Transcript Assessment questions

Is He Blind?
Pre / Post Questions
By Eric Ribbens
Western Illinois University
CQ1: Genetic diseases are:
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A: Inherited from your mother
B: Caused by damage to your
chromosomes
C: Fatal
D: Effects occur in childhood
E: Driven by coding in your DNA
CQ2: The only way you can have a
recessive genetic disease is if:
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A: You inherit a gene for the disease
from your mother and another one from
your father
B: If you get two copies of the gene from
one of your parents
C: If you are mentally retarded
D: None of the above
CQ3: John and Amy are both
carriers for a genetic disease. This
means:
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A: They don’t have the disease
B: Some of their children might have it
C: The disease is recessive
D: Some of their children might not have it
E: All of the above
CQ4: George has a dominant
genetic disease. His mother is
normal, and his brother Max is
normal. The chances that George’s
sister Sarah has the disease is:
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A: 0%
B: 25%
C: 50%
D: 75%
E: 100%
CQ5: If Jeff has a recessive genetic
disease, and he marries Bev, whose
family has no history of the
disease, the chances their child has
the disease is:
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A: 0%
B: 25%
C: 50%
D: It depends on how likely it is that Bev
is a carrier
Transfer Question: Peter is normal,
but his sister has a recessive genetic
disease. Peter’s children have:
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A: no chance of the disease
B: the same chance as everyone else
C: a higher chance of the disease
D: there is no way to tell