BIOTECHNOLOGY 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Bioremediation often requires the gain or loss of electrons as a mechanism to assist
the process. Ganin of electrons is known as ______ - ✔✔reduction
✔✔Aerobic degradation (pumping air or hydrogen peroxide into the contaminated site)
is also known as_____ - ✔✔bioventing
✔✔Which of the following is an example of solid phase bioremediation - ✔✔composting
✔✔Spreading contaminated soil on a pad so that water and other compounds can leak
out of the soil is known as ______ - ✔✔landfarming
✔✔Known for their great strength and adhesive properties, components of byssal fibers
produced by _____ are being studied for a variety of applications from medical sutures
to adhesives - ✔✔Mytilus edulis
✔✔Polyploid organsisms_____ - ✔✔have extra complete sets of chromosomes
✔✔The gene for green fluorescent protein (GFP), a commonly used reporter gene, was
cloned from______ - ✔✔Aequorea iictoria
✔✔Growing aquatic plants and finfish species together with shared water resources is
an example of_______ - ✔✔polyculture
✔✔Known as the "cell from cell," what toxin-producing dinoflagellate is responsible for
significant fish kills in the mid-Atlantic region - ✔✔pfiesteria piscicida
✔✔Which of the following is a pigment used to alter the color of salmon? -
✔✔astaxanthin
✔✔Transgenic salmon engineered to grow faster than nontransgenic strains contain
extra copies of the ____ gene - ✔✔GH
✔✔Marine cone snails, Conus magus, are the source of _____ - ✔✔prialt, a peptide
used as a pain reliever
✔✔Limulus polyhemus are the source of____ - ✔✔cells for the LAL test used to detect
bacterial contamination of surgical tools
✔✔Marine_____ is/are a primary source of agar and agarose used in laboratories for
making culture medians and gels - ✔✔kelp
, ✔✔Which of the following statements is incorrect about triploid species? - ✔✔triploid
species have an extra copy of one chromosome
✔✔____ is the farming of a variety of shellfish, crustaceans, finfish, and algae -
✔✔aquaculture
✔✔Comparing DNA or RNA samples from two different organisms to identify
differences in gene expression is known as______ - ✔✔differential display PCR
✔✔The gene that can detect the expression of another gene is called a/an - ✔✔reporter
gene
✔✔A drug that can create polyploids is known as _____ - ✔✔colchicine
✔✔An aquaculture product that is used as a thickening agent and gives foods an
improved texture is called_____ - ✔✔carrageenan
✔✔An aquaculture product that is protease used in tissue culturing is known as _____ -
✔✔collagenase
✔✔The attachment of organisms to surface (such as pipes and walls) is known as____
- ✔✔biofilming
✔✔Endotoxins must be eliminated from biomanufactured products because they______
- ✔✔cause pain, fever, and more severe symptoms in humans
✔✔Osama Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Tsien won the Nobel Prize for
Chemistry for their discovery and development of ______ - ✔✔GFP
✔✔Which of the following is an example of in vivo gene therapy? - ✔✔using
retroviruses to deliver therapeutic genes directly into a patient
✔✔_____ is the use of genes for treating human genetic disorders. - ✔✔gene therapy
✔✔What types of cells fuse together to for hybridomas for making monoclonal
antibodies - ✔✔myeloma cells and B cells
✔✔Proteins that are produced in a disease tissue and can act as a means of tracking a
diseases progression (such as PSA in prostate cancer) is known as_____ - ✔✔a
biomarker
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Bioremediation often requires the gain or loss of electrons as a mechanism to assist
the process. Ganin of electrons is known as ______ - ✔✔reduction
✔✔Aerobic degradation (pumping air or hydrogen peroxide into the contaminated site)
is also known as_____ - ✔✔bioventing
✔✔Which of the following is an example of solid phase bioremediation - ✔✔composting
✔✔Spreading contaminated soil on a pad so that water and other compounds can leak
out of the soil is known as ______ - ✔✔landfarming
✔✔Known for their great strength and adhesive properties, components of byssal fibers
produced by _____ are being studied for a variety of applications from medical sutures
to adhesives - ✔✔Mytilus edulis
✔✔Polyploid organsisms_____ - ✔✔have extra complete sets of chromosomes
✔✔The gene for green fluorescent protein (GFP), a commonly used reporter gene, was
cloned from______ - ✔✔Aequorea iictoria
✔✔Growing aquatic plants and finfish species together with shared water resources is
an example of_______ - ✔✔polyculture
✔✔Known as the "cell from cell," what toxin-producing dinoflagellate is responsible for
significant fish kills in the mid-Atlantic region - ✔✔pfiesteria piscicida
✔✔Which of the following is a pigment used to alter the color of salmon? -
✔✔astaxanthin
✔✔Transgenic salmon engineered to grow faster than nontransgenic strains contain
extra copies of the ____ gene - ✔✔GH
✔✔Marine cone snails, Conus magus, are the source of _____ - ✔✔prialt, a peptide
used as a pain reliever
✔✔Limulus polyhemus are the source of____ - ✔✔cells for the LAL test used to detect
bacterial contamination of surgical tools
✔✔Marine_____ is/are a primary source of agar and agarose used in laboratories for
making culture medians and gels - ✔✔kelp
, ✔✔Which of the following statements is incorrect about triploid species? - ✔✔triploid
species have an extra copy of one chromosome
✔✔____ is the farming of a variety of shellfish, crustaceans, finfish, and algae -
✔✔aquaculture
✔✔Comparing DNA or RNA samples from two different organisms to identify
differences in gene expression is known as______ - ✔✔differential display PCR
✔✔The gene that can detect the expression of another gene is called a/an - ✔✔reporter
gene
✔✔A drug that can create polyploids is known as _____ - ✔✔colchicine
✔✔An aquaculture product that is used as a thickening agent and gives foods an
improved texture is called_____ - ✔✔carrageenan
✔✔An aquaculture product that is protease used in tissue culturing is known as _____ -
✔✔collagenase
✔✔The attachment of organisms to surface (such as pipes and walls) is known as____
- ✔✔biofilming
✔✔Endotoxins must be eliminated from biomanufactured products because they______
- ✔✔cause pain, fever, and more severe symptoms in humans
✔✔Osama Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Tsien won the Nobel Prize for
Chemistry for their discovery and development of ______ - ✔✔GFP
✔✔Which of the following is an example of in vivo gene therapy? - ✔✔using
retroviruses to deliver therapeutic genes directly into a patient
✔✔_____ is the use of genes for treating human genetic disorders. - ✔✔gene therapy
✔✔What types of cells fuse together to for hybridomas for making monoclonal
antibodies - ✔✔myeloma cells and B cells
✔✔Proteins that are produced in a disease tissue and can act as a means of tracking a
diseases progression (such as PSA in prostate cancer) is known as_____ - ✔✔a
biomarker
