This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 94 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 94 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. -How can he lift that tank? He must be a ..... ! A) Super soldier. B) Play God. C) Hereditary disease. D) Chemist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Super soldier. 2. Micropropagation can be used to:I. Produce many clones of new varieties of plants II. Re-populate endangered plant speciesIII. Protect plants from viruses and bacteria found in the natural environment A) I only. B) II only. C) II and III only. D) I, II and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I, II and III. 3. What is the main advantage of using bacteria as a human insulin factory in genetic engineering? A) Ability to reproduce asexually and produce millions of identical cells. B) Ability to glow in the dark. C) Ability to clean up toxic waste. D) Ability to produce pesticide resistant plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ability to reproduce asexually and produce millions of identical cells. 4. A biologist needs to know which of three male zebras fathered the litter. Which process can solve this problem. A) Organism cloning. B) Genome sequencing. C) Gene therapy. D) DNA fingerprinting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DNA fingerprinting. 5. Which of the following describes "plasmid?" A) Circular DNA. B) Linear DNA. C) DNA that is only found in eukaryotic cells. D) Sections of DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circular DNA. 6. The use of cloning technology on humans raises serious ethical and moral issues. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Using a patient's stem cells to create a lab grown organ for transplant. A) Genetically Engineered Organs. B) Genetically Modified Food. C) Splicing. D) Gene Splicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetically Engineered Organs. 8. What can you conclude from the fact that humans have cloned plants for thousands of years? A) Most of the crops that exist today are clones. B) Cloning plants is much easier than cloning animals. C) Cloned plants are immune to all diseases and pests. D) Much of today's modern technology was developed in ancient times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cloning plants is much easier than cloning animals. 9. Which of the following monomers are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA? A) Amino acids. B) Nucleotides. C) Fatty acids. D) Polysaccharides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleotides. 10. Genetic Engineering is A) A manipulation of DNA done by scientists. B) The breeding of organism. C) A class you can take at Harkness. D) The powerhouse of the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A manipulation of DNA done by scientists. 11. Dd letters are an example of ..... A) Heterozygous genes. B) Homozygous genes. C) Dominant genes. D) Recessive genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterozygous genes. 12. Which of these is the first step in selective breeding flowers. A) Repeat the process only with the offspring with the desired traits. B) Watch the seeds grow. C) Choose plants that have the desired trait to pollinate. D) Chose which trait is desirable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chose which trait is desirable. 13. DNA can be used to compare organisms for which of the following reasons? A) Determine parents of a child. B) Match DNA collected at a crime scene to a suspect. C) Analyze evolutionary relationships among organisms. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. The source of genetic variability comes from A) Mutations. B) Clones. C) Hybridization. D) Selective breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutations. 15. Used to calculate distance between markers A) FISH. B) TOGA. C) DIKES. D) STS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) STS. 16. Some mutation can adversely affects the normal, wild-type gene product within the same cell.They are called A) Beneficial mutation. B) Negative mutation. C) Silent mutation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative mutation. 17. What term names the process during which DNA is copied prior to cell division? A) DNA polymerase. B) DNA replication. C) DNA regeneration. D) DNA redistribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DNA replication. 18. Which of the following is NOT an example of genetically modified food A) Wheat with a bacteria gene inserted to stop insects from eating it. B) Chicken that are born with NOT feathers. C) Tomatoes with a fish gene that causes to to last longer on the shelf. D) Oil eating bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oil eating bacteria. 19. Which type of variation is represented by a normal distribution? A) Continuous variation. B) Discontinuous variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuous variation. 20. A scientist is using a blotting technique to measure expression of RNA amongst genes. What blotting technique is he using? A) Southern blotting. B) Western blotting. C) Eastern blotting. D) Northern blotting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern blotting. ← 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