MMSc491 EXAM 3
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Question: Which of the following is true about cancer
a. It can spread through the blood and lymph nodes
b. Growths always look cytologically abnormal
c. Cell growth is uncontrolled
d. All of the above
e. A and C, but not b - Answer✔✔-e. A and C, but not b
Question: Hyperplastic tissue...
a. Is when excessive cells look the same as normal tissue
b. Is when excessive cells look cytologically abnormal
c. Is what cells should be
d. Is when excessive cells lose their nucleus - Answer✔✔-a. Is when excessive
cells look the same as normal tissue
,Question: Cancer is able to overcome regulatory systems by
a. Having mutations to apoptosis and cell cycle arrest genes
b. Counteract death signals from neighboring cells
c. Lose contact inhibition of normal cells that regulate cell growth
d. All of the above - Answer✔✔-d. All of the above
Question: Natural selection has what effect on cancer
a. Natural selection does not impact cancer
b. People with anti-cancer defense genes care passed on and can evolve from
generation to generation
c. Cancer is 'selected for' because it is able to survive and avoid death while
healthy cells are killed off
d. B and C - Answer✔✔-d. B and C
Question: What is the first step in the formation of malignant tumors?
a. Benign tumor
b. Invasion of neighboring tissue
c. Cancer cells into the bloodstream
d. Mutated cell - Answer✔✔-d. Mutated cell
Question: Which definition best describes a benign tumor?
a. A tumor whose cells show evidence of spreading through the bloodstream
and/or lymphatic system
b. An abnormal cell growth that is confined to a specific site within a tissue and
shows no evidence of invading adjacent tissue
,c. One of a heterogeneous group of disorders whose common features are
uncontrolled cell growth and cell spreading
d. The process whereby cells from a primary malignant tumor are disseminated
via the bloodstream - Answer✔✔-b. An abnormal cell growth that is confined
to a specific site within a tissue and shows no evidence of invading adjacent
tissue
Question: Which of the following is a positive regulator of cell proliferation?
a. Classical tumor suppressor genes
b. Apoptotic genes
c. Classical oncogenes
d. Indirectly acting tumor suppressor genes - Answer✔✔-c. Classical oncogenes
Question: What is the role of classical tumor suppressor genes?
a. Restricting cell division
b. Promoting cell division
c. Participation in the regulation of the cell cycle
d. Acts as a positive regulator for proliferation - Answer✔✔-a. Restricting cell
division
Question: Which of the following is NOT an example of an infiltrating immune
cell?
a. Macrophages
b. Fibroblasts
c. Mast cells
d. Neutrophils - Answer✔✔-b. Fibroblasts
, Question: Leukemia is an example of what kind of tumor?
a. Liquid tumor
b. Solid tumor
c. Benign tumor
d. None of the above - Answer✔✔-a. Liquid tumor
True or false: Malignant tumors can be associated with metastasis of cancerous
cells.
True
False - Answer✔✔-True
What is the mechanism of action that regulates cell proliferation and cell
death?
a. Apoptosis
b. Leukocytosis
c. Intracellular signaling
d. Cell division - Answer✔✔-c. Intracellular signaling
What is an example of a positive regulator?
a. Classical oncogenes
b. Telomerase
c. Anti-apoptotic genes
d. All of the above - Answer✔✔-d. All of the above
Exam Study Guide – Practice
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Answers. GRADED A+. Latest
2026/2027 Update
Question: Which of the following is true about cancer
a. It can spread through the blood and lymph nodes
b. Growths always look cytologically abnormal
c. Cell growth is uncontrolled
d. All of the above
e. A and C, but not b - Answer✔✔-e. A and C, but not b
Question: Hyperplastic tissue...
a. Is when excessive cells look the same as normal tissue
b. Is when excessive cells look cytologically abnormal
c. Is what cells should be
d. Is when excessive cells lose their nucleus - Answer✔✔-a. Is when excessive
cells look the same as normal tissue
,Question: Cancer is able to overcome regulatory systems by
a. Having mutations to apoptosis and cell cycle arrest genes
b. Counteract death signals from neighboring cells
c. Lose contact inhibition of normal cells that regulate cell growth
d. All of the above - Answer✔✔-d. All of the above
Question: Natural selection has what effect on cancer
a. Natural selection does not impact cancer
b. People with anti-cancer defense genes care passed on and can evolve from
generation to generation
c. Cancer is 'selected for' because it is able to survive and avoid death while
healthy cells are killed off
d. B and C - Answer✔✔-d. B and C
Question: What is the first step in the formation of malignant tumors?
a. Benign tumor
b. Invasion of neighboring tissue
c. Cancer cells into the bloodstream
d. Mutated cell - Answer✔✔-d. Mutated cell
Question: Which definition best describes a benign tumor?
a. A tumor whose cells show evidence of spreading through the bloodstream
and/or lymphatic system
b. An abnormal cell growth that is confined to a specific site within a tissue and
shows no evidence of invading adjacent tissue
,c. One of a heterogeneous group of disorders whose common features are
uncontrolled cell growth and cell spreading
d. The process whereby cells from a primary malignant tumor are disseminated
via the bloodstream - Answer✔✔-b. An abnormal cell growth that is confined
to a specific site within a tissue and shows no evidence of invading adjacent
tissue
Question: Which of the following is a positive regulator of cell proliferation?
a. Classical tumor suppressor genes
b. Apoptotic genes
c. Classical oncogenes
d. Indirectly acting tumor suppressor genes - Answer✔✔-c. Classical oncogenes
Question: What is the role of classical tumor suppressor genes?
a. Restricting cell division
b. Promoting cell division
c. Participation in the regulation of the cell cycle
d. Acts as a positive regulator for proliferation - Answer✔✔-a. Restricting cell
division
Question: Which of the following is NOT an example of an infiltrating immune
cell?
a. Macrophages
b. Fibroblasts
c. Mast cells
d. Neutrophils - Answer✔✔-b. Fibroblasts
, Question: Leukemia is an example of what kind of tumor?
a. Liquid tumor
b. Solid tumor
c. Benign tumor
d. None of the above - Answer✔✔-a. Liquid tumor
True or false: Malignant tumors can be associated with metastasis of cancerous
cells.
True
False - Answer✔✔-True
What is the mechanism of action that regulates cell proliferation and cell
death?
a. Apoptosis
b. Leukocytosis
c. Intracellular signaling
d. Cell division - Answer✔✔-c. Intracellular signaling
What is an example of a positive regulator?
a. Classical oncogenes
b. Telomerase
c. Anti-apoptotic genes
d. All of the above - Answer✔✔-d. All of the above
