CHAPTER 27 Flashcards
- Which one of the following is NOT one of the cellular abnormalities produced by oncogenes:
a. Constitutive activation of a growth
factor receptor
b. Constitutive activation of a signaling
protein
c. Acceleration of DNA catabolism
d. Dysregulation of apoptosis
c. Acceleration of DNA catabolism
- Which one of the following is an example of a tumor sup-pressor gene?
a. ABL1
b. RARA
c. TP53
d. JAK2
c. TP53
- G-CSF is provided as supportive treatment during leuke-mia treatment regimens to:
a. Suppress GVHD
b. Overcome anorexia
c. Prevent anemia
d. Reduce the risk of infection
d. Reduce the risk of infection
- Imatinib is an example of what type of
leukemia treatment?
a. Supportive care
b. Chemotherapy
c. Bone marrow conditioning agent
d. Targeted therapy
d. Targeted therapy
- Which one of the following is FALSE about epigenetic mechanisms?
a. Epigenetic mechanisms control how
genes are expressed and silenced.
b. Micro RNAs can bind to specific
mRNAs and block their translation.
c. Hypermethylation of CpG islands
in gene promoters result in their
overactivation.
d. Histone deacetylases keep chromatin
of target genes in a closed inactive
state.
c. Hypermethylation of CpG islands
in gene promoters result in their
overactivation.
- Which one of the following is NOT a source of hematopoi-etic stem cells for transplantation:
a. Spleen
b. Bone marrow
c. Peripheral blood
d. Umbilical cord blood
a. Spleen
- Which of the following is true of CD45
antigen?
a. It is present on every cell
subpopulation in the bone marrow.
b. It is expressed on all hematopoietic cells, with the exception of megakaryocytes and
late erythroid precursors.
c. It is not measured routinely in flow
cytometry.
d. It may be present on
nonhematopoietic cells.
b. It is expressed on all hematopoietic cells, with the exception of megakaryocytes and
late erythroid precursors.
- What is the most common clinical application of flow cytometry?
a. Diagnosis of platelet disorders
b. Detection of fetomaternal hemorrhage
c. Diagnosis of leukemias and
lymphomas
d. Differentiation of anemias
c. Diagnosis of leukemias and
lymphomas
- Erythroid precursors are characterized by the expression of:
a. CD71
b. CD20
c. CD61
d. CD3
a. CD71
- Antigens expressed by B-LL include:
a. CD3, CD4, and CD8
b. CD19, CD34, and CD10
c. There are no antigens specific for
B-LL.
d. Myeloperoxidase
b. CD19, CD34, and CD10
- In Figure 28.2A, the cell population colored in aqua represents:
a. Monocytes
b. Nonhematopoietic cells
c. Granulocytes
d. Lymphocytes
d. Lymphocytes
- Collection of ungated events:
a. Facilitates comprehensive analysis
of all cells
b. Does not help in detection of
unexpected abnormal populations
c. Allows the collection of data on a
large number of rare cells
d. Is used for leukemia diagnosis only
a. Facilitates comprehensive analysis
of all cells
- Which of the following is true of flow
cytometric gating?
a. It is best defined as selection of a
target population for flow cytometric
analysis.
b. It can be done only at the time of data
acquisition.
c. It can be done only at the time of final
analysis and interpretation of flow
cytometric data.
d. It is accomplished by adjusting flow
rate.
a. It is best defined as selection of a
target population for flow cytometric
analysis.
- Mature granulocytes show the expression of:
a. CD15, CD33, and CD34
b. CD15, CD33, and CD41
c. CD15, CD33, and CD13
d. CD15, CD33, and CD7
c. CD15, CD33, and CD13
- Mycosis fungoides is characterized by:
a. Loss of certain antigens compared
with the normal T cell population
b. Polyclonal T cell receptor
c. Immunophenotype indistinguishable
from that of normal T cells
d. Expression of CD3 and CD8 antigens
a. Loss of certain antigens compared
with the normal T cell population
- During the initial evaluation of flow
cytometric data, cell size, cytoplasmic
complexity, and expression of CD45 antigen are used to define cell subpopulations. Which of the following parameters defines cytoplasmic
complexity/granularity?
a. SS
b. FS
c. CD45
d. HLA-DR
a. SS
- The most important feature of the mature neoplastic B cell population is:
a. The presence of a specific
immunophenotype with expres-sion of
CD19 antigen
b. A clonal light chain expression
(i.e., exclusively k- or l-positive
population)
c. A clonal T cell receptor expression d.
Aberrant expression of CD5 antigen on
CD191 cells
b. A clonal light chain expression
(i.e., exclusively k- or l-positive
population)
- If the DNA nucleotide sequence is
59-ATTAGC-39, then the mRNA sequence
transcribed from this template is:
a. 59-GCUAAU-39
b. 59-AUUAGC-39
c. 59-TAATCG-39
d. 59-UAAUCG-39
a. 59-GCUAAU-39
- Cells with damaged DNA and mutated or
non functioning cell cycle regulatory proteins:
a. Are arrested in G1 and the DNA
is repaired
b. Continue to divide, which leads
to tumor progression
c. Divide normally, producing identical
daughter cells
d. Go through apoptosis
b. Continue to divide, which leads
to tumor progression
- To start DNA replication, DNA polymerase requires an available 39 hydroxyl group found on the:
a. Leading strand
b. mRNA
c. Parent strand
d. Primer
d. Primer
- Ligase joins Okazaki fragments of the:
a. 59 to 39 template strand
b. Lagging strand
c. Leading strand
d. Primer fragments
b. Lagging strand
- A 40-year-old patient enters the hospital
with a rare form of cancer caused by faulty
cell division regulation. This cancer localized in the patient’s spleen. An ambitious laboratory developed a molecular test to verify the type of cancer present. This molecular test would require patient specimens taken from which two tissues?
a. Abnormal growths found on the
skin and in the bone marrow
b. Normal splenic tissue and
cancerous tissue
c. Cancerous tissue in spleen and
bone marrow
d. Peripheral blood and cancerous
tissue in the spleen
b. Normal splenic tissue and
cancerous tissue
- One main difference between PCR and
reverse transcriptase PCR is that:
a. PCR requires primers
b. PCR uses reverse transcriptase to
elongate the primers
c. Reverse transcriptase PCR uses
cDNA as a template
d. Reverse transcriptase PCR
requires ligase to amplify the target
DNA
c. Reverse transcriptase PCR uses
cDNA as a template
- Which one of the following statements
about gel electrophoresis is FALSE?
a. The gel is oriented in the
chamber with the wells at the
positive terminal.
b. A buffer solution is required to
maintain the electrical current.
c. The matrix of a polyacrylamide gel
is tighter than that of an agarose gel.
d. The larger DNA fragments will be
closest to the wells of the gel.
a. The gel is oriented in the
chamber with the wells at the
positive terminal.
- One major difference between endpoint
PCR and real-time PCR is that:
a. End-point PCR requires
thermostable DNA polymerase,
deoxynucleotides, and primers
b. End-point PCR requires a
separate step to detect the
amplicons formed in the reaction
c. Real-time PCR uses capillary gel
electrophoresis to detect amplicons
during PCR cycling
d. Real-time PCR detects and
quantifies amplicons using
cleavage-based signal amplification
b. End-point PCR requires a
separate step to detect the
amplicons formed in the reaction
- In which of the following applications
would it be most appropriate to use NGS
technology?
a. Testing for a point mutation in the
FV gene
b. Testing for the BCR-ABL1
translocation in CML
c. Sequencing a B cell lymphoma
genome
d. Determining the karyotype in AML
c. Sequencing a B cell lymphoma
genome
- Which of the following statements about minimal residual disease is TRUE?
a. Clinical remission of hematologic
cancers is determined by molecular
techniques such as PCR and flow
cytometry.
b. Real-time quantitative
PCR-determined copy number of
BCR-ABL1 transcripts will always
be lower in molecular remission
than in clinical remission.
c. Qualitative PCR that uses a
known copy number of a target
sequence is of use in determining
minimal residual disease levels.
d. Minimal residual disease
assessment can aid physicians in
making treatment decisions but does
not yet offer insights into prognosis.
b. Real-time quantitative
PCR-determined copy number of
BCR-ABL1 transcripts will always
be lower in molecular remission
than in clinical remission.
- G-banding refers to the technique of
staining chromosomes:
a. To isolate those in the G group (i.e.,
chromosomes 21 and 22)
b. In the G0 or resting stage
c. Using Giemsa stain
d. To emphasize areas high in
guanine residues
c. Using Giemsa stain
- Which of the following compounds is
used to halt mitosis in metaphase for
chromosome analyses?
a. Imatinib
b. Fluorescein
c. Trypsin
d. Colchicine
d. Colchicine
- One arm of a chromosome has 30
bands. Which band would be nearest the
centromere?
a. Band 1
b. Band 15
c. Band 30
a. Band 1
- Which of the following is not an
advantage of the use of FISH?
a. It can be used on nondividing
cells.
b. It can be used on paraffin-embedded tissue.
c. It can detect mutations that do
not result in abnormal banding
patterns.
d. It must be performed on
dividing cells.
d. It must be performed on
dividing cells.
- Which of the following types of mutations would likely not be detectable with cytogenetic banding techniques?
a. Point mutation resulting in a
single amino acid substitution
b. Transfer of genetic material from
one chromosome to another
c. Loss of genetic material from a
chromosome that does not appear on
any other chromosome
d. Duplication of a chromosome
resulting in 3n of that genetic
material
a. Point mutation resulting in a
single amino acid substitution
- Which of the following describes a
chromosomal deletion?
a. Point mutation resulting in a
single amino acid substitution
b. Transfer of genetic material from
one chromosome to another
c. Loss of genetic material from a
chromosome that does not appear
on any other chromosome
d. Duplication of a chromosome
resulting in 3n of that genetic
material The chromosome analysis
performed on a patient’s leukemic
cells is reported as 47,
XY,14,del(5)(q31)[20]. Answer
questions 7 to 9 based on this
description.
c. Loss of genetic material from a
chromosome that does not appear
on any other chromosome
- This patient’s cells have which of the
following mutations?
a. Loss of the entire number 31
chromosome
b. Loss of the entire number 5
chromosome
c. Loss of a portion of the short arm
of chromosome 4
d. Loss of a portion of the long
arm of chromosome 5
d. Loss of a portion of the long
arm of chromosome 5
- What other mutation is present in this
patient’s cells?
a. Polyploidy
b. Tetraploidy
c. An extra chromosome 4
d. Four copies of chromosome 5
c. An extra chromosome 4
- This patient’s leukemic cells demonstrate:
a. Structural chromosomal defects
only
b. Numeric chromosomal defects only
c. Both structural and numeric
chromosomal defects
c. Both structural and numeric
chromosomal defects
- Aneuploidy describes the total
chromosome number:
a. That is a multiple of the haploid
number
b. That reflects a loss or gain of
a single chromosome
c. That is diploid but has a balanced
deletion and duplication of whole
chromosomes
d. In gametes; diploid is the number
in somatic cells
b. That reflects a loss or gain of
a single chromosome
- According to the WHO classification, except in leukemias with specific genetic anomalies, the minimal percentage of blasts necessary for a diagnosis of acute leukemia is:
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 50%
b. 20%
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation is more often seen in association with leukemia characterized by which of the following mutations?
a. t(12;21)(p13;q22)
b. t(9;22)(q34;q11.2)
c. inv(16)(p13;q22)
d. t(15;17)(q22;q12)
d. t(15;17)(q22;q12)
- Which of the following would be considered a sign of poten-tially favorable prognosis in children with ALL?
a. Hyperdiploidy
b. Presence of CD19 and CD20
c. Absence of trisomy 8
d. Presence of BCR/ABL gene
a. Hyperdiploidy
- A 20-year-old patient has an elevated WBC count with 70% blasts, 4% neutrophils, 5% lymphocytes, and 21% mono-cytes in the peripheral blood. Eosinophils with dysplastic changes are seen in the bone marrow. AML with which of the following karyotypes would be most
likely to be seen?
a. AML with t(8;21)(q22;q22)
b. AML with t(16;16)(p13;q22)
c. APL with PML-RARA
d. AML with t(9;11)(p22;q23)
b. AML with t(16;16)(p13;q22)