This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tomato plants usually have hairy stems. Hairless stems are present in tomato plants that are homozygous recessive for this trait. If the stem characteristics are determined by a single gene, what is the expected outcome of crossing two tomato plants that are heterozygous for hairy stems? A) 100% hairy stems. B) 100% hairless stems. C) 75% hairy stems:25% hairless stems. D) 50% hairy stems:50% hairless stems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 75% hairy stems:25% hairless stems. 2. Plasmids, yeast, and viruses are known as ..... A) Restriction enzymes. B) Vectors. C) Genetically modified organisms. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vectors. 3. The process of putting recombinant DNA into an organism is called ..... A) Ligating. B) Transformation. C) Electrophoresis. D) Incubating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transformation. 4. A completely automated technology for the simultaneous analysis of the expression of nearly all genes. A) DIKES. B) TOGA. C) FISH. D) SAGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TOGA. 5. A farmer wants only healthy plants so he takes the seeds of his healthiest plants and crosses them with each other. What is this an example of? A) Hybridization. B) Cloning. C) Gene Therapy. D) Inbreeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inbreeding. 6. In plants, genetic engineering has been used to mass-produce insulin, human growth hormones, follistim (for treating infertility), human albumin, monoclonal antibodies, antihemophilic factors, vaccines, and many other drugs. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 7. In a WB, the primary antibody binds to the ..... while the secondary antibody binds to the ..... A) Nitrocellulose membrane; target protein. B) Target protein; nitrocellulose membrane. C) Secondary antibody; target protein. D) Target protein; primary antibody. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Target protein; primary antibody. 8. Which of the following is this an example of:Sugar beets modified to grow faster and to be more resistant to weeds. A) Gene Therapy. B) Making a GMO. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making a GMO. 9. The image shown is a hypothetical recombinant DNA. What do you call the red portion of this rDNA? A) Splice. B) Clone. C) Gene of interest. D) Vector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vector. 10. A transgenic organism contains genes from another species A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Which is not an ancient practice of genetic engineering? A) Hybridization. B) Inbreeding. C) Recombinant technology. D) Selective breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recombinant technology. 12. Amplifying trace samples of DNA is called A) Introns. B) STR. C) Restriction enzymes. D) PCR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PCR. 13. Why is Dolly the sheep considered a clone? A) The source of Dolly's DNA is a single cell taken from an adult donor. B) The DNA molecules in each of Dolly's cells are different. C) Dolly has a mix of genes from her foster mother and the sheep that donated a nucleus of one of its cells. D) Dolly is genetically identical to her offspring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The source of Dolly's DNA is a single cell taken from an adult donor. 14. Where would you expect to find Archaea organisms? A) Extreme conditions. B) In your stomach. C) In old buildings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extreme conditions. 15. Given:H = Normal blood clotting and h = hemophilia ..... Cross a female that is a carrier with a normal male. What is the likelihood a recessive female is produced? A) 4/4. B) 0%. C) 50%. D) 1/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0%. 16. An organism used to make the human insulin gene. A) Viruses. B) Animals. C) Bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. 17. What is the DIY genetics movement? A) A movement of biohackers experimenting with genetic engineering. B) A movement to ban genetic engineering. C) A movement to regulate gene editing technologies. D) A movement to make gene editing accessible to everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A movement of biohackers experimenting with genetic engineering. 18. You are working as a biologist for a team surveying biodiversity in the Sierra Madre rainforest. You find a:-non-motile organism;-grows in the soil;-eukaryotic cells and;-autotrophic.Which one of the following could potentially describe this species? A) Bacteria. B) Fungus. C) Plant. D) Archaea. E) Animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plant. 19. ..... are used to ..... DNA pieces by ..... A) Plasmids, connect, fission. B) Plasmids, isolate, "snipping". C) Restriction enzymes, isolate, "snipping". D) Restriction enzymes, connect, fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restriction enzymes, isolate, "snipping". 20. An organism generated through genetic engineering is considered to be a genetically modified organism A) GMO. B) Vector. C) Plasmid. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GMO. 21. Which technique would most likely be used by forensic scientists? A) Karyotyping. B) DNA Fingerprinting. C) Cloning. D) Gene Therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DNA Fingerprinting. 22. Potential risks to human health and theenvironment A) Potential risks to human health. B) Potential risks to public health. C) Potential risks to human health and nature. D) Potential risks to human health and the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potential risks to human health and the environment. 23. What is the benefit of GM golden rice? A) It contains vitamin A. B) It can provide enough vitamin A to children in developing countries. C) It is cost-effective. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. One form of a gene is called ..... A) A DNA. B) A Phenotype. C) Relates. D) An allele. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An allele. 25. Testing that identifies changes in chromosomes, genes, or proteins to rule out genetic disease and determine likelihood of developing a genetic disorder. A) Selective Breeding. B) Genetic Screening. C) Gene Therapy. D) Cloning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic Screening. 26. An exact copy of an organism is called a ..... A) Clone. B) Donor. C) Plasmid. D) Surrogate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clone. 27. Which of the following cannot serve as an external source of insulin except by genetic engineering? A) Sheep. B) Cow. C) Goat. D) Escherichia coli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Escherichia coli. 28. Which scientist(s) is credited for publishing the structure of DNA? A) Gregor Mendel. B) Watson and Crick. C) Schleiden and Schwann. D) Rosalind Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watson and Crick. 29. The process in which a cell splits in two ..... A) Replication. B) Cell division. C) Cell nucleus. D) You inherit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell division. 30. The following are the steps taken during the cloning process.1. Transformation 2. Insertion 3. Isolation 4. Screening 5. Cut A) 3, 5, 2, 1, 4. B) 3, 2, 5, 4, 1. C) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1. D) 3, 2, 5, 1, 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3, 5, 2, 1, 4. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesBiotechnology QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesGenetic Engineering Quiz 1Genetic Engineering Quiz 2Genetic Engineering Quiz 3Genetic Engineering Quiz 4Genetic Engineering Quiz 5Genetic Engineering Quiz 6Genetic Engineering Quiz 7Genetic Engineering Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books