This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 64 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 64 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which technique is used to determine the secondary of protein? A) UV-visible spectroscopy. B) Circular Dichroism. C) X-ray Diffraction (XRD). D) FTIR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circular Dichroism. 2. Which one of the following is an environmental variation? A) Short hair. B) Male or female. C) Eye colour. D) Attached ear lobes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short hair. 3. A DNA plasmid has 3 restriction sites for EcorRI and 2 restrction sites for BamHII; how many fragments will be produced if the plasmid is incubated with both enzymes? A) 5. B) 4. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 4. It is a set of technologiesused to change the genetic makeup of cells A) Genetic Mutation. B) Gene Mutation. C) Gene Modification. D) Genetic Engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gene Modification. 5. Specific cutting enzyme It has an English name: A) Enzyme DNA ligase. B) Restriction Enzyme. C) Recognition site. D) Recombinant DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restriction Enzyme. 6. What technique is used to separate DNA fragments by size using a porous gel and an electrical current? A) Gel Electrophoresis. B) Genetic Gel Shifting. C) Electro-Pore Sorting. D) DNA Electric Zoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gel Electrophoresis. 7. What is the purpose of introducing human antibodies into organisms? A) To provide passive resistance against specific pathogens. B) To stimulate the production of antibodies in the body. C) To replace the immune system of the organism. D) To enhance the growth and development of the organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide passive resistance against specific pathogens. 8. What is the MOST important reason why some people support the use of Crispr? A) Because it could help to eliminate diseases. B) Because it could help farmers to grow more food. C) Because it is simple and easy to use. D) Because it can help people have designer babies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because it could help to eliminate diseases. 9. This method involves the insertion of normal genes into cells with defective genes in order to correct genetic disorders. A) Gene therapy. B) Gene linkage. C) GMO. D) Gene mapping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gene therapy. 10. It is required to distinguish between the cells that have taken up the vector and that have not. It is done by using A) Multiple cloning site. B) Selectable marker. C) Origin of replication. D) High copy number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selectable marker. 11. Selective breeding can lead to ....., where some breeds are particularly prone to disease, deformities or inherited defects A) Natural Selection. B) Evolution. C) Outbreeding. D) Inbreeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inbreeding. 12. What do you call the "scissor-like" enzymes that recognize and cut specific sequences in the DNA? A) Gene splicing. B) Recombinant DNA. C) Ligases. D) Restriction enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restriction enzymes. 13. Genetic molecule consisting of a sugar-phosphate molecule and a nitrogen-containing base A) Vector. B) Gene. C) Nucleotide. D) Plasmid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleotide. 14. State the term for producing an organism that is genetically identical to another organism. A) Cloning. B) Plasmid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloning. 15. An organism that has had genes from another species inserted into its genome A) Polyploid. B) Genetically modified organisms. C) Clone. D) Heterozygote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetically modified organisms. 16. A mutation is detected in liver cells, skin cells, and spleen cells of a patient. This mutation is: A) Insertion. B) Somatic. C) Germline. D) Nonsense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 17. In a pedigree chart, how are males illustrated A) Squares. B) Triangles. C) Lines. D) Circles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Squares. 18. Which would be considered a benefit for genetically modifying babies A) Rich people have an advantage towards paying for CRISPR. B) Safety precautions are unnecessary since the gene editing tool is very accurate. C) Genes are responsible for particular traits. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Safety precautions are unnecessary since the gene editing tool is very accurate. 19. What chemical base is paired up with Guanine? A) Cytosine. B) Guanine. C) Thymine. D) Adenine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cytosine. 20. Who is the father of genetic engineering A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 21. How is genetic engineering used in medicine? A) Create pharmaceutical products, improve disease diagnosis, and develop new therapies. B) Improve transportation systems. C) Create new animal species. D) Develop new cooking techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Create pharmaceutical products, improve disease diagnosis, and develop new therapies. 22. To transfer a gene from an animal cell into a bacterium, scientists have to use A) Enzymes to cut out and insert the gene. B) Hereditary information located in amino acids. C) Radiation to increase the gene mutation fate of the bacterial cell. D) Cancer cells to promote rapid cell division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enzymes to cut out and insert the gene. 23. What do Eukarya cells have that Archaea and Bacteria do not? A) They have nuclei and unused sections of DNA. B) They don't have a nuclei and no unused sections of DNA. C) They have a nuclei and no unused sections of DNA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They have nuclei and unused sections of DNA. 24. What is the term for organisms that contain genes from other species? A) Transgenic. B) Genetically modified. C) Hybrid. D) Mutant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transgenic. 25. Chemicals in radiation A) Caused mutations. B) Are used in electrophoresis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caused mutations. 26. DNA is known to have a ..... charge. A) Neutral. B) Negative. C) Positive. D) Large. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 27. A bright-field microscope can be used to visualize A) FISH product. B) CISH product. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CISH product. 28. This is the practice of producing a genetically identical cell or organism A) Genetic Engineering. B) DNA Fingerprinting. C) Cloning. D) Gel Electrophoresis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cloning. 29. When the desirable charateristic is identified, it is removed from the DNA using molecular scissors, these are called; A) Ligase. B) Enzymes. C) Sticky ends. D) Restriction enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restriction enzymes. 30. Which of the following one can be used for viral mediated gene transfer? 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