This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are some of the current applications of genetic engineering in agriculture? A) Using genetic engineering to create new animal species. B) Developing genetically modified organisms to increase carbon emissions. C) Applying genetic engineering to produce crops with reduced nutritional value. D) Creating crops with desirable traits such as resistance to pests, diseases, and environmental conditions, as well as improved nutritional content. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creating crops with desirable traits such as resistance to pests, diseases, and environmental conditions, as well as improved nutritional content. 2. Genetic engineers should not be allowed to ....., interfering with the basic patterns of nature. A) Blot out memories. B) Play God. C) Eradicate a disease. D) Use microbiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Play God. 3. What are the typical characteristics of a cloning vector? A) Bacterial cells cannot survive without it when grown under certain conditions. B) It contains restriction sites that allow the insertion of foreign DNA segments. C) It can replicate in bacterial cells. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. An organism's physical appearance or visible traits ..... A) Genotype. B) You inherit. C) Gene. D) Phenotype. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phenotype. 5. Recombinant DNA is joined to other ..... in the organism A) Unrelated DNA. B) Chromosomes. C) Related DNA. D) Irrelevant Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrelated DNA. 6. What is the purpose of genome sequencing? A) Allows for an understanding of how genes function and to better understand certain diseases. B) Provides a pattern that can be compared for similarities. C) Allows desired traits to be expressed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allows for an understanding of how genes function and to better understand certain diseases. 7. How did wolves evolve into dogs? A) Artifical Selection Only. B) Natural Selection Only. C) Both Artificial Selection and Natural Selection. D) Non Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Artificial Selection and Natural Selection. 8. During genetic engineering what is used to cut the required gene out of the chromosome? A) DNA. B) Genes. C) Enzymes. D) Plasmids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enzymes. 9. The strategy to ..... also includes extra testing of cattle and strict biosecurity rules on farms. A) Discriminate genetically. B) Eradicate the disease. C) Make humans more intelligent. D) Use chemical warfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eradicate the disease. 10. How might cloning eventually help humans live longer? A) Clones tend to live longer than the parent organism. B) Cloned human organs could replace unhealthy ones. C) By being cloned multiple times, a person could essentially live forever. D) The food obtained from cloned organisms would be healthier than ordinary food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cloned human organs could replace unhealthy ones. 11. Can only animals be used for selective breeding? A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 12. A student researcher overexpresses an exogenous protein in cell culture and wants to determine if that protein, is in fact, overexpressed. What technique would best demonstrate that this protein is expressed in these cells? A) Northern blot. B) Southern blot. C) Western blot. D) Eastern blot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Western blot. 13. Humans influence the inheritance of desired traits. A) Selective breeding. B) Genetic engineering. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 14. What is the sixth step in the transformation of a bacterium to produce human insulin A) Extract the insulin producing gene from a healthy human. B) Bacterium reproduces (mitosis) and starts producing human insulin gene which we harvest them from (can be done in a fermenter. C) Donor gene is then sliced or annealed into the plasmid using DNA ligase as the glue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacterium reproduces (mitosis) and starts producing human insulin gene which we harvest them from (can be done in a fermenter. 15. What modification is made in GM cotton? A) Resistance to pests. B) Resistance to weedkiller. C) Resistance to diseases. D) Resistance to drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resistance to pests. 16. How is a Species defined in the study guide? A) A process that involves changing a gene to treat a medical disease or disorder. B) The process of transferring a gene from the DNA of one organism into another. C) A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. D) Organisms that have the same genes as the organism from which it was produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. 17. Which one of the following statements is FALSE regarding artificial selection or selective breeding? A) It is anthropogenic. B) Is reliant upon modern, lab-based methods. C) It can produce new traits over time. D) It was responsible for creating many common crops, such as maize (corn). E) It results in genetic changes in the offspring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is reliant upon modern, lab-based methods. 18. Selective breeding has been used to create plants that are more resistant to disease. Of what is this an example? A) An organism being used as part of a technological process. B) An organism being changed through technological methods. C) A new technology inspired by the natural structure of a living organism. D) A new technology being directly developed from the structure of an organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An organism being changed through technological methods. 19. The process wherein DNA is manipulated to alter an organism's characteristics. A) Gene Sequencing. B) DNA Profiling. C) Genetic Engineering. D) Gene Expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetic Engineering. 20. It is when you move a gene from one organism to another. A) Genetic Engineering. B) Gene Transformation. C) Gene Transfer. D) Gene Splicing. 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