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Quiz 6-Rizal

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call the change in a gene due to damage or being copied incorrectly?

a)

evolution

b)

meiosis

c)

mutation

d)

segregation

2.

What is the collective term for “agents of mutations”?

a)

GMO’s

b)

mutagens

c)

mutants

d)

transgenic

3.

Which of the following is NOT a mutagen?

a)

alcohol and drugs

b)

cigarette smoke

c)

radiation

d)

vitamins

4.

What type of mutation is shown?

a)

Deletion

b)

Duplication

c)

Translocation

d)

Insertion

5.

What type of mutation is shown?

a)

Deletion

b)

Duplication

c)

Translocation

d)

Insertion

6.

What type of mutation is shown?

a)

Deletion

b)

Inversion

c)

Translocation

d)

Insertion

7.

Gene mutation occurs at the time of ________________.

a)

cell division

b)

DNA repair

c)

DNA replication

d)

RNA translation

8.

What type of genetic mutation with extra copy of chromosome 21?

a)

Down Syndrome

b)

Cri du chat Syndrome

c)

Klinefelter’s syndrome

d)

Turner’s syndrome

9.

The original strand of DNA looks like this ACGTCTCGA, the mutated strand looks like this ACGTCTACGA. What type of mutation is this?

a)

deletion

b)

translocation

c)

insertion

d)

duplication mutation

10.

If mutations in eggs or sperm it may affect future generations by transmitting these changes to their off springs.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

If the mutations happen in body cells they may not just affect only the individual but are also passed on to the offspring.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

What are the factors causing mutation?

a)

Alcohol

b)

Drugs

c)

Vitamins

d)

Radiation

e)

Cigarettes

13.

What do you call the point mutation involving a change of only one nucleotide.

a)

Insertion

b)

Deletion

c)

Substitution

d)

Duplication

14.

Which of the following is the harmful effect of mutations.(Choose 2 correct answers)

a)

Malaria Resistance

b)

Genetic Disorder

c)

Antibiotic-resistant strains

d)

Cancer

15.

It is a type of mutation in which a single nucleotide is substituted with a different nucleotide.

a)

deletion

b)

insertion

c)

substitution

d)

Duplication