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Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 10th Edition by
William S Klug, Michael Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer
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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
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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) epigenesis 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
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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
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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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
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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
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C) Hugo de Vries
D) Erich Tschermak Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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
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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
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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
13) What is a simple definition of an allele? Answer: An allele is an alternative form of a gene.
Section: 1.2
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Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 10th Edition by
William S Klug, Michael Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer
A+
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
primedocs
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) epigenesis 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
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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
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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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
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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
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C) Hugo de Vries
D) Erich Tschermak Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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
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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
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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
13) What is a simple definition of an allele? Answer: An allele is an alternative form of a gene.
Section: 1.2
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