| Question | Answer |
| In living organisms, mutations happen at a rate of 1 per every ___ cell replication: A. 10 million, B. 20 million, C. 50 thousand, D. 1 trillion | A. 10 million
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How many types of structural chromosomal mutations are there? A. 5, B. 10, C. 3, D. 1 | A. 5 (deletion, duplication, translocation, inversion, and insertion)
| What kind of mutation leaves a chromosome with a missing piece? A. Insertion, B. Inversion, or C. Deletion | C. Deletion
| Which disorder is caused by deletion? A. Down Syndrome, B. Cri du chat, C. Cancer | B. Cri du chat
| What is the cause of Cri du chat syndrome? A. deletion in chromosome 2, B. deletion in small arm of chromosome 3, C. deletion in small arm of chromosome 5 | C. deletion in small arm of chromosome 5
| How is Cri du chat diagnosed? A. diagnosed at birth, B. through chromosomal study, C. both A and B | C. Both A and B
| Most cases of Cri du chat are: A. insect bites, B. passed down from family, C. human contact, D. random mutations | D. Random mutations
| Cystic Fibrosis is: A. a heart disease, B. a lung disease, C. a learning disability, D. a development disorder | B. a lung disease
| Cystic Fibrosis affects every 1 out of _____ newborns. A. 3,000, B. 4,000, C. 1,000 | A. 3,000
| About 1 in ____ people is a carrier of Cystic Fibrosis. A. 50, B. 100, C. 25, D. 15 | C. 25
| Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disorder that causes: A. heart failure, B. brain cell breakdown, C. muscular weakness | B. Brain cell breakdown
| True or False? Everyone has the gene that causes Huntington’s disease. | True. Everyone carries it, but only those that inherit the expansion of the gene will develop Huntington’s.
| Huntington’s can be roughly divided into __ stages. A. 3, B. 4, C. 5 | A. 3
| Thalassemia is an inherited ______ disorder. A. heart, B. lung, C. blood, D. brain | C. Blood
| True or False? Thalassemia is characterized by more hemoglobin and more red blood cells than normal. | False, There is less hemoglobin and fewer red blood cells.
| Thalassemia is caused by mutations in the cells that make _______. A. ceruloplasmin, B. hemoglobin, C. lipids | B. Hemoglobin
| Marfan syndrome is: A. inherited, B. contracted, C. from Mars | A. Inherited
| Marfan syndrome is a _______ disease. A. lung, B. blood, C. skin, D. heart | D. heart
| There are less than ______ cases of Marfan diagnosed in the U.S. per year. A. 15, B. 300, C. 200,000, D. 45,000 | C. 200,000
| True or False? Most people with Marfan syndrome are dwarfish in stature and have very short limbs. | False. People with Marfan tend to be very tall and thin with long arms. |
