WorksheetsSLENDO QUIZ 2025
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
These 2 English physiologists identified the first hormone in 1902. What was it?
Glucagon
Secretin
Insulin
Cortisol
Which of the following physicians made the first accurate description of diabetes, coining the term diabetes..?
Indian surgeon Sushruta in 5th century BC
Chinese physician Chang Chung-Ching (ca. 160-ca. 219)
Arabo-islamic physician Avicenna (980-1037) in 11thcentury AD
Aretaeus of Cappadocia, in 2nd century AD
The herbal origin of most widely used oral hypoglycaemic agent to date, Metformin was Galega officinalis. What was the chemical compound extracted from these plants?
L-proline
Guanidine
Sulfonamide
Papain
What is the first approved GLP-1 based medicine that was structurally similar to the peptide found in the saliva of this Lizard?
Semaglutide
Liraglutide
Exenatide
Lixisenatide
What was the discovery in endocrinology that led to this Nobel prize win?
1. Hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects
2. Growth hormone structure and biological effects
3. Discovery of insulin
4. Discovery of thyroid hormone structure and biological effects
The chemical Phlorizin came from the root bark of this tree, was the starting point of development of this widely used medication in management of Type 2 Diabetes. What is it?
Metformin
Empagliflozin
Dulaglutide
Pioglitazone
Which animal’s thyroid extract was first used as thyroid replacement therapy?
Dog
Sheep
Horse
Rat
These famous people were diagnosed to have the same endocrine condition. What was it?
Grave’s disease
Addison’s disease
Acromegaly
Hypopituitarism
This celebrated British Novelist was believed to have died of an endocrine condition. What was it?
Sheehan syndrome
Addison’s disease
Myxedema coma
Pituitary apoplexy
What endocrine cancer caused the death of the visionary co-founder of Apple Inc.?
Metastatic pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumour
Metastatic adrenocortical cancer
Malignant phaeochromocytoma
Metastatic follicular thyroid cancer
Use of following hormone as a performance enhancing medication by the celebrated cyclist Lance Armstrong, led to the loss of his Tour de France titles and a ban from the sport of cycling in 2012
aromatase inhibitors
Growth hormone
Enobosarm
Meldonium
This 9-year-old girl referred with short stature. What is the diagnosis?
Achondroplasia
Noonan Syndrome
Russell-Silver Syndrome
Laron syndrome
This 35-year-old patient has B/L carotid body tumours. What could be the associated genetic mutation?
SDHB
SDHD
SDHA
SDHC
Which of the following triple G-agonist (GIP, GLP-1, and glucagon) that is considered as the game changer in obesity pharmacotherapy that is currently being tested in phase III clinical trial?
Retatrutide
Semaglutide
Setmelanotide
Tirzepatide
These charts show glucose control and insulin delivery method of one of newest advancements in type 1 diabetes. What is this therapy method?
Dual hormone closed loop system
Stem cell derived islet therapy
Multi-dose insulin injection therapy
Hybrid closed loop system
When was the name change of central diabetes insipidus to arginine vasopressin deficiency (AVP-D) was officially adopted by the Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terminology (SNOMED-CT)?
November 2022
February 2024
January 2021
October 2023
Promising pre-clinical data of using Bioprinted Tissue Therapeutics (BTTs) to treat a common endocrine condition was presented in ENDO 2025, CA. What was that endocrine condition?
Hypopituitarism
Primary hypothyroidism
Primary adrenal insufficiency
Primary hyperaldosteronism
Which non-profit organization partnered with Mattel, Inc. in designing 1st barbie doll with type 1 diabetes?
Diabetes UK
Breakthrough T1D
Beyond Type 1
IDF
In which city the International Diabetes Federation was first founded officially?
Amsterdam, Netherland
Vienna, Austria
Geneva, Switzerland
Copenhagen, Denmark
What was the cost of Insulin Patent right, that was sold to the University of Toronto in 1923?
$ 1 each
$ 10 each
$ 100 each
$ 1000 each
