ABGC Practice Quiz Questions and Answers 100% Pass

ABGC Practice Quiz Questions and Answers 100% 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 - ANSWER -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 2 | P a g e Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved. B) Hemophilia B C) Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia D) Hereditary Hemochromatosis - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -D 3 | P a g e Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved. A couple who are first cousins are seen for preconception genetic counseling to find out about their chances of having a child with a genetic disease that runs in their family. Their common maternal aunt has PKU. What is the chance that this couple will have a child with PKU? A) 1/9 B) 1/16 C) 1/36 D) 1/64 - ANSWER -C A 30 year old man presents with fatigue and joint pain in his hands. During the appointment a pedigree is constructed. Which of these statements about the family history is most compelling for hereditary hemochromatosis? A) The patient has a brother also has joint pain and fatigue B) The patient has Celtic Ancestry and a father with primary liver cirrhosis C) The patient's mother is from Ireland and she has iron deficiency anemia D) The patient's sister is a frequent blood donor - ANSWER -B When contracting with a patient at the beginning of a genetic counseling session, which of the following should the counselor address FIRST? A) An outline for the session allowing the patient to add any concerns to discuss in the session B) the charges for testing and if the patient wants the insurance company to be billed 4 | P a g e Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved. C) the patient's ethnic background to assess the risk for other genetic conditions D) the patient's religious background to determine how to provide information in a sensitive manner - ANSWER -A A newly married woman who is six weeks pregnant presents for genetic counseling because she reports drinking alcohol during her honeymoon four weeks ago. She is concerned about the chance of having a baby with a problem due to her alcohol exposure. During the genetic counseling session which information is the most appropriate to provide to this patient? A) Explain to her that the timing of her exposure is very important in determining the risk to the fetus B) Recommend that she considers terminating the pregnancy C) Recommend that she has an amniocentesis D) Tell her that there is no safe level of alcohol exposure during pregnancy - ANSWER -A Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a condition that affects many parts of the body, especially the eyes. A twenty year old man recently diagnosed with this syndrome asks you about the risk of having a child with the same condition. What would you tell this man during the genetic counseling session? A) Let's talk about your reproductive options when you are ready to start a family B) Most patients are not concerned about passing this condition on to their children. C) Prenatal diagnosis for this condition is available D) You do not have to worry about passing this condition on to your children; it is only inherited from mothers - ANSWER -D 5 | P a g e Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved. Patients with Smith-Lemli Opitz may have all of the following clinical findings except: A) Intellectual disability B) Macrocephaly C) Photosensitivity D) 2-3 syndactyly of the toes - ANSWER -B At a follow-up appointment for the family of a newborn diagnosed with Trisomy 18, the counselor asks the parents how they each are doing. The father replies, "Okay." To which the counselor responds, "Tell me what okay means to you." The counselor's response is an example of: A) Clarifying B) Redirecting C) Reflecting D) Rephrasing - ANSWER -A Which of the following lysosomal storage disorders is X-linked? A) Fabry disease B) Morquio syndrome C) Neimann Pick disease, type C D) Tay Sachs Disease - ANSWER -A 6 | P a g e Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved. A genetic counselor is working with a couple and the husband is verbally abusive to his wife, making several unnecessarily critical and demeaning statements. The counselor finds herself getting angry and realizes that she is thinking about her own father, who always belittled her efforts to get a degree in science, yet encouraged her brothers to become professionals. This is an example of: A) Confrontation B) Countertransference C) Identification D) Transference - ANSWER -B A 2 month-old female child presents to genetics clinic with a history of a prenatally diagnosed cardiac rhabdomyoma, 1 café-au-lait spot on the left thigh, and seizures. The ONE most likely diagnosis for this child is: A) Incontinentia Pigmenti B) Neurofibromatisis I C) Rett syndrome D) Tuberous sclerosis - ANSWER -D Which of the following is a NOT a defining feature of autism