NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
HEALTH INFORMATICS
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Question
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Genetic test are already being developed to predict the potential onset of a disease later in life.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Predicting risk from the small individual contributions of thousands of genes in combination with non-genetic factors is much more complex. This complexity makes it impossible to predict an individual’s risk for disease with high accuracy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Predictive and presymptomatic testing Predictive and presymptomatic types of testing are used to detect gene mutations associated with disorders that appear after birth, often later in life.
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