Biotechnology Quiz

Which of the following are ways that Biotechnology can be used?

• Diagnosis of disease

• Gene therapy

• Production of pharmaceuticals (medicine)

• DNA profiling

• Agriculture - creating GMOS (Genetically modified organisms)

Reorder the following

• Put into bacterial plasmid

• Cut out gene you want

• Bacteria will make the protein

• Put plasmid into bacteria

Who is the father of this child? (hint: The baby received half of its DNA sequence from the mom and the other half cam from dad).

• Male # 1

• Male # 2

• Male # 3

• Non e of these

A method used to rapidly make billions of copies of a specific DNA sample is ______ _______ __________

What is this technique an example of?

• chromatography

• gel electrophoresis

• genetic engineering

What is the process where an organism's genotype is changed using biotechnology tools or techniques?

• DNA replication

• Genetic engineering

• Cell division
• Protein synthesis

What does transgenic mean?

• An organism that can change its genes at will

• A stem cell that can differentiate into anything

• An organism that has had another species' DNA put in it

• A bacteria that reproduces asexually

What is the purpose of PCR?

• To produce millions of copies of DNA.
• To produce millions of copies of a specific region of DNA
• To add nucleotides to a DNA sequence
• To watch polymerase work.

What is the function of a primer?

• To identify the particular region of DNA to be copied by PCR.
• To copy DNA.
• To create DNA nucleotides.
• To maintain the temperature of the PCR reaction.

Which of the following best describes a plasmid? 

• A section of DNA

• Circular DNA found in bacteria

• DNA that has genes from different organisms

• A bundle of DNA