BIO160 Unit 5 Quiz

Question 1

10 / 10 pts

Self-examination is a highly ineffective way of detecting cancer.

True

False

IncorrectQuestion 2

0 / 10 pts

In the event that a pathogen is spread via a handshake, which of the following mechanisms of pathogenic spreading has occurred?

Chemical Contact

Environmental Contact

Transmission by a vector

Person-to-person Contact

Question 3

10 / 10 pts

One example of the disease mechanism known as degeneration is osteoarthritis.

True

False

Question 4

10 / 10 pts

Malignant tumors remain localized and do not spread to surrounding tissues.

True

False

IncorrectQuestion 5

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Without warning Mr. Lee begins to feel sick. His most obvious symptom is a high fever. within 24 hours, everyone in the Lee household also feels sick and has a high temperature. Before long, nearby households have the same experience – many people in the community are now sick.

What type of health professional would be required in this situation to determine the cause of the illness?

cancer biologist

medical doctor (M.D.)

academic doctor (Ph.D.)

geneticist

epidemiologist

Question 6

10 / 10 pts

A neoplasm (tumor) is an abnormal cell that is growing and dividing without cell cycle regulation.

True

False

Question 7

10 / 10 pts

Diabetes mellitus is an example of which of the following disease mechanisms:

Traumatic mechanism

Metabolic mechanism

Inflammatory mechanism

Neoplastic mechanism

Infectious mechanism

Question 8

10 / 10 pts

Vaccination is used to inhibit the spread of disease by exposing an individual to parts of the organism that causes the disease.

True

False

Question 9

10 / 10 pts

Which of the following variables can lead (or make an individual more susceptible) to disease?

All of the above

Lifestyle

Stress

Environmental Factors

Genetics

UnansweredQuestion 10

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Tumors and cancers fall under which of the following disease mechanisms:

Degeneration

Metabolic mechanism

Inflammatory mechanism

Neoplastic mechanism

Infectious mechanism

Quiz Score: 70 out of 100