This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Organism is another word for a ..... A) Living thing. B) Gene. C) Piece of DNA. D) GMO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living thing. 2. Inserting a gene for bioluminescence (glowing) into fish is an example of ..... A) Genetic engineering. B) Natural selection. C) Artificial selection. D) Selective breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic engineering. 3. How did Dolly compare to sheep that were cloned with the same DNA? A) Dolly lived longer. B) Dolly had more genetic material. C) Dolly was less healthy. D) Dolly had fewer parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dolly was less healthy. 4. Farmers have increased the harvest yield of food crops like tomatoes by growing them from seeds that have been modified to produce a toxin that is harmful to insects. This is an example of A) Selective breeding. B) Spraying insecticide on plants. C) Genetic engineering. D) Cloning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetic engineering. 5. Why are buffers used in Electrophoresis? A) Conduct electricity. B) Remove salts. C) Add extension energy. D) Dissolve excess DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conduct electricity. 6. Developing a personal ..... can help you to identify values, principles, and rules of behavior to keep you, your family, and your colleagues safe. A) Profile. B) Code of ethics. C) Digital character. D) Login. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Code of ethics. 7. Protein that cuts DNA at specific sites A) Gel Electrophoresis. B) Nucleotide. C) Restriction enzyme. D) Vector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restriction enzyme. 8. Which is NOT true of cloning? A) It can clone an baby giraffe from a giraffe body cell. B) Cloning is always successful. C) It makes identical copies of a gene, tissue or organism. D) It is also known as Somatic Cell Nuclear transfer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cloning is always successful. 9. What exactly is a designer baby? A) A child that has been engineered to have specific traits (phenotypes) based on it's carbohydrates. B) A child that has been engineered to have specific traits (phenotypes) based on it's lipids. C) A child that has been engineered to have specific traits (phenotypes) based on it's DNA. D) A child that has been engineered to have specific traits (phenotypes) based on it's RNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A child that has been engineered to have specific traits (phenotypes) based on it's DNA. 10. As a result of only having 1 X chromosomes, males are less susceptible to recessive X-linked disorders. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Molecular "scissors" that cut DNA at a specific recognition sequence: A) Plasmid. B) Restriction enzymes. C) Recombinant DNA. D) Gene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restriction enzymes. 12. Rice modified to have more Vitamin A is an example of A) Genetic engineering. B) Cloning. C) Gene mutation. D) Artificial selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic engineering. 13. Humans with genetic diseases can have a gene inserted into their body using a virus. This is called: A) Gene therapy. B) Cloning. C) DNA fingerprinting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gene therapy. 14. The thin membrane protecting the sclera A) Conjunctiva. B) Retina. C) Cornea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunctiva. 15. Transgenic Plants are now an important part of our local food supply A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Eliminating ..... could be a great health challenge for the 21st century, just as eliminating smallpox was in the 20th. A) Hereditary disease. B) GM foods. C) Designer babies. D) Super soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hereditary disease. 17. Small circular strand of DNA A) Gene. B) Plasmid. C) Vector. D) Nucleotide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plasmid. 18. Causes an abnormally large amount of mucus to be produced in the digestive tract and the lungs A) Tay-Sachs. B) Cystic Fiborsis. C) Sickle-Cell Anemia. D) Polydactyly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cystic Fiborsis. 19. Codons-what do they do? A) Copy DNA. B) Make DNA. C) Create clones. D) Code for amino acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Code for amino acids. 20. Which statement best describes a characteristic of the carrying capacity of an ecosystem? A) It can be illustrated within a food web. B) It allows organisms to produce populations of unlimited size. C) It is determined directly by an organism's reproductive success. D) It is limited by the habitat's available energy and nutrient. 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