This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 69 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 69 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Improvements take place over many generations. A) Selective breeding. B) Genetic engineering. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selective breeding. 2. Which type of RNA is synthesized during transcription? A) Messenger RNA (mRNA). B) RNA transfer. C) Ribosomal RNA (rRNA). D) Small nuclear RNA (snRNA). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Messenger RNA (mRNA). 3. Which of these is NOT a use for DNA Fingerprinting? A) Identifying the person whose DNA was left at a crime scene. B) Determining the father of a child. C) Finding the likelihood of inheriting a genetic disorder. D) Figuring out which species are more closely related. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finding the likelihood of inheriting a genetic disorder. 4. What is the main argument against genetic engineering? A) Meddling with nature's blueprint and unknown consequences. B) All of the above. C) Lack of regulation and potential for misuse. D) Creating a divide between the haves and have-nots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the above. 5. Why is DNA important to all living things? A) DNA is burned to give energy to cells. B) DNA contains the genetic code. C) DNA is used up by a cell to make new cells. D) DNA is made up of fats and carbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DNA contains the genetic code. 6. What are changes in a gene that can affect the function of a protein and cause disease? A) Gene mutations. B) Genetic disorders. C) Chromosomal abnormalities. D) Genetic screening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gene mutations. 7. MRNA is created during what process? A) DNA Replication. B) Transcription. C) Translation. D) Mutations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcription. 8. State the term for the enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific sequence. A) Restriction enzyme. B) Plasmid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restriction enzyme. 9. A plasmid is found inside ..... A) A bacteria. B) A virus. C) A base Sequence. D) Human cells. E) An enzyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A bacteria. 10. Which of the following bases is found only in RNA? A) Adenine. B) Guanine. C) Thymine. D) Uracil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uracil. 11. Over time, humans have begun developing different types of technologies to controlthis process themselves by choosing which traits are desirable to humansand have learned how to control which genes are passed from parent tooffspring. This process is called A) Artificial Selection. B) Genetic Engineering. C) Gene Therapy. D) Genetic Manipulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artificial Selection. 12. This is a process thatcould help treat or reverse genetic disorders & abnormalities, including cancer. A) Genetic Engineering. B) Gene Therapy. C) Genetic Modification. D) Artificial Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gene Therapy. 13. A product produced from genetic engineering is A) DNA. B) Hormone. C) Gene. D) Mutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hormone. 14. What are genomes? A) A single gene within an organism. B) A type of genetic disease. C) A map used for genetic navigation. D) All the genetic material in an organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the genetic material in an organism. 15. Plasmids are A) Linear DNA molecules. B) Present in the bacterial chromosome. C) Circular, extrachromosomal DNA molecules. D) Chromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circular, extrachromosomal DNA molecules. 16. Is an enzyme isolated from bacteria that cuts DNA molecules at specific sequences. A) Restriction enzymes. B) Ligase. C) Plasmids. D) Insulin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restriction enzymes. 17. Somatic cell nuclear transfer was the cloning technique used to create the first clone, Dolly the sheep, from an adult cell in 1997 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Which of the following might an animal breeder use to create EXACT copies of an animal with desired traits? A) Hybridization. B) Inbreeding. C) Polymerase chain reaction. D) Cloning . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cloning . 19. To produce transgenic bacteria that make insulin, which of the following steps did scientists have to do first? A) Transform bacteria with recombinant plasmid. B) Insert human insulin gene to the plasmid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insert human insulin gene to the plasmid. 20. Engineering food to make crops that can grow in poor soil conditions, resist disease, tolerate drought, repel insects, etc. A) Cloning. B) Genetically Modified Food. C) Selective Breeding. D) Transgenic Organisms. 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