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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The remaining people did what?
(a) Focus on the day to day care of patients.
(b) Went to work in the lab.
(c) Ran clinical trials.
(d) Study the rate of survival from cancer.

2. It was determined that a DNA copy of virus' genes could do what?
(a) Destroy a cell's genes.
(b) Attach themselves to a cell's genes.
(c) Trick scientists into believing it was a healthy cell.
(d) Replace a cell's genes.

3. Scientists begin to analyze genes that were altered in mutant viruses and attempted to isolate what?
(a) The gene in the virus.
(b) The DNA of the virus.
(c) The mutant virus.
(d) The gene of the healthy cell.

4. The gene, the SRC gene, is also known as the sarc, short for what?
(a) Sarcophagus.
(b) Sarcoidosis.
(c) Sarcomere.
(d) Sarcoma.

5. The U.S. Public Health Service is approached regarding what?
(a) A warning on cigarettes.
(b) An increase in cigarette sales.
(c) A decrease in cigarette sales.
(d) A ban on cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was a risky prediction to attempt to verify untested theories through what?

2. During that time period, ________________ were often employed as assistants to chimney sweeps, often with fatal results.

3. The ____________ theory developed by Varmus and Bishop provided the first comprehensive theory of carcinogenesis.

4. It was ________ years later when Einar Gustafson returned to Children's Hospital to a full fanfare.

5. Kennedy assigned the job to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the role of a laboratory scientist? What type of people are suited for this work?

2. What problems could arise with genetic engineering?

3. Why did doctors dismiss the cancer found in chimney sweeps? How did cancer continue to be dismissed by others throughout time?

4. What is the Red Queen Syndrome?

5. What are the similarities between AIDS and cancer? Is this important? Why or why not?

6. What was the oncomouse? Was this successful? Why or why not?

7. Who were the successors of Theodor Boveri?

8. What is meant by a "Risky Prediction?"

9. What is the oncogene theory?

10. What is the significance of the SRC gene?

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