1. Which of the following is NOT the main purpose of Biotechnology?

A. make useful products

B. use of geology to solve problems
C. production of therapeutic proteins
D. production of drugs through genetic engineering
2. Which of the following refers to the use of the information technology to store, to
analyze, to sort, to label and to share the many DNA sequence?
A. bioremediation C. bio informants
B. genetic Engineering D. genetics
3. All of the following are the reasons for developing biotechnology EXCEPT__:
A. Poverty
B. Population
C. Agriculture
D. Fame
4. Which of the following phases states that most of the biotechnology developments
before the year 1800 can be termed as “discoveries” or “developments”?
A. Ancient Biotechnology C. Modern Biotechnology
B. Classical Biotechnology D. BC Biotechnology
5. Which of the following products is NOT under the Modern biotechnology?
A. Mutagenesis C. Transgenesis
B. DNA cloning D. Fermentation
6. In what year do classical biotechnology starts?
A. 1800 C. 1673
B. 1723 D. 1761
7. Who pioneers the discovery of vaccination inoculating a child with a viral smallpox
vaccine?
A. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek C. Edward Jenner
B. Robert Hooke D. Robert Brown
8. Who is the father of Biotechnology?
A. Karoly Ereky C. Casimir Davaine
B. Fredrich Miescher D. Robert Hooke
9. Which of the following CORRECTLY define traditional biotechnology?
A. Traditional biotechnology involves making products from whole organisms or
parts of organisms.
B. Traditional biotechnology refers to traditional techniques of using living
organisms to yield new products or modify foods or other useful
products for human use.
C. Traditional biotechnology involves the use of Genetic Engineering techniques,
such as recombinant DNA, functional and structural genomics, DNA diagnostic
probes, and other methods for genetic modification.
D. Traditional biotechnology shares the same foundation, but it refers to
biotechnology techniques for the manipulation of genetic material, cells and living
tissues in a controlled environment.
10. . Who discovered “penicillin”, the antibacterial toxin from the mold Penicillium
notatum?
 A. Alexander Fleming C. Robert Koch
B. Wilhelm Johannsen D. Peyton Rous

11. In the seventeenth century, who discovered microorganisms by examining

scrapings from his teeth under a microscope. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
12. In _______ the first antibiotic, moldy soybean curds, is put to use to treat boils.
China
13. Vinegar manufacture began in _____ at the end of the 14th century. France
14. In what year does The word “biology” first appears. 1802
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