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Question 1
3 out of 3 points
A biblical view of race shows that all races are equal because they are all of one blood in
Adam.
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Answer:
Tru
e
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Question 2
Which of the following is true about homosexuality?
0 out of 3 points
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Can be found in animals societies
Although biblically unacceptable believers should show the love of Christ
to such individuals
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Question 3
3 out of 3 points
This famous discoverer of the DNA structure made racist comments in the 1990s based
on the idea that certain people groups were biologically inferior.
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Answer:
J
am
e
s
Watson
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Question 4
Biologically gender is determined genetically at;
3 out of 3 points
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Concepti
on
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Question 5
Epigenetics plays a role in controlling weight gain as shown in experiments with
3 out of 3 points
genetically determined obese mice. Obese female mice were able to decrease obesity in
their offspring by eating a diet rich in:
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Answer:
Food products which promote
methylation
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Question 6
Simple mendelian single gene genetics explains skin color.
3 out of 3 points
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
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Question 7
3 out of 3 points
Considering color detection humans are classified as (hint: How many primary colors can
we see)?
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Trichoma
Answer:
ts
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Question 8
Which of the following is true about the “X” and “Y” chromosomes?
0 out of 3 points
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The Y chromosome contains about
231 genes
The X chromosome contains over
1500 genes
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Question 9
At the chromosome levels males are homogametic.
3 out of 3 points
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
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Question 10
The mechanism of genomic imprinting involves:
3 out of 3 points
Selected
Answer:
Methylation (methyl groups added to certain DNA regions
silencing the gene)
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Question 11
0 out of 3 points
Which of the following is true about the rare condition of males who are XX and females
who are XY:
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The XX males contain a small part of the Y
chromosome
The XY females lack a small part of the Y
chromosome
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Question 12
Which of the following hunger response hormones increases appetite?
3 out of 3 points
Selected
Answer:
Ghreli
n
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Question 13
Which of the following are polygenic multifactorial traits?
3 out of 3 points
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Height
Skin color
Body
weight
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Question 14
3 out of 3 points
Research studies which try to show a physiological or genetic basis for homosexuality
have focused on a gene called Xq28 and the size of a certain brain region.
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Answer:
Tru
e
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Question 15
3 out of 3 points
The SRY gene found on the X chromosome causes the unborn baby to develop into a girl.
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
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Question 16
3 out of 3 points
In mother’s who are carriers for colorblindness even though they are not color blind some
of their individual eye cone cells can express the trait. Also in female Calico cats the
genes which produce color are found on the X chromosome and each hair cell expresses
one X allele or the other giving rise to a random pattern of color in their fur. In both cases
this is an example of:
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Answer:
X-
inactivatio
n
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Question 17
3 out of 3 points
The human male is considered hemizygous for X-linked traits, because he only has one
set of X-linked genes.
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Answer:
Tru
e
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Question 18
0 out of 3 points
Which of the following is true of a mother who is a heterozygote for an X-linked recessive
trait.
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Can be referred to as a “carrier”
of the trait
Can pass the trait to a son or a
daughter
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Question 19
0 out of 3 points
Even though Mendel’s laws are very helpful to understanding genetics, simple mendelian
genetics does not explain well most of genetics because;
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Many phenotypic traits are also multifactorial (influenced by
the environment)
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Question 20
3 out of 3 points
A color blind father married to a non-color blind mom (non-carrier of colorblindness) can
produce a color blind son.
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
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Question 21
3 out of 3 points
A person who is male but who prefers women’s clothing and does not have an abnormal
XY or XX condition is known as;
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Answer:
A
transvestit
e
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Question 22
3 out of 3 points
In the U.S. the “sex ratio” of males to females drops significantly from birth to age 65.
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Answer:
Tru
e
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Question 23
3 out of 3 points
Genomic imprinting has implications for understanding early human development. It
suggests that for mammals, two opposite sex parents are necessary to produce a healthy
embryo and placenta.
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Answer:
Tru
e
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Question 24
For treatment of heart disease statin drugs are used to;
3 out of 3 points
Selected
Answer:
block an enzyme the liver uses to make
cholesterol
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Question 25
3 out of 3 points
According to some genetic researchers, the palindromic and repetitive sequences found
in the Y chromosome.
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Answer:
May be helping it preserve its function by allowing for copies of
important genes
