This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 27 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Enzymes are used in moving sections of DNA that code forinsulin from the pancreas cells of humans into a certain type ofbacterial cell. This bacterial cell will reproduce, giving rise tooffspring that are able to form A) Human insulin. B) Enzymes that digest insulin. C) Antibodies against insulin. D) A new type of insulin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human insulin. 2. What letters represent the four bases? A) DNA. B) A, B, C, D. C) W, X, Y, Z. D) A, C, G, T. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A, C, G, T. 3. If a person has type A blood, the phenotype is A. What can the genotype be? A) IBIB or IBi. B) IAIA or IAi. C) IAIB. D) Ii. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IAIA or IAi. 4. Which of the following disorders is a direct result of nondisjunction? A) Sickle cell disease. B) Turner's syndrome. C) Huntington's disease. D) Cystic fibrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turner's syndrome. 5. The goal is to produce plants and animals with improved genetic characteristics. A) Selective breeding. B) Genetic engineering. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 6. If I wanted to look at DNA to study evolution, I am using what evidence? A) Comparative anatomy. B) Embryology. C) Fossil record. D) Molecular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molecular. 7. Which of the following is an example of discontinuous variation? A) Weight. B) Blood type. C) Height. D) Hand span. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood type. 8. Humans have experimented with genetic engineering ..... A) A long time. B) Only recently. C) Only in science fiction novels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A long time. 9. Which of the following is a protein that acts as DNA scissors? A) Plasmid. B) Restriction enzyme. C) Ligase. D) Protein expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restriction enzyme. 10. Complete transcription for the following DNA strand:DNA:C T T A G G A C A) G A A T C C T G. B) C T T A G G A C. C) U A G A C C G U. D) G A A U C C U G. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) G A A U C C U G. 11. A technique that places a gene into a cell to correct a hereditary disease. A) Mutation. B) Genetic Engineering. C) Gene Therapy. D) Artificial Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gene Therapy. 12. What are the risks of genetic engineering? A) Immune response to foreign proteins. B) All of the above. C) Accidental cutting of important genes. D) Unknown effects on gene interactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the above. 13. GMO crops have been engineered to A) Be drought resistent. B) Be insect resistant. C) Be disease resistant. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. Insertion of human DNA into bacterial plasmid DNA to form a ..... A) Gene. B) Enzyme. C) Proteins. D) Recombinant plasmid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recombinant plasmid. 15. A chromosome is found to be shorter than it's homologous match. Which type of mutation would this most likely be? A) Insertion. B) Deletion. C) Translocation. D) Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deletion. 16. What is the enzyme that acts like scissors in genetic engineering? A) Restriction enzyme. B) Ligase. C) Plasmid. D) Recombinant DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restriction enzyme. 17. Genetic engineering DNA made by putting genes from one species into the cells of another A) Heterozygote. B) Homozygous. C) Recombinant DNA. D) Clone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recombinant DNA. 18. Which of the following is an example of a genetically engineered organism? A) A plant that received external DNA to produce natural insecticides. B) A new plant variety created as a result of mutation. C) Seedless fruits resulting from spraying the flowers with chemicals. D) A plant that naturally possesses medicinal properties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A plant that received external DNA to produce natural insecticides. 19. The purpose of the human genome project was to A) Breed organisms for desired traits. B) Complete gel electrophoresis. C) Cure human diseases. D) Analyze the human DNA sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analyze the human DNA sequence. 20. Where do restriction enzymes cut DNA? A) In the middle of a gene. B) At a palindromic DNA sequence. C) At a civic DNA sequence. D) At random locations along a gene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At a palindromic DNA sequence. ← 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