This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 114 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 114 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A farmer has bred his pineapple plants from the sweetest pineapples from his last harvest to get even sweeter pineapple plants. What is this an example of? A) Selective breeding. B) Natural selection. C) Extinction. D) Mutagenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selective breeding. 2. At what temperature does the Extension step of PCR occur? A) 94-96$^\circ$C. B) 50-65$^\circ$C. C) 72-80$^\circ$C. D) Any temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 72-80$^\circ$C. 3. This was completed in 2003 A) Human genome project. B) Gel electrophoresis. C) Cloning of a sheep. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human genome project. 4. A member of the population of genetically identical cells produced from a single cell. A) Plasmid. B) Recombinant DNA. C) DNA fingerprinting. D) Clone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clone. 5. The glass slide or silicon chip that carries 1000s of different kinds of single stranded DNA fragments arranged in a grid A) Hybridization. B) Evolution. C) Restriction enzyme. D) DNA microarray. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DNA microarray. 6. What bacteria did Griffith use in his experiment? A) And. coli. B) Pneumonia. C) Cholera. D) Strep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pneumonia. 7. Which is not an example of a clone? A) Dolly the sheep. B) Two plants that grew from different seeds. C) Identical twins. D) A plant that grew from the cutting of another plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two plants that grew from different seeds. 8. An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present. A) Hidden allele. B) Dominant allele. C) Recessive allele. D) Present allele. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recessive allele. 9. The process that changes a gene to treat a medical disease or disorder A) Gene therapy. B) Forensics. C) DNA fingerprinting. D) Inbreeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gene therapy. 10. If two heterozygous tall plants are crossed, and tall is dominant. What would be your expected phenotypes? A) 100% tall. B) 75% tall, 25%short. C) 50% tall, 50%short. D) 25% tall, 75% short. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75% tall, 25%short. 11. A carrot plant is cloned, compared to the original plant, the new plant will have A) Same number of chromosomes and same types of genes. B) Same number of chromosomes, different types of genes. C) Half the number of chromosomes, same types of genes. D) Half the number of chromosomes, different types of genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Same number of chromosomes and same types of genes. 12. Which statements about DNA and RNA are true? I. Both are double strandedII. Only RNA has UracilIII. DNA has deoxyribose and RNA has riboseIV. Both have Adenine, Cytosine, and Thymine A) I and IV. B) II and III. C) II Only. D) I, II, III, and IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) II and III. 13. Offspring produced from two different parent types, breeds, or species A) Hybrid. B) Fertilize. C) DNA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hybrid. 14. Transgenic organisms are ..... A) The ones that acts as vehicles to transport the DNA. B) The ones that join segments of DNA. C) The ones that have recieved the new gene. D) The ones that cut a specific sequence of DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ones that have recieved the new gene. 15. Recombinant DNA is inserted into a bacterial cell in order to A) Synthesize a protein. B) Destroy a protein. C) Ensure that the bacterial cell lives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synthesize a protein. 16. Scientists have developed the ability to manufacture human hormones using bacteria. One benefit of this is ..... A) Scientists can use only one type of bacteria. B) Bacteria are relatively inexpensive and reproduce quickly. C) Patients can spend more money on their medications. D) Scientists produce drugs that cause more immune reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria are relatively inexpensive and reproduce quickly. 17. The first step in genetic engineering is the gene design and packaging. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 18. The process that manipulates the organisms, cells or molecules to produce specific products is A) Cloning. B) Gene therapy. C) Biotechnology. D) DNA fingerprinting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotechnology. 19. What macromolecule do genes code for? A) Proteins. B) Carbohydrates. C) Nucleic acids. D) Lipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proteins. 20. What is anonymity A) Not telling someone that you are researching them. B) Not putting your name on your research. C) Not identifying any participants in your research. D) Identifying all of the participants in your research. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not identifying any participants in your research. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesBiotechnology 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books