Question 1

Which statement is false regarding schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) One of every one thousand people worldwide is affected. 
B) The disorder is characterized by delusion, hallucinations, and abnormal social behavior. 
C) Exceptional creativity is often associated with it. 
D) Affected individuals show altered gene expression in certain brain regions. 
E) Family trees point to a genetic basis. 
A) One of every one thousand people worldwide is affected. 
B) The disorder is characterized by delusion, hallucinations, and abnormal social behavior. 
C) Exceptional creativity is often associated with it. 
D) Affected individuals show altered gene expression in certain brain regions. 
E) Family trees point to a genetic basis.

Question 2

Which of the following syndromes is characterized by a karyotype with 45 chromosomes?

Accepted Answer

A) Turner 
B) Down 
C) androgen insensitivity 
D) Klinefelter 
E) cri-du-chat 
A) Turner 
B) Down 
C) androgen insensitivity 
D) Klinefelter 
E) cri-du-chat

Question 3

Suppose that a hemophilic male (X-linked recessive allele) and a female carrier for the hemophilic trait have a nonhemophilic daughter with Turner syndrome.Nondisjunction could have occurred in

Accepted Answer

A) both parents. 
B) neither parent. 
C) the father only. 
D) the mother only. 
E) none of these. 
A) both parents. 
B) neither parent. 
C) the father only. 
D) the mother only. 
E) none of these.

Question 4

Which of the following designates a normal human female?

Accepted Answer

A) XXY 
B) XY 
C) XX 
D) XYY 
E) XO 
A) XXY 
B) XY 
C) XX 
D) XYY 
E) XO

Question 5

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (the aging disease)

Accepted Answer

A) is controlled by a simple recessive gene. 
B) is a sex-linked disease more common in males. 
C) occurs only in those individuals in which a mutation arises and is not found in other members of the family. 
D) is the result of the failure of chromosomes to separate so that an individual receives three instead of two chromosomes. 
E) is none of these. 
A) is controlled by a simple recessive gene. 
B) is a sex-linked disease more common in males. 
C) occurs only in those individuals in which a mutation arises and is not found in other members of the family. 
D) is the result of the failure of chromosomes to separate so that an individual receives three instead of two chromosomes. 
E) is none of these.

Question 6

The sex chromosome composition of a person with Turner syndrome is

Accepted Answer

A) XXX. 
B) XO. 
C) XXY. 
D) XYY. 
E) none of these. 
A) XXX. 
B) XO. 
C) XXY. 
D) XYY. 
E) none of these.

Exam 12: Chromosomes and Human Inheritance

Which statement is false regarding schizophrenia?

Which of the following syndromes is characterized by a karyotype with 45 chromosomes?

Suppose that a hemophilic male (X-linked recessive allele) and a female carrier for the hemophilic trait have a nonhemophilic daughter with Turner syndrome.Nondisjunction could have occurred in

Which of the following designates a normal human female?

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (the aging disease)

The sex chromosome composition of a person with Turner syndrome is

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