Test Bank For Introduction to Biotechnology, 4th Edition

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Introduction to Biotechnology


William J. Thieman, & Michael A. Palladino
4th Edition




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,Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Biotechnology Century and Its Workforce 1
Chapter 2 An Introduction to Genes and Genomes 6
Chapter 3 Recombinant DNA Technology and Genomics 15
Chapter 4 Proteins as Products 26
Chapter 5 Microbial Biotechnology 33
Chapter 6 Plant Biotechnology 42
Chapter 7 Animal Biotechnology 47
Chapter 8 DNA Fingerprinting and Forensic Analysis 53
Chapter 9 Bioremediation 59
Chapter 10 Aquatic Biotechnology 65
Chapter 11 Medical Biotechnology 71
Chapter 12 Biotechnology Regulations 80
Chapter 13 Ethics and Biotechnology 86




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Introduction to Biotechnology, 4e (Thieman)
Chapter 1 The Biotechnology Century and Its Workforce

1) Scientists at the biotechnology company Genentech created the first recombinant DNA
product for use in humans. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1982, this product
was ________.
A) a gene chip
B) chymosin
C) insulin
D) human growth hormone
E) erythropoietin
Answer: C
Section: 1.1 What Is Biotechnology and What Does It Mean to You?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding

2) Which area of biotechnology primarily involves using living organisms to process, degrade,
and clean up environmental pollution?
A) Genomics
B) Bioinformatics
C) Bioremediation
D) Marine biotechnology
E) Agricultural biotechnology
Answer: C
Section: 1.2 Types of Biotechnology
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding

3) The use of computer science to analyze biological data, such as DNA sequence comparison
data, is known as ________.
A) genomics
B) bioinformatics
C) bioremediation
D) nanotechnology
E) recombinant DNA technology
Answer: B
Section: 1.4 The Biotechnology Workforce
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding

4) Studying the entire complement of DNA in an organism's cells is known as ________.
A) genomics
B) bioinformatics
C) bioremediation
D) nanotechnology
E) recombinant DNA technology
Answer: A
Section: 1.1 What Is Biotechnology and What Does It Mean to You?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding



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5) Combining DNA from different sources is an example of ________.
A) genomics
B) bioinformatics
C) bioremediation
D) nanotechnology
E) recombinant DNA technology
Answer: E
Section: 1.2 Types of Biotechnology
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding

6) ________ is customized medicine based on a person's genetics.
A) Genomics
B) Bioinformatics
C) Bioremediation
D) Pharmacogenomics
E) Recombinant DNA technology
Answer: D
Section: 1.3 What Will the New Biotechnology Century Look Like? An Example from Medical
Biotechnology
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding

7) ________ involves farm-raising finfish, shellfish, algae, and other aquatic organisms.
A) Biopharming
B) Aquaculture
C) Pharmacogenomics
D) Bioremediation
E) Transgenic technology
Answer: B
Section: 1.2 Types of Biotechnology
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding

8) ________ is the use of normal genes or the replacement of diseased genes for treating human
genetic disorders.
A) Genetics
B) Genomics
C) Pharmacogenomics
D) Gene therapy
E) Recombinant DNA technology
Answer: D
Section: 1.1 What Is Biotechnology and What Does It Mean to You?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding




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