WorksheetsChapter 7 DNA Profiling
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Because DNA is composed of alternating sugar and phosphate molecules, DNA is known as a double helix.
true
false
Most females have one X and one Y (XY) sex chromosome.
true
false
To calculate the percentage of people who have a particular allele, population studies are conducted to collect data.
true
false
Humans share common ancestors. Therefore the DNA STR profile of all humans is the same.
true
false
mtDNA is used to trace ancestry through the female line.
true
false
Except for identical twins, no two people on earth have the same:
blood group
skeletal type
DNA
physical characteristics
People are always shedding cells. Therefore DNA can be recovered from:
skin cells
saliva
semen
all of these
The term that describes a picture of homologous pairs of human chromosomes is
karyotype
genetics
archetype
all of these
The 95 percent of noncoding DNA is involved in:
blueprint production
genetic material
DNA fingerprinting
cell regulation
If one person has two alleles that are the same for a specific STR, then that person is considered to have:
frequently occurring alleles
rare occurring alleles
heterozygous genotypes
homozygous genotypes
James Watson and Francis Crick received the 1953 Nobel Prize for their work on describing the structure of DNA as:
a helix that resembles a twisted ladder
a triple helix that resembles a twisted ladder
a double helix that resembles a twisted ladder
none of these
Which chromosomes have the same shape and contain the same genes?
introns
XX
genes
autosomes
DNA in chromosomes is called
DNA chromosomes
nuclear DNA
structural DNA
DNA
Alternate forms of a gene are called
RNA
alleles
chromosomes
DNA
(GAAT) (GAAT) (GAAT) (GAAT) is an example of:
restriction fragments
PCR
STR
DNA fingerprinting
The total amount of DNA in a cell, which is contained in the cell's nucleus (nuclear DNA) and mitochondria (mtDNA), is called the human:
genome
gene
RNA
allele
Approximately how many base pairs are in the human body?
6 million base pairs
6 trillion base pairs
6 thousand base pairs
6 billion base pairs
Which method is used to identify different STR markers?
x-raying DNA samples
adding fluorescent dyes to the PCR reaction
calculating the allele frequency
extracting the mtDNA from the gene
Ninety-five percent of DNA is non-coding. What term describes non-coding DNA that acts as genetic "on-an-off" switches?
karyotypes
base pairs
exons
introns
_____ are the material used to isolate and cut DNA.
restriction enzymes
genomes
primers
alleles
