Question 1

The long-term risks of egg donation are

Accepted Answer

A)  easy to establish because we have significant data on the effects of hormone treatment. 
B)  easy to establish because we only permitted donation after extensive scientific study. 
C)  difficult to establish because egg donors are not tracked in a central registry. 
D)  difficult to establish because companies hide the adverse effects that they discover. 
A)  easy to establish because we have significant data on the effects of hormone treatment. 
B)  easy to establish because we only permitted donation after extensive scientific study. 
C)  difficult to establish because egg donors are not tracked in a central registry. 
D)  difficult to establish because companies hide the adverse effects that they discover. C

Question 2

What explains the United States' tolerance of compensated surrogacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The excellent healthcare that is available there 
B)  The greater number of gay couples who want children 
C)  Its free market ethos 
D)  All of these choices 
A)  The excellent healthcare that is available there 
B)  The greater number of gay couples who want children 
C)  Its free market ethos 
D)  All of these choices C

Question 3

A gestational surrogate is

Accepted Answer

A)  another term for an egg donor. 
B)  a "host mother" who is implanted with an embryo from another woman. 
C)  another term for a sperm donor. 
D)  a woman who has had one of her own eggs removed, fertilized and then implanted back into her. 
A)  another term for an egg donor. 
B)  a "host mother" who is implanted with an embryo from another woman. 
C)  another term for a sperm donor. 
D)  a woman who has had one of her own eggs removed, fertilized and then implanted back into her. B

Question 4

What factor or factors might undermine egg donors' informed consent?

Accepted Answer

A)  age 
B)  relative inexperience 
C)  the need for money 
D)  all of these choices 
A)  age 
B)  relative inexperience 
C)  the need for money 
D)  all of these choices

Question 5

A multiple pregnancy does what to the risk of miscarriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  It increases it. 
B)  It decreases it. 
C)  It does not change it. 
D)  No one really knows. 
A)  It increases it. 
B)  It decreases it. 
C)  It does not change it. 
D)  No one really knows.

Question 6

What is pharming?

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of animal cloning to produce drugs 
B)  the use of animal cloning to produce higher-yield food animals 
C)  a type of gene therapy 
D)  the cloning technique used to produce Dolly 
A)  the use of animal cloning to produce drugs 
B)  the use of animal cloning to produce higher-yield food animals 
C)  a type of gene therapy 
D)  the cloning technique used to produce Dolly

Question 7

Which of the following is a characteristic of the "new breed" of single mothers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have deliberately (rather than accidentally) become pregnant. 
B)  They are in their late-twenties to mid-thirties. 
C)  They occupy the upper tiers of income, education, and occupation. 
D)  All of these choices 
A)  They have deliberately (rather than accidentally) become pregnant. 
B)  They are in their late-twenties to mid-thirties. 
C)  They occupy the upper tiers of income, education, and occupation. 
D)  All of these choices

Question 8

Which of the following are a potential ethical and social difficulty surrounding reproductive technologies?

Accepted Answer

A)  incest potential and eugenics 
B)  eugenics and sex selection 
C)  sex selection and incest potential 
D)  incest potential, eugenics, and sex selection 
A)  incest potential and eugenics 
B)  eugenics and sex selection 
C)  sex selection and incest potential 
D)  incest potential, eugenics, and sex selection

Question 9

According to the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, which of the following does the Catholic Church believe to be morally illegitimate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Attempts to manipulate genetic materials for the purpose of sex selection. 
B)  Artificial insemination involving unmarried individuals. 
C)  Destroying human embryos produced by in vitro techniques for the purposes of either research or procreation. 
D)  All of these choices. 
A)  Attempts to manipulate genetic materials for the purpose of sex selection. 
B)  Artificial insemination involving unmarried individuals. 
C)  Destroying human embryos produced by in vitro techniques for the purposes of either research or procreation. 
D)  All of these choices.

Question 10

Dolce and Gabbana argue that surrogacy is

Accepted Answer

A)  exploitative. 
B)  unnatural. 
C)  dangerous. 
D)  all of these choices. 
A)  exploitative. 
B)  unnatural. 
C)  dangerous. 
D)  all of these choices.

Question 11

From 1995 to 2005, the number of women taking fertility drugs almost tripled (from 1 million to 3 million women) What happened to the incidence of multiple births during the last thirty years including the period from 1995 to 2005?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has remained the same. 
B)  It has quadrupled. 
C)  It has doubled. 
D)  It has actually decreased by half. 
A)  It has remained the same. 
B)  It has quadrupled. 
C)  It has doubled. 
D)  It has actually decreased by half.

Question 12

What objections have critics leveled against ART?

Accepted Answer

A)  That there is no right to have a biological child and so rather than using ART persons should instead adopt. 
B)  ART is extremely expensive. 
C)  Intended parents are often not properly informed about their chances of success. 
D)  All of these choices 
A)  That there is no right to have a biological child and so rather than using ART persons should instead adopt. 
B)  ART is extremely expensive. 
C)  Intended parents are often not properly informed about their chances of success. 
D)  All of these choices

Question 13

Which of the following terms is used to describe the argument that "producing deficits [in offspring] wouldn't necessarily be wrong because, except in extreme cases, it's better to be alive than not exist"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the "interest in existing" argument 
B)  the "open question" argument 
C)  the "argument from design" 
D)  the "open future" argument 
A)  the "interest in existing" argument 
B)  the "open question" argument 
C)  the "argument from design" 
D)  the "open future" argument

Question 14

Which of the following terms describes an elimination procedure used in cases where there are multiple fetuses and some of the fetuses are destroyed and removed with the intent of increasing the chances that the remaining fetuses will develop into healthy babies?

Accepted Answer

A)  selective reduction 
B)  constructive abortion 
C)  genetic abortion 
D)  in vitro fertilization 
A)  selective reduction 
B)  constructive abortion 
C)  genetic abortion 
D)  in vitro fertilization

Question 15

Leon Kass offers which of the following as reasons for which we should feel repulsion at the idea of human cloning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cloning would distort the cloned individual's sense of social identity. 
B)  Cloning would turn procreation into a manufacturing process and turn children into commodities. 
C)  Cloning would encourage parents to treat children as property. 
D)  All of these choices 
A)  Cloning would distort the cloned individual's sense of social identity. 
B)  Cloning would turn procreation into a manufacturing process and turn children into commodities. 
C)  Cloning would encourage parents to treat children as property. 
D)  All of these choices

Question 16

What is not an example of "third-party reproduction"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Surrogacy arrangements 
B)  Egg donation 
C)  Sperm donation 
D)  IVF with no donated tissue 
A)  Surrogacy arrangements 
B)  Egg donation 
C)  Sperm donation 
D)  IVF with no donated tissue

Exam 4: Reproductive Control-PART A

The long-term risks of egg donation are

What explains the United States' tolerance of compensated surrogacy?

A gestational surrogate is

What factor or factors might undermine egg donors' informed consent?

A multiple pregnancy does what to the risk of miscarriage?

What is pharming?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the "new breed" of single mothers?

Which of the following are a potential ethical and social difficulty surrounding reproductive technologies?

According to the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, which of the following does the Catholic Church believe to be morally illegitimate?

Dolce and Gabbana argue that surrogacy is

From 1995 to 2005, the number of women taking fertility drugs almost tripled (from 1 million to 3 million women) What happened to the incidence of multiple births during the last thirty years including the period from 1995 to 2005?

What objections have critics leveled against ART?

Which of the following terms is used to describe the argument that "producing deficits [in offspring] wouldn't necessarily be wrong because, except in extreme cases, it's better to be alive than not exist"?

Which of the following terms describes an elimination procedure used in cases where there are multiple fetuses and some of the fetuses are destroyed and removed with the intent of increasing the chances that the remaining fetuses will develop into healthy babies?

Leon Kass offers which of the following as reasons for which we should feel repulsion at the idea of human cloning?

What is not an example of "third-party reproduction"?

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