Review Exam 1 GMS 6540 exam with |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
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Genetic changes are required for which of the following to occur?
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A) Initiation/Transformation of a cell
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B) Formation of a pre-neoplastic lesion from an initiated cell
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C) Formation of a malignant tumor from a pre-neoplastic lesion
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D) Formation of clinical cancer from a malignant tumor
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E) Metastasis of a clinical cancer - correct answer✔✔A) Initiation/Transformation of a cell
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C)Formation of a malignant tumor from a pre-neoplastic lesion |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
D) Formation of clinical cancer from a malignant tumor
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E) Metastasis of a clinical cancer
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What effect would a G12V mutation in Ras have on ERK?
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A) It would lead to increased activation of ERK.
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B) It would lead to decreased activation of ERK.
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C) It would increase the stability of ERK.
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D) It would decrease the stability of ERK. - correct answer✔✔A) It would lead to increased
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activation of ERK |||\\\ |||\\\
Are cancers more likely to devlop mutation that activate or inactivate Rb? - correct
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answer✔✔Inactivate
Metabolites of nicotine commonly result in DNA point mutations. Which type of DNA instability |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
is this an example of?
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A) genetic instability
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, B) chromosomal instability - correct answer✔✔A) genetic instability
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If a human cell underwent endoreduplication followed by failed cytokinesis, how many
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chromosomes would you expect that cell to now contain? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A)23
B) 46 |||\\\
C) 92 |||\\\
D) 184 |||\\\
E) 368 - correct answer✔✔D) 184
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Which of the following statements is true regarding apoptosis? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A) It does not occur in our bodies under normal circumstances
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B) Is it a process to ensure cancer cell survival
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C) Cancer cells must avoid it
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D) Tumors seek to upregulate it
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E) It can only be triggered by factors outside the cell - correct answer✔✔C) Cancer cells must
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avoid it |||\\\
Which statement best describes the Warburg effect? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A) The switching of cancer cells from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis
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B) the switching of cancer cells from aerobic glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation
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C) the process of making glycolysis more efficient
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D) the process of making glycolysis less efficient - correct answer✔✔A) the switching of cancer
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cells from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis
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A patient undergoes an FdG-PET scan. Will a tumor contain more or less 18fluorodeoxyglucose
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than normal the surrounding tissue? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
correct answers |||\\\
Genetic changes are required for which of the following to occur?
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A) Initiation/Transformation of a cell
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B) Formation of a pre-neoplastic lesion from an initiated cell
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C) Formation of a malignant tumor from a pre-neoplastic lesion
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D) Formation of clinical cancer from a malignant tumor
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E) Metastasis of a clinical cancer - correct answer✔✔A) Initiation/Transformation of a cell
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C)Formation of a malignant tumor from a pre-neoplastic lesion |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
D) Formation of clinical cancer from a malignant tumor
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E) Metastasis of a clinical cancer
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What effect would a G12V mutation in Ras have on ERK?
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A) It would lead to increased activation of ERK.
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B) It would lead to decreased activation of ERK.
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C) It would increase the stability of ERK.
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D) It would decrease the stability of ERK. - correct answer✔✔A) It would lead to increased
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activation of ERK |||\\\ |||\\\
Are cancers more likely to devlop mutation that activate or inactivate Rb? - correct
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answer✔✔Inactivate
Metabolites of nicotine commonly result in DNA point mutations. Which type of DNA instability |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
is this an example of?
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A) genetic instability
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, B) chromosomal instability - correct answer✔✔A) genetic instability
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If a human cell underwent endoreduplication followed by failed cytokinesis, how many
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chromosomes would you expect that cell to now contain? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A)23
B) 46 |||\\\
C) 92 |||\\\
D) 184 |||\\\
E) 368 - correct answer✔✔D) 184
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Which of the following statements is true regarding apoptosis? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A) It does not occur in our bodies under normal circumstances
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B) Is it a process to ensure cancer cell survival
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C) Cancer cells must avoid it
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D) Tumors seek to upregulate it
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E) It can only be triggered by factors outside the cell - correct answer✔✔C) Cancer cells must
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avoid it |||\\\
Which statement best describes the Warburg effect? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A) The switching of cancer cells from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis
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B) the switching of cancer cells from aerobic glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation
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C) the process of making glycolysis more efficient
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D) the process of making glycolysis less efficient - correct answer✔✔A) the switching of cancer
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cells from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis
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A patient undergoes an FdG-PET scan. Will a tumor contain more or less 18fluorodeoxyglucose
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than normal the surrounding tissue? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\