CHS 200 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What was the genetic disorder was implicated in the murder of the royal family of
Russia? - Answers - Hemophilia
Treyvon constructed a pedigree for three generations of his family. He learned that his
parents, siblings and grandparents all had heart-related diseases (high blood pressures,
heart attacks, obesity). What does this predict for Treyvon? - Answers - He has an
increased risk of developing a heart-related disease
Epigenetic modifications act through - Answers - It may affect the proteins that
surround and support DNA
What is the genetic cause of cystic fibrosis - Answers - Mutated CTFR gene
What did Mendel decide was a good proxy for studying inheritance in people - Answers
- Pea plants
Huntingtons Disease - Answers - Austosomal Dominants
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
hemophilia - Answers - sex linked
Cystic Fibrosis - Answers - Autosomal recessive
Hemmingways cats toes - Answers - Variable expressivity
Brittle Bone disease - Answers - Incomplete dominance
How does alcohol cause hypoxia? - Answers - impairs placental-fetal blood flow
Zygote - Answers - 0-10 days
Embryo - Answers - day 10- 10 weeks
Fetus - Answers - 10 weeks - delivery
Neonate - Answers - after delivery
, Viability - Answers - after 24 weeks
induction - Answers - after 24 weeks
Start of pregnancy - Answers - up to 19 days before fertilization
End of first trimester - Answers - 13 weeks
abortion - Answers - before 24 weeks
Where in the female reproductive tract does alcohol disrupt cellular differentiation and
DNA protein synthesis? - Answers - placenta
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
Addiction is a - Answers - brain disease
Dopamine travels down the axon of the neuron to create feelings of euphoria - Answers
- False
Cocaine users and people who experience adverse childhood events have fewer
dopamine receptors - Answers - True
Which area of the brain do teenagers use for decision making? - Answers - amygdala
In a study discussed in class, people with more dopamine receptors (DA receptors) did
not find drugs as enjoyable as people with fewer receptors - Answers - True
The _________________ branch of the immune system broadly attacks anything that
isn't self including virus, bacterium, fungi, worms, protozoans (which cause disease like
malaria, giardiasis, also called Montezuma's revenge) - Answers - Innate
_________ percent of civil war soldiers survived an amputation? - Answers - 74
The role of macrophages when there is not pathogenic threat is to _____ ______ _____
________ - Answers - clean up cell waste
Fever - Answers - Innate
Inflammation - Answers - Innate
What was the genetic disorder was implicated in the murder of the royal family of
Russia? - Answers - Hemophilia
Treyvon constructed a pedigree for three generations of his family. He learned that his
parents, siblings and grandparents all had heart-related diseases (high blood pressures,
heart attacks, obesity). What does this predict for Treyvon? - Answers - He has an
increased risk of developing a heart-related disease
Epigenetic modifications act through - Answers - It may affect the proteins that
surround and support DNA
What is the genetic cause of cystic fibrosis - Answers - Mutated CTFR gene
What did Mendel decide was a good proxy for studying inheritance in people - Answers
- Pea plants
Huntingtons Disease - Answers - Austosomal Dominants
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
hemophilia - Answers - sex linked
Cystic Fibrosis - Answers - Autosomal recessive
Hemmingways cats toes - Answers - Variable expressivity
Brittle Bone disease - Answers - Incomplete dominance
How does alcohol cause hypoxia? - Answers - impairs placental-fetal blood flow
Zygote - Answers - 0-10 days
Embryo - Answers - day 10- 10 weeks
Fetus - Answers - 10 weeks - delivery
Neonate - Answers - after delivery
, Viability - Answers - after 24 weeks
induction - Answers - after 24 weeks
Start of pregnancy - Answers - up to 19 days before fertilization
End of first trimester - Answers - 13 weeks
abortion - Answers - before 24 weeks
Where in the female reproductive tract does alcohol disrupt cellular differentiation and
DNA protein synthesis? - Answers - placenta
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
Addiction is a - Answers - brain disease
Dopamine travels down the axon of the neuron to create feelings of euphoria - Answers
- False
Cocaine users and people who experience adverse childhood events have fewer
dopamine receptors - Answers - True
Which area of the brain do teenagers use for decision making? - Answers - amygdala
In a study discussed in class, people with more dopamine receptors (DA receptors) did
not find drugs as enjoyable as people with fewer receptors - Answers - True
The _________________ branch of the immune system broadly attacks anything that
isn't self including virus, bacterium, fungi, worms, protozoans (which cause disease like
malaria, giardiasis, also called Montezuma's revenge) - Answers - Innate
_________ percent of civil war soldiers survived an amputation? - Answers - 74
The role of macrophages when there is not pathogenic threat is to _____ ______ _____
________ - Answers - clean up cell waste
Fever - Answers - Innate
Inflammation - Answers - Innate
