This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 46 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A product produced from genetic engineering is A) Mutation. B) DNA. C) Gene. D) Hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hormone. 2. What are genomes? A) A single gene within an organism. B) A type of genetic disease. C) A map used for genetic navigation. D) All the genetic material in an organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the genetic material in an organism. 3. Is an enzyme isolated from bacteria that cuts DNA molecules at specific sequences. A) Plasmids. B) Restriction enzymes. C) Ligase. D) Insulin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restriction enzymes. 4. Somatic cell nuclear transfer was the cloning technique used to create the first clone, Dolly the sheep, from an adult cell in 1997 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which of the following might an animal breeder use to create EXACT copies of an animal with desired traits? A) Cloning . B) Inbreeding. C) Polymerase chain reaction. D) Hybridization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloning . 6. To produce transgenic bacteria that make insulin, which of the following steps did scientists have to do first? A) Transform bacteria with recombinant plasmid. B) Insert human insulin gene to the plasmid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insert human insulin gene to the plasmid. 7. Engineering food to make crops that can grow in poor soil conditions, resist disease, tolerate drought, repel insects, etc. A) Cloning. B) Genetically Modified Food. C) Selective Breeding. D) Transgenic Organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetically Modified Food. 8. What is the main ethical dilemma associated with genetic engineering? A) The potential creation of new species. B) The competition between improved and natural species. C) The long-term effects of genetically modified foods. D) The intervention in the natural functioning of species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The intervention in the natural functioning of species. 9. A technique that allows engineers to artificially amplify a section of DNA by copying it over and over again in a lab is known as A) Polymerase chain reaction. B) Recombinant DNA. C) Gene therapy. D) Personal genome sequencing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polymerase chain reaction. 10. Which of the following is a circular DNA from bacteria that can hold a foreign gene? A) Ligase. B) Restriction enzyme. C) Protein expression. D) Plasmid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plasmid. 11. The technique used by biologists to make many copies of a particular gene. A) Transgenic. B) Polymerase chain reaction. C) Gene therapy. D) Plasmid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polymerase chain reaction. 12. If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which of the following blood types is possible? Hint-create punnett squares showing all possibilities for the possible genotypes of the parents. A) Type O. B) Type AB. C) Type A or Type B. D) All of these blood types are possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these blood types are possible. 13. What is polyploidy? A) The combination of genes produced by crossing over and independent assortment. B) When genes located close to each other on the same chromosome tend to travel together during meiosis. C) A map that shows the sequence of genes on a chromosome. D) The occurrence of one or more extra sets of chromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The occurrence of one or more extra sets of chromosomes. 14. The restriction site recognised by SmaI is A) GGCCCC. B) GGATCC. C) CCCGGG. D) GAATTC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CCCGGG. 15. What is the function of hormones? A) Provide structural support to cells and tissues. B) Catalyse chemical reactions. C) Act as chemical messengers between cells. D) Bind to foreign bodies to help prevent infection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Act as chemical messengers between cells. 16. The transfer of a gene from the DNA of one organism into another organism in order to produce an organism with desired traits. A) Genome. B) Karyotype. C) Pedigree. D) Genetic Engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetic Engineering. 17. What is the sugar in DNA called? A) Helicase. B) Hexose. C) Ribose. D) Deoxyribose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deoxyribose. 18. What process inserts a gene into a species to produce recombinant DNA A) Selective breeding. B) Gel electrophoresis. C) Cloning. D) Genetic engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetic engineering. 19. You have benefited from selective breeding by having more agricultural produce than would have been possible otherwise. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Maintaining a rich variety of genetic material that may lead to discoveries useful to humans can be ensured by A) Preserving biodiversity. B) Asexual reproduction. C) Selective breeding. D) Increasing cloning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preserving biodiversity. 21. A tool used by forensic biologists to identify a person using DNA is called ..... A) Gene therapy. B) PCR. C) Cloning. D) DNA fingerprinting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DNA fingerprinting. 22. Which of these is not complementary? A) Sticky ends. B) A and T. C) Enzyme and substrate. D) Active site and substrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enzyme and substrate. 23. Restriction enzymes cut in ways that leave ..... ends with exposed nucleotides, or ..... ends that will not stick to other DNA fragments A) Blunt; sticky. B) Sticky; blunt. C) Sharp;smooth. D) Zigged;zagged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sticky; blunt. 24. What is the primary purpose of genetic engineering in agriculture? A) To increase the aesthetic appeal of crops. B) To increase the nutritional value of crops. C) To increase the resistance of crops to pests and diseases. D) To decrease the growth rate of crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To increase the resistance of crops to pests and diseases. 25. Which piece of DNA would move faster in gel electrophoresis? A) 100 Base Pairs Long. B) 5000 Base Pairs Long. C) 100, 000 Base Pairs Long. D) 1000 Base Pairs Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100 Base Pairs Long. 26. The human genome project ..... A) Was the discovery of the shape and structure of DNA (double helix) by Watson and Crick. B) Was used to map out the complete DNA of a mouse. C) Was an investigation to map out all the genes located in the human body. D) Is a process used to make human insulin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was an investigation to map out all the genes located in the human body. 27. Choosing which organisms can have offspring is ..... A) Selective Breeding. B) Gene Modification. C) Gene Therapy. D) Animal Husbandry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selective Breeding. 28. Some twins come from the same egg and are therefore ..... A) Genetically engineered. B) Genetically tested. C) Genetically identical. D) Genetically modified. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetically identical. 29. Which of the following enzyme encoded by lac "Z" gene? A) $\beta$-glucuronidase. B) $\beta$-amylase. C) $\beta$-Lactamase. D) $\beta$-galactosidase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $\beta$-galactosidase. 30. An applied science of manipulating the genetic material of an organism through artificial selection and biomedical techniques. A) Selective breeding. B) Cloning. C) Artificial selection. D) Genetic engineering. 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