ABGC Practice Quiz Questions (Guaranteed Pass!)

A woman is seen for genetic counseling because her three-year-old son was recently diagnosed with Duchene's Muscular Dystrophy. She is feeling very guilty about the diagnosis and the fact that she passed along this disease to her son. Her son's physician has referred her to see a cardiologist on numerous occasions but she has not kept the scheduled appointments. What is the best approach to take with this patient to encourage her to see a cardiologist? A) Tell her that she is being irresponsible and wasting the cardiologist's time by not keeping her scheduled appointments B) Discuss with her the reasons why she has not been able to keep her scheduled appointments and provide support to encourage her to make keep her next appointment C) Tell her that she is at risk for cardiac disease and that she must keep her appointment D) Explain that if she wants to have more children it is important to maintain her own health correct answers B A 22-year-old woman is referred to genetics clinic for evaluation of frequent nosebleeds often occurring at night. In taking a family history, you learn her father has also experienced recurrent nosebleeds and her paternal grandmother died from a stroke in her 50s. Upon exam, your patient was found to have telangiectases on her mouth and hands. What diagnosis is most likely? A) Ataxia-telangiectasia B) Hemophilia B C) Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia D) Hereditary Hemochromatosis correct answers C Please select the coping style which is best represented by the counselee: The genetic counselor is meeting with a mother of a child with multiple congenital anomalies. After her initial grief, she now states the child is a gift which will help her to become a stronger person and allow her the opportunity to provide the best care and environment for a child severe medical problems. A) Accept responsibility B) Distancing C) Positive reappraisal D) Seek social support correct answers C A woman has an ultrasound evaluation that reveals the fetus has caudal regression. Which of the following maternal conditions is most closely associated with this birth defect? A) Epilepsy B) High blood pressure C) HIV D) Type I diabetes correct answers D