Chapter 2 Online quizzes

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What is cancer?

a contagious disease correct incorrect

a disease which causes your hair to fall out correct incorrect

a disease in which cells divide in excess resulting in a tumour correct incorrect

a disease which damages your blood cells correct incorrect

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Mutations that occur in the protein coding genes, altering the way cells behave, are known as

Drivers correct incorrect

Passengers correct incorrect

Exchangers correct incorrect

Cyclers correct incorrect

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Genes that defend our cells against cancer are called

oncogenes correct incorrect

cell regulator genes correct incorrect

tumour protector genes correct incorrect

tumour suppressor genes correct incorrect

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Which of the genome changes below is described as a "cut and paste error"?

Amplification correct incorrect

Deletion correct incorrect

Translocation correct incorrect

Single Nucleotide Variation correct incorrect

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Which of the following genes is NOT associated with cancers that can be passed down in families?

BRCA1 correct incorrect

BRCA2 correct incorrect

KRAS correct incorrect

RB correct incorrect

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The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are most commonly associated with which type of cancer?

Breast Cancer correct incorrect

Bowel Cancer correct incorrect

Bone Cancer correct incorrect

Skin Cancer correct incorrect

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What cell process plays a vital role in removing
cells with damaging mutations that might lead to cancers?

Apoptosis correct incorrect

Angiogenesis correct incorrect

Mitosis correct incorrect

Meiosis correct incorrect

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Which of these is the name of a signalling pathway?

Beaver correct incorrect

Badger correct incorrect

Hedgehog correct incorrect

Fox correct incorrect

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Vemarufenib is a BRAF inhibitor drug used to treat which cancer?

Breast cancer correct incorrect

Ewing's sarcoma correct incorrect

Lung cancer correct incorrect

Melanoma correct incorrect

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What is an organoid?

An organ grown from a patient's own cells correct incorrect

A cancer cell line grown in a three-dimensional gel correct incorrect

A synthetic organism created by genome editing correct incorrect

A cancer cell line grown in a plastic flask correct incorrect