MN 553 FINAL PURDUE GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT 2026 VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
◉ nondisjunction error.
Answer: What is the most common cause of Down syndrome?
a. paternal translocation
b. paternal viral illness
c. nondisjunction error
d. maternal viral illness
◉ klinefelter.
Answer: A person with XXXY has the genetic disorder called
__________ syndrome.
a. down
b. fragile x
c. klinefelter
d. turner
◉ autosomal recessive.
Answer: Cystic fibrosis is caused by an __________________ gene.
,a. x-linked dominant
b. autosomal recessive
c. autosomal dominant
d. x-linked recessive
◉ What causes the clinical manifestations of confusion, convulsions,
cerebral hemorrhage, and coma in hypernatremia?
A) high sodium in the blood vessels pulls water out of the brain cells
into the blood vessels, causing brain cells to shrink
B) high sodium in the brain cells pulls water out of the blood vessels
into the brain cells, causing them to swell
C) high sodium in the blood vessels pulls potassium out of the brain
cells, which slows the synapses in the brain
D) high sodium in the blood vessels draws chloride into the brain
cells followed by water, causing the brain cells to swell.
Answer: Ans: A- high sodium in the blood vessels pulls water out of
the brain cells into the blood vessels, causing brain cells to shrink
◉ mitochondria.
Answer: Organelle that contains the code needed for oxidative
phosphorylation is:
a. mitochondria
b. lysosomes
,c. nucleus
d. vacuoles
◉ Apoptosis.
Answer: Programmed cell death is an active process of cellular self-
destruction. It is also referred to as
a. apoptosis
b. necrosis
c. metastatic calcification
d. gangrene
◉ Histones.
Answer: The nucleolus is a small dense structure composed mainly
of RNA and cellular DNA. What causes the DNA to bind and fold into
chromosomes?
a. amino acid sequences
b. histones
c. polymerase
d. miRNA
◉ x-linked recessive disease.
Answer: Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy is never transmitted from
father to son. It is a good example of
, a. sex-linked recessive disease
b. autosomal dominant disease
c. x-linked recessive disease
d. chromosome structure abnormality disease
◉ Eosinophils.
Answer: Which cell is the body's primary defense against parasite
invasion?
a. t lymphocytes
b. neutrophils
c. eosinophils
d. b lymphocytes
◉ classic.
Answer: Which pathway in the complement system is activated by
an antigen-antibody response?
a. lectin
b. classic
c. alternative
d. none of the above
◉ severe loss of CD4 Th cells.
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT 2026 VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
◉ nondisjunction error.
Answer: What is the most common cause of Down syndrome?
a. paternal translocation
b. paternal viral illness
c. nondisjunction error
d. maternal viral illness
◉ klinefelter.
Answer: A person with XXXY has the genetic disorder called
__________ syndrome.
a. down
b. fragile x
c. klinefelter
d. turner
◉ autosomal recessive.
Answer: Cystic fibrosis is caused by an __________________ gene.
,a. x-linked dominant
b. autosomal recessive
c. autosomal dominant
d. x-linked recessive
◉ What causes the clinical manifestations of confusion, convulsions,
cerebral hemorrhage, and coma in hypernatremia?
A) high sodium in the blood vessels pulls water out of the brain cells
into the blood vessels, causing brain cells to shrink
B) high sodium in the brain cells pulls water out of the blood vessels
into the brain cells, causing them to swell
C) high sodium in the blood vessels pulls potassium out of the brain
cells, which slows the synapses in the brain
D) high sodium in the blood vessels draws chloride into the brain
cells followed by water, causing the brain cells to swell.
Answer: Ans: A- high sodium in the blood vessels pulls water out of
the brain cells into the blood vessels, causing brain cells to shrink
◉ mitochondria.
Answer: Organelle that contains the code needed for oxidative
phosphorylation is:
a. mitochondria
b. lysosomes
,c. nucleus
d. vacuoles
◉ Apoptosis.
Answer: Programmed cell death is an active process of cellular self-
destruction. It is also referred to as
a. apoptosis
b. necrosis
c. metastatic calcification
d. gangrene
◉ Histones.
Answer: The nucleolus is a small dense structure composed mainly
of RNA and cellular DNA. What causes the DNA to bind and fold into
chromosomes?
a. amino acid sequences
b. histones
c. polymerase
d. miRNA
◉ x-linked recessive disease.
Answer: Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy is never transmitted from
father to son. It is a good example of
, a. sex-linked recessive disease
b. autosomal dominant disease
c. x-linked recessive disease
d. chromosome structure abnormality disease
◉ Eosinophils.
Answer: Which cell is the body's primary defense against parasite
invasion?
a. t lymphocytes
b. neutrophils
c. eosinophils
d. b lymphocytes
◉ classic.
Answer: Which pathway in the complement system is activated by
an antigen-antibody response?
a. lectin
b. classic
c. alternative
d. none of the above
◉ severe loss of CD4 Th cells.
