This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Amino acids are joined together in order to form A) DNA. B) Proteins. C) RNA. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proteins. 2. Somatic cells are A) Body cells in adults. B) Sex cells. C) Embryonic cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Body cells in adults. 3. Every organism has a molecule called ..... in every cell that hold the genetic information for the organism. A) DNA. B) Tombstone. C) Protein. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA. 4. What was the project in which scientists from around the world tried to map out the entire human DNA sequence in 1990? A) Selective Breeding Project. B) Human Genome Project. C) Gene Therapy Project. D) Genetically Modified Organism Project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human Genome Project. 5. Which of the below genotype(s) would show the DOMINANT trait of Brown hair? A) Bb. B) Bb. C) BB. D) BOTH BB and Bb would express the dominant trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BOTH BB and Bb would express the dominant trait. 6. Organisms that contain foreign DNA that has been introduced using biotechnology. A) Pure Breeds. B) Cross-Pollinators. C) Transgenic. D) Eukaryotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transgenic. 7. True or False:Desirable traits are NOT always helpful/beneficial to the organism. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What is the function of plasmids in genetic engineering? A) Act as immune defense mechanisms. B) Used during DNA transcritpion. C) Act as vectors to carry a specific gene into the host cell. D) Used to locate Chromosomes in the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Act as vectors to carry a specific gene into the host cell. 9. What technique do scientist use that separates segments of DNA based on their length? A) Gel E-Series. B) DNA Chop Shop. C) Gel Electrostatic. D) Gel Electrophoresis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gel Electrophoresis. 10. Which component of DNA specifies the traits of an organism? A) 5-carbon sugar (deoxyribose). B) Nitrogenous base pairs. C) Phosphate groups. D) Hydrogen bonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogenous base pairs. 11. When did Chinese scientists first experiment with editing the genome of human embryos? A) 2016. B) 2015. C) 2017. D) 2018. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2016. 12. Phenotype or Genotype AA A) Phenotype. B) Genotype. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genotype. 13. While increasing the immunity to diseases in plants, the resistance genes may get transferred to the harmful pathogens A) Risk. B) Benefits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Risk. 14. Which of the following belongs to Artificial selection? A) Gene Splicing. B) Recombinant DNA technology. C) Cloning. D) Hybridization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hybridization. 15. A small, circular piece of DNA separate from chromosomes. A) MRNA. B) Nucleus. C) Plasmid. D) Please. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plasmid. 16. Genetically engineered foods look and taste the same as regular foods. The only difference genetically modified foods has is A) A better chance at surviving a frost during the growing season. B) Fewer calories. C) The addition of certain minerals. D) Genes with traits that improve something about the plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genes with traits that improve something about the plant. 17. What is a genetically modified organism? A) A living thing that has no genetic material. B) A living thing that has had genes removed to make it useful to humans. C) A living thing that has had genes added to make it useful to humans. D) A living thing that has undergone natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A living thing that has had genes added to make it useful to humans. 18. Inserting part of DNA into a human body to correct or remove genetic disorder, mainly done by A) Fungi. B) Protozoa. C) Viruses. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Viruses. 19. A ..... is required to transfer genes from one organism to another. A) Vector. B) Genetic probe. C) Reverse transcriptase. D) Transport molecule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vector. 20. What did we use to create temperature differential to sweep plasmid inside A) CaCl2. B) Ice. C) Heat shock. D) Arabinose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heat shock. 21. Choosing organisms with the best traits to pass those desired traits to the next generation of offspring A) Selective breeding. B) Transgenesis. C) Induced mutation. D) Genetic engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selective breeding. 22. Who is the famous 19th century monk who used pea plants and discovered dominant and recessive traits? A) Erwin Chargaff. B) Gregor Mendel. C) James Watson. D) Rosalind Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gregor Mendel. 23. Which is NOT a result of selective breeding? A) Large seedless watermelons that consumer demand. B) Bright oranges that are all about the same size. C) An insect that matches the color of the environment. D) A dog that has been bred to have short hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An insect that matches the color of the environment. 24. What are the 4 nitrogen bases? A) Adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine. B) Adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine. C) Adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol. D) Adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine. 25. A circular piece of DNA, found in bacteria, is called a A) Plasmid. B) Recombinant. C) Virus. D) Base. E) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plasmid. 26. What is used to cut DNA at specific sequences A) Restriction enzymes. B) Bacterial plasmid. C) Recombinant DNA. D) Gel electrophoresis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restriction enzymes. 27. A gene is moved from one non-closely related species to another A) Transgenic. B) Cisgenesis. C) Subgenic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transgenic. 28. This enzyme is used to cDNA from mRNA. A) Ligase. B) DNA polymerase. C) Reverse transcriptase. D) EcoR1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reverse transcriptase. 29. How many times do you want a restriction enzyme to cut a human genome in order to cut out the gene of interest to insert into a plasmid? A) 1-through the gene. B) 2-on either side of the gene. C) 3-through the gene and on either side of the gene. D) 4-twice on each side of the gene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2-on either side of the gene. 30. Tandem repeats of short DNA sequences with varying numbers of repeats found among individuals. A) STR (Short Tandem Repeat). B) PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction). 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