General Biology 2

1. Classical breeding is a traditional method of genetic engineering

• True

• False

2. Small size of a fruit is considered as an enhance trait in terms of greater food supply.

• True

• False

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3. Being pest resistance of a certain crop is an enhance trait

• True

• False

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4. Which of the following is a modified trait of a crop?

• pest resistance

• fortified with beta-carotene

• large-sized fruit

• all of the above

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5. Circular DNA of bacteria use as gene cloning vector

• Gene

• Plasmid

• Cosmid

• DNA strand

6. These enzymes are called molecular scissors which is essential in making internal cuts in a DNA molecule or vector at specific sites.

• Restriction enzymes

• Restriction proteins

7. What do we call the new molecule after the process of ligation wherein the vector plasmid joined with the gene of interest?

• Gene of interest

• Recombinant DNA

• Recombinant bacterium

8. Bacterial cells as host organisms may express the gene to make _________ products such as insulin and growth hormones

• protein

• lipid

• plant

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9. Which of the following describes recombinant DNA technology?

• Mating of organisms with desirable qualities

• Insertion of genes into cells that makes the cells into “factories” to make products

• Enhancing or disrupting the traits of a target organism either mating or molecular technique

10. Which of the following illustrates classical breeding?

• The use of bacteria in order to produce human insulin

• A farmer choose a breed of cow of greater milk production

• The insertion of cloned genes to plant cells