Biotechnology

Test Bank - Introduction to Biotechnology, 3rd Edition
(Thieman,2024), Chapter 1-13 Complete Solutions

IntroductionhtohBiotechnology,h3eh(Thieman)
Chapterh1h ThehBiotechnologyhCenturyhandhItshWorkforce

1) ScientistshaththehbiotechnologyhcompanyhGenentechhcreatedhthehfirsthrecombinanthDNAhpro
ducthforhusehinhhumans.hApprovedhbyhthehFoodhandhDrughAdministrationhinh1982,hthishproduct
hwas .
A) ahgenehchip
B) chymosin
C) insulin
D) humanhgrowthhhormone
E) erythropoietin
hAnswer:hC


2) Whichhareahofhbiotechnologyhprimarilyhinvolveshusinghlivinghorganismshtohprocess,hdegra
de,handhcleanhuphenvironmentalhpollution?
A) Genomics
B) Bioinformatics
C) Bioremediation
D) Marinehbiotechnology
E) Agriculturalhbiotechnology
hAnswer:hC


3) Thehusehofhcomputerhhardwarehandhsoftwarehtohanalyzehbiologicalhdata,hsuchhashDNAhseque
ncehcomparisonhdata,hishknownhas .
A) genomics
B) bioinformatics
C) bioremediation
D) nanotechnology
E) recombinanthDNAhtechnolog
yhAnswer:hB

4) StudyinghthehentirehcomplementhofhDNAhinhanhorganism'shcellshishknownhas .
A) genomics
B) bioinformatics
C) bioremediation
D) nanotechnology
E) recombinanthDNAhtechnolog
yhAnswer:hA

5) CombininghDNAhfromhdifferenthsourceshishanhexamplehof .
A) genomics
B) bioinformatics
C) bioremediation
D) nanotechnology
E) recombinanthDNAhtechnology

,Answer:hE

,6) ishcustomizedhmedicinehbasedhonhahperson'shgenetics.
A) Genomics
B) Bioinformatics
C) Bioremediation
D) Pharmacogenomics
E) RecombinanthDNAhtechnolog
yhAnswer:hD

7) involveshfarm-raisinghfinfish,hshellfish,halgae,handhotherhaquatichorganisms.
A) Biopharming
B) Aquaculture
C) Pharmacogenomics
D) Bioremediation
E) Transgenichtechnology
hAnswer:hB


8) ishthehusehofhgeneshforhtreatinghhumanhgenetichdisorders.
A) Genetics
B) Genomics
C) Pharmacogenomics
D) Genehtherapy
E) RecombinanthDNAhtechnolog
yhAnswer:hD

9) Selectivehbreedinghinvolves .
A) genetichengineeringhofhanimalshandhplantshtohimprovehgrowthhcharacteristics
B) matinghorganismshwithhdesirablehcharacteristics
C) thehusehofhfermentationhtohproducehbiotechnologyhproducts
D) combininghspermhandhegghcellshfromhdifferenthspecieshtohproducehhybridhorganisms
E) Nonehofhthesehchoice
shAnswer:hB

10) ishthehusehofhlivinghorganismshorhtheirhproductshtohcleanhuphthehenvironme
nt,himprovehhumanhhealth,handhprovidehmorehnutritioushandhdisease-freehfood.
A) Bioremediation
B) Biotechnology
C) Genetichengineering
D) Biodegradation
E) Bioprocessing
hAnswer:hB

, 11) SubtlehdifferenceshinhDNAhsequenceshthathvaryhfromhpersonhtohpersonharehcalled .
A) genomics
B) chromosomes
C) DNAhmicroarrays
D) pharmacogenomics
E) single-
nucleotidehpolymorphismshAnswer:
hE


12) Explainhathleasthtwohdifferenceshbetweenhahtraditionalhpharmaceuticalhproducthand
hahbiotechnologyhproduct.
Answer:hAhtraditionalhpharmaceuticalhproducthishtypicallyhahsmallhmoleculehsynthesizedhbyhche
mistshandhmadehintohahpillhform,hwhichhcanhbehorallyhadministeredhtohahpatient
Ahbiotechnologyhproducthishusuallyhahlargehmoleculehthathcannothbehsynthesizedhorhtakenhorally.h
Ithmusthbehproducedhinhahcellhline,hpurifiedhfromhthehcellhline,handhultimatelyhformulatedhtohbeha
dministeredhtohahpatienthbyhinjection.

13) Discusshsomehexampleshofhdifferenthfieldshofhbiotechnologyhandhwhaththeyhstudyh(e.
g.,hbioremediation,hwhichhishusedhtohassisthinhthehclean-uphofhchemicalhspills,hetc.).
Answer:hAnswershcanhvary.hSo
mehanswershinclude:
• Microbialhbiotechnology,hwhichhishusedhinhmakinghfood
• Animalhbiotechnology,hwhichhhelpshproducehantibodieshinhthehmilkhofhthehanimalhwith
outhdoinghharmhtohthehanimal
• Forensichbiotechnology,h whichhishusefulhinhsolvinghcrimeshandhtestinghpaternity
• Medicalhbiotechnology,hwhichhinvolveshproducinghproductshtohdiagnose,htreat,horhcure
hahdisease


14) Whatharehsomehnonsciencehjobhopportunitieshinhahbiotechnologyhcompany?h Whyhwould
hithstillhbehusefulhtohhavehsomehsciencehbackgroundhforhthesehpositions?
Answer:h Somehnonsciencehbiotechnologyhjobshincludehworkinghinhregulatoryhaffairs,hmarketin
g,hsales,handhthehlegalhdepartmenthofhthehcompany.hBecausehthehcompanyhproductsharehultimat
elyhbiologicalhinhnature,hemployeeshwillhbetterhunderstandhhowhtohdohtheirhjobshifhtheyhknowht
hehsciencehashwell.hForhexample,hifhahsaleshrepresentativehdoeshnothunderstandhanyhofhthehscie
ncehbehindhthehproducththeyharehselling,htheyhcannotheasilyhanswerhanyhquestionshthehprescribi
nghphysicianhmighthaskhthem.

IntroductionhtohBiotechnology,h3eh(Thieman)hChap
terh2h AnhIntroductionhtohGeneshandhGenomes

1) ThehcomplementaryhbasehthathhydrogenhbondshwithhthyminehinhahDNAhdoublehhelixhis
.
A) uracil
B) thymine
C) guanine
D) adenine
E) cytosine
hAnswer:h
D