In the body, the hormones act by binding to the specialized area of the cell wall known as receptors. The receptors for the important hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline, which are involved in the body’s fight or flight reaction, acts by 2 types of receptors known as Alpha and Beta adrenergic receptors.
In the physiology (the study of the normal functioning of the human body) viva Dr. Anuj Agrawal (Fictional Name) was asked to tell something about the adrenergic receptors.
Dr. Anuj started, with the textbook answer that “The adrenergic receptors are divided into Alpha and Beta receptors. These are further divided into Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 receptors and similarly Beta 1 and Beta 2 receptors. But there is a third receptor discovered known as a Beta 3 receptors.”
This was the days before the latest information was available instantaneously at the click of the mouse on the internet. People were dependant on the textbooks which frequently had 1-2-year-old information by the time they were published. Online journals sharing the latest research were also not present.
The concept of Beta 3 receptor was new and was not given in the standard textbooks. The examiners’ interests were aroused by the mention of Beta 3 receptors. They asked Dr. Anuj to explain what does he mean by Beta 3 receptor.
Dr. Anuj who was well prepared on this topic started speaking and the time allotted for viva for him was consumed by him giving a monologue on the topic of Beta 3 receptors, instead of the normal question and answer pattern of viva. The student became the teacher.
In the subsequent two of the four physiology viva, even though the topics were unrelated to the adrenaline receptors, within few seconds of the start of viva, Dr. Anuj steered the viva towards Beta 3 receptor and again the viva became a monologue with Dr. Anuj speaking and examiners listening to him.
If you have some extra or exclusive latest information on a topic then steering the exam to that topic can be very fruitful in oral exams or interview.
(Based on true incident)
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