Question 1
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What are electrolytes responsible for?
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a. maintain homeostasis
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b. maintain body fluid composition
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c. maintain body fluid volume
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d. carry electrical charges in fluid
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e. all the above are correct
Question 2
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Which of the following is an anion?
Question 3
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Which of the following activates carbohydrate and protein metabolism?
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Potassium
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Magnesium
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Calcium
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Sodium
Question 4
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Which of the following is almost all stored in bone?
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Potasium
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Calcium
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Magnesium
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Sodium
Question 5
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Which of the following, when administered in extremely high doses, can cause life-threatening hypotension?
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Magnesium
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Potassium
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Calcium
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Sodium
Question 6
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Which acid-base imbalance has an excess of bicarbonate ions?
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metabolic acidosis
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metabolic alkalosis
Question 7
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Metabolic acidosis is treated with __________ drugs.
Question 8
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Alkylating drugs can work in any cell cycle-phase.
Question 9
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__________ alkylation drugs work by separating a base pair from its partner.
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Bifuctional
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Monofunctional
Question 10
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Anti-metabolite drugs resemble DNA base pairs.
Question 11
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Anti-metabolite drugs work in any cell cycle-phase.
Question 12
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An adverse effect of the anti-neoplastic drug Methotrexate is that it can suppress bone marrow.
Question 13
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Antibiotic anti-neoplastic drugs inhibit the cellular processes of both normal and malignant cells.
Question 14
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These drugs prevent androgens converting into estrogen in post-menopausal women.
Question 15
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These drugs prevent androgen binding.
Question 16
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These drugs increase luteinizing hormone that increases testosterone.
Question 17
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The natural anti-neoplastic Vinca alkaloids are cell cycle-specific for __________.
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M phase (mitosis)
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G2 and late S phases
Question 18
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Monoclonal antibodies cause tumor death by:
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a. inducing programmed cell death
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b. recruiting the immune system to attack tumor cells
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c. delivering toxic chemotherapy drugs to the tumor site
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d. all the above are correct
Question 19
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Topoisomerase I inhibitors:
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a. mediate relaxation of supercoiled DNA
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b. prevent DNA resealing
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c. cause DNA strand breakage
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d. impair DNA synthesis
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e. all the above are correct
Question 20
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Targeted anti-neoplastic therapies go after proteins associated with the growth of cancers and so can also cause fetal harm or death.