This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Genetic Engineering > Genetic Engineering – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic Engineering Quiz 35 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You are working as a biologist for a team surveying biodiversity in the Sierra Madre rainforest. You find a:-non-motile organism;-grows in the soil;-eukaryotic cells and;-autotrophic.Which one of the following could potentially describe this species? A) Bacteria. B) Animal. C) Plant. D) Fungus. E) Archaea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plant. 2. ..... are used to ..... DNA pieces by ..... A) Restriction enzymes, connect, fission. B) Restriction enzymes, isolate, "snipping". C) Plasmids, connect, fission. D) Plasmids, isolate, "snipping". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restriction enzymes, isolate, "snipping". 3. An organism generated through genetic engineering is considered to be a genetically modified organism A) Plasmid. B) GMO. C) Vector. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GMO. 4. Which technique would most likely be used by forensic scientists? A) Cloning. B) Gene Therapy. C) DNA Fingerprinting. D) Karyotyping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DNA Fingerprinting. 5. Potential risks to human health and theenvironment A) Potential risks to human health. B) Potential risks to public health. C) Potential risks to human health and nature. D) Potential risks to human health and the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potential risks to human health and the environment. 6. What is the benefit of GM golden rice? A) It contains vitamin A. B) It can provide enough vitamin A to children in developing countries. C) It is cost-effective. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. One form of a gene is called ..... A) A DNA. B) A Phenotype. C) Relates. D) An allele. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An allele. 8. Testing that identifies changes in chromosomes, genes, or proteins to rule out genetic disease and determine likelihood of developing a genetic disorder. A) Selective Breeding. B) Genetic Screening. C) Gene Therapy. D) Cloning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic Screening. 9. An exact copy of an organism is called a ..... A) Plasmid. B) Donor. C) Surrogate. D) Clone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clone. 10. Which of the following cannot serve as an external source of insulin except by genetic engineering? A) Escherichia coli. B) Sheep. C) Goat. D) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Escherichia coli. 11. Which scientist(s) is credited for publishing the structure of DNA? A) Gregor Mendel. B) Watson and Crick. C) Schleiden and Schwann. D) Rosalind Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watson and Crick. 12. The process in which a cell splits in two ..... A) Cell nucleus. B) Cell division. C) Replication. D) You inherit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell division. 13. The following are the steps taken during the cloning process.1. Transformation 2. Insertion 3. Isolation 4. Screening 5. Cut A) 3, 2, 5, 1, 4. B) 3, 2, 5, 4, 1. C) 3, 5, 2, 1, 4. D) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3, 5, 2, 1, 4. 14. Amino acids are joined together in order to form A) DNA. B) Ribosomes. C) Proteins. D) RNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proteins. 15. Somatic cells are A) Body cells in adults. B) Sex cells. C) Embryonic cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Body cells in adults. 16. Every organism has a molecule called ..... in every cell that hold the genetic information for the organism. A) DNA. B) Protein. C) Carbohydrates. D) Tombstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA. 17. What was the project in which scientists from around the world tried to map out the entire human DNA sequence in 1990? A) Selective Breeding Project. B) Human Genome Project. C) Gene Therapy Project. D) Genetically Modified Organism Project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human Genome Project. 18. Which of the below genotype(s) would show the DOMINANT trait of Brown hair? A) Bb. B) Bb. C) BB. D) BOTH BB and Bb would express the dominant trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BOTH BB and Bb would express the dominant trait. 19. Organisms that contain foreign DNA that has been introduced using biotechnology. A) Pure Breeds. B) Cross-Pollinators. C) Eukaryotic. D) Transgenic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transgenic. 20. True or False:Desirable traits are NOT always helpful/beneficial to the organism. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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