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Fall 2024 FINAL EXAMINATION                            ENC 1101 INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: Rachael Beers GENERAL DIRECTIONS:  Write a 700-word essay of at least five paragraphs, paying careful attention to organization, grammar, formatting, and mechanics.  Be certain your essay contains an introductory paragraph (including a clearly stated thesis statement), a minimum of three body paragraphs providing adequate support for each claim, and a concluding paragraph.  Your class notes, text, and a dictionary may be used. Use MLA formatting. You do not need sources or a works cited page.   Final Exam Name ______________________________ Fall 2024 ENC 1101-702 Word Count _________________________ Kristi Jordan 700+ Words   Follow these directions carefully:   1. Select one of the topics below. CIRCLE your choice.   Topics: A. Companies should be held fiscally responsible for their carbon footprint. B. Churches should not be allowed to engage in politics. C. Should employers screen applicants’ social media accounts in the hiring process? D. Is the electoral college still a productive approach to electing the U.S. President?   2. Skip every other line as you write.   3. Write a 700-word essay supporting your thesis.   4. Select one of the following four strategies for your essay. CIRCLE your choice.   exemplification cause/effect comparison/contrast argumentation   5. You may use a dictionary, a thesaurus, and/or a word book.   NOTE: The quality of your content, organization, and mechanics will be the basis for determining your grade. 

  Last and not least, this is a question involving a condition that affects most of us… whether in the car or on a boat, airplane, or roller coaster.  You may have to look this one up in the book but the answer is fairly intuitive.  Motion sickness seems to ________.  

  What is the main function of the rods in the eye?  

  Which division functions to conserve energy and replenish the supply of nutrients?  

  Which of the following is NOT a result of parasympathetic stimulation?  

  BONUS #9:    Which of the following is the best explanation of how a stimulus’s strength is transmitted to the central nervous system from sensory nerves?  

  If I’ve said it once, I’ve probably told y’all twice… I hate things touching the surface of my eyeball.  This includes that really annoying puff of air that they use to diagnose glaucoma.  This condition can result from a clogged one of these (what letter) which leads to increased pressure in the anterior chamber of the eye.                              

  Sympathetic division stimulation causes ________.   (note:  “GI” stands for gastrointestinal and I’m talking about digestive movement thru the GI tract)  

  BONUS #4:    As a cook chops red onions he begins to tear up due to activation of the lacrimal gland.  Which of the following nerves provided the stimulus?    

  Nutrients are delivered and waste products are carried away from the cells of the posterior segment of the eye by blood vessels. However, the cells in the cornea and lens (in the anterior segment) are avascular (=no vasculature or blood vessels).  Which is the best explanation for how these cells are maintained?