This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Plant > Genetics > Principles Of Genetics – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Genetics Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A ..... is the location where genetic information is stored within the nucleus of a cell. A) Chromosomes. B) Genes. C) DNA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chromosomes. 2. A gene that has more than two possible alleles A) Purebred. B) Hybrid. C) Multiple allele. D) Recessive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiple allele. 3. A ..... is a segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein, which leads to a particular trait. A) Gene. B) Allele. C) Codon. D) Nucleotide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gene. 4. Some humans can roll their tongues, while others cannot. Simple dominant traits, such as tongue rolling, are determined in humans by ..... A) Cleaved DNA. B) A point mutation in the X chromosome from the mother only. C) Dominant alleles from the father only. D) Dominant alleles from either the father or the mother, or both. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dominant alleles from either the father or the mother, or both. 5. Purple flower is dominant to white flower color. Yellow seeds are dominant to green seeds. Two parent pea plants are crossed that are both heterozygous for flower color and seed color. What would be the genotypes for both parents? A) Ppyy, Ppyy. B) PpYy, PpYy. C) Ppyy, ppyy. D) Ppyy, PPYY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PpYy, PpYy. 6. Mitosis and meiosis both produce new cells through cell division. However, the division process differs due to the kind of cell being produced. How is meiosis different from mitosis? A) Mitosis produces 4 daughter sex cells with half the number of chromosomes which divide twice. Meiosis produces 2 daughter body cells with the full number of chromosomes which divide once. B) Meiosis produces 4 daughter sex cells with half the number of chromosomes which divide twice. Mitosis produces 2 daughter body cells with the full number of chromosomes which divide once. C) Meiosis produces 2 daughter sex cells with the full number of chromosomes which divide once. Mitosis produces 4 daughter body cells with half the number of chromosomes which divide twice. D) Mitosis produces 2 daughter sex cells with half the number of chromosomes which divide twice. Meiosis produces 4 daughter body cells with the full number of chromosomes which divide twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meiosis produces 4 daughter sex cells with half the number of chromosomes which divide twice. Mitosis produces 2 daughter body cells with the full number of chromosomes which divide once. 7. Different variations of a biological inheritance factor A) Trait. B) Gene. C) Allele. D) Hybrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allele. 8. If a cross between white flowers (W) and purple flowers (w), which color flower is dominant? A) White. B) Purple. C) Recessive. D) Dominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White. 9. What is it called when both alleles are dominant. As a result, the heterozygous phenotype is a combination of each homozygous phenotype. A) Law of segregation. B) Law of segregation. C) Codominance. D) Simple inheritance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Codominance. 10. What's a dominant allele? A) Describes the genotype of a trait for which the two alleles an individual carries are the same. B) An individual that is heterozygous at two genetic zygous. C) All answers are correct. D) Describes an allele that masks the phenotypic effect of the other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Describes an allele that masks the phenotypic effect of the other. 11. When Mendel crossed purebred pea plants having green pods with purebred plants have yellow pods the offspring were all A) Purebred peas with green pods. B) Purebred peas with yellow pods. C) Hybrid peas with all green pods. D) Hybrid peas with some green and some yellow pods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hybrid peas with all green pods. 12. Which sex chromosomes would indicate a typical human male? A) X. B) XY. C) XX. D) XXY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) XY. 13. In mussels, the allele for brown coloring (B) is dominant, and the allele for blue coloring(b) is recessive. For which parental genotypes are 100% of the offspring expected to be blue? A) BBxBB. B) BbxBb. C) BBxbb. D) Bbxbb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bbxbb. 14. What does the notation TT indicate to geneticists studying this family of newly discovered dragons? A) Two dominant alleles. B) Heterozygous alleles. C) At least one dominant allele. D) Homozygous recessive alleles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two dominant alleles. 15. In the P generation, a tall plant is crossed with a short plant. The probability that an F2 plant will be tall is A) 75%. B) 25%. C) 100%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 75%. 16. A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment A) Hypothesis. B) Evidence. C) Theory. D) Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 17. Which of the following supports the claim that the environment can affect genetic traits? A) Oak trees get taller as they grow. B) Hydrangea flower color varies with soil pH. C) Dandelion plants are self pollinating. D) Pinion trees bear cones every other year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrangea flower color varies with soil pH. 18. An individual with two different alleles for a specific trait is said to be ..... A) Heterozygous. B) Homozygous. C) Homogenous. D) Heterogenous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterozygous. 19. Dominant alleles are- A) Capital. B) Lowercase. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capital. 20. What is the relationship between phenotype and genotype? A) The phenotype determines the genotype. B) The genotype determines the phenotype. C) There is no relationship between phenotype and genotype. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The genotype determines the phenotype. 21. Jamal was creating a science-fair model for each of the three types of boundaries between Earth's tectonic plates. What are the three types of boundaries? A) Divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries. B) Rift, trench, and convergent boundaries. C) Tectonic, convergent, and divergent boundaries. D) Divergent, convergent, and plate boundaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries. 22. When one allele is dominate and the other is recessive A) Oh no. B) Homozygous. C) This isn't a thing that happens. D) Heterozygous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heterozygous. 23. An organism's expressed physical trait, such as color or shape, is called its A) Genotype. B) Phenotype. C) Gamete. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phenotype. 24. The observable traits of an organism are known as its A) Allele. B) Dominance. C) Phenotype. D) Genotype. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phenotype. 25. A cell with only one set of chromosomes is called ..... and abbreviated as ..... A) Diploid, N. B) Haploid, 4N. C) Diploid, 2N. D) Haploid, N. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haploid, N. 26. If a plant that has round seeds has a parent that has wrinkled seed, what is its genotype? Assume that round is dominant. A) RR. B) Rr. C) Rr. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rr. 27. Pea plants can have green or yellow seeds. In a pea plant that is heterozygous for seed color, the allele for yellow seeds masks the effects of the allele of green seeds. Which of the following terms best describes the allele for yellow seeds? A) Recessive. B) Sex-linked. C) Dominant. D) Codominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dominant. 28. What does phenotype mean? A) An organism has two identical alleles for a trait. B) An organism has two different alleles for a trait. C) The physical characteristics of a trait. D) The actual genetic makeup of a characteristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The physical characteristics of a trait. 29. What is called when a organism has two identical alleles for a trait. TT or tt. RR or rr A) Thermozygous. B) Homozygous. C) Domozygous. D) Heterozygous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homozygous. 30. What is an effect of Cystic Fibrosis (CF)? A) Blackened gums. B) Paralyzation. C) Abnormally thick mucus. D) Loss of eyesight. 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