Umar Draz, Author at DocMCQs

The reason the SQ3R method is effective is that:

A. It breaks a reading assignment down into manageable segments and requires understanding before you move on

B. With this method, you only have to skim the reading assignment to pick out the main points

C. It allows you to memorize and recite great quantities of material even if you don’t fully understand it

D. It requires you to read and reread your text over and over

Correct answer is: A. It breaks a reading assignment down into manageable segments and requires understanding before you move on

Critical thinking skills:

A. Are abstract abilities that cannot be identified

B. Usually develop spontaneously through normal content

C. Usually develop spontaneously without any instruction

D. Need to be deliberately taught because they often do not develop by themselves with standard content instruction

Correct answer is: D. Need to be deliberately taught because they often do not develop by themselves with standard content instruction

A neural impulse is initiated when a neuron’s charge momentarily becomes less negative, or even positive. This event is called:

A. An action potential

B. A resting potential

C. Impulse facilitation

D. Inhibitory

Correct answer is: A. An action potential

Neurons convey information about the strength of stimuli by varying:

A. The size of their action potentials

B. The speed of their action potentials

C. The rate at which they fire action potentials

D. All of the above

Correct answer is: C. The rate at which they fire action potentials

Alterations in activity at dopamine synapses have been implicated in the development of:

A. Anxiety

B. Schizophrenia

C. Alzheimer’s disease

D. Nicotine addiction

Correct answer is: B. Schizophrenia

Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. With heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight or flight response, which is controlled by the:

A. Empathetic division of the peripheral nervous system

B. Parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

C. Somatic division of the peripheral nervous system

D. Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

Correct answer is: D. Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

The hindbrain consists of:

A. Endocrine system and the limbic system

B. Reticular formation

C. Thalamus, the hypothalamus, and the cerebrum

D. Cerebellum, the medulla, and the pons

Correct answer is: D. Cerebellum, the medulla, and the pons

The thalamus can be characterized as:

A. A regulatory mechanism

B. The consciousness switch of the brain

C. A relay system

D. A bridge between the two cerebral hemispheres

Correct answer is: C. A relay system

The scientist who won a Nobel prize for his work with split-brain patients is:

A. Walter Cannon

B. Paul Broca

C. Roger Sperry

D. James Olds

Correct answer is: B. Paul Broca

Sounds presented to the right ear are registered:

A. Only in the right hemisphere

B. Only in the left hemisphere

C. More quickly in the right hemisphere

D. More quickly in the left hemisphere

Correct answer is: C. More quickly in the right hemisphere

Author name: Umar Draz