Briony Got Tested for the BRCA1 and 2 Genes, and the Results

question 18

Multiple Choice

Briony got tested for the BRCA1 and 2 genes, and the results of the genetic test indicate that she has the genes. Briony has questions about whether she will develop breast cancer. What dimension of uncertainty is refelcted by Briony's question?

• A) Complexity of illness
• B) Quality of information
• C) Probability
• D) Structure of information
• E) Lay epistemology

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Definitions:

Annual Interest Rate

The percentage of principal charged by lenders or paid to investors per annum.

Compounded Continuously

A calculation involving the natural exponential function for the interest that is added to an amount of money based on an infinitely small rate over a period of time.

Principal

In finance, the original sum of money borrowed in a loan, or put into an investment. In mathematics, it can refer to the principal amount, or initial size of a quantity before interest or growth.

Nearest Cent

Rounding a monetary amount to the closest cent, typically as part of currency calculations to ensure practical transactions.