Human Genome and Bioethics Review Quiz
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Is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine.
A. Bioinformatics
B. Biotechology
C. Bioethics
D. Genetics
The purpose of selective breeding is to
A. Get bigger animals
B. get smaller animals
C. create animals with desirable traits
D. create animals with bad traits
How many base pairs (bp) are in the human genome?
A. 1 billion bp
B. 4 billion bp
C. 3 billion bp
D. 3.5 billion bp
True or False-GMO’s have been proven to be harmful for humans to consume.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
GMOs can be
A. plants only
B. animals only
C. plant, animal, and bacteria
D. plant and animal only
Breeders can increase the _______________________ in a population by introducing mutations, which are the ultimate source of biological diversity
A. Genetic variation
B. Genome
C. Biotechology
D. Mutations
How many genes does the humane genome have?
A. About 20,000
B. 1,000
C. 46
D. 23 pairs
GMO stands for
A. genetically made organism
B. genetically modified organism
C. gene manipulated organism
D. Genetic mutant organism
The best description of a GMO is _____.
A. Hybrid species.
B. Natural organisms.
C. Artificially manipulated species.
D. Healthiest species.
What is the first cloned mammal?
A. goat
B. cat
C. sheep
D. cow
Chromosomal disorders, such as Down Syndrome, are caused by __________, or the failure of homologous chromosome separation during meiosis, occurs.
A. Nondisjunction
B. Recessive Alleles
C. Dominant Alleles
D. Codominance
Which best describes a mutation?
A. An error in the DNA sequence
B. A positive change in the DNA sequence
C. Passing down DNA to offspring
D. Catching a disease and changing your DNA
Which parental pair could produce females with colorblindness (Remember colorblindness is a sex-linked chromosomal disorder)?
A. Homozygous normal-vision mother; Father with colorblindness
B. Mother with colorblindness; Father with normal-vision
C. Heterozygous normal-vision mother; Father with normal-vision
D. Heterozygous normal-vision mother; Father with colorblindness
True or False-There could be possible benefits to GMOs.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
What is this
A. plasmid
B. recombinant bacterium
C. recombinant DNA
D. sticky ends
Cystic fibrosis is caused by
A. a small change in the DNA sequence of one gene.
B. nondisjunction during meiosis in the father.
C. crossing over between X and Y chromosomes.
D. the combined effects of several genes.
Which country does not have GMO’s banned?
A. Japan
B. United States
C. Australia
D. Europe
A characteristic that is encoded in DNA.
A. genome
B. sex-linked gene
C. genetic trait
D. down syndrome
A common genetic disorder characterized by bent and twisted red blood cells is…
A. Cystic Fibrosis
B. Hemophilia
C. Sickle Cell Disease
D. Muscular Dystrophy
The failure of chromosomes to separate during gamete formation in called
A. nondisjunction
B. alleles
C. point mutation
D. cloning
What can you conclude from the fact that humans have cloned plants for thousands of years?
A. Most of the crops that exist today are clones
B. Cloning plants is much easier than cloning animals
C. Cloned plants are immune to all diseases and pests
D. Much of today’s modern technology was developed in ancient times
What is a genome?
A. The complete haploid amount of genetic material present in a cell or organism
B. A garden ornament
C. The sum of all human material.
D. A totally unique set of genetic material not shared with anything else
An example of a trait that is determined by multiple alleles is…
A. Huntington’s Disease
B. ABO Blood Groups
C. Down Syndrome
D. Hemophilia
What is risk of GMOs?
A. Radioactive
B. Food that taste too good
C. throw an ecosystem off balance
D. produce too much food
A chromosome that is not a sex chromosome is known as a(an)
A. autosome.
B. karyotype.
C. pedigree.
D. chromatid.
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