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Medical Interventions 3.2 Practice Quiz

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

BRCA1 is what type of gene?

a)

tumor suppressor gene

b)

oncogene

c)

protooncogene

d)

carcinogene

2.

When functioning normally, what is one function of BRCA1 and BRCA2?

a)

growing excess tissue

b)

milk production

c)

DNA repair

d)

stopping DNA synthesis

3.

Gene mutations that occur during a person's lifetime cause

a)

hereditary cancer

b)

sporadic cancer

c)

familial cancer

d)

popcorn cancer

4.

Sarah developed ovarian cancer. Her mother had breast cancer. They both had the BRCA1 and the BRCA2 genes. Sarah's daughter will have

a)

hereditary cancer risk factors

b)

familial cancer risk factors

c)

sporadic cancer risk factors

d)

ice cream cancer risk factors

5.

Using a tanning bed, makes you 55% more likely to get

a)

osteosarcoma

b)

melanoma

c)

lymphoma

d)

breast cancer

6.

The most common type of skin cancer is

a)

melanoma

b)

basal cell carcinoma

c)

squamous cell carcinoma

d)

merkel cell carcinoma

7.

AIDS is associated with

a)

Merkel cell carcinoma

b)

Kaposi sarcoma

c)

lipoma

d)

melanoma

8.

In the ABCDE staging of moles, the B stands for

a)

Baseline

b)

Boundary

c)

Border

d)

Basal cell

9.

Yeast were used in our lab in place of

a)

bacteria

b)

viruses

c)

vaccines

d)

our skin