This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Plant > Plant Biotechnology – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Plant Biotechnology Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are some examples of biotechnology being used in agriculture? A) Crop irrigation. B) DNA fingerprinting. C) Gentically modified crops. D) Crop rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gentically modified crops. 2. DNA is wound tightly to form a .....? A) DNA. B) Chromosome. C) Gene. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chromosome. 3. Why do you use a new pipette tip on the micropipette every time you get a new sample? A) To avoid contaminating the other samples. B) To use as many tools as you can. C) The pipette tips disappear after being used. D) None of these reasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To avoid contaminating the other samples. 4. To cut DNA molecules into pieces at specific sequences of nucleotides, genetic engineers use A) Cloning. B) Insulin. C) Bacteria. D) Restriction enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restriction enzymes. 5. What is the science of agriculture deal with? A) Farming (plant and animals). B) Crime. C) Medical. D) Computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farming (plant and animals). 6. How can it be verified that an animal is a transgenic organism? A) Its DNA contains a gene(s) from another organism. B) Its DNA can be found in a bacterium. C) It lacks any DNA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its DNA contains a gene(s) from another organism. 7. The process in which large numbers of identical recombinant DNA molecules are produced is called? A) Test cross. B) Selective breeding. C) Transgenic organism. D) Cloning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cloning. 8. All of the following are advantages (things that are helpful) of GMO's EXCEPT: A) Pest resistant crops. B) More nutritional foods. C) Unknown long term health effects. D) Creating more human insulin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unknown long term health effects. 9. Which group of plants has the greatest diversity (i.e. the most species) living today? A) Bryophyta. B) Lycophyta. C) Gymnosperms. D) Angiosperms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angiosperms. 10. Which is a way the agricultural biotechnology industry could have a positive impact on the environment? A) By producing crops that are virus resistant. B) By reducing the need for countries to import food. C) By making robots to replace large farm machines. D) By increasing the use of wind farms that produce electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By reducing the need for countries to import food. 11. Which type of Genetic Engineering can assist detectives in a forensic investigation at a crime scene. A) DNA fingerprinting. B) Cloning. C) Recombinat DNA technology. D) Selective breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA fingerprinting. 12. Original:ATC CATMutation:ATC GCATWhat mutation occurred? A) Deletion. B) Insertion. C) Silent. D) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insertion. 13. Which of these is not a way in which biotechnology can benefit agriculture? A) Increasing crop yield. B) Reducing the loss of crops to insects. C) Producing better-tasting fruits. D) Improving farm machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Improving farm machinery. 14. What was one of the foals of the Human Genome Project? A) To determine how DNA was copied in humans. B) To determine the nucleotide sequence and gene location of the entire human genome. C) To determine how proteins were made in humans. D) To determine particular mutations in the human genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To determine the nucleotide sequence and gene location of the entire human genome. 15. What would increase the money made by farmers in North Carolina through biotechnology? A) Tomatoes that are different in color. B) Tomatoes that are smaller. C) Tomatoes that taste the same. D) Tomatoes that are resistant to disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tomatoes that are resistant to disease. 16. Which would most likely increase the amount of money made from agriculture in North Carolina? A) Sweet potatoes that are resistant to disease. B) Sweet potatoes that are more expensive. C) Sweet potatoes that are a different color. D) Sweet potatoes that taste the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweet potatoes that are resistant to disease. 17. DNA fingerprinting is used in A) Forensic science. B) Paternal disputes. C) Research work. D) All of the aove. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the aove. 18. Which person would not use biotechnologies in their job? A) A farmer. B) An architect. C) A doctor. D) A pharmacist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An architect. 19. A rhizome is a(n): A) Plant cutting. B) Underground stem. C) Flower. D) Bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Underground stem. 20. SAEs should be planned A) At home with parent/guardian. B) In the classroom. C) On the job with employers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Plant Biotechnology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books