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Date November 2020 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 20N.3.HL.TZ0.22b
Level HL Paper 3 Time zone TZ0
Command term State Question number b Adapted from N/A
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20N.3.HL.TZ0.22b

Blood pressure changes in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) fed a salt-supplemented diet during a two-and-a-half-year treatment period were compared to the blood pressure of those fed a normal diet. The graph shows the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure (± standard deviation) before, during and after the treatment period.

[Source: Republished with permission of American Society for Clinical
Investigation, from The Journal of Clinical Investigation, O’Shaughnessy, K.M. and Karet, F.E., 113, 8, 2004;
permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.]

(b)

State the instrument used by doctors to measure blood pressure.

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Markscheme

sphygmomanometer/blood pressure monitor;

Examiners report

Although strong candidates could state sphygmomanometer or blood pressure monitor, too many irrelevant or blank answers were seen.