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HOSA Biotechnology Questions and
Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: Biotechnology, 🗹🗹: is the merging of technology and biology
Q: Biotechnology, 🗹🗹: use of modern molecular and microbial techniques to make
useful products or processes.
Q: PPE (personal protective equipment), 🗹🗹: a barrier between a person and
pathogens; includes gloves, gowns, masks, goggles, and face shields
Q: Biosafety levels, 🗹🗹: BSL-1
BSL-2
BSL-3
BSL-4
Q: Material Data Safety Sheet (MSDS), 🗹🗹: material safety data sheet; safety
information about products compiled by manufacturer.
Q: Genetic Engineering, 🗹🗹: Process of making changes in the DNA code of living
organisms. Process of manipulating genes.
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Q: Recombinant Proteins, 🗹🗹: Proteins that are formed from genes that are inserted
into cells that are different from the original cells that coded for and made the protein
New combinations of Proteins
Novel Proteins
Q: Chromatography, 🗹🗹: Process of separation
Q: Genomics, 🗹🗹: investigates the whole genome
Q: Proteomics, 🗹🗹: the study of sets of proteins and their properties
Q: Transcriptomics, 🗹🗹: study of RNA patterns / transcription
Q: Metabolomics, 🗹🗹: investigates metabolism
Q: Microbiomics, 🗹🗹: investigates microbiomes / microorganisms
Q: Enzymes, 🗹🗹: Biological tools that cut & reattach DNA
Q: spectrophotometer, 🗹🗹: An instrument that measures the proportions of light of
different wavelengths absorbed and transmitted
Q: PCR, 🗹🗹: (polymerase chain reaction) multiple copies of a specific segment of
DNA
Q: Microarray, 🗹🗹: a grid of DNA segments of known sequence that is used to test
and map DNA fragments, antibodies, or proteins.
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Q: transgenic animals, 🗹🗹: made by introducing genes from one species into the
genome of another animal
Q: Nanotechnology, 🗹🗹: the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller
than 100 nanometers
Q: Pharmacogenomics / Personalized Medicine, 🗹🗹: Use of DNA information to
choose medications and make prescribing decisions.
or
prescribing medications based on race, gender or family history.
Q: Pharming, 🗹🗹: Manufacturing drugs using animals
Q: Genetically Modified Crops / GM crops, 🗹🗹: food crops with pest-resistance,
herbicide-resistance, and extra nutritional contents.
Q: bioremediaton, 🗹🗹: use of organisms to convert hazardous waste into a less
hazardous form.
Q: Phytoremediation, 🗹🗹: A method employed to clean up a hazardous waste site
that uses plants to absorb and accumulate toxic materials
Q: DNA profiling, 🗹🗹: A procedure that analyzes DNA fragments to determine
whether they come from a specific individual.
Q: Biodefense, 🗹🗹: all the methods used to protect a population from exposure to
biological agents
Q: DNA barcode, 🗹🗹: short DNA sequences that can be used to tell how species are
related.
HOSA Biotechnology Questions and
Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: Biotechnology, 🗹🗹: is the merging of technology and biology
Q: Biotechnology, 🗹🗹: use of modern molecular and microbial techniques to make
useful products or processes.
Q: PPE (personal protective equipment), 🗹🗹: a barrier between a person and
pathogens; includes gloves, gowns, masks, goggles, and face shields
Q: Biosafety levels, 🗹🗹: BSL-1
BSL-2
BSL-3
BSL-4
Q: Material Data Safety Sheet (MSDS), 🗹🗹: material safety data sheet; safety
information about products compiled by manufacturer.
Q: Genetic Engineering, 🗹🗹: Process of making changes in the DNA code of living
organisms. Process of manipulating genes.
, Page | 2
Q: Recombinant Proteins, 🗹🗹: Proteins that are formed from genes that are inserted
into cells that are different from the original cells that coded for and made the protein
New combinations of Proteins
Novel Proteins
Q: Chromatography, 🗹🗹: Process of separation
Q: Genomics, 🗹🗹: investigates the whole genome
Q: Proteomics, 🗹🗹: the study of sets of proteins and their properties
Q: Transcriptomics, 🗹🗹: study of RNA patterns / transcription
Q: Metabolomics, 🗹🗹: investigates metabolism
Q: Microbiomics, 🗹🗹: investigates microbiomes / microorganisms
Q: Enzymes, 🗹🗹: Biological tools that cut & reattach DNA
Q: spectrophotometer, 🗹🗹: An instrument that measures the proportions of light of
different wavelengths absorbed and transmitted
Q: PCR, 🗹🗹: (polymerase chain reaction) multiple copies of a specific segment of
DNA
Q: Microarray, 🗹🗹: a grid of DNA segments of known sequence that is used to test
and map DNA fragments, antibodies, or proteins.
, Page | 3
Q: transgenic animals, 🗹🗹: made by introducing genes from one species into the
genome of another animal
Q: Nanotechnology, 🗹🗹: the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller
than 100 nanometers
Q: Pharmacogenomics / Personalized Medicine, 🗹🗹: Use of DNA information to
choose medications and make prescribing decisions.
or
prescribing medications based on race, gender or family history.
Q: Pharming, 🗹🗹: Manufacturing drugs using animals
Q: Genetically Modified Crops / GM crops, 🗹🗹: food crops with pest-resistance,
herbicide-resistance, and extra nutritional contents.
Q: bioremediaton, 🗹🗹: use of organisms to convert hazardous waste into a less
hazardous form.
Q: Phytoremediation, 🗹🗹: A method employed to clean up a hazardous waste site
that uses plants to absorb and accumulate toxic materials
Q: DNA profiling, 🗹🗹: A procedure that analyzes DNA fragments to determine
whether they come from a specific individual.
Q: Biodefense, 🗹🗹: all the methods used to protect a population from exposure to
biological agents
Q: DNA barcode, 🗹🗹: short DNA sequences that can be used to tell how species are
related.
