Biomedical Technology 1 Midterm Exam Review

Question 1

What is the process of creating living, functional tissues to repair or replace tissue ?

Accepted Answer

regenerative medicine

Question 2

Pluripotent stem cells are reprogrammed adult cells produced in lab to take on characteristics?

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embryonic stem cells

Question 3

What is the goal of therapeutic cloning?

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to produce embryonic stem cells that treat disease

Question 4

Which structure has the potential to develop into any other cell within the human body?

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totipotent cell

Question 5

What is karyotyping?

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D. technique for looking at an organism's set of chromosomes

Question 6

The use of organisms, cells or molecules to make products or solve problems is known as:

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biotechnology

Question 7

What agency regulates food and drugs in the US?

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FDA

Question 8

Which is the reservoir for Yersinia pestis?

Accepted Answer

rodents

Question 9

Type of research that takes place in a hospital/clinical setting in order to treat disease:

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clinical

Question 10

Implanting a gene from one organism into an embryo will create a:

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transgenic animal

Question 11

Animals are often used in medical research because they:

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share the same structures as humans

Question 12

The discovery of what type of drug prevents us from feeling pain during surgery?

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anesthesia

Question 13

Using transgenic animals to produce pharmaceuticals is called:

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pharming

Question 14

A mortality rate of 75% means:

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There's a 75% chance of not being alive in 5 years

Question 15

Nanobiotechnology research is conducted in this space to keep out all airborne particles?

Accepted Answer

clean room

Question 16

What approval process do biomedical researchers seek when they create a transgenic animal?

Accepted Answer

apply for a patent from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Question 17

What type of research is used to test potential drugs and treatments in humans?

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clinical

Question 18

Adult stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are also known as:

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somatic stem cells

Question 19

The somatic cell nuclear transfer is used to allow for production of perfectly matched tissue:

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for therapeutic cloning

Question 20

Type of research directed toward a specific objective, such as a new drug or treatment:

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applied

Question 21

One must apply for a patent from the US Patent/Trademark office to create a new:

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transgenic organism

Question 22

Somatic stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are also called:

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adult stem cells

Question 23

Regenerative medicine relies heavily on the use of:

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stem cells

Question 24

When creating cloned mammal, what structure contains gen. info. the scientist intends to clone?

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somatic cell

Question 25

The two types of microscopes used for manipulating material on the nanoscale are:

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helium ion and scanning probe

Question 26

What is the technique used by scientists to manipulate genes?

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genetic engineering

Question 27

Which lab animals are not protected under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA)?

Accepted Answer

mice, rats, and birds

Question 28

The AWA is enforced by the:

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US Dept. of Agriculture

Question 29

Which of the following comprises 97% of all research animals?

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mice and rats

Question 30

The study of how a person's genes determine individual response to a medication is known as:

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pharmacogenomics

Question 31

"In vitro" means:

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in glass

Question 32

Toxicologist needs to separate blood into plasma & cellular components. Instrument used?

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centrifuge

Question 33

The study of gene responses to a particular medication is known as:

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pharmacogenomics

Question 34

The purpose of performing embryonic stem cell research is to develop new and better ways to:

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treat disease

Question 35

Incomplete dominance can be described by:

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plants possibly having several different colors.

Question 36

What type of research is not directed at problem solving & is the building blocks for others:

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basic

Question 37

Replace, reduce, and refine are alternative scientific methods researchers use to:

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design experiments that don't use animals

Question 38

The FBI has described the tactics of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) as

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domestic terrorism

Question 39

A xenograft is used in a heart transplant. Where did this tissue come from?

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a different species

Question 40

Reproductive cloning is also called:

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somatic cell nuclear transfer

Question 41

Tetanus vaccines may be administered to protect one from an organism whose reservoir is:

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soil

Question 42

What agency regulates substances in the environment that could be hazardous to humans?

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EPA

Question 43

The spread of cancer cells from the initial or primary site of disease to other body parts:

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metastasis

Question 44

What global organization helps prevent outbreaks of disease all over the world?

Accepted Answer

WHO

Question 45

What medical device made the external cardiac pump obsolete?

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artificial heart

Question 46

What type of company produces medicines?

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pharmaceutical

Question 47

Scientist charts position of known genes & other markers, this process is called:

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genetic mapping

Question 48

The first reports of successful mammal cloning date to the:

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20th century

Question 49

When scientists are able to use an organ from another species for transplantation, this is:

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a xenograph

Question 50

In regenerative medicine, once the biomaterial matrix is developed, scaffolds must be able to:

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dissolve

Question 51

What agency regulates safety in the workplace?

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OSHA

Question 52

Using gen. modified pigs to harvest heart valves for humans - benefit of gen. mod. organisms?

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tissue and organ donors

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