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. 2009 Winter;8(4):309–315. doi: 10.1187/cbe.08-11-0066

Table 4.

Examples of quiz questions and exam questions

Quiz question Correlating exam question
There can be 0, 1, 2, or 3 correct answers to the question.
What do the dorsal respiratory neurons regulate? Harold is taking notes in A&P class. What controls his breathing rate at this time?

  1. dorsal respiratory neurons

  2. pneumotaxic center

  3. sternocleidomastoid contraction
Shown below is a capillary in the lung.

  1. Where is the PCO2 = 40 mm Hg?

  2. Where is PCO2 = 45 mm Hg?

  3. Answer A, B, or C.

Inline graphic 		Samir has been playing soccer for the last 40 min and his PCO2 has increased. The diagram below shows a capillary in the alveoli. Where will the PCO2 levels increase in the alveoli?

  1. A

  2. B

  3. C

Inline graphic
Jake has blood type “A.” Can he donate to

  1. AB Why?

  2. O Why?

 Elise is in an accident and needs a transfusion. She has type AB blood. Which of the following people can act as donors?

  1. Uncle Herbert with type A blood

  2. Aunt Sissy with type B blood

  3. Cousin Vince with type O blood
Mary is pregnant with her second child. Mary is Rh−. During the pregnancy, the fetus develops erythroblastosis fetalis where the red blood cells (RBC) are destroyed by the mother's antibodies to the RH factor.

  1. The fetus is: Rh+, Rh−, neither

  2. Explain your answer.

 Maya is going to have her first baby. May is Rh+ and the baby's father is Rh−. Which of the following is(are) true about the fetus?

  1. the fetus will develop erythroblastosis fetalis

  2. the fetus will not develop erythroblastosis

  3. the fetus must be Rh+
List 3 ways that the body stops bleeding. Louis has cut his arm. Which of the following will stop bleeding at the wound?

  1. a decrease in heart rate

  2. a platelet plug

  3. a vasospasm
What hormone causes the liver to break down glycogen into glucose? What hormone causes the liver to store glucose as glucagon? Mary was late this morning so she skipped breakfast. At noon, Joe asked her to help him study for an A&P exam so she skipped lunch and reviewed the endocrine system until she went to her exam. Which of the following might be elevated when she took her exam?

  1. insulin

  2. glucagon

  3. cortisol

There were 50 multiple-choice questions on each exam. Questions were scrambled to create three equivalent versions of the each exam.