This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 124 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you want to make a GM crop that is purple, what is the first thing you need to do? A) Find a plant that is naturally purple. B) Paint a plant purple. C) Use an enzyme to cut a gene out of a plant. D) Use a virus to insert a gene into a plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Find a plant that is naturally purple. 2. Who was given credit for determining the shape of DNA? A) Avery. B) Watson and Darwin. C) Watson and Crick. D) Franklin and Crick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watson and Crick. 3. Mandatory GMO labeling A) Mandatory labelling of GM food. B) Opposed labelling of GM food. C) Organic labelling of GM food. D) To require labelling of GM food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandatory labelling of GM food. 4. The complementary strand of this DNA, AATGCT is ..... A) TTACGA. B) UUACGA. C) TOUGH. D) THE HUGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TTACGA. 5. A protein that binds to the operator and blocks the RNA polymerase A) Regulator. B) Repressor. C) Activator. D) Corepressor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repressor. 6. It is the method use to identify if a cell acquire a recombinant DNA. A) Biolistic. B) Electroporation. C) Polymerase chain reaction. D) Heat shock treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heat shock treatment. 7. A lab technique used in crime fighting to prove a suspects innocence or guilt is known as: A) Genetic engineering. B) PCR. C) Electrophoresis. D) Gene therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrophoresis. 8. In order to continue life, DNA must A) Breed. B) Mutate. C) Replicate. D) Mate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replicate. 9. Which of the following describes recombinant DNA technology? A) Mating of organisms with desirable qualities. B) Insertion of genes into cells that makes the cells into "factories" to make products. C) Enhancing or disrupting the traits of a target organism either mating or molecular technique. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insertion of genes into cells that makes the cells into "factories" to make products. 10. An identical genetic copy of an organism is a A) DNA fingerprint. B) Clone. C) Twin. D) Polyploid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clone. 11. Identify the INSERTION mutation form the following:ATG CCA AAT A) ATG TCA AAT. B) ATG CCT AAA T. C) ATC CA AT. D) ATG CCA AAT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ATG CCT AAA T. 12. A DNA fingerprint is made using what technique? A) PCR. B) Karyotyping. C) Electrophoresis. D) Cloning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrophoresis. 13. What is a phenotype A) The genetic make up (code). B) The physical trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The physical trait. 14. What chemical base is paired up with Thymine? A) Adenine. B) Cytosine. C) Guanine. D) Thymine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adenine. 15. Natural selection A) Organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. B) Process used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. 16. Protein synthesis is accomplished primarily by the interaction of which two cell structures? A) Vacuoles and mitochondria. B) Ribosomes and vacuoles. C) Nucleus and ribosomes. D) Nuclei and mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleus and ribosomes. 17. Animals can be cloned using embryo transplantation. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. What pest is GM maize resistant to? A) Corn borer. B) Weedkiller. C) Drought. D) Pests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corn borer. 19. In which generation did cage 1 reach 100% mutation? A) 8th. B) 12th. C) 11th. D) 7th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 11th. 20. Changing the DNA of a organism is called A) Genetic engineering. B) Hybridization. C) Selective breeding. D) Inbreeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic engineering. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenetic Engineering Quiz 1Genetic Engineering Quiz 2Genetic Engineering Quiz 3Genetic Engineering Quiz 4Genetic Engineering Quiz 5Genetic Engineering Quiz 6Genetic Engineering Quiz 7Genetic Engineering Quiz 8Genetic Engineering Quiz 9Genetic Engineering Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books