CHS 200 FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Treyvon constructed a pedigree for three generations of his family. He learned that his
son has an allele for Marfan syndrome, a disorder known for its variable expressivity.
What does this predict for Treyvon's son? - Answers - He has an increased risk of
developing the disease
Epigenetic modifications act through - Answers - It may affect the proteins that
surround and support DNA.
What did Mendel decide was a good proxy for studying inheritance in people? -
Answers - Pea plants
Emily finds out from the doctor her baby has a mutation in the CFTR gene. What
disease might be associated with this? - Answers - Cystic Fibrosis
Your friend is telling you he watched a TV program on the murder of the royal family of
Russia because the Bolsheviks (communists) believed the family's women were
sleeping with some guy named Rasputin. He muses why the royal family would hang
out with such a creep. What might you say? - Answers - Rasputin was treating the son
for hemophelia
Huntington's disease - Answers - autosomal dominant
BRCA mutation like what Emma Duncan had - Answers - Autosomal Dominants
Dwarfism - Answers - autosomal dominant
sickle cell anemia - Answers - autosomal recessive
Color blindness - Answers - sex-linked
cystic fibrosis - Answers - autosomal recessive
Hemmingways cats toes - Answers - Vairiable expressivity
brittle bone disease - Answers - incomplete dominance
If many research studies come to the same conclusion, which of Hills postulate does
this address? - Answers - Consistency
How does alcohol cause hypoxia? - Answers - impairs placental-fetal blood flow
At what stage (in weeks) in a fetus's development did thalidomide affect? - Answers -
Weeks 5-6
, Why is the range of estimates of FAS prevalence so wide with no national or concrete
statistics? - Answers - There is no active surveillance nor population based surveillance
system for FAS
Zygote - Answers - 0-10 days
Embryo - Answers - 10days-10 weeks
Fetus - Answers - 10 weeks-delivery
Neonate - Answers - after delivery
Viability - Answers - after 24 weeks
end of first trimester - Answers - 13 weeks
Jones published a study examining 23 alcoholic mothers compared to 46 children born
to non-alcoholic mothers. He found children born to alcoholic mothers were four times
more likely to have low IQ relative to children born to non-alcoholic mothers. You think
four times higher is strong evidence that alcohol consumption is related to children with
low IQ. Which one of Hills Postulates does this support? - Answers - Strength of
Association
Where in the female reproductive tract does alcohol disrupt cellular differentiation and
DNA protein synthesis? - Answers - placenta
The goal of the DHMO exercise was to - Answers - A teaching/learning website
Cocaine users and people who experience adverse childhood events have fewer
dopamine receptors - Answers - true
Cocaine's action, in the dopamine pathway, attaches to - Answers - dopamine
transporters
The sight of drug paraphernalia can activate the dopamine based incentive- motivation
pathway - Answers - true
Eating: increases dopamine by 100% - Answers - false
Why is the area the brain that teenagers use for decision making sub optimal? -
Answers - it is emotion based
Addiction is a - Answers - Brain Disease
Treyvon constructed a pedigree for three generations of his family. He learned that his
son has an allele for Marfan syndrome, a disorder known for its variable expressivity.
What does this predict for Treyvon's son? - Answers - He has an increased risk of
developing the disease
Epigenetic modifications act through - Answers - It may affect the proteins that
surround and support DNA.
What did Mendel decide was a good proxy for studying inheritance in people? -
Answers - Pea plants
Emily finds out from the doctor her baby has a mutation in the CFTR gene. What
disease might be associated with this? - Answers - Cystic Fibrosis
Your friend is telling you he watched a TV program on the murder of the royal family of
Russia because the Bolsheviks (communists) believed the family's women were
sleeping with some guy named Rasputin. He muses why the royal family would hang
out with such a creep. What might you say? - Answers - Rasputin was treating the son
for hemophelia
Huntington's disease - Answers - autosomal dominant
BRCA mutation like what Emma Duncan had - Answers - Autosomal Dominants
Dwarfism - Answers - autosomal dominant
sickle cell anemia - Answers - autosomal recessive
Color blindness - Answers - sex-linked
cystic fibrosis - Answers - autosomal recessive
Hemmingways cats toes - Answers - Vairiable expressivity
brittle bone disease - Answers - incomplete dominance
If many research studies come to the same conclusion, which of Hills postulate does
this address? - Answers - Consistency
How does alcohol cause hypoxia? - Answers - impairs placental-fetal blood flow
At what stage (in weeks) in a fetus's development did thalidomide affect? - Answers -
Weeks 5-6
, Why is the range of estimates of FAS prevalence so wide with no national or concrete
statistics? - Answers - There is no active surveillance nor population based surveillance
system for FAS
Zygote - Answers - 0-10 days
Embryo - Answers - 10days-10 weeks
Fetus - Answers - 10 weeks-delivery
Neonate - Answers - after delivery
Viability - Answers - after 24 weeks
end of first trimester - Answers - 13 weeks
Jones published a study examining 23 alcoholic mothers compared to 46 children born
to non-alcoholic mothers. He found children born to alcoholic mothers were four times
more likely to have low IQ relative to children born to non-alcoholic mothers. You think
four times higher is strong evidence that alcohol consumption is related to children with
low IQ. Which one of Hills Postulates does this support? - Answers - Strength of
Association
Where in the female reproductive tract does alcohol disrupt cellular differentiation and
DNA protein synthesis? - Answers - placenta
The goal of the DHMO exercise was to - Answers - A teaching/learning website
Cocaine users and people who experience adverse childhood events have fewer
dopamine receptors - Answers - true
Cocaine's action, in the dopamine pathway, attaches to - Answers - dopamine
transporters
The sight of drug paraphernalia can activate the dopamine based incentive- motivation
pathway - Answers - true
Eating: increases dopamine by 100% - Answers - false
Why is the area the brain that teenagers use for decision making sub optimal? -
Answers - it is emotion based
Addiction is a - Answers - Brain Disease
