This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 44 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A man with type O blood is accused of being the father of a type B baby. The mother is type A. Could this man be the father? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 2. What takes place after the gene is extracted and the plasmid is cut open? A) The gene is inserted into the plasmid. B) The plasmid is inserted into the bacterial cell. C) The bacterial cell multiplies. D) The gene is extracted from the chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The gene is inserted into the plasmid. 3. What is the name of the structure found in bacterial cells into which genes can be inserted? A) Plasmid. B) Ribosome. C) Cell Wall. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plasmid. 4. Which type of diabetes cannot be treated using genetically engineered insulin? A) Infectious diabetes. B) Insulin dependent diabetes. C) Non-insulin dependent diabetes. D) Aggressive diabetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-insulin dependent diabetes. 5. What is a group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function in the body? A) Cells. B) Embryos. C) Tissues. D) Genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tissues. 6. What is the manipulation of organisms or their components to make useful products? A) Mutation. B) Biotechnology. C) Recombinant DNA. D) Genetic Engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotechnology. 7. True or False. Clones, which have identical DNA, are exaclty the same. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. Genetic modification of food can be used to increase their medicinal value, thus making edible vaccines available A) Risk. B) Benefits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benefits. 9. Cloned animals may suffer from genetic defects and health problems A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. All are positive effect of using of Genetic Engineering EXCEPT. A) Inhibiting growth of organisms. B) Prolong the shelf life of food products. C) Develop resistance to diseases. D) Increase crop yields. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inhibiting growth of organisms. 11. The process of making multiple, identical copies or exact duplication of a particular piece of DNA. A) Genetic Manipulation. B) Genes. C) Genetic Engineering. D) Gene Cloning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gene Cloning. 12. Which ions are requried during the insertion of the rDNA into the host bacterium? A) Calcium ions. B) Potassium ions. C) Chloride ions. D) Phosphate ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium ions. 13. What are the blood types of the possible children that a woman (type O) and man (type AB) can have? A) O and AB. B) O and A. C) O and B. D) A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B. 14. What is the basic unit of heredity? A) Vectors. B) Genes. C) Plasmids. D) Viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genes. 15. Complete the sentence:Recombinant DNA consists of ..... a ..... of an organism and ..... it into a different one. A) Gene, isolating, inserting. B) Inserting, isolating, gene. C) Isolating, gene, inserting. D) Gene, inserting, isolating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isolating, gene, inserting. 16. The result of the sequence alteration is that the two adjacent restriction fragments remain linked together after treatment with the enzyme, leading to a length polymorphism A) FISH. B) TOGA. C) Restriction fragment length polymorphism. D) SNP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restriction fragment length polymorphism. 17. Which of these statement is the most correct? A) Proteins are used to make DNA, which is used to make RNA which forms amino acids. B) RNA is used to make DNA, which is used to make amino acid chains which form proteins. C) DNA is used to make RNA, which is used to make amino acid chains which form proteins. D) Amino acids is used to make proteins, which is used to make RNA which forms DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DNA is used to make RNA, which is used to make amino acid chains which form proteins. 18. Which of the following enzymes is not required during the process of producing genetically engineered bacteria that can synthesise insulin? A) Restriction endonuclease enzyme. B) DNA Polymerase enzyme. C) Ligase enzyme. D) RNA polymerase enzyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RNA polymerase enzyme. 19. The DNA of a human cell can be cut and rearranged byusing A) A scalpel. B) Restriction enzymes. C) Hormones. D) Electrophoresis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restriction enzymes. 20. It is a process by which an organism produce an offspring containing a particular desired characteristic. A) Breeding. B) Evolution. C) Mutation. D) Genetic engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breeding. 21. A type of selective breeding between two different species. A) Inbreeding. B) Pharming. C) Hybridization. D) Transformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hybridization. 22. Which of these is NOT a concern related to Genetic Engineering. A) Unsafe to eat. B) Farmer's Health. C) Environmental Issues. D) Increased food nutrition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased food nutrition. 23. Higher yield crops A) Require more land. B) Produce less using the same acreage. C) Produce more using the same acreage. D) Occur naturally . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Produce more using the same acreage. 24. What is the process of genetic cloning? A) Creating a genetically modified organism by altering its DNA sequence. B) Creating an identical copy of an organism's DNA or a specific gene sequence. C) Creating a hybrid organism by combining DNA from different species. D) Creating an identical copy of an organism's entire body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creating an identical copy of an organism's DNA or a specific gene sequence. 25. What are the circular DNA molecules present in bacteria? A) Vector. B) Plasmid. C) Bacteriophage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plasmid. 26. An enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides A) Evolution. B) DNA microarray. C) Fossil. D) Restriction enzyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restriction enzyme. 27. A researcher is working with a protein that contains four subunits of differing molecular weights. If the researcher performs SDS-PAGE, how many distinct bands should he see on the gel? A) 1. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 28. The small segments of a chromosome that help code for a trait are called A) Proteins. B) Genes. C) Genotypes. D) Nucleotides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genes. 29. The alternative selectable marker ..... and chromogenic substrate ..... that selects recombinants on the basis of their ability to produce colour are: A) LacZ gene, X-gal. B) $\alpha$-galactosidase and X-gal. C) Amp R gene and X-gal. D) $\beta$-galactosidase and X-gal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LacZ gene, X-gal. 30. Which year the new National Bioengineered Food Disclosure the new rules, all foods containing genetically engineered ingredients will be labeled as "derived from bioengineering" or "bioengineered." A) January 1, 1999. B) January 1, 1998. C) January 1, 1997. D) January 1, 2020. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) January 1, 2020. ← 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