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Genetics Review (Unit 4 Test Review)

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Round seeds (R) are dominant over wrinkled seeds (r). What percentage of the offspring will be round from the following cross?
Rr X Rr
a)
100%
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
2.
A tall pea plant (TT) is crossed with a short pea plant (tt). What percentage of the offspring will be tall?
a)
100%
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
3.
A homozygous dominant round seeded plant is crossed with a homozygous recessive wrinkled seeded plant. What are the genotypes of the parents?
a)
RR X rr
b)
Rr X rr
c)
rr X rr
d)
RR X Rr
4.
In guinea pigs, the allele for short hair is dominant over the allele for long hair.
B = short 
b = long
What would the cross be for two heterozygous guinea pigs?
a)
BB X BB
b)
BB X Bb
c)
Bb X Bb
d)
bb X bb
5.
Smooth seeds are dominant over wrinkled seeds.
What is the genotype ratio for the following cross?
Nn X NN
a)
NN = 100%, Nn = 0%, nn = 0%
b)
NN = 50%, Nn = 25%, nn = 25%
c)
NN = 50%, Nn = 50%, nn = 0%
d)
NN = 25%, Nn = 50%, nn = 25%
6.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
7.
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
a)
genotypes
b)
phenotypes
8.
In watermelons, green rinds (G) are dominant to striped rinds (g).  What is the genotype of a heterozygous green watermelon?
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)
green
9.

What goes in box 15

a)

aabb

b)

AABB

c)

aaBB

d)

AAbb

10.

Based off this punnett square, what fraction of the offspring will have wrinkled, yellow seeds?

a)

9/16

b)

3/16

c)

1/16

d)

16/16

11.

Which of the following traits is controlled by multiple alleles in humans?

a)

Blood Type

b)

Albinism

c)

Color Blindness

12.

Which of the following patterns can result in an intermediate trait, such as pink flowers when crossing red and white flowers.

a)

Sex-linked Alleles

b)

Complete Dominance

c)

Incomplete Dominance

d)

Co-Dominance

13.

How is it possible that a child inherits a trait that the parents do not display?

a)

Parents are Homozygous Dominant

b)

Parents are Homozygous Recessive

c)

Parents are Heterozygous, but only show the recessive trait

d)

Parents are Heterozygous, but only show the dominant trait

14.

Sex-linked genetic disorders are more commonly expressed in males.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which of the following describes when an organism shows both traits equally at the same time, no blending? Example: AB blood type or Roan horse

a)

Complete Dominance

b)

Incomplete Dominance

c)

Co-Dominance

d)

Sex-Linked

16.
In mice, the homozygous mice are black and white. The heterozygous mice are gray. What pattern of inheritance is expressed in fur color in mice?
a)
complete dominance and recessiveness
b)
co-dominance
c)
incomplete dominance
d)
pleiotropy
17.
If this image were real, it would represent what type of inheritance?
a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

polygenic inheritance

d)

complete dominance

18.
A red flowered plant (RR) breeds with a White flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance.  What percentage of the offspring will have pink (RW) flowers?
a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

19.
This is an example of ___________?
a)
Incomplete dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
20.
What type of inheritance is shown?
a)
complete
b)
incomplete
c)
codominance
d)
sex-linked
21.
Which of the following is a phenotype?
a)
Aa
b)
red hair
c)
heterozygous
d)
BB
22.
What percentage of the offspring will have this recessive disease?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
23.
If a gene is found only on the X chromosome and not the Y chromosome, it is said to be what?
a)
sex-linked trait
b)
polygenic trait
c)
codominant trait
d)
incomplete dominance trait
24.
A calico cat shows both the traits for orange fur and black fur. What kind of allele expression is this?
a)
Incomplete Dominance
b)
Co dominance
c)
Independent assortment
d)
Recessive inheritance
25.

Each cell has multiple copies of DNA that are affected in different ways by the environment to change the function of the cell at regular intervals.

a)

Each cell type contains only the active parts of the DNA needed for that cell type

b)

Each cell type has only one chromosome containing the DNA needed for that cell type.

c)

Each cell has an identical copy of DNA with enzymes controlling the expression of specific genes, leading to a variety of cells.

d)

Each cell has multiple copies of DNA that are affected in different ways by the environment to change the function of the cell at regular intervals.

26.

In cattle the allele for cloven hooves (H) is dominant over the allele for mule-foot hooves (h).

What is the probability of cloven hooves in the offspring of parents that are heterozygous for the trait?

Enter just the number in the box.

(a)  

27.

In Holstein cattle the allele for black hair color (B) is dominant over the allele for red hair color (b), and the allele for polled (P), or lacking horns, is dominant over the allele for having horns (p).

What is the expected phenotypic ratio of the offspring of a BbPp × BbPp cross if these alleles sort independently?

Format- __:__:__:__

(a)  

28.

Which statement best explains why people with cancer due to asbestos exposure do not pass the mutation on to their offspring?

a)

The mutation occurred in gametic cells.

b)

The mutation occurred in somatic cells.

c)

The mutation is recessive.

d)

The mutation is sex-linked.

29.

Which of these mutations most likely results in the mutated hemoglobin gene? ​ ​

A ​ (a)   ​ and a ​​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
substitution
point mutation
Insertion
Deletion
Frame Shift
30.

Which process occurs the same number of times in both mitosis and meiosis?

a)

The DNA in chromosomes is copied

b)

The cell splits into two equal-size halves

c)

The cytoplasm divided evenly among cells

d)

The chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell

31.

Compared with mitosis, the process of meiosis results in daughter cells that are

a)

Diploid cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cells

b)

Diploid cells with a smaller number of chromosomes that the parent cells

c)

Haploid cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cells

d)

Haploid cells with a smaller number of chromosomes than the parent cells

32.

A ​ (a)   occurs when a portion of the gene is taken out.

A ​ (b)   occurs when a part of the gene breaks off and attaches to another gene.

A ​ (c)   occurs when a part of the gene is flipped in the opposite direction.

Choose from the below words
deletion
translocation
inversion
insertion
33.

A mutation in DNA deletes a guanine as shown below.

Original DNA sequence: TATGAACTGGAA

Mutated DNA sequence: TATAATTGGAA

Compared to a protein produced by the original DNA sequence, a protein produced by the mutated sequence will differ in –

a)

a single amino aci

b)

all amino acids that come after the mutation

c)

the amino acids that come before the mutation

d)

all of the amino acids

34.

Which of the following mutations would change the amino acid sequence of a protein?

a)

CGA mutated to CGC

b)

GCA mutated to GTA

c)

AAT mutated to GAA

d)

ATA mutated to ATG

35.

Enzyme that breaks hydrogen bonds (unzips)

a)

Ligase

b)

Polymerase

c)

Primase

d)

Helicase

36.

DNA strand has the following bases AAGCCA what are the bases on the complementary strand

a)

GGCTTA

b)

TTGGGA

c)

CCAGGT

d)

TTCGGT

37.
In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of
a)
cytosine
b)
guanine
c)
thymine
d)
uracil
38.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
39.

Which of the following is the blueprint for the production of RNA within a cell?

a)

DNA

b)

protein

c)

carbohydrate

40.
Which process is used to make mRNA from the DNA in the nucleus?
a)
transcription
b)
translation
c)
replication 
41.
Where does transcription take place?
a)
nucleus
b)
cytoplasm
c)
ribosome
42.
What is occurring in this picture?
a)
Translation
b)
Replication
c)
Translocation
d)
Transcription
43.
The process represented in the diagram produces a molecule that is complementary to the template strand of DNA. What type of molecule is produced?
a)
New DNA
b)
Polypeptide
c)
Messenger RNA
d)
Carbohydrate
44.

Label the Model of Transcription

45.

​ (a)   is the process of creating a small messenger ​ (b)   that can leave the ​ (c)   and reach the ribosome to make​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
protein
Transcription
RNA
nucleus
DNA
lipid
Replication
46.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Uracil

Thymine

one backbone

double-backbone

ribose

deoxyribose

inside nucleus

inside / outside nucleus

RNA
DNA
47.

MET is know as the __________ codon.

a)

stop

b)

main

c)

start

d)

most common

48.

Select the RNA sequence or sequences for Glutamine.

a)

CGU

b)

CAG

c)

CUA

d)

CAA

49.

Find the amino acid that this segment of DNA codes for: GAC

a)

Leucine

b)

Serine

c)

Aspartic Acid

d)

Histine

50.

A codon is a group of ___ RNA bases.

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

51.

Proteins are mode of

a)

nucleotides

b)

glucose

c)

fatty acids

d)

amino acids

52.

Crossing over usually occurs between:

a)

Sister Chromatids

b)

Homologous Chromosomes

c)

Alleles

d)

Non-Homologous Chromosomes

53.
This image shows chromosomes during Prophase 1. Which of the following correctly describes the process shown?
a)
segregation of sister chromatids
b)
condensation and segregation of alleles
c)
mutationin which the DNA content of the gene is altered
d)
crossing - over in which alleles are exchanged
54.

A diploid cell...

a)

has 1/2 the amount of chromosomes

b)

has the normal amount of chromosomes (46)

c)

is represented by (n) in meiosis

55.

How many daughter cells are made at the end of Meiosis ll?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

56.

Cystic Fibrosis is a recessive trait. Which genotype(s) will not have cystic fibrosis? Pick two.

a)

CC

b)

Cc

c)

cc

57.

Cystic Fibrosis is a recessive trait. What is the genotype of Sally?

a)

CC

b)

Cc

c)

cc

d)

Cystic Fibrosis

e)

Normal

58.

Click on the affected female in generation III.