TEST BANK
ESSENTIALS OF GENETICS
1
,Table Of Contents
1. Introduction To Genetics
2. Mitosis And Meiosis
3. Mendelian Genetics
4. Modification Of Mendelian Ratios
5. Sex Determination And Sex Chromosomes
6. Chromosome Mutations: Variation In Number And Arrangement
7. Linkage And Chromosome Mapping In Eukaryotes
8. Genetic Analysis And Mapping In Bacteria And Bacteriophages
9. DNA Structure And Analysis
10. DNA Replication
11. Chromosome Structure And DNA Sequence Organization
12. The Genetic Code And Transcription
13. Translation And Proteins
14. Gene Mutation, DNA Repair, And Transposition
15. Regulation Of Gene Expression In Bacteria
16. Regulation Of Gene Expression In Eukaryotes
17. Recombinant DNA Technology
18. Genomics, Bioinformatics, And Proteomics
19. The Genetics Of Cancer
20. Quantitative Genetics And Multifactorial Traits
21. Population And Evolutionary Genetics
Special Topics In Modern Genetics
Epigenetics
Genetic Testing
Gene Therapy Advances In Neurogenetics: The Study Of Huntington Disease
DNA Forensics
Genetically Modified Foods
Genomics And Precision Medicine
2
,Test Bank For Essentials Of Genetics, 10th Edition By William S Klug,
Michael Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer
Essentials Of Genetics, 10th Edition (Klug)
Chapter 1 Introduction To Genetics
1) The CRISPR-Cas System Potentially Represents One Of The Most Power Techniques In
Genetics As A Result Of Its Role In Associated With Specific Human Disorders.
A) Identifying Genes
B) Editing Genes
C) Producing New Genes
D) Regulating Genes
E) Transmitting
Genes Answer: B
Section: Introduction
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
2) In The 1600s, William Harvey Studied Reproduction And Development. What Is The Term
Given To His Theory Which States That An Organism Develops From The Fertilized Egg By
A Succession Of Developmental Events That Lead To An Adult?
A) Preformation
B) Spontaneous Generation
C) Cell Theory
D) Transduction
E) Epigenesi
s Answer: E
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
3) What Is The Term Given To The Theory Which States That The Gamete Contains A
Complete Miniature Adult?
A) Preformation
B) Transduction
C) Transformation
D) Conjugation
E) Cell
Theory
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
4) What Is The Term Given To The Theory Which Put Forth The Idea That Living Organisms
Could Arise By Incubating Nonliving Components?
A) Spontaneous Generation
B) Natural Selection
C) Evolution
D) Preformation
E) Collective
Combination Answer: A
Section: 1.1
3
,Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
4
,5) Schleiden And Schwann Proposed The Cell Theory Which States That .
A) Cells Contain Genetic Information In Their Nucleus
B) Cells Move From The Various Parts Of The Body To The Reproductive Organs To Produce
Offspring
C) Cells Are Derived From Preexisting Cells
D) Cells Propagate Via Asexual Reproduction
E) Cells Represent The Basic Units Of
Heredity Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
6) Who, Along With Alfred Wallace, Formulated The Theory Of Natural Selection?
A) Gregor Mendel
B) William Harvey
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Charles Darwin
E) James Watson
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
7) Which Of The Following Is An Example Of Natural Selection?
A) A Bird's Beak Is Able To Effectively Crack The Seeds It Encounters
B) Dog Breeding By Humans
C) Depending On The Food A Turtle Eats, Its Shell May Grow Faster Or Slower
D) Sometime During Human's Life They Break A Bone
E) Bacteria Can Be Effectively Killed By Treatment With
Bleach Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Evaluating/Creating
8) Which Of The Following Botanists Was Not Involved With Bringing Mendel's Work To
Light In The 1900s?
A) Carl Correns
B) Carl Linnaeus
C) Hugo De Vries
D) Erich Tschermak
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
5
,9) Who Was The Augustinian Monk That Conducted A Decade Of Experiments On The
Garden Pea, Eventually Showing That Traits Are Passed From Parents To Offspring In
Predictable Ways?
A) Francis Crick
B) Alfred Wallace
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) Gregor Mendel
Answer: E
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
10) In Many Species, There Are Two Representatives Of Each Chromosome. In Such Species,
The Characteristic Number Of Chromosomes Is Called The Number. It Is Usually
Symbolized As .
A) Haploid; N
B) Haploid; 2n
C) Diploid; 2n
D) Diploid; N
E) Polyploid;
N Answer: C
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
11) Genetics Is Defined As The Branch Of Biology Associated With .
A) Heredity And Variation
B) Mutation And Recession
C) Transcription And Translation
D) Diploid And Haploid
E) Replication And
Recombination Answer: A
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
12) Early In The Twentieth Century, Walter Sutton And Theodor Boveri Noted That The
Behavior Of Chromosomes During Meiosis Is Identical To The Behavior Of Genes During
Gamete Formation. They Proposed That Genes Are Carried On Chromosomes, Which Led To
The Basis .
A) Of The Germ-Plasm Theory
B) Of The Chromosome Theory Of Inheritance
C) Of The Law Of Independent Assortment
D) For The Determination Of DNA As Genetic Material
E) Of Predicting Patterns Of
Inheritance Answer: B
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
6
,13) What Is A Simple Definition Of An Allele?
Answer: An Allele Is An Alternative Form Of A
Gene. Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
14) The Observable Feature Of An Organism Is Referred To As A .
A) Genotype
B) Phenotype
C) Prototype
D) Karyotype
E) Bryophyt
e Answer:
B Section:
1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
15) Until The Mid-1940s, Many Scientists Considered Proteins To Be The Likely Candidates
For The Genetic Material. Which Of The Following Characteristics Led Scientists To Believe
DNA Was NOT The Genetic Material?
A) DNA Is More Stable Than Protein.
B) DNA Is Less Abundant Than Protein.
C) DNA Has Less Variation Than Protein.
D) Protein Can Fold Into May Shapes.
E) DNA Is Less Abundant Than Protein And DNA Has Less Variation Than
Protein. Answer: E
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
16) Which Of The Following Is An Example Of Heredity?
A) A Man Has Low Blood Pressure Due To Medications.
B) Both Moths And Birds Have Wings And Can Fly.
C) Dalmation Dogs All Have Spots.
D) Whales And Fish Both Swim.
E) Flies And Molluscs Both Have
Eyes. Answer: C
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Evaluating/Creating
17) Which Is Not A Component Of DNA?
A) Mrna
B) Deoxyribose Sugar
C) Nitrogenous Base
D) Phosphate
Answer: A
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
7
,18) Distinguish The Functions Of DNA And RNA In A Eukaryote.
Answer: DNA Is Responsible For The Storage And Replication Of Genetic Information; RNA
Is Involved In The Expression Of Stored Genetic Information.
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
19) Genetic Information Contained In DNA That Encodes For An Amino Acid Is Referred To As A(N)
.
A) Allele
B) Trait
C) Nucleotide
D) Codon
E) Genotype
Answer: D
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
20) Which Of The Following Processes Describes The Formation Of A Complementary
RNA Molecule?
A) Replication
B) Transcription
C) Translation
D) Mutation
E) Mosaicis
m Answer:
B Section:
1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
21) Reference Is Often Made To Adapter Molecules When Describing Protein Synthesis In That
They Allow Amino Acids To Associate With Nucleic Acids. To What Class Of Molecules
Does This Term Refer?
A) DNA
B) Protein
C) Mrna
D) Amino Acids
E) Trna
Answer: E
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
8
,22) If A Scientist Changed A Cell's Ionic Composition And Complementarity Between DNA
Strands Could No Longer Occur, What Would The Scientist First Detect?
A) DNA Becomes Single Stranded
B) DNA Strands Become Shorter
C) RNA Would Start Binding To DNA
D) Ribosomes Would Move Into The Nucleus
E) Cell Membranes Would Become Less
Permeable Answer: A
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Evaluating/Creating
23) Sickle-Cell Anemia, Which Is Associated With Blockage Of Blood Flow In Capillaries
And Small Blood Vessels, Causing Severe Pain And Damage To The Heart, Brain, Muscles,
And Kidneys Is The Result Of .
A) A Large Chromosome Deletion
B) A Small Chromosome Deletion
C) A Change In A Single Nucleotide
D) An Environmental Pathogen
E) A Hormonal
Variation Answer: C
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
24) Which Of The Following Contains All The Others?
A) Double Helix
B) Nucleotide
C) Hydrogen Bond
D) DNA Strand
E) Sugar
Answer: A
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
25) Once A Protein Is Made, Its Biochemical Or Structural Properties Play A Role In Producing
.
A) Genotype
B) Phenotype
C) Mutant
D) Chromosome
E) DNA
Answer: B
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
9
,26) A Primary Discovery To Generate Recombinant DNA Molecules Was The Use Of .
A) Spliceosomes
B) Restriction Enzymes
C) Microscopes
D) Bioinformatics
E) X-Ray
Diffraction
Answer: B
Section: 1.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
27) A Is An Organism Produced By Biotechnology That Involves The
Transfer Of Hereditary Traits Across Species.
A) Transgenic Organism
B) Mutant
C) Clone
D) Vector
E) Frankenfoo
d Answer: A
Section: 1.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
28) The Study Of The Structure, Function, And Evolution Of Genes And Genomes Is Referred To As
.
A) Genomics
B) Proteomics
C) Bioinformatics
D) Genetics
E) Cell
Theory
Answer: A
Section: 1.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
29) Is A Discipline Involved In The Development Of Both Hardware And
Software For Processing, Storing, And Retrieving Nucleotide And Protein Data.
A) Bioinformatics
B) Genomics
C) Recombinant DNA Technology
D) Cloning
E) Proteomics
Answer: A
Section: 1.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
1
Copyright © 2021 0
ESSENTIALS OF GENETICS
1
,Table Of Contents
1. Introduction To Genetics
2. Mitosis And Meiosis
3. Mendelian Genetics
4. Modification Of Mendelian Ratios
5. Sex Determination And Sex Chromosomes
6. Chromosome Mutations: Variation In Number And Arrangement
7. Linkage And Chromosome Mapping In Eukaryotes
8. Genetic Analysis And Mapping In Bacteria And Bacteriophages
9. DNA Structure And Analysis
10. DNA Replication
11. Chromosome Structure And DNA Sequence Organization
12. The Genetic Code And Transcription
13. Translation And Proteins
14. Gene Mutation, DNA Repair, And Transposition
15. Regulation Of Gene Expression In Bacteria
16. Regulation Of Gene Expression In Eukaryotes
17. Recombinant DNA Technology
18. Genomics, Bioinformatics, And Proteomics
19. The Genetics Of Cancer
20. Quantitative Genetics And Multifactorial Traits
21. Population And Evolutionary Genetics
Special Topics In Modern Genetics
Epigenetics
Genetic Testing
Gene Therapy Advances In Neurogenetics: The Study Of Huntington Disease
DNA Forensics
Genetically Modified Foods
Genomics And Precision Medicine
2
,Test Bank For Essentials Of Genetics, 10th Edition By William S Klug,
Michael Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer
Essentials Of Genetics, 10th Edition (Klug)
Chapter 1 Introduction To Genetics
1) The CRISPR-Cas System Potentially Represents One Of The Most Power Techniques In
Genetics As A Result Of Its Role In Associated With Specific Human Disorders.
A) Identifying Genes
B) Editing Genes
C) Producing New Genes
D) Regulating Genes
E) Transmitting
Genes Answer: B
Section: Introduction
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
2) In The 1600s, William Harvey Studied Reproduction And Development. What Is The Term
Given To His Theory Which States That An Organism Develops From The Fertilized Egg By
A Succession Of Developmental Events That Lead To An Adult?
A) Preformation
B) Spontaneous Generation
C) Cell Theory
D) Transduction
E) Epigenesi
s Answer: E
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
3) What Is The Term Given To The Theory Which States That The Gamete Contains A
Complete Miniature Adult?
A) Preformation
B) Transduction
C) Transformation
D) Conjugation
E) Cell
Theory
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
4) What Is The Term Given To The Theory Which Put Forth The Idea That Living Organisms
Could Arise By Incubating Nonliving Components?
A) Spontaneous Generation
B) Natural Selection
C) Evolution
D) Preformation
E) Collective
Combination Answer: A
Section: 1.1
3
,Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
4
,5) Schleiden And Schwann Proposed The Cell Theory Which States That .
A) Cells Contain Genetic Information In Their Nucleus
B) Cells Move From The Various Parts Of The Body To The Reproductive Organs To Produce
Offspring
C) Cells Are Derived From Preexisting Cells
D) Cells Propagate Via Asexual Reproduction
E) Cells Represent The Basic Units Of
Heredity Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
6) Who, Along With Alfred Wallace, Formulated The Theory Of Natural Selection?
A) Gregor Mendel
B) William Harvey
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Charles Darwin
E) James Watson
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
7) Which Of The Following Is An Example Of Natural Selection?
A) A Bird's Beak Is Able To Effectively Crack The Seeds It Encounters
B) Dog Breeding By Humans
C) Depending On The Food A Turtle Eats, Its Shell May Grow Faster Or Slower
D) Sometime During Human's Life They Break A Bone
E) Bacteria Can Be Effectively Killed By Treatment With
Bleach Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Evaluating/Creating
8) Which Of The Following Botanists Was Not Involved With Bringing Mendel's Work To
Light In The 1900s?
A) Carl Correns
B) Carl Linnaeus
C) Hugo De Vries
D) Erich Tschermak
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
5
,9) Who Was The Augustinian Monk That Conducted A Decade Of Experiments On The
Garden Pea, Eventually Showing That Traits Are Passed From Parents To Offspring In
Predictable Ways?
A) Francis Crick
B) Alfred Wallace
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) Gregor Mendel
Answer: E
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
10) In Many Species, There Are Two Representatives Of Each Chromosome. In Such Species,
The Characteristic Number Of Chromosomes Is Called The Number. It Is Usually
Symbolized As .
A) Haploid; N
B) Haploid; 2n
C) Diploid; 2n
D) Diploid; N
E) Polyploid;
N Answer: C
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
11) Genetics Is Defined As The Branch Of Biology Associated With .
A) Heredity And Variation
B) Mutation And Recession
C) Transcription And Translation
D) Diploid And Haploid
E) Replication And
Recombination Answer: A
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
12) Early In The Twentieth Century, Walter Sutton And Theodor Boveri Noted That The
Behavior Of Chromosomes During Meiosis Is Identical To The Behavior Of Genes During
Gamete Formation. They Proposed That Genes Are Carried On Chromosomes, Which Led To
The Basis .
A) Of The Germ-Plasm Theory
B) Of The Chromosome Theory Of Inheritance
C) Of The Law Of Independent Assortment
D) For The Determination Of DNA As Genetic Material
E) Of Predicting Patterns Of
Inheritance Answer: B
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
6
,13) What Is A Simple Definition Of An Allele?
Answer: An Allele Is An Alternative Form Of A
Gene. Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
14) The Observable Feature Of An Organism Is Referred To As A .
A) Genotype
B) Phenotype
C) Prototype
D) Karyotype
E) Bryophyt
e Answer:
B Section:
1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
15) Until The Mid-1940s, Many Scientists Considered Proteins To Be The Likely Candidates
For The Genetic Material. Which Of The Following Characteristics Led Scientists To Believe
DNA Was NOT The Genetic Material?
A) DNA Is More Stable Than Protein.
B) DNA Is Less Abundant Than Protein.
C) DNA Has Less Variation Than Protein.
D) Protein Can Fold Into May Shapes.
E) DNA Is Less Abundant Than Protein And DNA Has Less Variation Than
Protein. Answer: E
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
16) Which Of The Following Is An Example Of Heredity?
A) A Man Has Low Blood Pressure Due To Medications.
B) Both Moths And Birds Have Wings And Can Fly.
C) Dalmation Dogs All Have Spots.
D) Whales And Fish Both Swim.
E) Flies And Molluscs Both Have
Eyes. Answer: C
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Evaluating/Creating
17) Which Is Not A Component Of DNA?
A) Mrna
B) Deoxyribose Sugar
C) Nitrogenous Base
D) Phosphate
Answer: A
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
7
,18) Distinguish The Functions Of DNA And RNA In A Eukaryote.
Answer: DNA Is Responsible For The Storage And Replication Of Genetic Information; RNA
Is Involved In The Expression Of Stored Genetic Information.
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
19) Genetic Information Contained In DNA That Encodes For An Amino Acid Is Referred To As A(N)
.
A) Allele
B) Trait
C) Nucleotide
D) Codon
E) Genotype
Answer: D
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
20) Which Of The Following Processes Describes The Formation Of A Complementary
RNA Molecule?
A) Replication
B) Transcription
C) Translation
D) Mutation
E) Mosaicis
m Answer:
B Section:
1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
21) Reference Is Often Made To Adapter Molecules When Describing Protein Synthesis In That
They Allow Amino Acids To Associate With Nucleic Acids. To What Class Of Molecules
Does This Term Refer?
A) DNA
B) Protein
C) Mrna
D) Amino Acids
E) Trna
Answer: E
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
8
,22) If A Scientist Changed A Cell's Ionic Composition And Complementarity Between DNA
Strands Could No Longer Occur, What Would The Scientist First Detect?
A) DNA Becomes Single Stranded
B) DNA Strands Become Shorter
C) RNA Would Start Binding To DNA
D) Ribosomes Would Move Into The Nucleus
E) Cell Membranes Would Become Less
Permeable Answer: A
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Evaluating/Creating
23) Sickle-Cell Anemia, Which Is Associated With Blockage Of Blood Flow In Capillaries
And Small Blood Vessels, Causing Severe Pain And Damage To The Heart, Brain, Muscles,
And Kidneys Is The Result Of .
A) A Large Chromosome Deletion
B) A Small Chromosome Deletion
C) A Change In A Single Nucleotide
D) An Environmental Pathogen
E) A Hormonal
Variation Answer: C
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
24) Which Of The Following Contains All The Others?
A) Double Helix
B) Nucleotide
C) Hydrogen Bond
D) DNA Strand
E) Sugar
Answer: A
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
25) Once A Protein Is Made, Its Biochemical Or Structural Properties Play A Role In Producing
.
A) Genotype
B) Phenotype
C) Mutant
D) Chromosome
E) DNA
Answer: B
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
9
,26) A Primary Discovery To Generate Recombinant DNA Molecules Was The Use Of .
A) Spliceosomes
B) Restriction Enzymes
C) Microscopes
D) Bioinformatics
E) X-Ray
Diffraction
Answer: B
Section: 1.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
27) A Is An Organism Produced By Biotechnology That Involves The
Transfer Of Hereditary Traits Across Species.
A) Transgenic Organism
B) Mutant
C) Clone
D) Vector
E) Frankenfoo
d Answer: A
Section: 1.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
28) The Study Of The Structure, Function, And Evolution Of Genes And Genomes Is Referred To As
.
A) Genomics
B) Proteomics
C) Bioinformatics
D) Genetics
E) Cell
Theory
Answer: A
Section: 1.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
29) Is A Discipline Involved In The Development Of Both Hardware And
Software For Processing, Storing, And Retrieving Nucleotide And Protein Data.
A) Bioinformatics
B) Genomics
C) Recombinant DNA Technology
D) Cloning
E) Proteomics
Answer: A
Section: 1.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
1
Copyright © 2021 0