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WGU D115 Exa m 2024 How is transcription best defined - answer -RNA is synthesized from a DNA template An amniocentesis indicates a neural tube defect when an increase in which protein is evident? - answer - alpha -fetoprotein Amniocentesis is recommended for Pregnant with what history - answer -Family history of genetic disorders What is a technique for chromosomal Abnormalities at 10 to 12 weeks gestation - answer -Chronic villus sampling What is the For an error in which homologous Fail to separate during mitosis or meiosis - answer - Nondisjunction What is the most common cause of down syndrome - answer -Maternal nondisjunction What syndrome characterized by absent homologous X chromosome With only a single X -chromosome Exhibit features include Short stature Widely spaced nipples And webbed neck - answer -Turner syndrome A person with 47, XXY karyotype has the genetic disorder resulting in which syndrome? - answer - Klinefelter When a child inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, it is inherited from: - answer -both parents Cystic fibrosis is caused by what type of gene - answer -autosomal recessive The BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations increase the risk of what type of cancer in women - answer -Uterine

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WGU D115 Exam |Graded A+ 2026

How is transcription best defined - answer-RNA is synthesized from a DNA template

An amniocentesis indicates a neural tube defect when an increase in which protein is
evident? - answer-
alpha-fetoprotein

Amniocentesis is recommended for Pregnant with what history - answer-Family history of
genetic
disorders

What is a technique for chromosomal Abnormalities at 10 to 12 weeks gestation - answer-
Chronic villus
sampling

What is the For an error in which homologous Fail to separate during mitosis or meiosis -
answer-
Nondisjunction

What is the most common cause of down syndrome - answer-Maternal nondisjunction

What syndrome characterized by absent homologous X chromosome With only a single X-
chromosome
Exhibit features include Short stature Widely spaced nipples And webbed neck - answer-
Turner
syndrome

A person with 47, XXY karyotype has the genetic disorder resulting in which syndrome? -
answer-
Klinefelter

When a child inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, it is inherited from: - answer-
both parents

Cystic fibrosis is caused by what type of gene - answer-autosomal recessive

The BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations increase the risk of what type of cancer in women -
answer-Uterine

, Prater Willi syndrome Causes a chromosomal defect that is what - answer-Inherited from
the father

What type of immunity is produced by an individual After either natural exposure To the
antigen Or after
immunization against the antigen - answer-Acquired-active immunity

What type of immunity is produced when an immuno globulin crosses the placenta -
answer-Passive
acquired immunity

Where are antibodies produced? - answer-plasma cells

What antibodies initiates A typical primary immune response - answer-IgM

The common hayfever allergy is Expressed Through a reaction That is mediated by what
class of
immunoglobulins - answer-IgE

What are blood transfusion reactions an example of - answer-Alloimmunity

Which statement is true regarding immunodeficiencies - answer-Immunodeficiencies is
generally not
present in other family members

A healthcare professional advise patient to exercise because it has A probable impact on
reducing what
cancer - answer-colon

Conductive hearing loss involves the - answer-Middle ear

A potential complication of Streptococcus Pharyngitis That leads to contralateral uvular
deviation
Asymmetrical tonsillar Muffled voice on exam But no stridor drooling or difficulty breathing
or
swallowing is - answer-Peritonsillar abscess



A 64-year-old woman presents your office With complaints of vision loss. Funduscopic
Examination
reveals cupping of the optic nerve. Which action should you take - answer-Send a patient to
the nearest

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