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Exploring the Human Genome Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the goal of the Human Genome Project?

a)

To identify how genes interact and create medical treatments

b)

To discover which genes code for which proteins

c)

To find out exactly where each gene of the human body is located

d)

To understand the genetic landscape of the human body

2.

How many genes are there in the human genome?

a)

15,000

b)

20,500

c)

30,000

d)

25,000

3.

What is the Human Proteome Project focused on discovering?

a)

Which genes code for which proteins in the body

b)

The variation in genes involved in diseases

c)

The genetic landscape of the human body

d)

How many genes are there in the human genome

4.

What is the first step in being able to identify how genes interact and create medical treatments?

a)

Understanding the variation in genes

b)

Creating a map of the human genome

c)

Identifying the number of genes in the body

d)

Discovering which genes code for which proteins

5.

What is the Human Proteome Project examining to identify which proteins appear and which genes they come from?

a)

Different types of tissue from specific body parts

b)

Different types of normal tissue from all over the body

c)

Different types of tissue from only one part of the body

d)

Different types of abnormal tissue from all over the body

6.

What is the result of the Human Genome Project?

a)

Understanding the variation in genes involved in diseases

b)

Identifying the number of proteins in the human body

c)

Knowing the exact order of each gene in the human body

d)

Knowing that there are about 20,500 genes in the human genome

7.

What is the goal of the Human Proteome Project?

a)

To discover which genes code for which proteins

b)

To identify how genes interact and create medical treatments

c)

To find out which proteins appear and which genes they come from

d)

To understand the genetic landscape of the human body

8.

What is the first step in creating medicine that is made specifically for each patient?

a)

Understanding the variation in genes

b)

Creating a map of the human genome

c)

Identifying the number of genes in the body

d)

Discovering which genes code for which proteins

9.

What is the Human Genome Project focused on finding out?

a)

Which genes code for which proteins in the body

b)

The genetic landscape of the human body

c)

The variation in genes involved in diseases

d)

The exact order of each gene in the human body

10.

What is the Human Proteome Project a collaboration between?

a)

Different countries

b)

Different scientific fields

c)

Different research institutions

d)

Different types of tissue from all over the body

11.

What is the Human Genome Project a map of?

a)

The exact order of each gene in the human body

b)

The number of proteins in the human body

c)

The genetic landscape of the human body

d)

The variation in genes involved in diseases

12.

What is the Human Proteome Project identifying by examining different types of normal tissue from all over the body?

a)

The number of proteins in the human body

b)

The variation in genes involved in diseases

c)

The genetic landscape of the human body

d)

Which proteins appear and which genes they come from

13.

What is the Human Genome Project a huge step toward understanding?

a)

The genetic landscape of the human body

b)

The variation in genes involved in diseases

c)

The number of proteins in the human body

d)

Our genes and how they affect us

14.

What is the Human Proteome Project changing the way we treat?

a)

The variation in genes involved in diseases

b)

The genetic landscape of the human body

c)

Our genes and how they affect us

d)

Disease

15.

What is the result of new technology in biomedical research?

a)

Identifying the number of proteins in the human body

b)

Understanding the variation in genes involved in diseases

c)

Knowing the exact order of each gene in the human body

d)

Understanding what happens inside the nuclei of body cells