Advanced Pathophysiology Test quiz
and answers graded A+
Dominant - ANS✅✅What term best describes an allele with an observable defect?
Turner Syndrome - ANS✅✅What syndrome describes a woman born with short stature, webbing
of the neck, sparse body hair, and narrowing of the aorta?
True - ANS✅✅A child born with an autosomal dominant disease was most likely produced by the
union of a normal parent with an affected heterozygous parent (T/F)
recessive; dominant - ANS✅✅X linked _________ diseases are more common than X linked
_________ diseases
RNA; DNA - ANS✅✅Transcription is best defined as a process by which ____ is synthesized from a
_____ template
alpha fetoprotein - ANS✅✅An amniocentesis indicates a neural tube defect when there is an
increase in:
have a family history of genetic disorders - ANS✅✅An amniocentesis is recommended for
pregnant women who:
chorionic villus sampling - ANS✅✅The most clinically useful technique for prenatal diagnosis of
chromosomal abnormalities at 3 months' gestation is:
An IQ of 25 to 70, low nasal bridge, protruding tongue, and flat, low set ears - ANS✅✅Which
clinical manifestations would be expected for a child who has complete trisomy of the twenty-first
chromosome?
Humoral immune response - ANS✅✅What type of immune response is described by the following
description: B cells become activated on recognition of an antigen?
, Passive immunity - ANS✅✅What term describes the type of immunity that occurs when
preformed antibodies are transferred from donor to recipient?
direct killing of foreign and abnormal cells - ANS✅✅What is the function of the cytotoxic T
lymphocyte?
nondisjunction of X chromosome in the mother - ANS✅✅What is the chromosomal variation that
causes Klinefelter syndrome?
Fragile X syndrome - ANS✅✅What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of
mental retardation?
Type AB - ANS✅✅What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and B alleles
as codominant?
One half - ANS✅✅A couple has two children with a genetic disease. What is the probability that
the next child will have the same genetic disease?
both parents - ANS✅✅If a boy inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, he inherited it from:
autosomal recessive - ANS✅✅Cystic fibrosis is caused by an __________________ gene.
persons having common family relations. - ANS✅✅Consanguinity refers to the mating of:
his mother - ANS✅✅If a boy has hemophilia A, he inherited it from:
autosomal dominant - ANS✅✅Huntington disease is transferred genetically as __________
__________
autosomal recessive - ANS✅✅Cystic fibrosis is transferred as genetically __________ __________
X-linked recessive - ANS✅✅Hemophilia is transferred genetically as _______ ________
and answers graded A+
Dominant - ANS✅✅What term best describes an allele with an observable defect?
Turner Syndrome - ANS✅✅What syndrome describes a woman born with short stature, webbing
of the neck, sparse body hair, and narrowing of the aorta?
True - ANS✅✅A child born with an autosomal dominant disease was most likely produced by the
union of a normal parent with an affected heterozygous parent (T/F)
recessive; dominant - ANS✅✅X linked _________ diseases are more common than X linked
_________ diseases
RNA; DNA - ANS✅✅Transcription is best defined as a process by which ____ is synthesized from a
_____ template
alpha fetoprotein - ANS✅✅An amniocentesis indicates a neural tube defect when there is an
increase in:
have a family history of genetic disorders - ANS✅✅An amniocentesis is recommended for
pregnant women who:
chorionic villus sampling - ANS✅✅The most clinically useful technique for prenatal diagnosis of
chromosomal abnormalities at 3 months' gestation is:
An IQ of 25 to 70, low nasal bridge, protruding tongue, and flat, low set ears - ANS✅✅Which
clinical manifestations would be expected for a child who has complete trisomy of the twenty-first
chromosome?
Humoral immune response - ANS✅✅What type of immune response is described by the following
description: B cells become activated on recognition of an antigen?
, Passive immunity - ANS✅✅What term describes the type of immunity that occurs when
preformed antibodies are transferred from donor to recipient?
direct killing of foreign and abnormal cells - ANS✅✅What is the function of the cytotoxic T
lymphocyte?
nondisjunction of X chromosome in the mother - ANS✅✅What is the chromosomal variation that
causes Klinefelter syndrome?
Fragile X syndrome - ANS✅✅What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of
mental retardation?
Type AB - ANS✅✅What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and B alleles
as codominant?
One half - ANS✅✅A couple has two children with a genetic disease. What is the probability that
the next child will have the same genetic disease?
both parents - ANS✅✅If a boy inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, he inherited it from:
autosomal recessive - ANS✅✅Cystic fibrosis is caused by an __________________ gene.
persons having common family relations. - ANS✅✅Consanguinity refers to the mating of:
his mother - ANS✅✅If a boy has hemophilia A, he inherited it from:
autosomal dominant - ANS✅✅Huntington disease is transferred genetically as __________
__________
autosomal recessive - ANS✅✅Cystic fibrosis is transferred as genetically __________ __________
X-linked recessive - ANS✅✅Hemophilia is transferred genetically as _______ ________
