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Pancreatic beta cells are responsible within a body for monitoring homeostatic cues from a wide variety of hormonal inputs and in turn regulate the insulin needed to maintain balance in the blood sugar. Researchers studying this signaling system have located three key proteins that relay signals. Understanding how these proteins function within the context of the signaling system can help scientists gain more insight into how diabetes compromises the healthy functioning of the system and how to counteract the impact of diabetes once it is identified.
1. The passage implies which of the following about diabetes research?
A. When scientists fully understand how these key proteins work, rates of Type II diabetes will be greatly reduced.
B. Researchers hope to understand the signaling system of pancreatic beta cells in order to replicate an artificial system.
C. Without a complete understanding of these key proteins, diabetes research is at a standstill.
D. Future medications for diabetes may include or simulate some of the hormonal cues that pancreatic beta cells monitor.
E. One way researchers hope to fight diabetes is by stopping the relay signal system in the pancreas by cutting off the proteins.
A. When scientists fully understand how these key proteins work, rates of Type II diabetes will be greatly reduced.
B. Researchers hope to understand the signaling system of pancreatic beta cells in order to replicate an artificial system.
C. Without a complete understanding of these key proteins, diabetes research is at a standstill.
D. Future medications for diabetes may include or simulate some of the hormonal cues that pancreatic beta cells monitor.
E. One way researchers hope to fight diabetes is by stopping the relay signal system in the pancreas by cutting off the proteins.
2. According to the passage, each of the following is true EXCEPT:
A. The pancreas helps a body to maintain homeostasis.
B. Diabetes controls the functioning of pancreatic beta cells.
C. When the pancreas is stimulated, it releases varying amounts of insulin that help to balance blood sugar.
D. Pancreatic beta cells must interpret a wide array of hormonal information.
E. Blood sugar can be controlled by insulin.
A. The pancreas helps a body to maintain homeostasis.
B. Diabetes controls the functioning of pancreatic beta cells.
C. When the pancreas is stimulated, it releases varying amounts of insulin that help to balance blood sugar.
D. Pancreatic beta cells must interpret a wide array of hormonal information.
E. Blood sugar can be controlled by insulin.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION QUESTION #1
The correct answer follows from the passage, though it may not be stated explicitly. Choice (A) is not implied. Although researchers probably hope to stem the occurrence of diabetes, the passage speaks only of combating the disease’s impact. There is also no suggestion in the passage of the hope, expressed in choice (B), of creating an artificial system. Choice (C) is too extreme. The passage doesn’t imply a “standstill” absent “complete” understanding of the proteins. The wording in choice (D) is dense, but it’s also broad enough to follow from the passage. Researchers may well use their understanding of the hormonal cues monitored by the proteins to develop the treatments mentioned in the final sentence of the passage. Indeed, (D) is the correct response. Finally, (E) runs counter to the passage. The researchers hope to understand how to help the relay system work, not how to cut it off. You can eliminate (E) confidently.
The correct answer follows from the passage, though it may not be stated explicitly. Choice (A) is not implied. Although researchers probably hope to stem the occurrence of diabetes, the passage speaks only of combating the disease’s impact. There is also no suggestion in the passage of the hope, expressed in choice (B), of creating an artificial system. Choice (C) is too extreme. The passage doesn’t imply a “standstill” absent “complete” understanding of the proteins. The wording in choice (D) is dense, but it’s also broad enough to follow from the passage. Researchers may well use their understanding of the hormonal cues monitored by the proteins to develop the treatments mentioned in the final sentence of the passage. Indeed, (D) is the correct response. Finally, (E) runs counter to the passage. The researchers hope to understand how to help the relay system work, not how to cut it off. You can eliminate (E) confidently.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION QUESTION #2
The four wrong answers to this Detail question are found in the passage. The correct answer will either contradict or distort the passage, or fall outside its scope altogether. Choice (A) is true; it is stated in the first sentence of the passage. Choice (B) seems like it might be true, but reading carefully, it overstates the role of diabetes as described in the passage: diabetes compromises or impairs the ability of the pancreatic beta cells to function, but you’re not told that it controls those functions. Choice (C) is true and is also stated in the passage’s first sentence. Choice (D) paraphrases the first main claim of the passage. Choice (E) comes from the end of the first sentence.
The four wrong answers to this Detail question are found in the passage. The correct answer will either contradict or distort the passage, or fall outside its scope altogether. Choice (A) is true; it is stated in the first sentence of the passage. Choice (B) seems like it might be true, but reading carefully, it overstates the role of diabetes as described in the passage: diabetes compromises or impairs the ability of the pancreatic beta cells to function, but you’re not told that it controls those functions. Choice (C) is true and is also stated in the passage’s first sentence. Choice (D) paraphrases the first main claim of the passage. Choice (E) comes from the end of the first sentence.
