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Mutation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following choices pertains to changes in nucleotide sequence in DNA?

a)

Mutation

b)

Polymerization

c)

Condensation

d)

Sequencing

2.

Which type of mutation changes the chromosomes due to breakage and a piece of chromosomes is lost?

a)

Deletion

b)

Inversion

c)

Translocation

d)

Non-disjunction

3.

Which type of mutation changes the chromosomes due to the segment flip around backward and segment reattaches?

a)

Deletion

b)

Non-disjunction

c)

Inversion

d)

Duplication

4.

Which type of mutation occurs when gene sequence is duplicated?

a)

Deletion

b)

Duplication

c)

Non-disjunction

d)

Inversion

5.

Which type of mutation pertains to one chromosome is transferred to another chromosomes?

a)

Deletion

b)

Non-disjunction

c)

Translocation

d)

Duplication

6.

Down syndrome, turner syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome are example of what type of mutation?

a)

Non-disjunction

b)

Deletion

c)

Duplication

d)

inversion

7.

What type of mutation will happen if chromosomes will fail to separate during meiosis?

a)

Non-disjunction

b)

Deletion

c)

Inversion

d)

Duplication

8.

Which of the following syndrome is an example of trisomy

a)

Down syndrome

b)

Turner syndrome

c)

Aldwins syndrome

9.

Which of the choices is NOT an example of trisomy?

a)

Turner syndrome

b)

Klinefelter syndrome

c)

Down syndrome

10.

Trisomy 21 is also known as.

a)

Klinefelter syndrome

b)

Down syndrome

c)

Turner syndrome

d)

Cri-du-chat syndrome

11.

Sickle cell disease is an example of what type of mutation?

a)

Point mutation

b)

Substitution

c)

insertionI

d)

Deletion

12.

Identify what type of mutation is shown below:

Original DNA: GGG AGC CCC

mRNA: CCC UCG GGG

Original DNA: GGG ACC CCC

mRNA: CCC UGG GGG

a)

Point mutation

b)

Substitution

c)

Inversion

d)

Frameshift

13.

Identify what type of mutation is shown below:

Original DNA: GGG AGC CCC

mRNA: CCC UCG GGG

Original DNA: GGG CC CCC

mRNA: CCC GGG GG

a)

Deletion

b)

Frameshift

c)

Insertion

d)

Inversion

14.

Chemicals and Ultraviolet radiation are two of the reasons of mutation.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

Mutation can be harmful and helpful.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSER