Philosophy 120 Final UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the difference between biotechnology and bioengineering? - CORRECT
ANSWER - an enhancement
Steroid use by athletes to improve performance is generally considered to be - CORRECT
ANSWER - an enhancement.
Which of the following is an example of a so-called "cognitive enhancement"? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Adderall
The most potent, flexible type of stem cells are - CORRECT ANSWER - embryonic stem
cells
Why might stem cell therapies be ineffective against Lou Gehrig's disease and other autoimmune
illnesses? - CORRECT ANSWER - - In these illnesses, stem cells run the risk of creating
chimeras.
-Replacing damaged cells doesn't fix the overall cellular environment.
What is a clone? - CORRECT ANSWER - -a genetically similar copy, produced asexually
from a single living being.
- a genetically identical copy, produced asexually from a single living being.
Therapeutic cloning is the use of cloning for - CORRECT ANSWER - medical purposes
The science of improving the genetic components of a species is called - CORRECT
ANSWER - eugenics
The Human Genome Project was completed in - CORRECT ANSWER - 2000
, How has nearly all the food we eat been "genetically modified" in the broadest sense of the term?
- CORRECT ANSWER - It has been cross-bred for centuries.
A common ethical objection to human reproductive cloning is that it would involve which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER - Playing God
A common ethical objection to human reproductive cloning is which of the following? -
CORRECT ANSWER - a. It violates the clone's right to an open future.
b. It is a production of a person, rather than a creation.
c. It is "playing God."
A possible area of concern for genetic screening is - CORRECT ANSWER - the creation
of conflicts of interest.
How did Myriad Genetics raise ethical concerns after discovering a gene linked with breast
cancer? - CORRECT ANSWER - They attempted to patent the gene.
What is a chimera? - CORRECT ANSWER - An animal with some human cells or organs
Which of the following are plausible responses to the objection that cloned people would not be
unique individuals, and thus be deprived of human dignity and worth? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Identical twins are more like each other than a clone would be to the one
cloned.
Which of the following is not a practice that does or has widely elicited the "yuck" objection, or
a sense of instinctive disgust? - CORRECT ANSWER - Habeas Corpus
Xenotransplantation takes place - CORRECT ANSWER - Between individuals from
different species.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the difference between biotechnology and bioengineering? - CORRECT
ANSWER - an enhancement
Steroid use by athletes to improve performance is generally considered to be - CORRECT
ANSWER - an enhancement.
Which of the following is an example of a so-called "cognitive enhancement"? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Adderall
The most potent, flexible type of stem cells are - CORRECT ANSWER - embryonic stem
cells
Why might stem cell therapies be ineffective against Lou Gehrig's disease and other autoimmune
illnesses? - CORRECT ANSWER - - In these illnesses, stem cells run the risk of creating
chimeras.
-Replacing damaged cells doesn't fix the overall cellular environment.
What is a clone? - CORRECT ANSWER - -a genetically similar copy, produced asexually
from a single living being.
- a genetically identical copy, produced asexually from a single living being.
Therapeutic cloning is the use of cloning for - CORRECT ANSWER - medical purposes
The science of improving the genetic components of a species is called - CORRECT
ANSWER - eugenics
The Human Genome Project was completed in - CORRECT ANSWER - 2000
, How has nearly all the food we eat been "genetically modified" in the broadest sense of the term?
- CORRECT ANSWER - It has been cross-bred for centuries.
A common ethical objection to human reproductive cloning is that it would involve which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER - Playing God
A common ethical objection to human reproductive cloning is which of the following? -
CORRECT ANSWER - a. It violates the clone's right to an open future.
b. It is a production of a person, rather than a creation.
c. It is "playing God."
A possible area of concern for genetic screening is - CORRECT ANSWER - the creation
of conflicts of interest.
How did Myriad Genetics raise ethical concerns after discovering a gene linked with breast
cancer? - CORRECT ANSWER - They attempted to patent the gene.
What is a chimera? - CORRECT ANSWER - An animal with some human cells or organs
Which of the following are plausible responses to the objection that cloned people would not be
unique individuals, and thus be deprived of human dignity and worth? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Identical twins are more like each other than a clone would be to the one
cloned.
Which of the following is not a practice that does or has widely elicited the "yuck" objection, or
a sense of instinctive disgust? - CORRECT ANSWER - Habeas Corpus
Xenotransplantation takes place - CORRECT ANSWER - Between individuals from
different species.
