Test Your Knowledge About CF?

**More than one answer may be correct. Check your answers below**

1. CF is a disease of the:

    a. Blood

    b. Brain

    c. Exocrine glands

    d. Endocrine glands

2. A person gets CF by:

    a. Being near someone with CF who coughs

    b. Touching a dirty tissue

    c. Inheriting two altered CF genes

    d. Touching a person who has CF

3. Exocrine glands produce these:

    a. Mucus

    b. Tears

    c. Sweat

    d. Saliva

    e. Hormones

    f. Digestive juices

4. CF affects these parts of the body:

    a. Liver

    b. Lungs

    c. Pancreas

    d. Brain

    e. Intestines

5. Which of these is a symptom of carriers of the altered CF gene?

    a. Cough

    b. Wheezing

    c. Pneumonia    

    d. Abnormal stools

    e. Difficulty gaining weight

    f. All of the above

    g. None of the above

6. When parents already have a child with CF, what are the odds that their next child will have CF?

    a. The same odds apply to every pregnancy.

    b. There is no chance the next child will have CF.

    c. The parents will be less likely to have another child with CF.

    d. The parents will be more likely to have another child with CF.

7. In CF, mucus and secretions become too:

    a. Thin and dry

    b. Thin and watery

    c. Thick and sticky

8. Which statements about CF is true?

    a. Smoking during pregnancy increases the chance of having a child with CF.

    b. CF is not caused by anything the parents did or did not do before or during the pregnancy.

    c. Eating the right foods during pregnancy reduces the chance of having a child with CF.

    d. The chance of having a child with CF is decreased by not drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

9. When does CF begin in a person?

    a. At conception

    b. At different times for different people

    c. At about two years of age

    d. When the person first begins to feel sick

10. Which of these statements about CF genes is true?

    a. Both parents of a child with CF carry the altered CF gene.

    b. If the mother or father carries the altered CF gene, the child will have CF.

    c. One in every 30 Caucasian-Americans in the United States carries the altered CF gene.

    d. Parents cannot control which genes are passed on to their children.

11. Most people with CF are diagnosed:

    a. At birth

    b. After the age of 10

    c. In the first three years of life

    d. In adulthood

12. Which of the following tests may be used to diagnose CF?

    a. Sweat test

    b. Gene test using a blood sample

    c. Gene test using cells from the inside of the cheek

    d. All of the above

***Answers***

1. C

2. C

3. A, B, C, D, F

4. A, C, D, E

5. G

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. A

10. A, C, D

11. C

12. D