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1. 
Which of the following is incorrect regarding peptide hormones?
A.
Are derived from cholesterol
B.
Are derived from amino acids
C.
Is considered a first messenger
D.
Bind to receptors that cause signaling cascades.
2. 
What is amplification?
A.
When one steroid hormone binds to multiple receptors
B.
When one peptide hormone binds to multiple receptors
C.
Receptors activating multiple enzymes that trigger larger productions of second messengers.
D.
Intensity decreases with each step of the signaling cascade
3. 
All of the following are common peptide hormone second messengers except...
A.
cAMP
B.
G protein
C.
IP3
D.
Calcium
4. 
Select all that are true regarding protein kinase A
A.
Is associated with G-protien receptors
B.
Adenylate cyclase raises or lowers cAMP which can bine to protein kinase A
C.
Phosphorylates CREB
D.
Phosphorylates KREB
5. 
The effects of peptide hormones are slow and long lasting.
A.
True
B.
False
6. 
Water soluble, travels in the bloodstream without a carrier.
A.
peptide hormones
B.
Steroid hormones
7. 
All are true regarding steroid hormones except
A.
Derived from cholesterol
B.
Primarily produced by gonads and adrenal cortex
C.
non polar
D.
can move freely in the blood stream without a carrier