔Attendance
You can finish the entire course by week two, if you work hard. - correct answer ✔False
How many quizzes are there during the entire course? - correct answer ✔10
Where will the course reading and discussion take place? - correct answer ✔Perusall
What software is essential for this course? - correct answer ✔Excel
What causes pernicious anemia? - correct answer ✔A vitamin deficiency
Congress passed the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 after an uproar caused by the publication of an article
about dog dealers in which magazine? - correct answer ✔Life
An IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) weighs the scientific benefit of the application
versus: - correct answer ✔The harm caused to the animals
Fred Banting entered medical school: - correct answer ✔After dropping out of college
When Banting and Best performed their experiments on dogs, they need approval from a committee
before they could begin animal work. - 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
Charles Evan Hughes, the US Secretary of State in 1920, was diagnosed with diabetes in 1920. - correct
answer ✔False
Fred Banting developed his idea on how to treat diabetes while he was: - correct answer ✔preparing a
lecture for medical students
During the summer of 1921, Fred Banting performed experiments on dogs. In one group of dogs, he
tried to cause the dogs to develop diabetes by removing an organ. Which organ did he remove: - correct
answer ✔pancreas
Fred Banting performed his experiments on dogs at - correct answer ✔University of Toronto
James Collip discovered that if he injected too much insulin into a rabbit it developed convulsions. This
effect is known as: - correct answer ✔Hypoglycemia
The University of Toronto licensed a patent on the production of insulin to Eli Lilly. The agreement
allowed Eli Lilly to manufacture and sell insulin. In return, Eli Lilly would give the University of Toronto -
correct answer ✔5% of Eli Lilly's net sales from the insulin
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
In 1920 the company Eli Lilly was known for manufacturing - correct answer ✔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: - correct answer ✔He invented isoelectric precipitation.
