This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 70 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 70 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Molecules that have the ability to cut DNA molecules at precise sequences of base pairs A) Nucleotides. B) Restriction enzymes. C) Gel electrophoresis. D) Amino acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restriction enzymes. 2. GMOs are ..... transgenic organisms A) Sometimes. B) Never. C) The same as. D) Always. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sometimes. 3. What is a good argument for genetically modifying animals? A) New genes are needed to create new species. B) Figure out how to make Spiderman. C) Modifying your kids to make them more awesome. D) Produce more meat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produce more meat. 4. Polyploidy may instantly produce new types of organisms that are larger and stronger than their diploid relatives in ..... A) Fungi. B) Animals. C) Plants. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants. 5. Which of the following is the role of restriction enzymes in genetic engineering? A) Isolate the DNA. B) Cut the DNA. C) Dissolve the DNA. D) Restrict the elongation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut the DNA. 6. The process of replacing damaged or unhealthy genes with working copies is called ..... A) Gene replacement. B) GMO humans. C) Gene therapy. D) Medical genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gene therapy. 7. All of an organism's genes is known as their A) Genetic library. B) Genome. C) Plasmid. D) DNA fingerprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genome. 8. These are positions in a genome where some individuals have one nucleotide (e.g. a G) and others have a different nucleotide (e.g. a C) A) SNP. B) FISH. C) RFLP. D) SSLP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SNP. 9. ..... are used to cut strands of DNA at specific locations. A) Ribosomes. B) Restriction enzymes. C) DNA polymerase enzymes. D) Catalytic converters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restriction enzymes. 10. What are the advantages of genetic engineering? A) Increased yields in GM crops. B) Treatment of diabetes. C) Potential treatment of other inherited disorders. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Which factor can affect the epigenome? A) Nutrition. B) Exercise. C) Stress. D) All of these factors can affect the epigenome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these factors can affect the epigenome. 12. Choose correct statement for the genetic engineering. A) Procedure to make genetically modified plant is same for all plants. B) It is not possible to transfer only single gene through genetic engineering. C) Gene can not be transferred from bacteria to plant cell. D) All statements are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procedure to make genetically modified plant is same for all plants. 13. Animals with desired characteristics are mated to produce offspring with those desired traits. A) Cloning. B) Selective Breeding. C) Gene Splicing. D) Hybridization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selective Breeding. 14. The base pair guanine always pairs with which other base pair? A) Guanine. B) Adenine. C) Cytosine. D) Thymine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cytosine. 15. The process of DNA Fingerprinting is based on the fact that A) Everyone has the exact same DNA. B) No 2 people, except identical twins, have exactly the same DNA as someone else. C) Most genes are dominant. D) None of the other answer choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No 2 people, except identical twins, have exactly the same DNA as someone else. 16. What is an example of selective breeding by farmers? A) Mating 2 small chickens to create more large chickens. B) Mating 2 large chickens to create more large chickens. C) Mating 2 large chickens to create more small chickens. D) Using a machine to change the DNA of a chick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mating 2 large chickens to create more large chickens. 17. Member of a population of genetically identical cells produced from a single cell (Dolly the sheep is our most famous example) A) Fraternal twin. B) Hybridization. C) Transgenic organism. D) Clone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clone. 18. THE DELIBERATE CHANGING OF CHARACTERISTIC OF AN ORGANISM BY MANIPULATING ITS GENETIC MATERIAL A) GENETIC ENGINEERING. B) BIO. C) GENES. D) BIOTECHNOLOGY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GENETIC ENGINEERING. 19. Why do bacteria have restriction enzymes? A) To help DNA get into the cell. B) They don't-viruses have restriction enzymes. C) To be able to grow in an incubator. D) To prevent being infected by viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To prevent being infected by viruses. 20. Genetically engineered DNA that has genes from one species inserted into the DNA of another A) Anticodon. B) Recombinant DNA. C) Promoter. D) Recognition sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recombinant DNA. 21. Breeding genetically similar organisms that can result in a genetic defect is A) Inbreeding. B) Transformation. C) Polymerase chain reaction. D) Hybridization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inbreeding. 22. Gene cloning involves only these three steps:isolation, transformation, and selection, when making copies of a gene A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 23. In 1982 (1982), the first living thing to be genetically modified was A) BT Corn. B) Insulin-producing bacteria. C) Glowing zebra fish. D) Tomatoes ripen slowly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insulin-producing bacteria. 24. How many valves does the heart have? A) 3. B) 4. C) 7. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 25. What does a bacterial cell that has received genetic information from another organism use its coded instructions to produce? A) Ribosome. B) A new type of protein. C) DNA. D) A gene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A new type of protein. 26. A mutation that has NO effect on an organism's ability to survive and reproduce A) Harmful mutation. B) Helpful mutation. C) Neutral mutation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutral mutation. 27. When the smooth strain (S strain) was injected, did the mice live or die? A) Live. B) Die. C) Some lived and some died. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Die. 28. Antibiotic resistance in organisms is the result of what process? A) Succession. B) Differentiation. C) Emergence. D) Evolution. E) Fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evolution. 29. To produce desired protein ..... should be taken from any source like human, animal and plant. A) Target DNA. B) Plasmid. C) Recombinant DNA. D) Ligase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Target DNA. 30. In genetic engineering, the transfer of hereditary informationfrom one species to another results in the formation of A) Motile gametes. B) Zygotes. C) Recombinant DNA. D) Dihybrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recombinant DNA. ← 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