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Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 10th Edition by William S Klug, MichaelCummings, 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) 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
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
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
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Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 10th Edition by William S Klug, MichaelCummings, 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) 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
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
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
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