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GENETIC DISORDERS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an Autosomal Recessive Inheritance?

a)

Cystic Fibrosis

b)

Down Syndrome

c)

Ocular Albinism

d)

Polycystic Kidney Disease

2.

A rare genetic disorder where in the blood does not clot in a typical way that it should due to insufficient blood-clotting factors.

a)

Sickle Cell Anemia

b)

Hemophilia

c)

Phenylketonuria

d)

Rett Syndrome

3.

The inability of the body to digest sugar molecules results in which of these genetic disorders?

a)

Rett Syndrome

b)

Turner Syndrome

c)

Hunter Syndrome

d)

Diabetes

4.

The patient in the picture suffers from which type of genetic disorder?

a)

Fragile X syndrome

b)

Marfan Syndrome

c)

Turner Syndrome

d)

Huntington's Disease

5.

Which of the following is NOT a chromosomal inheritance?

a)

Trisomy 21

b)

Cri du chat Syndrome

c)

Klinefelter's Disease

d)

Alzheimer's Disease

6.

Which genetic disorder is caused by the elongation of a repetitive part of the X chromosome within the FMR1 gene?

a)

Coffin-Lowry Syndrome

b)

Fragile X Syndrome

c)

Rett Syndrome

d)

Incontinentia Pigmenti

7.

What genetic disorder is characterized by the body's inability to remove low density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad cholesterol from the blood causing problems in the arteries?

a)

Coronary Heart Disease

b)

Familial Hypercholesterolemia

c)

Heart Failure

d)

Atherosclerosis

8.

It is a disorder that prevents the changing of cartilage to bone that results in patients with short-limbed dwarfism.

a)

achondroplasia

b)

neurofibromatosis

c)

Huntington's Disease

d)

Arthritis

9.

The following are X-Linked inheritance disorders EXCEPT ______.

a)

Hemophilia

b)

Incontinentia Pigmenti

c)

Coffin-Lowry Syndrome

d)

Sickle Cell Anemia

10.

Polygenic Inheritance is also known as ______.

a)

Chromosomal Inheritance

b)

Single Gene Inheritance

c)

Mitochondrial Inheritance

d)

Multifactorial Inheritance

11.

Which of these is a multifactorial inheritance disorder?

a)

diabetes

b)

cystic fibrosis

c)

Von Willebrand Disease

d)

Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

12.

What do you call the genetic disorder caused by the deletion of genetic material on the small arm of chromosome 5?

a)

Triple X syndrome

b)

MELAS

c)

Cri du chat syndrome

d)

Hunter's syndrome

13.

The patient in the picture suffers from which type of genetic disorder?

a)

Myotonic Dystrophy

b)

Neurofibromatosis

c)

Marfan Syndrome

d)

Cystic Fibrosis

14.

The gradual erosion of the cartilage that protects the ends of leg bones is called _______.

a)

sprain

b)

bone cancer

c)

arthritis

d)

osteoporosis

15.

What hormones controls the level of sugar or blood glucose in the body?

a)

glucogen

b)

insulin

c)

melatonin

d)

adrenaline

16.

Von Willebrand disease is a blood-related disorder.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

In autosomal dominant inheritance, only one copy of a defective gene (from either parent) is necessary to cause the condition.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

In X-linked recessive inheritance, daughters will be affected if the father is also affected by the disorder.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

X-linked dominant inheritance is more common than X-linked recessive disorders.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

In type 2 diabetes, the body does not make insulin at all.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE