Ultimate Trivia Quiz On Biotechnology
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Welcome to another biological quiz, where today we’ll be looking at the many different technological applications that use biological systems and the organisms living within them – all under the umbrella of biotechnology. What do you know about the subject? Tell us all about it in this ultimate trivia quiz on biotechnology!
- 1.What is recombinant DNA?
- A.
Can be produced in bacteria, viruses or yeast
- B.
Transferable between species
- C.
DNA that has been altered to contain genes or portions of genes from different organisms
- D.
All of the above
- 2.What is a transgenic organism?
- A.
Plants and animals that express DNA that has been modified or derived from other species
- B.
Also known as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
- C.
Both
- D.
Neither
- 3.Which of the following can happen on it's own in nature?
- A.
Mutations
- B.
Recombinants
- C.
Both
- D.
Neither
- 4.Which of the following is a short segment of DNA with "sticky ends"?
- A.
PCR
- B.
RFLP
- C.
STR
- D.
DNA Fingerprint
- E.
None of these
- 5.Which is a process that makes more DNA?
- A.
PCR
- B.
RFLP
- C.
STR
- D.
DNA Fingerprint
- E.
None of these
- 6.Which of the following will separate segments of DNA?
- A.
Gel Electrophoresis
- B.
Polymer Electrophoresis
- C.
Both
- D.
Neither
- 7.Which is used for the sequencing of DNA?
- A.
Gel Electrophoresis
- B.
Polymer Electrophoresis
- C.
Both
- D.
Neither
- 8.Which of a following is a procedure that has already been successful in the agriculture arena?
- A.
The addition of DNA into crops for the resistance to diseases
- B.
The sterilization of hybrid crops to keep them fromnatujralizing
- C.
The ability to resist insects with the addition of an enzyme
- D.
All of these
- 9.Probes are used in DNA to do which of the following?
- A.
Highlight repeated segments on genes
- B.
Identify an important disease causing gene
- C.
Identify a gene that is not functioning correctly
- D.
All of these
- 10.Of the following, which is used to get a foreign gene into an organism?
- A.
Viruses
- B.
Bacterial plasmids
- C.
Both
- D.
Neither
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