This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 123 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 123 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The method of breeding that allows only those organisms with desired characteristics to produce the next generation. A) Inbreeding. B) Selective breeding. C) Forensics. D) Gene therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selective breeding. 2. Xenotransplant A) Making plants with multiple genes. B) Growing tissues. C) Using animals as a GMO. D) The process of grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The process of grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species. 3. What are Zinc Finger Nucleases? A) Programmable DNA binding protein system. B) Un-Programmable RNA binding protein system. C) Restriction system. D) Repair system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Programmable DNA binding protein system. 4. Is DNA produced by combining DNA from different sources A) Clone. B) Plasmid. C) Recombinant DNA. D) Transgenic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recombinant DNA. 5. How are viruses used in gene therapy? A) To attack the immune system. B) To carry new genes into cells. C) To infect disease-causing bacteria. D) To kill cancer cells that have "suicide genes". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To carry new genes into cells. 6. The enzyme used in DNA replication is ..... A) DNA polymerase. B) RNA polymerase. C) Transcriptase. D) DNA nuclease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA polymerase. 7. Even though she wasn't the first man-made clone, what made Dolly so unique? A) She was the first animal cloned from an adult cell. B) She was the first cloned mammal. C) She remains the only cloned animal to live more than one year. D) She remains the only cloned animal that could reproduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was the first animal cloned from an adult cell. 8. Hybridization is ..... A) Selective Breeding between two unrelated organisms. B) Selective Breeding between two inbred organisms. C) Selective Breeding within a species. D) Selective Breeding within a population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selective Breeding between two unrelated organisms. 9. The process by which modern organism have descended from ancient organisms A) Evolution. B) Natural selection. C) Hybridization. D) Artificial selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evolution. 10. Body cells can be called somatic cells. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Function of cones in the retina A) Detect black and white. B) Detect colour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detect colour. 12. Enzymes that create DNA molecules by assembling nucleotides A) DNA polymerase. B) Nucleotide. C) DNA Primer. D) Vector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA polymerase. 13. Besides the nucleus, which other organelle in your cell has DNA in it? A) Mitochondria. B) Vacuoles. C) Ribosomes. D) Lysosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitochondria. 14. ..... is the exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc. A) Genetics. B) PCR. C) Cloning. D) Biotechnology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotechnology. 15. Method of breeding animals which only allows the ones with desired traits to reproduce is called ..... A) Expensive breeding. B) Selective breeding / artificial selection. C) Natural reproduction or gene splicing. D) Natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selective breeding / artificial selection. 16. Which one of the following would be described as "anthropogenic" ? A) A mudslide burying a stream. B) Water backing up behind a beaver dam. C) Logging a forest. D) The dinosaurs going extinct. E) A volcanic eruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logging a forest. 17. Undifferentiated cells that can become any cell in the body are called ..... A) Stem Cells. B) Somatic Cells. C) Gametes. D) Zygotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stem Cells. 18. Which of the following is an example of a transgenic organism that has been developed? A) Goats that produce spider silk in their milk. B) Tomatoes engineered to stay fresh longer. C) Cabbage that produces scorpion venom. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 19. Why does PCR require a specific type of polymerase? A) Taq polymerase can withstand the range of temperatures in PCR without denaturing. B) Taq polymerase is the most inexpensive type of polymerase. C) Taq polymerase is the most common type of polymerase. D) A specific type of polymerase is unnecessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taq polymerase can withstand the range of temperatures in PCR without denaturing. 20. Your friend wants to humiliate a former friend by posting embarrassing photos on social media but you persuade him not to. Your behavior is ..... A) Ethical. B) Unethical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethical. ← 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