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Cancer & Autoimmune Disease: Quiz the Sixth

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  1. 1Most cancers could be prevented.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  2. 2Which 3 of the following abberations cause a proto-oncogene to mutate into an oncogene?
    1. AAmplification
    2. BTranslocation
    3. CPoint Mutation
    4. DAddition
  3. 3BCR-ABL is an oncogene caused by the translocation of two genes on chromosome 9 and 22. The new chromosome that this forms is called the _______ chromosome
    1. APhiladelphia
    2. BCathedral City
    3. CDairylee
  4. 4Select some of the functions of a tumour-suppressor gene's encoded protein.
    1. Aslow down cell division
    2. Brepair DNA mistakes
    3. Ctrigger apoptosis
    4. Dactivate immune surveillance
  5. 5Caretaker genes are a class of tumour suppressor genes however, they do not regulate cell division. Instead they...
    1. ARecognise and repair DNA damage, therefore being directly responsible for cancer development
    2. BRecognise and repair DNA damage, however, not being directly responsible for cancer development
  6. 6Bystander or passenger mutations are mutated genes that are not related to the growth or development of a cancer.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  7. 7Differentiation, increasingly autonomous growth and aggressive behaviour are trates associated with a cancer in ______ stage of carcinogenesis
    1. Ainititation
    2. Bpromotion
    3. Cprogression
  8. 8Some pathogens are capable of establishing chronic infections at certain sites in the body. This creates a local environment where even uninfected cells are at a greater risk of becoming cancerous.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  9. 9There are four types of genetic disorder. Which of the following best describes each of these four types
    1. Aautoimmune
    2. Bsingle gene
    3. Cmultifactorial
    4. Dchromosomal
    5. Emitochondrial
  10. 10Down's syndrome frequency increases with paternal age.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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BSc (Hons) Biology Quiz on Cancer & Autoimmune Disease: Quiz the Sixth, created by Sami-Jaine on 09/05/2013.
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