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Name:______________________________ Date:_______________________________
2 Nucleotides are:
3 The four bases in DNA include Cytosine, Guanine, Thyimine and _________
A Adenoid
B Uracil
C Adenine
D Adipose
A 1935
B 1948
C 1928
D 1953
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5 How many base pairs are in each turn of the DNA helix?
A 8
B 10
C 12
D 11
A A with T, G with U
B A with U, T with C
C C with G, T with U
D A with T, G with C
8 If the sequence of bases in a strand of DNA is represented by TACCAG, what would be the
sequence of bases in the complementary DNA strand?
A TACCAG
B UADDAG
C ATGGTC
D AUGGUC
9 What would be the sequence of bases in RNA transcribed from the sequence TACCAG?
A TACCAG
B UACCAG
C ATGGTC
D AUGGUC
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A Three
B Four
C Five
D Eighteen
11 Assuming that it is part of a coding sequence, the DNA sequence TACCAG can code for how
many amino acids in a protein?
A one
B two
C three
D six
12 In distinguishing the difference between the 3' and 5' end of a DNA molecule, the 5' end,
ends in a _________
A potassium
B hydroxide
C phosphate
D sugar
A transfer
B hip hop
C plasmid
D chatting
16 A codon is:
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A Cytosine
B Guanine
C Thymine
D Adenine
19 The condition that exists when the genetic material in an organism has been changed or
altered
A biopharmaceutical
B transgenic
C multi disciplinary
D vesicle
A biopharmaceutical
B transgenic
C vesicle
D multidisciplinary
A biopharmaceutical
B transgenic
C animal biotech
D molecular biology
22 The use of biotechnology to improve plants and the products that are produced from plants
A plant biotechnology
B multidisciplinary
C molecular biology
D animal biotechnology
A biopharmaceutical
B synthetic biology
C vesicle
D multidisciplinary
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A genetic engineering
B molecular biology
C vesicle
D biopharming
A veterinary medicine
B vesicle
C biopharming
D therapeutant
26 The art and science of promoting health amongst living animal organisms
A vesicle
B biotechnology
C veterinary medicine
D human medicine
A vesicle
B synthetic biology
C multidisciplinary
D environmental biotech
28 Using scientific processes to get new organisms or new products from organisms
A Veterinary medicine
B vesicle
C therapeutant
D biotechnology
A vesicle
B biopharming
C molecular biology
D genetic engineering
A biopharming
B human medicine
C transgenic
D molecular biology
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A molecular biology
B organismic biotech
C cloning
D environmental biotech
A biopharming
B food biotech
C veterinary medicine
D organismic biotech
A vesicle
B organismic
C cloning
D not this one :)
A 1962
B 1970's
C 1988
D 1492
A Riboflavin
B Deoxyribose
C Sucrose
D Ribose
A 30 centimeters
B 36 microliters
C 34 angstrums
D 34 inches
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A genetics
B prototype
C modern biotechnology
D fermentation
A recombinant DNA
B research
C domestication
D prototype
A research
B domestication
C antibiotic
D heredity
A research
B antibiotic
C fermentation
D domestication
43 Genetic material that has been moved from one chromosome to another
A variability
B recombinant DNA
C prototype
D heredity
A prototype
B antibiotic
C research
D food preservation
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45 Discovered Penicillin
A Norman E. Borlaug
B Alexander Fleming
C Gregor Mendel
D Ian Wilmut
A prototype
B variability
C hallucinagenic
D antibiotic
49 Worked with a group of Scottish scientists to successfully clone "Dolly" the sheep
A Ian Wilmut
B Gregor Mendel
C Anton Von Leeuwenhoek
D Jim Uttecht
A pickling
B freeze drying
C school lunch
D dipping in chocolate
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A domestication
B heredity
C variability
D not this one :)
A growth of warts
B developing resistance to the antibiotic
C profuse diarrhea
D sleep apnea
54 Made widespread use of the methods from ancient biotechnology, especially fermentation
A classical biotech
B modern biotech
C ancient biotech
D none of these
A really old
B really, really old
C older than dirt
D ancient
A classical biotech
B modern biotech
C ancient biotech
D none of these
57 Early history of human civilization inlcudes important developments in agriculture and food
production
A classical biotech
B modern biotech
C ancient biotech
D none of these
58 Food or beverage products that are the result of yeast activity include:
A bread
B wine
C beer
D all of the above
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59 Housing, education, jobs, social and recreational opportunities, and the environment make
up the ___________ of human life.
A quality
B quantity
C conditions
D terms
61 _____________ is the state of the human body as related to disease and vigor
A quality of life
B health
C vaccine
D polymer
A vaccine
B disease
C health
D virus
A 71
B 73
C 75
D 76
64 Women in the United States have a longer life expectancy than men
A True
B False
A United States
B Canada
C Sweden
D Africa
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A True
B False
67 In plant biotechnology, the _________ Bacillus thuringiensis is used to allow the plants to
produce their own insecticide.
A virus
B fungi
C bacterium
D pathogen
68 Flavr Savr are modified ________ that can be harvested at a time when they have better
flavor and will not overripen at the store
A raspberry
B apple
C tomato
D grape
A pharmaceutical
B biopharm
C neutraceutical
D functional vegetable
70 Synthetic hormone produced and injected to increase milk production in dairy cattle
A porcine somatotropin
B bovine somatotropin
C HGH
D GNRH
A pathogen
B antigen
C vaccine
D antibiotic
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A antibody
B antigen
C vaccine
D antibiotic
A genetic engineering
B antibiotic
C designer drug
D gene therapy
A tissue engineering
B gene therapy
C really freaky (but not the answer) :)
75 How many chromosomes are found in each cell of the human body?
A 23 pair or 48 chromosomes
B 22 pair or 46 chromosomes
C 23 pair or 46 chromosomes
D 23 pair or 53 chromosomes
A suicide
B car accidents
C animal attack
D heart failure
77 The five common developmental stages of humans include infancy, child years, teenage
years, adulthood and _____.
A adolescence
B preschool
C kindergarten
D college
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79 Which countries have been involved in the human genome project: Italy, Japan, Canada,
United Kingdom and _________
A 1,000,000
B 1,000
C 10,000
D 100,000
A somatic cell
B autosome
C nucleus
D zona pelucida
A polyploidism
B Trisomy 2
C Trisomy 21 having an extra of the 21st chromosome
D Polysomy 18
84 The ability of a device to be inserted into the body without rejection is known as:
A prosthetic
B dialysis
C biocompatibility
D germ line therapy
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A biocompatibility
B prosthetics
C autosome
D gene therapy
87 By the age of 70, the human heart has pumped _______ gallons
A 40 million
B 46 billion
C 46 million
D 5 trillion
A renal failure
B heart failure
C kidney failure
D cancer
89 The first Homo sapiens were found on earth ____ years ago
A 200,000 - 250,000
B 300,000 - 400,000
C 30,000-40,000
D 25 - 30
91 Life processes include growth, repair, circulation, obtaining food and nutrients and _____
A respiration
B secretion
C sensation movement
D elimination
E all of these
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A 1492
B 1776
C 2006
D 1988
94 The human organism has about ______ genes that have been mapped
A 100,000
B 10,000
C 100,000,000,000
D 1,000,000,000
A 23 pair
B 3.5 trillion
C 3 trillion
D 3 billion
A eukaryote
B prokaryote
C organelle
D cytoplasm
A eukaryote
B prokaryote
C organelle
D cytoplasm
98 Small parts of the cell with specific fuctions are known as...
A organelles
B blastocyst
C Zona pelucida
D eukaryotes
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99 Most organisms are _________ meaning that they have two chromosomes that control
each trait.
A haploid
B diploid
C triploid
D polyploid
A 20
B 21
C 23
D 25
A golgi body
B vacuole
C ribosome
D mitochondria
A nucleus
B organelle
C golgi body
D endoplasmic reticulum
103 ___________ is a process by which cells break down carbohydrates and other molecules to
produce energy
A transpiration
B photosynthesis
C phototropism
D respiration
104 __________ is the movement of water through a membrane from areas of high
concentration to areas of low concentration
A osmosis
B diffusion
C transpiration
D respiration
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105 _________ is the movement of molecules, especially gases and liquids, from areas of high
concentration to low concentration
A osmosis
B diffusion
C transpiration
D respiration
106 Osmosis and diffusion function because of nature's preference for _________ which refers
to a system that is balanced or equal.
A osmosis
B diffusion
C transpiration
D equilibrium
107 Cell division takes place by any of three methods, they are....
A 6
B 12
C 18
D 24
A 6 or 8
B 11 or 12
C 18 or 19
D 24 or 23
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112 Organelle that makes proteins for cellular use and communication
A vacuole
B endoplasmic reticulum
C cytoplasm
D ribosome
A chloroplast
B ribosome
C cytoplasm
D vacuole
A endoplasmic reticulum
B cytoplasm
C ribosome
D Smucker's
115 Cell organelle that works with ribosomes to make and transport proteins
A endoplasmic reticulum
B chloroplast
C vacuole
D eukaryote
A vacuole
B cytoplasm
C Mr. Tirrel's brain - clever but not the answer:)
D prokaryote
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A A
B B
C C
D D
A gametes
B codons
C genes
D exons
A positive end
B negative end
C left side
D right side
A identify DNA
B magnify or duplicate small DNA samples
C transform DNA to RNA
D It makes something
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126 In our DNA Fingerprinting lab, the DNA samples that we used were taken from........
A chickens
B rabbits
C corn
D e coli bacteria
127 Each DNA sample was cut into smaller pieces using
A scissors
B restriction enzymes
C electricity
D digestive enzymes
128 All bands that are visible on a gel are compared to a known sample of DNA and the
________ of the DNA fragment is determined through comparison
A genes
B size
C origin
D color
A red
B yellow
C green
D blue
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130 If the agar (gel) used to make the gel (jello) for gel electrophoresis was made stronger or
thicker in one gel than in another we could expect that the DNA fragments would travel..
than a gel made with less agar.
A farther
B less distance
C the same distance
D who knows?
131 The DNA samples that we loaed into the wells were _____
A red
B blue
C purple
D green
132 An agency of the US Department of Agriculture that has major responsibility for agricultural
biotechnology
A APHIS
B EPA
C FDA
D USDA
A APHIS
B Regulation
C Confidentiality
D regulated Organsim
E permit
A APHIS
B Confidentiality
C Permit
D Regulation
E confidential business information
A APHIS
B regulated organism
C Permit
D regulation
E confidentiality
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A True
B False
137 Harvesting of fertilized ova from a donor and implanting them into a recipient animal.
A zygote
B pronucleus
C artificial insemination
D embryo transfer
A zygote
B non human primate
C pronucleus
D artificial insemination
A zygote
B parturition
C lactation
D puberty
140 One cell embryo formed by the union of a sperm and an ovum (egg)
A zygote
B anestrous
C ovum
D primate
A embryo transfer
B pronucleus
C artificial insemination
D copulation
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A artificial insemination
B gender preselection
C xygote
D xenograft
A gestation
B fertilization
C conception
D parturition
144 The haploid (single) nucleus of the sperm or ovum that has united in fertilization to form a
zygote
A embryo transfer
B fetal stage
C anestrous
D pronucleus
146 The time during the estrous cycle when a female is fertile and receptive to the male
A anestrous
B estrous cycle
C estrus
D in vitro
147 The process of uniting egg and sperm within laboratory glassware
A artificial insemination
B embryo transfer
C laboratory animal
D in vitro fertilization
148 The practice of grafting or joining an organ or a tissue from one species to another species
A xenograft
B gestation
C puberty
D in vitro
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149 The four models for animal research include computer/mathematical approaches, non living
systems, living animals and
150 Pigs engineered to produce human hemoglobin and mice that produce human antibodies
are examples of animals used to transgenically produce drugs or pharmaceutical products
A True
B False
151 Bovine Somatotropin is a naturally occuring hormone produced in the ovary of cattle.
A True
B False
A True
B False
153 In embryo transfer, recipient animals must be synchronized with hormone injections so that
they are at the same stage in their estrous cycle as the donor animal
A True
B False
A True
B False
155 Semen are mature sex cells from the male parent
A True
B False
A True
B False
157 The virus which causes AIDS belongs to the family called:
A herpes viruses
B retro viruses
C influenza viruses
D phages
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158 The multiplication cycle of retroviruses is distinguished from that of other viruses with RNA
genomes by
160 It is difficult to develop drugs which prevent virus multiplication without harming the
intended animal because
161 For viruses which infect animal cells, the specific cell type which a virus will infect is
determined primarily by
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A helical
B naked helical
C icosohedron
D capsid
167 How do many viruses escape from the cell where they multiply
A budding or lysing
B they don't
C blown on the wind
D broken down by stomach acid
169 How many different types of bacteriophages are present in a single plaque?
A Six
B Two
C Three
D many copies of a single type of phage
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A amnion
B virion
C prion
D moron
A Animalia
B Protista
C Fungi
D Monera
A 4
B 2
C 5
D 6
A 3
B 4
C 2
D 12
175 ___________ is a group of cells that are alike in structure and activity
A Organ
B Tissue
C Cell
D Organ System
A Tissue
B Lipid
C Protein
D Enzyme
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A enzyme
B catalyst
C lipid
D propolis
A Botony
B Biology
C Chemistry
D Zoology
A life science
B sociology
C mathematics
D physical science
A bacteria
B animals
C viruses and protists
D viruses
A botony
B virology
C mycology
D bacteriology
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A bacteria
B plants
C fungi
D paramecia
185 ______________ is a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler material by
ordinary means
A atom
B element
C compound
D proton
A atom
B element
C proton
D neutron
187 ___________ is the smallest group of atoms that act together to form a stable independent
substance
A atom
B element
C compound
D molecule
A chemical
B molecular
C kinetic
D potential
A binomial nomenclature
B taxonomy
C systematic naming
D genera
A life processes
B nutritional deficiency
C anemia
D lactation
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191 ___________ is the oxidation process in living cells that releases chemical energy in foods
A photosynthesis
B respiration
C transpiration
D secretion
A node
B gland
C blastocyst
D zona pelucida
A enzyme
B catalyst
C protein
D lipid
A 6
B 8
C 12
D 16
195 ____________ is a substance which causes a reaction to take place without being changed
itself
A catalyst
B amino acid
C protein
D lipid
A H, C, N, K
B H, C, P, Mn
C N,O,C,H
D C, O, P, Bo
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Question: Answer
1 C
2 A
3 C
4 D
5 B
6 D
7 D
8 C
9 D
10 A
11 B
12 C
13 B
14 D
15 A
16 B
17 A
18 D
19 B
20 A
21 C
22 A
23 D
24 A
25 D
26 C
27 B
28 D
29 A
30 A
31 D
32 B
33 C
34 D
35 B
36 D
37 C
38 A
39 A
40 D
41 A
42 C
43 B
44 D
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45 B
46 D
47 B
48 D
49 A
50 D
51 A
52 C
53 B
54 A
55 D
56 B
57 C
58 D
59 A
60 C
61 B
62 B
63 D
64 A
65 D
66 B
67 C
68 C
69 C
70 B
71 C
72 A
73 D
74 A
75 C
76 D
77 B
78 D
79 A
80 D
81 B
82 C
83 D
84 C
85 A
86 B
87 C
88 B
89 B
90 D
91 E
92 C
93 D
94 A
95 D
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96 B
97 A
98 A
99 B
100 C
101 D
102 A
103 D
104 A
105 B
106 D
107 C
108 D
109 A
110 A
111 B
112 D
113 A
114 B
115 A
116 A
117 D
118 A
119 C
120 B
121 B
122 D
123 D
124 B
125 B
126 D
127 B
128 B
129 D
130 B
131 C
132 A
133 C
134 E
135 B
136 A
137 D
138 B
139 B
140 A
141 C
142 B
143 A
144 D
145 B
146 C
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147 D
148 A
149 B
150 A
151 B
152 A
153 A
154 A
155 A
156 A
157 B
158 B
159 D
160 B
161 C
162 E
163 C
164 C
165 B
166 D
167 A
168 D
169 D
170 B
171 D
172 C
173 B
174 D
175 B
176 C
177 A
178 D
179 B
180 B
181 B
182 D
183 C
184 B
185 B
186 A
187 D
188 C
189 B
190 A
191 B
192 B
193 D
194 A
195 A
196 C
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