ETX 010 Midterm Study Guide
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Which of the following are examples of how mutations to DNA can occur? You
can choose more than one. - CORRECT ANSWER-Exposure to benzo[a]pyrene
from cigarette smoke or soot
Mutations just happen
What is cancer? Pick the two best options. - CORRECT ANSWER-Abnormal
cells dividing without control
Abnormal cells invading other tissues
Which of the following are hallmarks of Cancer? You can choose more than one. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Sustaining proliferative signaling
Resisting cell death
Evading growth suppressors
Activating invasion and metastasis
,Inducing aberrant angiogenesis
Why is the phenomenon of blood vessels going into a mass of abnormal cells
'beneficial' from the perspective of a cancer? You can choose more than one. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Blood vessels provide a route for tumor cell metastasis
Blood vessels provide oxygen to the tumor cell mass
Blood vessels provide food/nutrients to the tumor cell mass
Think back to class 2 causation while reflecting on how you just learned that
benzo[a]pyrene causes lung cancer because a benzo[a]pyrene metabolite binds and
mutates DNA. Choose the Hill's causal consideration that best describes this
information. - CORRECT ANSWER-Biological plausibility
You are an oncologist, a doctor that treats people with cancer. You work in a clinic
that treats people who get sick on the job, presumably related to their occupations.
Mr. Xin comes to see you and after some careful investigations you discover Mr.
Xin has lung cancer. You ask him about his life history with the hopes of revealing
a cause of his lung cancer. Choose the best question(s) to ask Mr. Xin based on
what you know about lung cancer risk factors. - CORRECT ANSWER-Have you
worked in the chimneys of homes?
Have you ever smoked or otherwise used tobacco?
Have you worked on remodeling older homes?
Have you worked in shipyards?
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, Not all carcinogens are mutagens. - CORRECT ANSWER-True
Your favorite person comes back from the doctors to find out what to call a lump
you think is a tumor. What are you hoping this person says? "It's ....." - CORRECT
ANSWER-It's benign
Think back to class 2 causation while reflecting on how you just learned that
increasing benzene exposure in the last month was associated with decreasing
counts of a variety of blood cells. Choose the Hill's causal consideration that best
describes this information. - CORRECT ANSWER-Biological Gradient
The color of the dye that William Perkin developed was: - CORRECT ANSWER-
Mauve
Which of the following health outcomes were aniline dye factory workers most at
risk for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Bladder Cancer
BASF developed a method to synthesize what dye from aniline and what cloth is
most often produced from it? - CORRECT ANSWER-Indigo, Denim
When was the first plastic produced? - CORRECT ANSWER-1856
In what industry would you NOT find significant benzene exposures? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Paper Mills
What is NOT a significant source of ambient benzene exposure - CORRECT
ANSWER-Farming
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Which of the following are examples of how mutations to DNA can occur? You
can choose more than one. - CORRECT ANSWER-Exposure to benzo[a]pyrene
from cigarette smoke or soot
Mutations just happen
What is cancer? Pick the two best options. - CORRECT ANSWER-Abnormal
cells dividing without control
Abnormal cells invading other tissues
Which of the following are hallmarks of Cancer? You can choose more than one. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Sustaining proliferative signaling
Resisting cell death
Evading growth suppressors
Activating invasion and metastasis
,Inducing aberrant angiogenesis
Why is the phenomenon of blood vessels going into a mass of abnormal cells
'beneficial' from the perspective of a cancer? You can choose more than one. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Blood vessels provide a route for tumor cell metastasis
Blood vessels provide oxygen to the tumor cell mass
Blood vessels provide food/nutrients to the tumor cell mass
Think back to class 2 causation while reflecting on how you just learned that
benzo[a]pyrene causes lung cancer because a benzo[a]pyrene metabolite binds and
mutates DNA. Choose the Hill's causal consideration that best describes this
information. - CORRECT ANSWER-Biological plausibility
You are an oncologist, a doctor that treats people with cancer. You work in a clinic
that treats people who get sick on the job, presumably related to their occupations.
Mr. Xin comes to see you and after some careful investigations you discover Mr.
Xin has lung cancer. You ask him about his life history with the hopes of revealing
a cause of his lung cancer. Choose the best question(s) to ask Mr. Xin based on
what you know about lung cancer risk factors. - CORRECT ANSWER-Have you
worked in the chimneys of homes?
Have you ever smoked or otherwise used tobacco?
Have you worked on remodeling older homes?
Have you worked in shipyards?
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, Not all carcinogens are mutagens. - CORRECT ANSWER-True
Your favorite person comes back from the doctors to find out what to call a lump
you think is a tumor. What are you hoping this person says? "It's ....." - CORRECT
ANSWER-It's benign
Think back to class 2 causation while reflecting on how you just learned that
increasing benzene exposure in the last month was associated with decreasing
counts of a variety of blood cells. Choose the Hill's causal consideration that best
describes this information. - CORRECT ANSWER-Biological Gradient
The color of the dye that William Perkin developed was: - CORRECT ANSWER-
Mauve
Which of the following health outcomes were aniline dye factory workers most at
risk for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Bladder Cancer
BASF developed a method to synthesize what dye from aniline and what cloth is
most often produced from it? - CORRECT ANSWER-Indigo, Denim
When was the first plastic produced? - CORRECT ANSWER-1856
In what industry would you NOT find significant benzene exposures? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Paper Mills
What is NOT a significant source of ambient benzene exposure - CORRECT
ANSWER-Farming
