Human Genome Project Quiz

What was the primary goal of the Human Genome Project?

• To sequence the entire human genome

• To identify all proteins in the human body

• To study the genetic basis of cancer

• To create personalized medicine

In what year was the Human Genome Project officially completed?

• 1990

• 2000

• 2003

• 2010

Which of the following technologies was crucial to the success of the Human Genome Project?

• CRISPR-Cas9

• Sanger Sequencing

• Nanopore Sequencing

• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

How much of the human genome is considered protein-coding?

• 50%

• 2%

• 10%

• 25%

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Which project aimed to fill in the remaining gaps of the human genome after the Human Genome Project?

• HapMap Project

• ENCODE Project

• Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Project

• 1000 Genomes Project

The T2T consortium completed the first gapless sequence of which human chromosome?

• Chromosome 1

• Chromosome 7

• Chromosome X

• Chromosome Y

What percentage of the human genome remained unsequenced after the Human Genome Project?

• 5%

• 8%

• 10%

• 15%

What is the significance of 'telomeres' in the T2T project?

• They encode proteins

• They are non-coding regions found at the ends of chromosomes

• They regulate gene expression

• They code for ribosomal RNA

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Which of the following is a challenge that the T2T project overcame?

• Sequencing highly repetitive regions

• Finding disease-causing mutations

• Understanding protein structures

• Identifying regulatory elements

Beyond sequencing, what was one of the broader impacts of the Human Genome Project on medicine?

• Development of new antibiotics

• Personalized medicine

• Discovery of new viruses

• Creation of artificial organs