Exam3
1) DES a synthetic estrogen and animal food additive, does
not cause infertility (b) False
2) What does estrogen do? (b) regulate cell activity
3) Alcohol is an estrogen blocker (a) True
4) Dioxin is a(n) (a) estrogen blocker.
5) Most xenoestrogens dissolve in water (b) False
6) Estrogen is a small carbon-rich molecule built from (c)
cholesterol
7) Select the substance that is NOT a xenoestrogen (a) NOx
8) Which of the following is not a xenoestrogen? (c) CFC’s
9) Which of the following is not a life style risk of
increasing breast cancer? (d) giving birth at early age.
10) Estrogen regulates (b) the immune system.
11) The greek prefix “xeno” means (c) foreign
12) Breast Cancer can be treated using (d) all of the above
13) Removal of tissue is a means to treat breast cancer (a)
True.
14) DDT was banned in the US in (a) 1973
15) 1 lb of fat = 4000 calories.
16) The largest producer of cotton is (d) China
17) Which ‘weed’ was first introduced as a crop grass? (a)
crabgrass.
18) What is the title of Rachel Carson’s most famous book?
Silent Spring
19) What is the acronym for diethylstilbestrol? DES
20) What % of major US crops, such as corn, soybeans and
cotton are genetically engineered? (c) 75
21) What is femara? Aromatase Inhibitor
22) Gene p53 predisposes you to get what disease? Breast
Cancer
23) The Relative Risk is approximately equal to Odds ration
when (d) D’s are much smaller than N’s
24) Today in the US, the incidence rate of breast cancer in
women has increased by
(c) two half fold
25) The RR is equal to one “unity” when (a) D’s are much
larger than N’s
26) Risk of dying of heart attack 0.347. A new chemical
decreases it to 0.0004 The new EPA would (b) ban the
commercial sale of the new chemical
27) Risk of dying of heart attack 0.54. A new chemical
decreases it to 0.0000004. The new EPA would (a) allow
the commercial sale of the new chemical
28) EPA = Environmental Protection Agency
29) % Exposed w/ disease= DE/ (DE+NE) * 100
30) % Not exposed = DNE / (DNE+NNE) * 100
MEC 280
31) RR = DE( DNE+ NNE)
DNE(DE+NE)
32) OR = (DE NNE) / (DNE NE)
33) RR > 1 increased risk for disease
34) RR < 1 decreased risk for disease
35) OR > 1 greater risk that exposure implies increased risk
of disease
36) D’s are smaller much smaller that N’s RR~OR
37) Risk of dying of heart attack 0.347. A new chemical
decreases it to 0.0004 The new EPA would (b) ban the
commercial sale of the new chemical
38) Risk of dying of heart attack 0.54. A new chemical
decreases it to 0.0000004. The new EPA would (a) allow
the commercial sale of the new chemical
39) Alcohol is an estrogen blocker. A) true
40) In females, estrogen is produced in the ovarian cells. A)
True
41) In 2003, about how many traffic fatalities were there in
the US? B) 45,000
42) How many of these were alcohol/drug related?
43) In 2003, about how many non-fatal traffic injuries were
there in the US? D) 2.5 million
44) 75 to 80% of all collusions are due to B) driver error
45) What percentage of collisions take place at
intersections? B) 50%
46) Average over a driving lifetime your number of collisions
in ten years is expected to be about B) 1
47) The 6 most common causes of preventable care
accidents are
c) Inappropriate speed
e) running a red light or stop sign
a) turning inappropriately
f) driving left of the center of your lane
b) passing inappropriately
d) following too closely
48) A driver using a cell phone (hand-held or hands-free) is
more at risk than a drunk driver. A) True?
49) Diethylstilbestrol, a synthetic estrogen and animal-food
addictive, does not cause infertility. B) False
50) What is the acronym for polychlorinated biphenyls?
PCBs
51) Estrogen receptors are located D) all of the above—in
cells, in cell nuclei, on nuclei walls
52) Which of these is a phytoestrogen? D) soy
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