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CHAPTER 7: MUTATION

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is mutation?

a)

Are more likely to be harmful than beneficial to human beings

b)

Produce allelic variation and become fragile

c)

Are permanent changes in the DNA sequence, amount or structure of chromosomes

d)

Can be inherited from generation to the next generation if it occur in somatic cells

2.

Gene mutation usually occurs during:

a)

DNA repair

b)

DNA replication

c)

Cell division

d)

DNA transcription

3.

What is the term used to group X-rays, UV rays, colchicine and ethidium bromide?

a)

Mutant

b)

Multiply

c)

Magical items

d)

Mutagen

4.

Mutation can ONLY be caused spontaneously.

a)

True

b)

Wrong

5.

Tick ALL examples of physical mutagens

a)

X-ray

b)

Gamma-ray

c)

UV rays

d)

Colchicine

6.

Gene mutation usually occurs during:

a)

DNA repair

b)

DNA replication

c)

Cell division

d)

DNA transcription

7.

When do random, or spontaneous, mutations happen?

a)

During cell division

b)

When cells are exposed to hazardous chemicals

c)

When cells are exposed to certain viruses

d)

When cells are exposed to radiation

8.

Identify which of the following is a genetic mutation disease..

a)

Common head cold

b)

Cystic fibrosis

c)

Heart attack

d)

Chicken pox

9.

What mutation has occurred here?

T-G-A-C-C-A

T-G-A-G-C-A

a)

Substitution

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

d)

Frameshift

10.

ATT-TGA-GCC- Original

ATT-GAG-CC - Mutated

The example above is an example of a

a)

Insertion- Frameshift

b)

Deletion- Substitution

c)

Deletion -Frameshift

d)

All of the above

11.

What type of gene mutation has occurred here? Normal-

AGA-TTC-ATA-GCG

Mutant-

AGA-TTC-AAT-AGC-G

a)

deletion frameshift

b)

insertion frameshift

c)

substitution

d)

nonsense

12.
Which of the following would result in a frameshift mutation?
a)
Insertions only
b)
Substitution only
c)
Deletion only
d)
Insertions and Deletions
13.

Why are insertion and deletion mutations so harmful?

a)

They change all of the codons from the mutation on down the line, which changes the amino acid sequence

b)

They insert things that an organism doesn't need.

c)

They often delete things that organisms need.

d)

Insertion and deletions are not any more harmful than substitution mutations.

14.

Identify the SUBSTITUTION mutation form the following:

normal DNA: ATG CCA AAT

a)

ATG TCA AAT

b)

ATG CCT AAA T

c)

ATC CA AT

d)

ATG CCA AAT

15.
Which mutation will cause translation to stop? 
a)
Mutations 1 and 3 only
b)
Mutation 1 only
c)
Mutation 2 only
d)
Muations 1, 2, 3
16.

Which of these are the effect if base substitution mutation? Tick all correct answers

a)

Missense

b)

Silence

c)

Nonsense

d)

Frameshift

17.

If a nucleotide is substituted yet the amino acid produce is the same, the effect of mutation is ___________

a)

silence

b)

missense

c)

nonsense

d)

frameshift

18.

If a nucleotide is substituted, and it change one amino acid to to another. This effect is called

a)

Missense

b)

Nonsense

c)

Silence

d)

Frameshist

19.

In sickle-cell anemia..

a)

Glutamic acid is substituted with valine on Beta-polypeptide chain

b)

Valine is substituted with glutamic acid on Beta-polypeptide chain

c)

Glutamic acid is substituted with valine on alpha-polypeptide chain

d)

Valine is substituted with glutamic acid on alpha-polypeptide chain

20.

The polypeptide produced is truncated and short. The most likely type of point mutation that causes this is

a)

Base substitution - nonsense mutation

b)

Base substitution - missense mutation

c)

Insertion mutation

d)

Inversion mutation

21.

The insertion of a base pair into the genetic code will cause frameshift mutation, unless the number of the base pairs inserted is

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

22.

A nonsense mutation

a)

Usually results in the formation of an abnormally short polypeptide

b)

causes one amino acid to be changed to another

c)

caused by insertion mutation

d)

resulted from deletion of one or two bases

23.

A mutation that occurs in the gametes of an

organism will most likely be transferred to which of

the following?

a)

The siblings of the organism

b)

The offspring of the organism

c)

The other organisms living nearby

d)

The mating partner of the organism

24.

Chromosomal mutation is a change in ____________ (answer can be more than ONE)

a)

Amount of DNA

b)

Arrangement of gene

c)

Number of chromosome

d)

Structure of chromosome

25.

Which ONE is NOT a type of chromosomal aberration?

a)

Deletion

b)

Insertion

c)

Inversion

d)

Translocation

26.

Which of the following are types of Euploidy? (answer can be more than ONE)

a)

Polyploidy

b)

Aneuploidy

c)

Allopolyploidy

d)

Autopolyploidy

27.

A chromosome is found to be shorter than it's homologous match. Which type of mutation involved?

a)

insertion

b)

deletion

c)

translocation

d)

inversion

28.

Chromosomal number alterations refer to __________.

a)

Changes in structure of chromosome

b)

Changes in sequence of bases in DNA

c)

Changes in numbers of chromosomes

d)

Changes in numbers of organisms

29.

Addition or deletion of single number of chromosome refers to ____________

a)

Aneuploidy

b)

Euploidy

c)

Autopolyploidy

d)

Allopolyploidy

30.

Which of the following is TRUE about chromosomal aberration? (answer can be more than ONE)

a)

Change in structure of chromosome

b)

Change in number of chromosome

c)

Produce abnormal gamete n-1

d)

One segment of chromosome is removed

31.

Which of the following are effect of aneuploidy? (answer can be more than ONE)

a)

Monosomy 21 (2n-1)

b)

Trisomy 21 (2n-1)

c)

Klinefelter syndrome (44+XXY)

d)

Turner syndrome (44+XO)

32.
Which term refers to a picture of an individual’s chromosomes, used to detect genetic conditions? 
a)
synapsis
b)
tetrad
c)
centriole
d)
karyotype
33.
Identify the mutation in the picture.
a)
Inversion
b)
Duplication
c)
Deletion
d)
Translocation
34.
Identify the mutation in the picture.
a)
Deletion
b)
Inversion
c)
Duplication
d)
Translocation
35.
What type of chromosomal mutation has occurred?
a)
substitution
b)
insertion
c)
deletion
d)
nondisjunction
36.

Inversion

a)

When a segment of a chromosome breaks off.

b)

When a segment of a chromosome breaks off, flips, and reattaches.

c)

When a segment of a chromosome is copied or doubles.

d)

When a segment of a chromosome breaks and attaches to a non homologous chromosome.

e)

When entire chromosomes don't separate evenly during meiosis.

37.

Nondisjunction in Meiosis I is more deleterious than nondisjunction in Meiosis II

a)

True

b)

False

38.
What are chromosomes 1-22 called?
a)
Autosomes
b)
Sex Chromosomes
c)
Chromotids
d)
Xenosomes
39.

Trisomy 21suggests that an individual has

a)

Three copies of chromosome 21

b)

Twenty one copies of chromosome 3

c)

Three pairs of chromosome 21

d)

Two copies of chromosome 21

40.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Klinefelter Syndrome?
a)
Tall stature
b)
Development of male breasts
c)
Poor muscle tone
d)
Webbed neck
41.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Turner's Syndrome?
a)
Webbed neck
b)
Shorter stature
c)
Ear malformations
d)
Slanted eyes
42.

Nondisjunction of sex chromosomes may occur during meiosis I of spermatogenesis. Which of the following are the possible genotypes of the zygote if the normal ovum is fertilised by these two types of the sperms?

a)

XXY and YO

b)

XYY and YO

c)

XXY and XO

d)

XYY and XO

43.

Which of the following is caused by deletion by a large part of short arm of chromosome 5?

a)

Cri-Du-Chat

b)

Thalassemia

c)

Down syndrome

d)

Sickle cell anaemia

44.

Polyploidy refers to

a)

Multiple ribosomes present on a single mRNA

b)

a chromosome which has replicated but not divided

c)

an individual with extra sets of chromosomes

d)

extra copies of gene adjacent to each other on a chromosome

45.

Which of the following statement about non-disjunction is FALSE?

a)

May produce a polyploidy

b)

Give rise to Turner and Klinefelter syndrome

c)

Only happens during Anaphase I of meiosis

d)

Give rise to abnormalities in the number of both sex chromosomes and autosomes.