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Revision chapter 4 & 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Some people experience PTC paper on tongue as bitter, others as tasteless. This character is hereditary in nature. Suppose T stands for dominant gene of ability to taste and t for recessive gene, the genetic make up of a person who cannot taste is

a)

TT

b)

Tt

c)

tt

d)

None of these

2.

Genotype of dominant plant can be determined by

a)

pedigree analysis

b)

back cross

c)

test cross

d)

dihybrid cross

3.

After cross-fertilization of true-breeding tall and dwarf plants, the F1 generation was self-fertilized. The resultant plants have genotype in the ratio

a)

1:2:1 (homozygous tall : heterozygous tall : dwarf)

b)

1:2:1 (heterozygous tall : homozygous tall : dwarf)

c)

3:1 (tall : dwarf)

d)

3:1 (dwarf : tall)

4.

If both genotype and phenotype shows the same ratios of 1:2:1 in the F2 generation, it shows

a)

incomplete dominance in monohybrid cross

b)

complete dominance in monohybrid cross

c)

dihybrid cross

d)

co-dominance

5.

Test cross determines

a)

whether two traits are linked or not

b)

the genotype of F2 plant

c)

whether the two species will breed successfully or not

d)

number of alleles in a gene

6.

Lack of independent assortment of two genes is due to

a)

recombination

b)

crossing over

c)

linkage

d)

repulsion

7.

A man suffering from a hereditary disease married a healthy woman. They got 5 children, three girls and two boys. All the girls inherited their father’s disease. What is the type of the disease inheritance?

a)

Multiple allele

b)

Polygenes

c)

Codominance

d)

Sex-linked genes

8.

One of the parents is suspected of having phenylketonuria recessive gene. What is the risk of giving birth to a child with inborn phenylketonuria?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

9.

A couple has two children. One child has blood type A and the other has blood type O. What are all the possible blood types of the parents?

a)

Either both have type A or one has type A and other has type O or one has A and the other has type B

b)

There is only one possibility, both parents have type A blood

c)

There is only one possibility, both parents have type O blood

d)

There is only possibility, one parent has type A and the other has type O

10.

A man with haemophilia marries a woman who has normal haemoglobin and is not carrier? Which of the following is true?

a)

None of their children will have the disease nor will they be carriers

b)

All the boys will have the disease

c)

All the girls will have the disease

d)

All the girls will be carriers

11.

A woman with normal colour vision whose father was red-green blind, married a red green colour-blind man. Colour blind is X-linked genes disease. What is the probability of her first-born child being red green colour blind?

a)

1.0

b)

0.75

c)

0.50

d)

0.25

12.

In a population of cows at genetic equilibrium, 1500 cows have dominant grey coat, while the remaining 500 cows have recessive white coat. If all the white coat cows were sold and the remaining cows were left to breed randomly, what is the number of white coat cows in the next generation of 1000 cows?

a)

109

b)

250

c)

442

d)

500

13.
A population of 150 individuals has an allele frequency of 0.7 for the recessive allele.Use the Hardy-Weinberg equation to determine the homozygous dominant genoptype frequency.
a)
0.09
b)
0.42
c)
0.49
d)
0.21
14.
If 98 out of 200 individuals in a population express the recessive phenotype, what percent of the population would you predict would be heterozygous?
a)
70%
b)
30%
c)
42%
d)
49%
15.

Which of these factors that is the main cause of change in gene pool?

a)

mutation occur

b)

migration occur

c)

genetic drift occur

d)

the population size is small

16.

In a population of 250 rats, the recessive allele frequency of short fur is 0.25. What is the dominant allele frequency in the next generation if the population is considered to be in genetic equilibrium?

a)

0.25

b)

0.5

c)

0.3

d)

0.75

17.

In a population of 1000 dragonfly, 80% alleles are dominant. What is the frequency of recessive allele?

a)

0.8

b)

0.2

c)

20%

d)

80%

18.

Within a population of 500 butterflies, the color purple is dominant over the color white. 200 of the butterflies are white. What is the frequency of homozygous dominant individuals? Give your answer as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

a)

.40

b)

.36

c)

.16

d)

.60

19.
A population of frogs has 37 individuals who are brown in color and 194 individuals who express the dominant green color. What is the dominant allele frequency for this population?
a)
0.2
b)
0.4
c)
0.6
d)
0.8
20.
If a population has the following genotype frequencies: AA = 0.42, Aa = 0.46, and aa = 0.12, what are the allele frequencies?
a)
A = 0.42, a = 0.12
b)
A = 0.6, a = 0.4
c)
A = 0.65, a = 0.35
d)
A = 0.84, a = 0.24