This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Biology Chapter 11 Biotechnology Principles And Processes – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 11 Biotechnology Principles And Processes Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which branch of biotechnology deals with the modification of the genetic material of an organism? A) Environmental engineering. B) Genetic engineering. C) Biomedical engineering. D) Chemical engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic engineering. 2. Which of the following is when an organism is bred for desired traits? A) Cloning. B) Artificial Selection. C) Genetic Engineering. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artificial Selection. 3. What is the primary focus of Food Biotechnology? A) Improving food taste. B) Reducing food prices. C) Increasing food waste. D) Enhancing food production and quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enhancing food production and quality. 4. Multiple Choice Questions (1-25)-The source of Taq polymerase is: A) Thermus aquaticus. B) E. coli. C) Agrobacterium. D) Streptococcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermus aquaticus. 5. Single stranded overhanging stretches of DNA are called A) Plasmids. B) Palindromes. C) Sticky ends. D) Ligases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sticky ends. 6. How does biotechnology most likely affect North Carolina's population? A) Jobs are created and attract more people to the area. B) Research advancement causes people in need of medicines to move to the area. C) People are not concerned with biotechnology so the overall population is not impacted. D) People are not concerned with biotechnology so the overall population is not impacted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jobs are created and attract more people to the area. 7. Which of the following is not an example of traditional biotechnology? A) Domesticating organisms. B) Selective breeding. C) Fermentation. D) Cloning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cloning. 8. If your new job was to repair and maintain all equipment in a hospital you would be working as a ..... A) Scientist. B) Biomedical technician. C) Quality control officer. D) Processing Technician. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomedical technician. 9. The DNA fragments have sticky ends due to A) Endonuclease. B) Unpaired bases. C) Calcium ions. D) Free methylation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unpaired bases. 10. An organism produced by copying genes from a species with a desirable trait and inserting them into another species (GMO) A) Gene therapy. B) Genetic modification. C) Transgenic organism. D) Genetically modified organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetically modified organism. 11. What is a benefit of biotechnology in agriculture? A) Improving solar energy collection. B) Creating GPS guided farm equipment. C) Creating crops/foods that are disease and pest resistant. D) Repairing soil quality with new equipment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creating crops/foods that are disease and pest resistant. 12. Wes graduated with a degree in biotechnology. For which job is he best qualified? A) Financial manager. B) Automobile mechanic. C) Laboratory researcher. D) Mathematics teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laboratory researcher. 13. Which of the following best describes the process of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in biotechnology? A) Amplifying specific DNA sequences. B) Sequencing entire genomes. C) Transcribing RNA into DNA. D) Transforming cells with new genetic material. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amplifying specific DNA sequences. 14. Studying biotechnology is most likely to be useful for which career? A) Computer scienctist. B) Nuclear physicist. C) Agricultural researcher. D) Archaeologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural researcher. 15. Cry proteins are toxic to: A) Only certain insects. B) All insects. C) Humans. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only certain insects. 16. A protein that binds to the operator and blocks the RNA polymerase A) Inducer. B) Repressor. C) Activator. D) Corepressor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repressor. 17. Dalam bioteknologi telah dikembangkan suatu teknik reproduksi hewan dengan cara menggabungkan inti sel somatis dengan sel telur yang telah dihilangkan intinya, yaitu A) Kloning. B) Kultur jaringan. C) Hibridoma. D) Rekayasa genetika. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kloning. 18. What is a product of biotechnology? A) Transgenic crop (GM crop). B) Humulin. C) Biofertilizer. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 19. What type of job would a person who studied biotechnology in college be likely to have? A) A job making medicines. B) A job studying stars. C) A job studying the physical features on Earth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A job making medicines. 20. Which term, refers to inserting a gene from an unrelated organism into the DNA sequence of a new organism? A) Transgenics. B) Selective breeding. C) DNA sequencing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transgenics. 21. Which is most likely to be a risk of biotechnology? A) Producing livestock with desired characteristics. B) Causing allergic reactions to foreign genes in food. C) Creating new varieties of disease-resistant plants. D) Manufacturing human insulin and other medicines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causing allergic reactions to foreign genes in food. 22. Scientists have produced a genetically modified orange tree that is resistant to disease. Which of the following is the best example of a potential benefit to society that could result from this biotechnology? A) Reduction in orange crops produced. B) Increase in orange crops produced. C) Increase in the cost of orange crop. D) A change in the distribution of insects that pollinate orange flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase in orange crops produced. 23. Breeding organisms for certain characteristics is called A) Inbreeding. B) Selective breeding. C) Pure breed. D) DNA copy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selective breeding. 24. Which is an example of a simplest vector (in terms of size)? A) 2 micron circle. B) Bacteriophage. C) Plasmid. D) YAC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plasmid. 25. Which of the following is not used in polymerase chain reaction? A) Taq polymerase. B) DNTPs. C) Primers. D) Ca$^{2+}$. 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