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Review Genetics Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which pair are homozygous dominant?

a)

dd

b)

Ee

c)

MM

d)

Hh

2.

Which pair are heterozygous?

a)

dd

b)

Ee

c)

MM

d)

HH

3.

What is the term for the alleles for a trait that are always exhibited if they are present in the organism's genes?

a)

zygote

b)

trait

c)

recessive

d)

dominant

4.

What is the term for alleles for a trait that are only exhibited if an organism inherits two of them (aa)?

a)

dominant

b)

recessive

c)

zygote

d)

meiosis

5.

The different forms of a gene are called

a)

Nucleus

b)

pollination

c)

alleles

d)

purebred

6.

A heterozygous tall pea plant (Tt) is crossed with a short plant (tt). The probability that an F1 plant will be tall is?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

7.

Suzette owns a litter of rabbits. There are three black rabbits and one white rabbit. Black coat color (B) is dominant to white coat color (b). What most likely are the genotypes of the parents?

a)

Both parents are heterozygous (Bb)

b)

One parent is homozygous dominant (BB) and the other is homozygous recessive (bb)

c)

Both parents are homozygous recessive (bb)

d)

One parent is heterozygous (Bb) and the other is homozygous dominant (BB)

8.
A heterozygous long-tusked elephant is crossed with a homozygous recessive short-tusked elephant. What is the probability of the offspring having short tusks?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
9.

Which of the following are genotypes for blood type B?

a)

IA IA and IA IB

b)

IB IB and ii

c)

IB IB and IB i

d)

IA IB and IA IB

10.

Punnett Square: A man is homozygous for the B allele, and a woman is type O. What are ALL the possible blood types of their baby?

a)

IᴮIᴮ

b)

ii

c)

IᴬIᴬ

d)

Iᴮi

11.

If two parents have type AB blood, what is the probability that their child will have type O blood?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

12.
How many generations are shown in this pedigree?
a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

13.

The woman who is colorblind marries a man with normal vision. What is the probability that their sons will be colorblind?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

14.

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X R X r ?

a)

male with white eyes

b)

female with red eyes

c)

male with red eyes

d)

female with white eyes

15.
What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together? 
a)
Incomplete Dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
c)
Mendelian Inheritance
d)
Homozygous Inheritance
16.
A plant shows incomplete dominance in size. A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a medium plant (TS). What fraction of plants will also be tall?
a)
100 %
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
17.
Which of the following genotypes belongs in the red box in the Punnett square?
a)

XBXb

b)

XbXb

c)

XbY

d)

XBY

18.

If a father is Homozygous Type A and a mother is AB, what is the probability for a child with AB blood? 

a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
19.

How many offspring did Walter and Suzanne have?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

7

d)

5

20.

Human height occurs in a continuous range because it is affected by the interaction of several genes, making it a

a)

autosomal trait.

b)

sex-linked trait.

c)

polygenic trait.

d)

codominant trait.