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Genetics Ch20 Cancer Ch21 DNA

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cancer can result from a failure of ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
a cell cycle check point.
DNA replication
the plasma membrane
2.

A mutation that occurs in cells that do not develop into gametes is called a ​ (a)   mutation.

Choose from the below words
somatic
inherited
germline
random
3.

Which of the following characteristics are typical of cancer cells? (Select all that apply.)

a)

More adherent than normal cells

b)

Loss of cell cycle control

c)

Dedifferentiated

d)

Lack contact inhibition

e)

Decreased mutation rate

4.

Which of the following events at the cellular level can result in development of cancer? (Select all that apply.)

a)

Activation of cancer stem cells

b)

Increase in the proportion of stem cells within a tissue

c)

Defective tissue repair

d)

Induction of stem cell specialization

e)

Dedifferentiation

5.

Which statements about the genetic changes that occur during tumor progression is true? (Select all that apply.)

a)

Changes in chromosome number, deletions, and duplications can cause cancer, but the point mutation cannot cause cancer.

b)

The older a tumor is, the more genetic changes it will have.

c)

Most cancers are the result of a single genetic change.

d)

A mutation present in all stages of a tumor acts early in the disease process.

6.

Genes that normally stimulate cell division when it is appropriate are called ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
proto-oncogenes
oncogenes
tumor suppressors
7.

Which description pertains to oncogenes?

a)

Inactivation causes cancer.

b)

Activation causes cancer.

c)

Cancer entails a loss of function.

d)

Often inactivated by a point mutation or deletion.

8.

All cancers reflect, at the most general level, a defect in

a)

DAN replication.

b)

the formation of mitochondria.

c)

cell membrane structure.

d)

the cell cycle.

9.

Genetic modification

a)

alters genetic codes so that one species' code is like another's.

b)

add sugars and phosphates in a nucleus.

c)

substitutes entire nuclei to genetically engineer a cell.

d)

alters, deletes, or adds DNA to a cell.

10.

A molecule consists of a piece of DNA from one organism combined with the DNA from a member of another species is called

a)

recombinant DNA.

b)

restricted DNA.

c)

homogenic DNA.

d)

bioengineered DNA.

11.

An organism that carries DNA from other species is termed

a)

transverted.

b)

translocated.

c)

transgenic.

d)

transformed.

12.

Proteins isolated from bacteria and used in recombinant DNA technology to cut DNA at specific sequences are

a)

plasmids.

b)

bacteriophage enzymes.

c)

methylating enzymes.

d)

restriction enzymes.

13.

Structures used in recombinant DNA technology to carry the DNA from the cells of one species to the cells of another species are

a)

restriction enzymes.

b)

cloning vectors.

c)

sticky ends.

d)

donor DNA.

14.

The process that uses short, synthetic, double stranded RNAs to intentionally bind mRNAs thereby diminishing gene expression is called _______,

a)

CRISPR tecnology

b)

recombination

c)

antisense technology

d)

bioremediation

15.

_______ is a gene silencing technique that is based on the fact that RNA molecules can fold into short, double-stranded regions where the base sequence is complementary.

a)

RNA interference.

b)

RNA amplication.

c)

RNA replication.

d)

RNA repair.