Introduction to Biotechnology – 4th Edition by Thieman & Palladino | Test Bank with Answers | ISBN 9780135186015

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INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY
4TH EDITION

CHAPTER NO. 01: THE BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTURY AND ITS WORKFORCE

1) Scientists at the biotechnology company Genentech created the first recombinant DNA
product for use in humans. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1982, this product
was ________.
A) a gene chip
B) chymosin
C) insulin
D) human growth hormone
E) erythropoietin
Answer: C
Section: 1.1 What Is Biotechnology and What Does It Mean to You?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


2) Which area of biotechnology primarily involves using living organisms to process, degrade,
and clean up environmental pollution?
A) Genomics
B) Bioinformatics
C) Bioremediation
D) Marine biotechnology
E) Agricultural biotechnology
Answer: C
Section: 1.2 Types of Biotechnology
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


3) The use of computer science to analyze biological data, such as DNA sequence comparison
data, is known as ________.
A) genomics
B) bioinformatics
C) bioremediation

,D) nanotechnology
E) recombinant DNA technology
Answer: B
Section: 1.4 The Biotechnology Workforce
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


4) Studying the entire complement of DNA in an organism's cells is known as ________.
A) genomics
B) bioinformatics
C) bioremediation
D) nanotechnology
E) recombinant DNA technology
Answer: A
Section: 1.1 What Is Biotechnology and What Does It Mean to You?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


5) Combining DNA from different sources is an example of ________.
A) genomics
B) bioinformatics
C) bioremediation
D) nanotechnology
E) recombinant DNA technology
Answer: E
Section: 1.2 Types of Biotechnology
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


6) ________ is customized medicine based on a person's genetics.
A) Genomics
B) Bioinformatics
C) Bioremediation
D) Pharmacogenomics
E) Recombinant DNA technology
Answer: D
Section: 1.3 What Will the New Biotechnology Century Look Like? An Example from Medical

,Biotechnology
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


7) ________ involves farm-raising finfish, shellfish, algae, and other aquatic organisms.
A) Biopharming
B) Aquaculture
C) Pharmacogenomics
D) Bioremediation
E) Transgenic technology
Answer: B
Section: 1.2 Types of Biotechnology
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


8) ________ is the use of normal genes or the replacement of diseased genes for treating human
genetic disorders.
A) Genetics
B) Genomics
C) Pharmacogenomics
D) Gene therapy
E) Recombinant DNA technology
Answer: D
Section: 1.1 What Is Biotechnology and What Does It Mean to You?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


9) Selective breeding involves ________.
A) genetic engineering of animals and plants to improve growth characteristics
B) mating organisms with desirable characteristics
C) the use of fermentation to produce biotechnology products
D) combining sperm and egg cells from different species to produce hybrid organisms
E) none of these choices
Answer: B
Section: 1.1 What Is Biotechnology and What Does It Mean to You?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding

, 10) ________ is the use of living organisms or their products to clean up the environment,
improve human health, and provide more nutritious and disease-free food.
A) Bioremediation
B) Biotechnology
C) Genetic engineering
D) Biodegradation
E) Bioprocessing
Answer: B
Section: 1.1 What Is Biotechnology and What Does It Mean to You?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


11) Subtle differences in DNA sequences that vary from person to person are called ________.
A) genomics
B) chromosomes
C) DNA microarrays
D) pharmacogenomics
E) single-nucleotide polymorphisms
Answer: E
Section: 1.3 What Will the New Biotechnology Century Look Like? An Example from Medical
Biotechnology
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding


12) Explain at least two differences between a traditional pharmaceutical product and a
biotechnology product.
Answer: A traditional pharmaceutical product is typically a small molecule synthesized by
chemists and made into a pill form, which can be orally administered to a patient.
A biotechnology product is usually a large molecule that cannot be synthesized or taken orally. It
must be produced in a cell line, purified from the cell line, and ultimately formulated to be
administered to a patient by injection.
Section: 1.1 What Is Biotechnology and What Does It Mean to You?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing