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Genetics Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the formula used to calculate the gene combinations caused by independent assortment?

a)

3ⁿ

b)

4ⁿ

c)

2ⁿ

d)

5ⁿ

2.

What is the process of creating hybrids called?

a)

Polyploidy

b)

Crossing over

c)

Inbreeding

d)

Hybridization

3.

What is the genetic phenomenon that involves an organism having one or more extra sets of chromosomes?

a)

Triploidy

b)

Polyploidy

c)

Diploidy

d)

Monoploidy

4.

What is the process in which two closely related organisms are bred to have the desired traits and to eliminate the undesired ones in future generations?

a)

Hybridization

b)

Inbreeding

c)

Crossing over

d)

Polyploidy

5.

What is the term used for an individual who is heterozygous for a recessive disorder?

a)

Carrier

b)

Homozygous dominant

c)

Incomplete dominance

d)

Homozygous recessive

6.

What is the type of inheritance pattern where neither of the two alleles is completely dominant over the other, resulting in an intermediate phenotype?

a)

Hybridization

b)

Incomplete dominance

c)

Codominance

d)

Polydactyly

7.

What is the classic example of codominance seen in the ABO blood groups?

a)

Type O blood

b)

Type AB blood

c)

Type B blood

d)

Type A blood

8.

What is the process by which desired traits of certain plants and animals are selected and passed on to their future generations called?

a)

Selective breeding

b)

Crossing over

c)

Gene linkage

d)

Genetic recombination

9.

What is the term used for the combination of genes created through crossing over and independent assortment?

a)

Genetic recombination

b)

Polyploidy

c)

Selective breeding

d)

Gene linkage

10.

What is used to trace the inheritance of a particular trait through several generations?

a)

Test cross

b)

Chromosome maps

c)

Pedigree

d)

Cross-over data