GENETICS AND

TREE
IMPROVEMENT
WMSU PRREPARED BY;
STEFFANY A. MANALO BSF-3
1. The tendency of progenies to differ from their
parents’ And from among themselves.
a. Heredity
b. Variation
c. Segregation
d. Individual assortment
2.The hereditary unit of the cell
a. Ribosomes
b. Centrosomes
c. Chromosomes
d. Mitochondria
3.The structural units of DNA and RNA:
a.Carbohydrates
b. Fatty Acids
c. Proteins
d. Nucleic Acid
4.Genetics is a basis science dealing with causes of
Resemblances and differences among organisms
Related by descent. Which of the following does it
Consider?

a. Effects of genes and the environment

b. Effects of source materials
c. Effects of genes only
d. Effect if environment only
5.Which is not characterized by genotype?

a. An individual heredity constitution with phenotype

Expression
b. Character as we see it
c. An individual heredity constitution without Phenotype
expression
d. Determined chiefly from performance of progeny & Other
relatives
6.The law of dominance provides that when the
possibility of 2 contrasting characteristics exists in
an organism, one characteristic may be expressed to
the exclusion of other. The hidden characteristic and
the expressed one is respectively known as:
a. Dominant and recessive
b. Superior and inferior
c. Recessive and dominant
d. Inferior and superior
7.The ability of the phenotype to vary due to
Environmental influence on its genotype is Known
as__________.

a. Phenotypic plasticity
b. Phenotypic elasticity
c. Phenotypic Genuity
d. Phenotypic solidarity
8.Which of the following objectives refers to tree
Improvement?
I. Genetic improvement and cultivation of phenotypically
selected plants,
II. Improvement of Genetic base of species.
III. Assurance of the availability Of materials needed
a. I and II
b. I, II and III
c. I and III
d. II and III
9.The vegetative parts of plants consist of ___

a. Roots, Flowers and leaves

b. Roots, stems and flowers
c. Flowers, stems and leaves
d. Roots, stems and leaves
10.What generally influence the quality of seeds Or
seedlings?
a. Parents genetic composition and soil nutrients
b. Parents genetic composition and environment
c. Parents physical appearance and soil nutrients
d. Parents physical appearance and environment
11.This is the process by which animals arrive at a
certain Location where they live and grow.

a. Genetic drift
b. Natural Selection
c. Distribution
d. Dispersal
12.Which of the following reasons justify the use of
Vegetative propagation as means of producing
planting Stocks?
I. To maintain superior genotypes
II. To shorten reproductive cycle
III. To combine more than one genotype in one tree
a. I and III
b. I, II, and III
c. II and III
d. I and II
13.An individual organism which is a product of the
Interaction between the genotype and its
environment is referred to as ________

a. Hybrid
b. Clone
c. Mutant
d. Phenotype
14.A genetic subdivision of a species resulting from
the Selective action of a particular environment and
showing Adaptation to that environment is known
as:
a. Ecotone
b. Ecotype
c. Edge
d. Speciation
15.Genetic material of actual or potential Value.

a. DNA
b. RNA
c. Hybrid
d. Genetic resources
16.Variation due to environmental factors.
a. Environmental variation
b. Genetic variation
c. Developmental variation
d. Resource conservation
17.A systematic removal of individuals not desired
For the perpetuation of a population.
a. Rouging
b. Tree improvement
c. Genetics
d. None of these
18.Process where individual trees are favored
Because they possess the desirable traits that Are to
be perpetuated.

a. Hybridization
b. Selection
c. Tree breeding
d. Mutation
19.Maintenance of the genetic variability of a
Population.
a. Gene conservation
b. Genome
c. Germplasm
d. Hedging
20.A shoot, twig or other plant part removed from
The donor plant, usually for the purpose of Inducing
roots.
a. Cuttings
b. Ecotype
c. Elite tree
d. F1 generation
21. A group of selected parent trees that are
intercrossed to form a population for the next cycle
of selection.
a. Breeding
b. Breeding orchard
c. Breeding population
d. Breeding Value
22. A vessel for modest-to-large-scale liquid
suspension culture of cells, in which conditions are
optimized for high production levels.

a. Callus
b. Biodiversity
c. Base population
d. Bioreactor
23. Storage of cells, tissues, seeds etc. at the
temperature of liquid nitrogen (-196ºC).
a. Dialle
b. Deployment Zone
c. Cryopreservation
d. Cutting
24. A tree species having female and male sex
organs on different plants
a. Dysgenic
b. Dioecious
c. Ecotype
d. Embling
25. Somatic seedling. A propagule of somatic-
embryo origin that is past the intensive-care stage
of early nursery care, and can be or has been
planted in normal field conditions.
a. Elite tree
b. Embryo
c. Fecundity
d. Embling
ANSWERS
1. B 8. B 15. D 22. D
2. C 9. D 16. A 23. C
3. D 10. B 17. A 24. B
4. A 11. C 18. B 25. D
5. B 12. B 19. A
6. A 13. D 20. A
7. A 14. B 21.C