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A benign tumor is one that invades locally and metastasizes to distant sites:

A. TRUE B. FALSE C. D.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: False. Benign tumors do not invade or metastasize; malignant tumors do.

Which of the following is not a familial cancer syndrome?

A. Familial adenomatous polyposis B. Li-Fraumeni syndrome C. Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome D. Waardenburg syndrome

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Waardenburg syndrome affects pigmentation/hearing, not cancer; others are cancer syndromes.

A baby born with pulmonary hypoplasia secondary to oligohydramnios caused by renal agenesis would be classified as having:

A. an association B. a dysplasia C. a sequence D. a syndrome

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: A sequence is a cascade of anomalies from a single initiating defect (renal agenesis → oligohydramnios → pulmonary hypoplasia).

In a Robertsonian translocation fusion occurs at the:

A. telomeres B. centromeres C. histones D. ends of the long arms

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Robertsonian translocations involve fusion at centromeres of acrocentric chromosomes.

Male to male transmission is a key feature of which pattern of inheritance?

A. Autosomal dominant B. Autosomal recessive C. X-linked dominant D. X-linked recessive

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Male-to-male transmission occurs in autosomal dominant inheritance; X-linked traits cannot pass from father to son.

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