"<span style=""color: rgb(0, 0, 0);""><span style=""background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"">After reading about an international effort organized to develop a map to link genetic variations and complex diseases, a client asks the nurse what this effort is called. What is the nurse's&nbsp;</span><b>best</b><span style=""background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"">&nbsp;response?<br></span></span><ul><li>&nbsp;HapMap</li><li>&nbsp;Polymorphisms</li><li>&nbsp;Endonucleases</li><li>&nbsp;Codons</li></ul>"HapMap <div><div>An instructor is teaching students about recombinant DNA technology and the impact of its results on pharmacology. Select the response that&nbsp;<strong>best</strong>&nbsp;identifies a result of the technology.</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;Antibiotics</li><li>&nbsp;Human insulin</li><li>&nbsp;Factor V</li><li>&nbsp;Heparin</li></ul>Human insulin "<span style=""background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);""><span style=""color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"">Chromosomes contain all the genetic content of the genome. There are 23 pairs of different </span>chromosomes in each somatic cell, half from the mother and half from the father. One of those chromosomes is the sex chromosome. What are the other 22 pairs of chromosomes called?<br></span><ul><li>&nbsp;Ribosomes</li><li>&nbsp;Helixes</li><li>&nbsp;Autosomes</li><li>&nbsp;Haploids</li></ul>""<span style=""color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"">Autosomes</span>" <div><div>Which statement is true?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;The DNA that stores genetic material has 26 pairs of chromosomes.</li><li>&nbsp;There are 24 pairs of autosomes.</li><li>&nbsp;There are two pair of sex chromosomes.</li><li>&nbsp;Cell division involves the duplication of chromosomes.</li></ul>Cell division involves the duplication of chromosomes "<div><div>A nurse sees that a client's X chromosome is metacentric. What does the nurse interpret this to mean?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;The client will have severe intellectual disability.</li><li>&nbsp;The client will be blind.</li><li>&nbsp;This a normal occurrence.</li><li>&nbsp;The client will have a physical deformity.</li></ul>"This a normal occurrence. <div><div>A nurse conducting a community education class on genetics tells the class that meiosis occurs in which type of cell?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;Gamete producing</li><li>&nbsp;Spermatids</li><li>&nbsp;Polar body</li><li>&nbsp;Daughter producing</li></ul>"<span style=""color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"">Gamete producing</span>" "<div><div>A nurse is completing a genetic map of a client's family. The client has brown eyes and his wife has blue eyes. Both the son and the daughter have brown eyes. Which of the following is the same in both children?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;Phenotype</li><li>&nbsp;Genotype</li><li>&nbsp;Genome</li><li>&nbsp;X chromosome</li></ul>"Phenotype <div><div>Select the statement that best describes the difference between ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;The sugar in RNA is a single-stranded molecule.</li><li>&nbsp;RNA is a single-stranded molecule.</li><li>&nbsp;The pyrimidine bases of RNA are thymine and cytosine.</li><li>&nbsp;RNA is composed of a long string of nucleotide</li></ul>RNA is a single-stranded molecule. <div><div>Which of the following is the purpose of attempting to develop a HapMap (haplotype map)?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;Providing a link between genetic variations and common diseases</li><li>&nbsp;Determining why people are different</li><li>&nbsp;Determining why people are the same</li><li>&nbsp;Providing information to create links for medication to find abnormal genes</li></ul>Providing a link between genetic variations and common diseases <div><div>Which statement is true concerning chromosomes?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;Each human somatic cell has 23 pairs of different chromosomes</li><li>&nbsp;Both chromosome pairs are derived from the individual’s mother</li><li>&nbsp;Both chromosome pairs contain sex chromosomes.</li><li>&nbsp;Genes are arranged in a circle within a cell</li></ul>Each human somatic cell has 23 pairs of different chromosomes "<div><div>A health care researcher has identified the gene of interest in a particular genetic disorder as well as the gene's location, Xq97. Where would one find a gene named Xq97?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;Band q, region 97 of the Y chromosome</li><li>&nbsp;Band 7, region 9 of the short arm of the X chromosome</li><li>&nbsp;Band 9, region 7 of the long arm of the X chromosome</li><li>&nbsp;Band 9, region 7 of the short arm of the Y chromosome</li></ul>"Band 9, region 7 of the long arm of the X chromosome <div><div>Which statement is true concerning DNA structure and function?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;It is very stable.</li><li>&nbsp;It cannot survive cell division.</li><li>&nbsp;It cannot survive reduction division.</li><li>&nbsp;It cannot survive the fertilization process.</li></ul>It is very stable. <div><div>Which chromosome would a male get from his father?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;XY</li><li>&nbsp;XX</li><li>&nbsp;Y</li><li>&nbsp;X</li></ul>Y <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>The mother is heterozygous for blue eyes, a recessive trait. The father is homozygous for brown eyes, a dominant trait. What color eyes will their four children have?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;All will have brown eyes.</li><li>&nbsp;All will have blue eyes.</li><li>&nbsp;Some will have blue eyes, and some will have brown eyes.</li><li>&nbsp;It is impossible to tell.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div>"<span style=""color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"">All will have brown eyes.</span>" <div><div>Which statement describes a difference between transcription and translation?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;Transcription occurs in the cell nucleus and translation occurs in the cytoplasm.</li><li>&nbsp;Transcription involves the synthesis of DNA from an RNA template.</li><li>&nbsp;Translation occurs in the nucleus of the cell.</li><li>&nbsp;Translation involves the synthesis of DNA.</li></ul>Transcription occurs in the cell nucleus and translation occurs in the cytoplasm. <div><div>Which statement is true concerning gene expression?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;The degree to which a gene is active is called gene expression.</li><li>&nbsp;Induction is a process by which gene expression is decreased.</li><li>&nbsp;Gene repression is a process by which a regulatory gene acts to increase gene expression.</li><li>&nbsp;Whenever product levels decrease, gene transcription decre</li></ul>The degree to which a gene is active is called gene expression. <div><div>Which method of genetic mapping focuses on the measurement of enzyme activity?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;Hybridization studies</li><li>&nbsp;Haplotype mapping</li><li>&nbsp;Linkage studies</li><li>&nbsp;Gene dosage studies</li></ul>Gene dosage studies <div><div>Which statement is true concerning mitochondrial DNA?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;It is inherited from the mother by her offspring.</li><li>&nbsp;It is inherited from the father by the offspring.</li><li>&nbsp;It is the same in everyone.</li><li>&nbsp;It is not inherited.</li></ul>It is inherited from the mother by her offspring. <div><div>DNA fingerprinting is based in part on recombinant DNA technology and in part on those techniques originally used in medical genetics to detect slight variations in the genomes of different individuals. These techniques are used in forensic pathology to compare specimens from the suspect with those of the forensic specimen. What is being compared when DNA fingerprinting is used in forensic pathology?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;The banding pattern</li><li>&nbsp;The triplet code</li><li>&nbsp;The haplotypes</li><li>&nbsp;The chromosomes</li></ul>The banding pattern <div><div>Which of the following is the definition of cytogenetics?</div></div><ul><li>&nbsp;The study of the structure and numeric characteristics of the cells’ chromosomes</li><li>&nbsp;The study of cell division</li><li>&nbsp;The study of chromosomal abnormalities</li><li>&nbsp;The study of human genomes</li></ul>The study of the structure and numeric characteristics of the cells’ chromosomes