2024 Mendelian Test Prep

How many alleles do you inherit from EACH parent for a specific trait?

• 1

• 2

A tool used to predict the probability of offspring inheriting certain traits is called a ...

• karyotype

• Punnett Square

Genotype: TT

• homozygous dominant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous dominant

Genotype: Aa

• homozygous dominant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous dominant

Cross 2 heterozygous tall pea plants. Tall (T) is dominant to short (t). What fraction of the offspring do you predict will be tall?

• 1/4

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 4/4

Which of the following is correct?

• Yy is homozygous dominant.

• YY is heterozygous.

• yy is homozygous recessive.

• YY is homozygous recessive.

Which of the following represents a heterozygous genotype?

• Aa

• AA

• aa

• Ab

A recessive trait would appear in the phenotype of which of these?

• BB

• bb

• Bb

• Bf

Another word for homozygous is...

• purebred
• hybrid
• heterozygous
• dominant

What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants