,TEST BANK FOR USE WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILTIES, EIGHTH EDITION
CHAPTER 1
Multiple Choice
1. During which process, also referred to as nonreductive division, are two daughter cells, each
containing 46 chromosomes, formed from one parent cell?
A) Mitosis
B) Meiosis
C) Osmosis
D) Ketosis
Answer: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Cell Division and Its Disorders
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
2. Which of the following is the only disorder in which a fetus can survive despite the loss of an
entire chromosome?
A) Down syndrome
B) Turner syndrome
C) Rett syndrome
D) Prader-Willi syndrome
Answer: B
Complexity: Moderate
Children with Disabilities, Eighth Edition, by Mark L. Batshaw, Nancy J. Roizen, and Louis Pellegrino. Online Companion Materials.
Copyright © 2019 Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.
,Ahead: Cell Division and Its Disorders
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
3. A mutation in a transcription gene leads to which condition, associated with multiple
congenital malformations and severe intellectual disability?
A) Down syndrome
B) Turner syndrome
C) Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
D) Prader-Willi syndrome
Answer: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Cell Division and Its Disorders
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
Fill-in-the-Blank
1. It has been appreciated that changes in gene expression can occur by mechanisms that do not
permanently alter the DNA sequence, a phenomenon called _____________________.
Answer: epigenetics
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Epigenetics
Subject: Chapter 1
Children with Disabilities, Eighth Edition, by Mark L. Batshaw, Nancy J. Roizen, and Louis Pellegrino. Online Companion Materials.
Copyright © 2019 Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.
, Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
2. The ____________________ is the central, enclosed core of a cell.
Answer: nucleus
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Genetic Disorders
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
CHAPTER 2
Multiple Choice
1. The emergence of which virus in the Americas and other regions has highlighted the
importance of congenital infections in developmental disabilities?
A) Zika virus
B) Ebola virus
C) HIV virus
D) Varicella-zoster virus
Answer: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Specific Neurotoxicants
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Environmental Exposures
Children with Disabilities, Eighth Edition, by Mark L. Batshaw, Nancy J. Roizen, and Louis Pellegrino. Online Companion Materials.
Copyright © 2019 Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.
CHAPTER 1
Multiple Choice
1. During which process, also referred to as nonreductive division, are two daughter cells, each
containing 46 chromosomes, formed from one parent cell?
A) Mitosis
B) Meiosis
C) Osmosis
D) Ketosis
Answer: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Cell Division and Its Disorders
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
2. Which of the following is the only disorder in which a fetus can survive despite the loss of an
entire chromosome?
A) Down syndrome
B) Turner syndrome
C) Rett syndrome
D) Prader-Willi syndrome
Answer: B
Complexity: Moderate
Children with Disabilities, Eighth Edition, by Mark L. Batshaw, Nancy J. Roizen, and Louis Pellegrino. Online Companion Materials.
Copyright © 2019 Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.
,Ahead: Cell Division and Its Disorders
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
3. A mutation in a transcription gene leads to which condition, associated with multiple
congenital malformations and severe intellectual disability?
A) Down syndrome
B) Turner syndrome
C) Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
D) Prader-Willi syndrome
Answer: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Cell Division and Its Disorders
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
Fill-in-the-Blank
1. It has been appreciated that changes in gene expression can occur by mechanisms that do not
permanently alter the DNA sequence, a phenomenon called _____________________.
Answer: epigenetics
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Epigenetics
Subject: Chapter 1
Children with Disabilities, Eighth Edition, by Mark L. Batshaw, Nancy J. Roizen, and Louis Pellegrino. Online Companion Materials.
Copyright © 2019 Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.
, Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
2. The ____________________ is the central, enclosed core of a cell.
Answer: nucleus
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Genetic Disorders
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities
CHAPTER 2
Multiple Choice
1. The emergence of which virus in the Americas and other regions has highlighted the
importance of congenital infections in developmental disabilities?
A) Zika virus
B) Ebola virus
C) HIV virus
D) Varicella-zoster virus
Answer: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Specific Neurotoxicants
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Environmental Exposures
Children with Disabilities, Eighth Edition, by Mark L. Batshaw, Nancy J. Roizen, and Louis Pellegrino. Online Companion Materials.
Copyright © 2019 Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.
