NGR 6141 MODULE 3 Exam QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Advanced Pathophysiology, Florida Atlantic University NGR
6141 MODULE 3 Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
THIS EXAM CONTAINS:
➢ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
➢ RECENT UPDATE
➢ GRDED A+
➢ GUARANTEED PASSING SCORE
, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A person with Klinefelter syndrome has which of the following genetic abnormalities?.
ANSWER -XXY
Individuals with the karyotype 47,XXY have Klinefelter syndrome.
A couple is planning to have children. The father is affected by an autosomal dominant
disease, but the mother does not have the disease gene. If the father is a heterozygote, what
is the chance that their first child will be affected by the autosomal dominant disease?.
ANSWER -50%
Mating between a heterozygote with an autosomal dominant disease and a normal parent
carries a 50% risk of transmitting the disease gene.
Neurofibromatosis can vary in disease:. ANSWER -expressivity.
Variability in disease expression is common to neurofibromatosis. Expression of the disease
ranges from café-au-lait spots to malignant skin tumors.
Steven has Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He inherited this condition from his:. ANSWER
-mother only.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive disorder. Steven inherited the
abnormal X-linked gene from his mother.
Which of the following aneuploidy disorders is found only in females?. ANSWER -Turner
syndrome
The karyotype of an individual with Turner syndrome does not involve the Y chromosome
and therefore cannot occur in males.
Chromosomal nondisjunction results in:. ANSWER -monosomies and trisomies.
Nondisjunction, or failure of a chromosome to separate during meiosis, results in an ovum
with two copies of the chromosome and an ovum with no copies of the chromosome. When
these ova encounter a male gamete (sperm), the resulting embryo will have either an extra
copy of the chromosome (trisomy) or one copy of the chromosome (monosomy).
Which of the following statements about mutations is correct?. ANSWER -Mutations are
alterations in normal DNA sequence.
Mutations are alterations in normal DNA sequence.
ANSWERS
Advanced Pathophysiology, Florida Atlantic University NGR
6141 MODULE 3 Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
THIS EXAM CONTAINS:
➢ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
➢ RECENT UPDATE
➢ GRDED A+
➢ GUARANTEED PASSING SCORE
, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A person with Klinefelter syndrome has which of the following genetic abnormalities?.
ANSWER -XXY
Individuals with the karyotype 47,XXY have Klinefelter syndrome.
A couple is planning to have children. The father is affected by an autosomal dominant
disease, but the mother does not have the disease gene. If the father is a heterozygote, what
is the chance that their first child will be affected by the autosomal dominant disease?.
ANSWER -50%
Mating between a heterozygote with an autosomal dominant disease and a normal parent
carries a 50% risk of transmitting the disease gene.
Neurofibromatosis can vary in disease:. ANSWER -expressivity.
Variability in disease expression is common to neurofibromatosis. Expression of the disease
ranges from café-au-lait spots to malignant skin tumors.
Steven has Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He inherited this condition from his:. ANSWER
-mother only.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive disorder. Steven inherited the
abnormal X-linked gene from his mother.
Which of the following aneuploidy disorders is found only in females?. ANSWER -Turner
syndrome
The karyotype of an individual with Turner syndrome does not involve the Y chromosome
and therefore cannot occur in males.
Chromosomal nondisjunction results in:. ANSWER -monosomies and trisomies.
Nondisjunction, or failure of a chromosome to separate during meiosis, results in an ovum
with two copies of the chromosome and an ovum with no copies of the chromosome. When
these ova encounter a male gamete (sperm), the resulting embryo will have either an extra
copy of the chromosome (trisomy) or one copy of the chromosome (monosomy).
Which of the following statements about mutations is correct?. ANSWER -Mutations are
alterations in normal DNA sequence.
Mutations are alterations in normal DNA sequence.
