Survey of Human Diseases HSC 4551:
Exam 2 with correct answer graded A
Which virus does not cause cancer? - correct answerHepatitis A
Conjugated monoclonal antibodies are also referred to as tagged, labeled, or loaded antibodies. These
are monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that are joined to a chemotherapy drug or to a radioactive particle. -
correct answerTrue
Tobacco is a risk factor for cancer - correct answerTrue
Benign tumors grow by invasion - correct answerFalse
Sarcomas are cancers derived from epithelial cells - correct answerFalse
In situ carcinoma may become invasive - correct answerTrue
Leukoplakia are white patches in the mouth that may be associated with cancer - correct answerTrue
Proto-oncogenes are genes that normally help cells grow - correct answerTrue
The most important risk factor for cancer is - correct answerGrowing older
Cancer is the _______ most common cause of death in the United States - correct answerSecond
Triple negative breast cancer is the most common form of breast cancer and typically responds poorly to
chemotherapy, causing it to have a poor progonosis. - correct answerFalse
During _______, high-frequency sound waves are reflected off internal tissues to produce an image -
correct answerUltrasonography
Sarcomas metastasize primarily through the blood - correct answerTrue
, Survey of Human Diseases HSC 4551:
Exam 2 with correct answer graded A
Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body - correct answerTrue
There are two main types of radiation linked to increased risk of cancer: ultraviolet and ionizing
radiation - correct answerTrue
A benign tumor may grow and enlarge in an area but will not invade surrounding tissue or spread to
other parts of the body - correct answerTrue
_______ is a scanning type of radiography that creates a three-dimensional picture of the inside of the
body - correct answerComputed tomography
Produces gametes (egg and sperm) - correct answerMeiosis
Produces haploid cells (having 1 chromosome of each pair) - correct answerMeiosis
A process of cell division - correct answerBoth (Mitosis and Meiosis)
Sam is heterozygous at the locus for the gene that determines whether you have hitchhiker's thumb
(ability to bend thumb 90 degrees back). You find out that hitchhiker's thumb is recessive and having a
normal thumb is dominant. Based on that, you expect Sam to have - correct answerNormal thumbs
Produces four cells - correct answerMeiosis
Susan has breast cancer and she has two maternal aunts with breast cancer and a maternal
grandmother with ovarian cancer. Which of the following are potential explanations for the cancer in
the family? - correct answerAll of the above are potential explanations for the cancer in the family. (The
family lives together and is all exposed to carcinogenic chemicals, the family has a mutation in the
BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, and the family is predisposed to cancer because of multiple small genetic
factors)
Exam 2 with correct answer graded A
Which virus does not cause cancer? - correct answerHepatitis A
Conjugated monoclonal antibodies are also referred to as tagged, labeled, or loaded antibodies. These
are monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that are joined to a chemotherapy drug or to a radioactive particle. -
correct answerTrue
Tobacco is a risk factor for cancer - correct answerTrue
Benign tumors grow by invasion - correct answerFalse
Sarcomas are cancers derived from epithelial cells - correct answerFalse
In situ carcinoma may become invasive - correct answerTrue
Leukoplakia are white patches in the mouth that may be associated with cancer - correct answerTrue
Proto-oncogenes are genes that normally help cells grow - correct answerTrue
The most important risk factor for cancer is - correct answerGrowing older
Cancer is the _______ most common cause of death in the United States - correct answerSecond
Triple negative breast cancer is the most common form of breast cancer and typically responds poorly to
chemotherapy, causing it to have a poor progonosis. - correct answerFalse
During _______, high-frequency sound waves are reflected off internal tissues to produce an image -
correct answerUltrasonography
Sarcomas metastasize primarily through the blood - correct answerTrue
, Survey of Human Diseases HSC 4551:
Exam 2 with correct answer graded A
Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body - correct answerTrue
There are two main types of radiation linked to increased risk of cancer: ultraviolet and ionizing
radiation - correct answerTrue
A benign tumor may grow and enlarge in an area but will not invade surrounding tissue or spread to
other parts of the body - correct answerTrue
_______ is a scanning type of radiography that creates a three-dimensional picture of the inside of the
body - correct answerComputed tomography
Produces gametes (egg and sperm) - correct answerMeiosis
Produces haploid cells (having 1 chromosome of each pair) - correct answerMeiosis
A process of cell division - correct answerBoth (Mitosis and Meiosis)
Sam is heterozygous at the locus for the gene that determines whether you have hitchhiker's thumb
(ability to bend thumb 90 degrees back). You find out that hitchhiker's thumb is recessive and having a
normal thumb is dominant. Based on that, you expect Sam to have - correct answerNormal thumbs
Produces four cells - correct answerMeiosis
Susan has breast cancer and she has two maternal aunts with breast cancer and a maternal
grandmother with ovarian cancer. Which of the following are potential explanations for the cancer in
the family? - correct answerAll of the above are potential explanations for the cancer in the family. (The
family lives together and is all exposed to carcinogenic chemicals, the family has a mutation in the
BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, and the family is predisposed to cancer because of multiple small genetic
factors)
