Encyclopedia MCQs

Encyclopedia MCQs

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1: The amygdala is involved in ________, but not in ________.

A.   Recognition of facial expression; emotional expression

B.   Ventromedial; prefrontal cortex.

C.   Fear; facial expression

D.   Formation; glucose within the muscles

2: In __________, facts can not be viewed as having an objective existence independent of theory

A.   Postprocessual

B.   Diffusionist archaeology

C.   Cognitive archaeology

D.   Monocausal

3: Closed chest injuries are typically caused by _______.

A.   High-velocity weapons

B.   Penetrating trauma

C.   Flying debris

D.   Blunt trauma

4: A(n) __________ is the widening of a weakened portion of an arterial wall.

A.   Dilation

B.   Septal defect

C.   Aneurysm

D.   Varicose vein

5: Closed abdominal injuries are also known as _________.

A.   Blunt injuries

B.   Abdominal pain

C.   Filtering waste

D.   Solid organs

6: The low and high tides experienced on earth are the result of __________.

A.   Tidal bulge

B.   Stype

C.   Time

D.   Intensity

7: Ocean waves in motion are classified as ______waves.

A.   Orbital

B.   Type

C.   Time

D.   Intensity

8: Hyperglycemia is most likely a result of damage to the pancreatic ________ cells.

A.   Beta

B.   Type

C.   Time

D.   Intensity

9: The brain region that exerts the most direct effects on the endocrine system is the __________.

A.   Hypothalamus

B.   Type

C.   Time

D.   Intensity

10: To stay abstinent, one should __________.

A.   Practice refusal skills

B.   Practice avoidance techniques

C.   Set limits and stick to them

D.   All of the above

11: Prudence means acting with ______.

A.   Self restraint

B.   Fairness

C.   Caution

D.   Honesty

12: A __________ is one tactic to signal the leadership that a senator may have objections to a bill.

A.   Cloture.

B.   Hold.

C.   Markup.

D.   Pocket veto

13: Business case arguments based on fear are dependent on ________.

A.   The notion that if the system is not implemented, the firm will lose out to the competition ...

B.   Testing the correctness of individual modules and the integration of multiple modules

C.   It is a list of user requirements sent to prospective vendors.

D.   Systems analysis

14: A minor injury is one that __________.

A.   Results in long-term health problems

B.   Requires halting participation in the activity.

C.   Injures the head or spine

15: Nationalism rejects _____.

A.   Socialism

B.   Foreign influences

C.   Patriotism

D.   The good of the nation.

16: The roman republic ended when _____ came to power.

A.   Caesar Augustus. diaspora.

B.   Gracchus Brothers

C.   What were some of Caesar accomplishments

D.   Octavian (Augustus)

17: The first and last movements of the concerto grosso are often in ____________ form.

A.   Theme and variations

B.   Sonata

C.   Ritornello

D.   Ternary

18: "biosolids" produced at a wastewater treatment plant are often ________.

A.   Used as crop fertilizer

B.   Wastewater treatment

C.   Biosolids

D.   Effluent

19: Contraceptive pills mimic the ___________ feedback effect of ___________.

A.   Negative; fsh and lh

B.   Corpus luteum; estrogen and progesterone

C.   Negative; estrogens and progesterone

D.   Positive; fsh and lh

20: Glacial sediments or tills are characterized by ________.

A.   Moraines and glacial flour

B.   The bottom or base

C.   Wide variations in sizes of clasts

D.   Very fine-grained, highly polished clasts

21: Unlike white blood cells, red blood cells lose their ________ and ________ as they mature.

A.   Platelets

B.   Nucleus, cytoplasm

C.   Nucleus, nucleolus

D.   Nucleus, organelles

22: The hematocrit for the female with iron-deficiency anemia was _______.

A.   Below normal

B.   Above normal

C.   Normal

D.   Above normal and indicative of polycythemia

E.   Indicative of polycythemia

23: A phototroph is to a chemotroph as _____.

A.   A plant to an animal

B.   Coromosomes

C.   Tissue

D.   None of this

24: Immediately life-threatening chest injuries must be found and managed during the _______.

A.   Baseline vital signs

B.   Secondary assessment

C.   Primary assessment

D.   General impression

25: An abnormal plantar reflex in an adult produces babinski's sign, which indicates ________.

A.   Rapid predictable involuntary motor response to a stimulus

B.   Damage to the corticospinal tract

C.   A large number of neurons and their associated synapses

D.   Protecting the retina from damage by bright light

26: The diagnostic term volvulus usually refers to _________of the ileum or the colon.

A.   Stoppage

B.   Strangled

C.   Twisting

D.   Looped

27: The etruscans often decorated their tombs to resemble_____________.

A.   His intense, fierce expression

B.   The rotunda and dome

C.   Rooms in their homes

D.   Outdoor environments

28: __________ is the degree to which someone uses power manipulatively.

A.   Machiavellianism

B.   Perception

C.   Stereotype

29: Abyssal plains are most likely found _________________.

A.   Along Passive Plate Margins

B.   Basalt ; Granite

C.   Volcanic Mts. and Trenches

D.   All of this

30: The romain du roi types began a new category of types called ____________ roman.

A.   Diagonal

B.   Neoclassical

C.   Transitional

D.   Romanticism

31: A concerto grosso most often has ____________ movement(s).

A.   One

B.   Two

C.   Three

D.   Four

32: After the unpleasantness of reconstruction, texas created a constitution that __________.

A.   Gave the governor more powers

B.   Concentrated power in the radical Republicans

C.   Concentrated power in business interests and the wealthy

D.   Limited government power and fragmented its institutions

33: A total count above ____________ wbcs/l is called leukocytosis.

A.   100,000

B.   50,000

C.   10,000

D.   5,000

E.   1,000

34: Jonathan edwards was a____.

A.   Politician

B.   Farmer

C.   Slave owner

D.   Preacher

35: Charles ives made a living as a(n) _____.

A.   New england

B.   Insurance salesman

C.   Concord sonata

D.   Professional athlete

36: _____________ gradually change direction, while ____________ create a sense of motion.

A.   (1) curvilinear lines; (2) diagonal lines

B.   (1) diagonal lines; (2) freeform shapes

C.   (1) texture; (2) horizontal lines

D.   (1) curvilinear lines; (2) color

37: When interferon from one cell attaches to a second cell, _________.

A.   The recipient cell makes enzymes that prevent cell metabolism

B.   The second cell now makes interferon and saves itself

C.   The recipient cell makes enzymes that degrade mRNA and prevent viral protein synthesis

D.   The recipient cell is able to kill bacteria

38: ________ is a style of trombone playing that makes use of dramatic slides from one note to another.

A.   Professors

B.   Tailgating

C.   Frontline

D.   Rent parties

39: Some scientists typically think of consciousness as a product of __________.

A.   The conversations and social interactions experienced in childhood

B.   The interaction of electrical signals from the brain's synapses

C.   An ancestral consciousness, shared among all organisms

D.   The cultural accumulation of knowledge and understanding

40: A _______ is a story that is a main attraction or headline in print media.

A.   Plan

B.   Feature

C.   Campaign

D.   Financial

41: Typically, ________ is taken by muslims to refer to their internal struggle for spiritual purity.

A.   Hijab

B.   Hajj

C.   Jihad

D.   Sunnah

42: "a white heron" is told from the point of view of _____.

A.   A mining camp

B.   Goes back like an arrow

C.   An omniscient narrator

D.   An unnamed character

43: Aftershocks occur because ________.

A.   Earthquake

B.   Flood

C.   Wildfire

D.   Landslide

44: For the naturalistic writer, _____.

A.   Scientific laws govern individual instances

B.   Individual instances are suggestions or symbols of higher truth

C.   What happens is the operation of a higher truth

D.   Symbols make individual instances real

45: The supreme court's interpretation of the existing laws _______ clear.

A.   Were

B.   Are

C.   Was

D.   Have been

46: Berg's wozzeck is easily the most significant ____________ opera written.

A.   Expressionistic

B.   Minimalistic

C.   Impressionistic

D.   Serial

47: The ________ explains why the door in the face tactic is effective.

A.   Perceptual contrast effect

B.   Two doors in the face is better than one

C.   Prosocial causes, self-serving reasons

D.   The dump and chase tactic

48: Fill in the blank: the conflict in your contents story should focus on the ____________.

A.   Prospects’ needs

B.   Prospects’ stage of the buyer’s journey

C.   Prospects’ problems

D.   All of the above

49: ____________ is a state of racial consciousness or awareness.

A.   Blackness

B.   Respectability politics

C.   White fragility

D.   Privilege

50: The acts of the apostles could potentially be renamed the acts of _________.

A.   Luke the Evangelist

B.   Paul the Apostle

C.   Titles for Jesus in Matthew's Gospel

D.   John the Evangelist