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Chapter 7 DNA Profiling

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Because DNA is composed of alternating sugar and phosphate molecules, DNA is known as a double helix.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Most females have one X and one Y (XY) sex chromosome.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

To calculate the percentage of people who have a particular allele, population studies are conducted to collect data.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Humans share common ancestors. Therefore the DNA STR profile of all humans is the same.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

mtDNA is used to trace ancestry through the female line.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

Except for identical twins, no two people on earth have the same:

a)

blood group

b)

skeletal type

c)

DNA

d)

physical characteristics

7.

People are always shedding cells. Therefore DNA can be recovered from:

a)

skin cells

b)

saliva

c)

semen

d)

all of these

8.

The term that describes a picture of homologous pairs of human chromosomes is

a)

karyotype

b)

genetics

c)

archetype

d)

all of these

9.

The 95 percent of noncoding DNA is involved in:

a)

blueprint production

b)

genetic material

c)

DNA fingerprinting

d)

cell regulation

10.

If one person has two alleles that are the same for a specific STR, then that person is considered to have:

a)

frequently occurring alleles

b)

rare occurring alleles

c)

heterozygous genotypes

d)

homozygous genotypes

11.

James Watson and Francis Crick received the 1953 Nobel Prize for their work on describing the structure of DNA as:

a)

a helix that resembles a twisted ladder

b)

a triple helix that resembles a twisted ladder

c)

a double helix that resembles a twisted ladder

d)

none of these

12.

Which chromosomes have the same shape and contain the same genes?

a)

introns

b)

XX

c)

genes

d)

autosomes

13.

DNA in chromosomes is called

a)

DNA chromosomes

b)

nuclear DNA

c)

structural DNA

d)

DNA

14.

Alternate forms of a gene are called

a)

RNA

b)

alleles

c)

chromosomes

d)

DNA

15.

(GAAT) (GAAT) (GAAT) (GAAT) is an example of:

a)

restriction fragments

b)

PCR

c)

STR

d)

DNA fingerprinting

16.

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:

a)

genome

b)

gene

c)

RNA

d)

allele

17.

Approximately how many base pairs are in the human body?

a)

6 million base pairs

b)

6 trillion base pairs

c)

6 thousand base pairs

d)

6 billion base pairs

18.

Which method is used to identify different STR markers?

a)

x-raying DNA samples

b)

adding fluorescent dyes to the PCR reaction

c)

calculating the allele frequency

d)

extracting the mtDNA from the gene

19.

Ninety-five percent of DNA is non-coding. What term describes non-coding DNA that acts as genetic "on-an-off" switches?

a)

karyotypes

b)

base pairs

c)

exons

d)

introns

20.

_____ are the material used to isolate and cut DNA.

a)

restriction enzymes

b)

genomes

c)

primers

d)

alleles