Cat Genetics Quiz

34 Questions | By Reannenugent | Updated: Jan 25, 2016 | Attempts: 157

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1.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
A. Black
2.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
B. Chocolate
3.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
C. Cinnamon
4.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
A. Black
5.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
C. Cinnamon
6.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
B. Chocolate
7.

There are ________ base colors.

Correct Answer
three , 3 , Three
8.

Is Red considered a base color?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
B. False

Explanation
Red is the absence of black and is not considered a base color.

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9.

All variations of the pelt colors is derived from the base color...
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
A. Black

Explanation
Ultimately all other colors are either a dilution or absence of the black self color. Chocolate has less black in it, making it a brown color and Cinnamon has even less black than Chocolate. This is called pigment density: the less black you have, the more brown you're going to get. Ginger is an absence of the black pigment altogether.

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10.

Which of the following colors can the base color, black, also be expressed as?
- A.
  
  Lilac lynx point, Chocolate tabby, Chocolate point
- B.
  
  Flame point, Fawn tabby, Amber tortie
- C.
  
  Brown tabby, Grey, Blue seal point
- D.
  
  Fawn, Fawn tabby, Cinnamon lynx point
Correct Answer
C. Brown tabby, Grey, Blue seal point
11.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
C. Cinnamon
12.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
A. Black
13.

White is a base color
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
B. False
14.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
B. Chocolate
15.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
A. Black
16.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
A. Black
17.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
B. Chocolate
18.

What base color does this cat have?
- A.
  
  Black
- B.
  
  Chocolate
- C.
  
  Cinnamon
- D.
  
  Red-based
Correct Answer
C. Cinnamon
19.

Female ginger cats are rare to impossible to find.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
B. False
20.

Male tortoiseshells cats are rare to impossible to find.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
21.

Cat color is sex-linked, and attached onto the X chromosome.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
22.

Female cats have XX chromosomes and male cats have XY Chromosomes; therefor a male kitten only inherits the color genes of its mother.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
23.

'Red' cats have base color density like 'Not Red' cats.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
B. False
24.

'Not Red' is expressed as a capital O. 'Red' is expressed as a lowercase o. Remembering that color ('not red' and 'red') are tacked onto the X chromosome, then color works like this:XOXO, XOY: "Not Red"XoXo, XoY: "Red"
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
25.

To be a tortoiseshell, a female cat must have the following genes:XoXO or XOXo
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
26.

A male tortoiseshell cat is a genetic mutation.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
27.

In order for male cats to express Tortoiseshell, he must have which of the following genes:
- A.
  
  XOY
- B.
  
  XoY
- C.
  
  XOXoY
- D.
  
  XoXO
Correct Answer
C. XOXoY
28.

What color would you consider this cat to be?
- A.
  
  Grey
- B.
  
  Lilac
- C.
  
  Fawn
- D.
  
  Cream
Correct Answer
D. Cream
29.

What color would you consider this cat to be?
- A.
  
  Cinnamon
- B.
  
  Fawn
- C.
  
  Ginger
- D.
  
  Cream
Correct Answer
C. Ginger
30.

What color would you consider this cat to be?
- A.
  
  Lilac
- B.
  
  Fawn
- C.
  
  Ginger
- D.
  
  Cream
Correct Answer
B. Fawn
31.

What color would you consider this cat to be?
- A.
  
  Lilac
- B.
  
  Fawn
- C.
  
  Grey
- D.
  
  Cream
Correct Answer
A. Lilac
32.

Is this considered to be a Tortoiseshell or Calico cat?
- A.
  
  Tortoiseshell
- B.
  
  Calico
Correct Answer
A. Tortoiseshell
33.

Is this considered to be a Tortoiseshell or Calico cat?
- A.
  
  Calico
- B.
  
  Tortoiseshell
Correct Answer
A. Calico
34.

Is this considered to be a Tortoiseshell or Calico cat?
- A.
  
  Calico
- B.
  
  Tortoiseshell
Correct Answer
B. Tortoiseshell