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Insulin Insights: A Diabetes Medication Quiz

Test your knowledge on diabetes medications with this engaging quiz designed for healthcare professionals and students. Whether you're looking to refresh your knowledge or prepare for a certification exam, this quiz covers essential information about various insulin types and oral diabetic drugs.

10 multiple choice questions
Covering insulin, metformin, and recent oral diabetic drugs
Challenge your understanding and clinical application of diabetes treatment!

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by DiagnosingDiabetes34

1. Which of the following statements is correct regarding insulin glargine?

A. It is primarily used to control postprandial hyperglycemia

B. It is a “peakless” insulin

C. The prolonged duration of activity is due to slow dissociation from albumin

D. It should not be used in a regimen with insulin lispro or gluisine

2. DW is a patient with type 2 diabetes who has a blood glucose of 400mg/dL today at his office visit. The physician would like to give some insulin to bring the glucose down before he leaves the office. Which of the following would lower the glucose in the quickest manner in DW?

A. Insulin aspart

B. Insulin glargine

C. NPH insulin

D. Regular insulin

3. Which of the following classes of oral diabetic drugs is paired most appropriately with its primary mechanism of action?

A. DPP4 inhibitor- inhibits breakdown of complex carbohydrates

B. Glinide- increases insulin sensitivity

C. Sulfonylurea-increases insulin secretion

D. Thiazolidinedione- decrease hepatic gluconeogenesis

4. Which of the following statements is characteristic of metformin?

A. Metformin is inappropriate for initial management of type 2 diabetes

B. Metformin decreases hepatic glucose production

C. Metformin should not be combined with sulfonylureas or insulin

D. Weight gain is a common adverse effect

5. Which of the following is the most appropriate initial oral agent for management of type 2 diabetes in patients with no other comorbid conditions?

A. Glipizide

B. Insulin

C. Metformin

D. Piloglitazone

6. Which of the following diabetes medication is most appropriately paired with adverse effect associated with its use?

A. Canagliflozin-lactic acidosis

B. Metformin- urinary tract infection

C. Nateglinide- heart failure

D. Liraglutide- pancreatitis

7. Which of the following is the preferred initial drug for glucose control ( in the absence of contraindications?

A. Sulfonylurea

B. Metformin

C. DPP4 inhibitors

D. Insulin

8. Which oral anti diabetic drug may have pancreatitis as a possible side effect?

A. Metformin

B. Any of the Sulfonylureas

C. DPP4 inhibitors such as Sitagliptin

D. SGLT2 inhibitor

9. Which oral anti diabetic drug should not be given when there is heart failure? ( will aggravate heart condition)

A. Sitagliptin

B. Pioglitazone

C. Glimepiride

D. Forxiga

10. Which of the following drugs wherein it mode of action is to stimulate insulin secretion?

A. Sulfonylureas

B. Biguanide

C. Thiazolinisiones

D. A-glucosidase inhibitor

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