This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 83 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 83 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which technology below would probably be the most important to a person who had diabetes and had insulin every day? A) Using recombinant DNA to produce human hormones from bacteria. B) Engineering fruits and vegetables that resist insects and other pets. C) Testing parents for genetic disorders before they have children. D) Developing ways to identify criminals through DNA fingerprinting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using recombinant DNA to produce human hormones from bacteria. 2. Which positive ways has Biotechnology impacted our environment? A) Reduced Pesticides use. B) Improved color and taste of vegetables. C) Improved our waterways. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. Small circular piece of DNA in bacteria. A) Ligases. B) Plasmid. C) Bacteriophage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plasmid. 4. If the target sequence or restriction site is 5'GCTTCG3', what is the complementary sequence read in the 3'-5' direction? A) CGAAGC. B) GCTCG. C) GCUUCG. D) CGUUCG. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CGAAGC. 5. What application of genetic engineering involves the production of insulin A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Micro organisms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Micro organisms. 6. A linear DNA sample 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) 6. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 7. A molecule of DNA that came from two different organisms is called A) A plasmid. B) A ligase. C) Recombinant DNA. D) Vectored DNA. E) An enzyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recombinant DNA. 8. ..... is NOT a common ethical concern related to human cloning. A) That humans will be created who exist solely as a supply of organs for transplants. B) That clones will be more prone to abnormal development. C) That parents will pay to have a child that is a clone of a famous athlete. D) That cloned humans will have no personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That cloned humans will have no personality. 9. What does the following word part mean:Therm A) Lesser/below. B) To make. C) Heat. D) To eat/consume. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lesser/below. 10. If a fruit fly has 8 chromosomes in each of its body cells, how many chromosomes will be in each daughter cell after mitosis? A) 2. B) 8. C) 16. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 11. Genetic engineering does not need or involve techniques in cutting or joining genetic materials. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 12. ..... means to change an organism to make it more useful to humans. A) Irrigation. B) Domestication. C) Planting seeds. D) Civilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Domestication. 13. What is the technology used to breed featherless chickens? A) Genetic modification. B) Cloning. C) Transgenics. D) Selective breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic modification. 14. The ordered steps for the construction of library involves ..... i) Vector preparationii) Amplificationiii) Ligation and introduction into the hostiv) Isolation of genomic DNAv) Fragmentation of DNA A) Iv, v, i, iii, ii. B) V, iv, i, iii, ii. C) I, ii, iii, iv, v. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iv, v, i, iii, ii. 15. What's it called when you have genetically identical organisms produced from a single cell? A) Restriction enzyme. B) Hybridization. C) Clone. D) Selective breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clone. 16. The weak gene form that is NOT seen often (eg. blond hair, white fur) is called the A) Recessive trait. B) Dominant trait. C) Dominant-recessive trait. D) Incomplete dominance trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recessive trait. 17. ..... is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together. A) PCR. B) Selective Breeding. C) Transgenic Organism. D) Gel Electrophorsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selective Breeding. 18. A variety of different species of plants and animals in a certain environment A) Modifications. B) Biodiversity. C) Secondary Consumers. D) Fish Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity. 19. Insuline is a hormone A) Decrease the blood glucose level. B) Increase the blood glucose level. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease the blood glucose level. 20. ..... is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. A) DNA Fingerprinting. B) GMO. C) Selective Breeding. D) Chromosomal Mutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GMO. 21. In a pedigree chart, how are females illustrated A) Circles. B) Lines. C) Triangles. D) Squares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circles. 22. Traits that can be passed from parents to offspring A) Overproduction. B) Artificial Selection. C) Heritable Traits. D) Variety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heritable Traits. 23. A polymerase chain reaction is used to? A) Produce mutations in bacteria. B) Determine the sequence of DNA. C) Make copies of a DNA sequence. D) Selectively breeds plants and animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make copies of a DNA sequence. 24. A group of DNA that makes up a trait is called a ..... A) Cell. B) Inheritance. C) Molecule. D) Gene. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gene. 25. What do you call it when DNA is coded to RNA A) Transcription. B) Coding. C) Translation. D) Translocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcription. 26. What are the two proposals made by Lamarck regarding evolution? A) Evolution takes place by small, gradual steps and simple organisms could develop into more complex organisms over many generations. B) Species change over many generations and become better adapted to new conditions. C) Features of Earth change a great deal over time and processes that create land features are still active. D) Some animals existed in the past but no longer today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evolution takes place by small, gradual steps and simple organisms could develop into more complex organisms over many generations. 27. Proteins are made during what process? A) DNA Replication. B) Transcription. C) Translation. D) Growth and Repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Translation. 28. What did the scientists do with the DNA code for human insulin? A) They cut and pasted it into bacteria. B) They cut and pasted it into cats. C) They cut and pasted it into cows. D) They cut and pasted it into humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They cut and pasted it into bacteria. 29. What does "genic" mean in transgenic? A) Genes. B) General. C) Genome. D) Generator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genes. 30. Choosing two closely related organisms from the same species to ensure desired traits are passed to their offspring A) Hybridization. B) Inbreeding. C) Outbreeding. D) Pedigree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inbreeding. ← 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