This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Plant > Biotechnology > Plant Biotechnology – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Plant Biotechnology Quiz 20 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the science of forensics deal with? A) Farming (plants and animals). B) Crime. C) Medical. D) Computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crime. 2. It is the transfer of genes into the somatic cells of the patient A) Somatication. B) Somatic cell gene therapy. C) Cell gene therapy. D) Somatic cell therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic cell gene therapy. 3. ..... uses biotechnology to improve the medical field and our health. A) Medical Biotechnology. B) Consumer goods biotechnology. C) Environmental Biotechnology. D) Agricultural Biotechnology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medical Biotechnology. 4. What would be a positive reason to genetically alter Fraser Fir trees in North Carolina to make them more resistant to rot? A) By producing crops that are frost resistant. B) By making robots to replace large farm machines. C) The population of fir trees would increase and grow healthier. D) By increasing the use of wind farms that produce electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The population of fir trees would increase and grow healthier. 5. Which practice is an example of biotechnology? A) Monitoring seismic (volcanic) activity. B) Analyzing the vitamin content of an apple. C) Observing the migratory habits of butterflies. D) Altering (changing) tomatoes to grow in adverse conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Altering (changing) tomatoes to grow in adverse conditions. 6. Tomatoes are genetically modified to have a longer shelf life, slowing the ripening and softening of the tomato. Which best describes a concern people have with eating genetically modified tomatoes? A) Genetically-modified tomatoes do not taste as good as regular tomatoes. B) Genetically-modified tomatoes are more expensive than regular tomatoes. C) The DNA used to modify the tomatoes could change the DNA of the person eating the tomato. D) The tomatoes taste like chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The DNA used to modify the tomatoes could change the DNA of the person eating the tomato. 7. The large size of today's turkey is a result of A) Genetically modifying the turkey DNA. B) Selectively breeding the turkey for desirable traits. C) Commercially raised turkeys are no different than turkeys found in the wild. D) Turkey's DNA have been modified with the gene of vulture which gives the turkey its large size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selectively breeding the turkey for desirable traits. 8. Biotechnology is developing a new source for rennin. The old way to get rennin was from: A) Sheep liver extract. B) Inside a calf?s stomach. C) Ground horse?s hooves. D) Lemon peels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inside a calf?s stomach. 9. What should a person working in a biotech laboratory do if he/she has long hair? A) Cut it short. B) Wear a hair net or pin it back. C) Use hair spray to keep the hair in place. D) No special care is needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wear a hair net or pin it back. 10. Jennie's friend, Molly, has a beautiful African violet. Molly removes a stem and leaves from the African violet and puts it in soil, hoping to grow an African violet for Jennie. This is an example of what type of asexual reproduction? A) Cloning. B) Creeping. C) Cuttings. D) Canteens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cuttings. 11. Process of both finding and recording the locations of genes A) Cloning/micropropagation. B) Gene mapping. C) Biofuels. D) Base pairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gene mapping. 12. Which of the following describes how we could use genetic modification? A) It allows for a large amount of medications to be produced. B) It helps with the pollution in Earth's oceans. C) It can help us alter genes in crops to become insect-resistant. D) It can increase the amount of non-renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It can help us alter genes in crops to become insect-resistant. 13. Bioinformatics deal primarily with biological information maintained in: A) A logbook. B) A database. C) A locked safe. D) A storage facility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A database. 14. Fabric detergents are becoming more effective because of the addition of enzymes to their active ingredients. This is an example of: A) Agricultural biotechnology. B) Food and consumer goods biotechnology. C) Environmental biotechnology. D) Medical biotechnology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food and consumer goods biotechnology. 15. Which is a step in the process of producing transgenic bacteria? A) A plasmid is used to replace a faulty gene in a human cell. B) A human gene is inserted into a bacterial plasmid. C) A mutation is produced in a bacterial cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A human gene is inserted into a bacterial plasmid. 16. What is one of the main purposes for why scientists study the human genome project? A) To understand human disease and aid in creation of treatments. B) To understand why humans exist. C) To study how the human brain is like a computer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To understand human disease and aid in creation of treatments. 17. Which are most closely related to biotech? A) Medicine and agriculture. B) Water treatment and electricity generation. C) Construction and engineering. D) Communication and information technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medicine and agriculture. 18. A cloned pig has a diploid chromosome number of 35. What is the diploid A) 17.5. B) 70. C) 35. D) 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 35. 19. Roderick recently earned his doctoral degree Which job is he MOST LIKELY pursuing? A) Research scientist. B) Sales representative. C) Technical writer. D) Veterinary technician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Research scientist. 20. What would be a benefit of a genetically modified fish? A) It eats more than regular fish. B) It grows faster than regular fish. C) Producing cells from nonliving material. D) Preventing weeds from spreading to farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It grows faster than regular fish. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPlant QuizzesPlant Biotechnology Quiz 1Plant Biotechnology Quiz 2Plant Biotechnology Quiz 3Plant Biotechnology Quiz 4Plant Biotechnology Quiz 5Plant Biotechnology Quiz 6Plant Biotechnology Quiz 7Plant Biotechnology Quiz 8Plant Biotechnology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books