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WorksheetsGenetics Quiz
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The genes for the α and α-like chains are clustered tandemly on chromosome 11.
True
False
Nerve cells differ from muscle cells mainly because they are specialized for transmitting signals.
True
False
Is lac I a structural gene of the lac operon?
True
False
The inducer for the lac operon is alloactose.
True
False
A group of linked genes whose expression is coordinately regulated is an operon.
True
False
A transcription factor is a protein that affects the ability of RNA polymerase to transcribe a gene
True
False
All of the following are true about DNA methylation EXCEPT
True
False
Is the following an example of post-transcriptional control of gene expression?
True
False
All of the following are true for miRNA except
True
False
RNA-induced gene silencing is the example of
True
False
Mark the correct sentence regarding alternative splicing
True
False
neurofibrillary tangles are found within AD neurons.
True
False
The retinoblastoma protein controls
True
False
Cdc6 complex (cdc6 cdt1) binds to the origin recognition complex (ORC) during S phase.
True
False
APC/C can trigger sister chromatid separation at anaphase
True
False
Retinoblastoma (rb) maintains G1 phase activity until
True
False
Plaques (senile plaques) are beta-amyloid protein aggregates that form clusters of misfolded protein outside the cell bodies.
True
False
neurofibrillary tangles creates because of
True
False
which of the listed proteins play a role in the pathogenesis of AD (Alzheimer Disease)?
True
False
All prion diseases in humans are formally known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
True
False
Protein A will fold into its native state only when protein B is also present in the solution. However protein B can fold itself into native confirmation without the presence of protein A. Is it true that protein A requires protein B to fold, while protein B does not require protein A?
True
False
Chaperone proteins have a function in assisting the folding of other proteins.
True
False
A chart used to determine the offspring of a genetic cross is called a Punnet square.
True
False
An individual with blood type A marries an individual with blood type B. Their offspring could exhibit blood types A, B, AB, or O.
True
False
A man is homozygous recessive for seven(7) of these ten genes, and he is heterozygous for the other three(3). Therefore, he can produce genotypically different types of sperm.
True
False
Albinism in humans is inherited as a simple recessive trait. Two normal parents can have an albino child.
True
False
based of Medelian inheritance If crossed two heterozygous plants, how many of the offspring will also be heterozygous?
True
False
In each case where Mendel crossed true breeding plants as parents, the offspring displayed only one of the two traits seen in the parents. This observation supports which principle of genetics?
True
False
for some alleles allelic expression is parent-of-origin specific. This phenomenon is known as genomic imprinting.
True
False
A gene interaction in which a pair of recessive genes at one locus prevents expression of a dominant allele at another locus is called
True
False
Intragenic interactions are interactions that occur.
True
False
penetrance and expressivity are influenced by
True
False
A region of DNA is imprinted through:
True
False
MN blood group in humans illustrates Co-dominance pattern of inheritance.
True
False
Roughly what percentage of our genome is made up of protein coding sequence? True or False?
True
False
One of the signs for Kuru was uncontrolled laughing, leading to the nickname "laughing disease."
True
False
the center of AD pathogenesis overproduction
True
False
Is 'A and B' a component of the 'quality control' (QC) system?
True
False
Misfolding is influenced by
True
False
Phenotype refers to an organism's physical appearance
True
False
Pseudogenes are DNA sequences, that closely resemble the known genes but are nonfunctional
True
False
Is telocentric chromosome type not found in human beings?
True
False
Is the banding pattern of a chromosome useful?
True
False
Information is needed to construct a karyogram.
True
False
XX male and XY female are rare genetic disorders in humans. They are due to
True
False
X inactivation occurs randomly at about 16th day post fertilization, when the female embryo consists of about 200-400 cells
True
False
the telomere regions gradually shorten with cell division and this correlates with the induction of cellular senescence
True
False
Which of the following best describes X chromosome inactivation in females?
True
False
Chromosomes are classified into seven groups.
True
False
Mark the correct statement
True
False
X chromosome inactivation normally take place in both male and female
which type of chromosomes is not seen in human cell
(a)
Chromosomes are classified as (a) when the centromere is very close to the center
mark the correct statement about the pseudogenes:
(a)
Telomeres are usually rich in which nucleotide?
(a)
the risk of having a baby with Down syndrome is greater among mothers age 35 and older.
Turner syndrome is caused by a missing or incomplete X chromosome.
Name of the Trisomy 18 is:
Match the incorrect statement
Autosomal trisomies is associated with following characteristic except of
stocky build, arms that turn out slightly at the elbow, a short webbed neck, and a low hairline at the back of the neck---Common physical symptoms of
(a)
in male sex chromosome aneuploidy can be due to abnormal numbers of
(a)
Phenylketonuria PKU is an autosomal dominant disorder
Presence of a 'cherry-red' spot in the retina characteristic symptom of Tay-Sachs disease
PKU is caused by a mutation in a
(a)
A baby girl presents with bilateral inguinal masses that are thought to be hernias but are found to be testes in the inguinal canals. What is her disorder?
Which disease is treated by a low-phenylalanine diet
(a)
Tay-Sachs disease shows autosomal recessive inheritance. Parents of a newly diagnosed affected child are referred for genetic counseling. It would be correct to tell them that:
A genetically diseased father marries with a normal female and gives birth to 3 carrier girls and 5 normal sons. It may be which type of genetic disease?
sex-linked recessive
autosomal dominant
autosomal recessive
mitochondrial
none of the above
Haemophilic man marries a normal(homozygous) woman. Their off springs will be
all normal
all haemophilic
some normal and some haemophilic
none of the above
The most noticeable abnormalities- bowed legs or knock knees characteristic for
hypophosphatemic rickets
osteogenesis imperfecta
rickets
scurvy
none of the above
What gender is most affected by this Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Girls
Boys
Both
None
Red blood cells only become sickled-shaped when they lose their oxygen
True
False
Sickle cell anemia is:
always caused by the same point mutation in the beta-globin gene.
caused by multiple mutations
not genetic
none of the above
All of the following are examples of mutations which have been observed on a b-thalassemia allele except:
A missense mutation in codon 6 of the b-globin gene, substituting valine for glutamic acid.
A nonsense mutation
A frameshift mutation
None of the above
The major abnormal form of hemoglobin that accumulates in a fetus with the severe form of a-thalassemia (hydrops fetalis) is composed of:
A tetramer of 4 γ -subunits ( γ4)
A tetramer of 4 α -subunits ( α4)
A mixture of α and β subunits
None of the above
α-Thalassemia most commonly results from which of the following genetic lesions?
Gene deletion
Point mutation
Inversion
Translocation
In case of are missing one over the four alpha chain genes, clinical phenotype call
Silent Carrier
Alpha-thalassemia trait
Hemoglobin H disease
Hydrops fetalis
One mitochondria contains dozens of copies of its mitochondrial genome
True
False
mutation rate in nuclear genome much more high then in Mitochondrial genome
True
False
Mark the incorrect statement regarding mitochondria genome
Mitochondria DNA is single stranded.
Mitochondria DNA is circular.
Mitochondria DNA is inherited maternally.
None of the above
which of the following sentence correct about mitochondria genome
All correct
None of the above
Only some are correct
Only one is correct
allolactose ia an co-repressor for lac operon
Tryptophan, the end-product of the enzymes encoded by the trp operon, therefore acts as a
In prokaryotes the regulation of gene expression mostly takes place at the level of
Enhancers have the ability to greatly increase the expression of genes in their vicinity.
Gene regulation in eukaryotes may be influenced by
Appropriate cyclin are synthesized at the start of each phase of the cell cycle and destroyed before the cell proceeds to the next phase:
Which of the following describe(s) cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk)?
Both B and C are true.
Only A is true.
None are true.
All are true.
In order to enter the cell cycle a cell must be stimulated from outside. What type of molecule provides this stimulation
mitogens and growth factors
hormones
nutrients
none of the above
Which of the following true bout Cdks
They activate protein by phosphorylating them
They inhibit protein by phosphorylating them
They have no effect on proteins
None of the above
The cell is not allowed to pass the cell cycle restriction point if DNA damage is detected. Which of the following proteins are involved in detection of DNA damage and inhibition of the cycle at the restriction point?
P53
BRCA1
ATM
All of the above
The abnormal conformational transition from alpha helix to beta sheet exposes hydrophobic amino acid residues and promotes protein aggregation.
True
False
Which of the following is a possible role of ubiquitin?
Directs degradation
Inhibits degradation
Promotes transcription
None of the above
The different forms of a gene are known as alleles
If Mr. and Mrs. Fecundity, both having blood type B, have 12 children, 3/4 of whom are type B and 1/4 of whom are O, what are the genotypes of the parents?
A family of six includes four children, each of whom has a different blood type: A, B, AB and O. What are the genotypes of parents for this trait?
A man with blood type B, with one parent of blood type O, marries a woman with blood type AB. What will be the theoretical percentage of their children with blood type B?
Phenotypic ratios of 3:1 in the offsprings explain the principle of _____.
Rh+ was found to be dominant over the absence of the blood factor (Rh). Under normal Mendelian inheritance, which of the following statements is FALSE?
Pleiotrophy is- when one gene influences multiple phenotypic traits
Which of the following is an example of non-Mendelian inheritance?
The inheritance of an ABO blood group illustrates:
Phenotypic ratios of 1:2:1 in the offsprings explain the principle of _____.
A man and his wife both have normal color vision, but a daughter has red-green color blindness, a sex-linked recessive trait. The man sues his wife for divorce on grounds of infidelity. Can genetics provide evidence supporting his case? (does infidelity happen?)
D and G group of chromosomes bear an 's' (satellite) encodings r RNA gene
The X is a large submetacentric chromosome
females with a 46,XY karyotype have lost
Centromeres - primary constriction site in the chromosomes.
The type of Polymorphism, that consists of stretches of DNA composed of units of two, three or four nucleotides repeated between one and few dozen time at a particular site is:
For DNA fingerprinting largely used
The human genome contains approximately
which of the following correct regurding Telomeres
Patients with Kleinfelter Syndrome are typically female
which of the listed pregnant women has high risk having a Down syndrome fetus.
Which syndrome is a syndrome caused by the deletion of a small piece of chromosome 22?
Which of the following is the cause of complete monosomy?
Which of the following is not a symptom of Turner's syndrome?
Number of Barr bodies in XXXX female is
Rett syndrome X-Linked Dominant Disorders with equal Male and fimale Lethality
Myotonic dystrophy -DM1 is caused by the expansion of the trinucleotide repeat CTG in the 3.-untranslated region - 3′ UTR- of the DMPK gene.
Rett syndrome and some variant forms of the condition are caused by mutations in the
causes of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) is a deficiency of 21-hydroxylase which is produced in
mutations in an X-linked gene, MECP2 cause of
Which of the following diseases is NOT inherited as an autosomal recessive?
The TYR gene provides instructions for making an enzyme called tyrosinase. Mutation in this gene reason for:
If the hemophiliac male mates with a normal female, all the sons will effected
in hydrops fetalis with Hb Bart's 2 α globin loci are deleted
HbF (α2γ2) - In adults the normal range of Hb F is about 1%.
The mitochondrial genome is linear and enveloped
The mitochondrial genome contains 13 proteins coding genes
The humans gemone express approximately ------TFs(transcription factors)
Mendel's Law of Dominance states that alleles are separated during meiosis?
True
False
Diseases of multifactorial inheritacne result from a complex interaction of the effects of multiple different genes with environmental factors.
Suppose a white-furred rabbit breeds with a black-furred rabbit and all of their offspring have a phenotype of gray fur. What does the gene for fur color in rabbits appear to be an example of?
Incomplete dominance
Complete dominance
Codominance
If two genes experience independent assortment, which assumption is most likely true?
Which type of inheritance results in continuous variation often a bell-shaped curve.
Polygenic
Monogenic
Epistatic
During the meiosis X and Y chromosome exchange
PAR region
Non-PAR region
The Bombay Phenotype is the example of
Recessive epistasis
Dominant epistasis
The genes that Mendel worked with were
Obesity, excessive and indiscriminate eating habits, small hands and feet, short stature, hypogonadism, mental retardation characteristic symptoms of
Which of the following is true
All correct
None correct
Mark correct statement regarding X inactivation
All correct
None correct
Hayflick limit defines the number of possible cell divisions and depends on the length of chromosomal telomeres, which decreases in standard cells with every cell division
Short stature, intellectual disability, 'elfin like' facial features, a stellate pattern to the iris, characteristic for
During the meiosis X and Y chromosome exchange
In case of pseudoachondroplasia(a type of dwarfism) phenotype, genotype is
Histone modifications includes:
Which of the following is characteristic to autosomal recessive disease?
It affects both sexes equally.
It affects only males.
Mark incorrect option. Marfan syndrome features may include
Bowed legs or knock knees
Tall stature
Hemophilia is a classic X-linked recessive disorder in which the blood fails to clot normally.
Sex-linked recessive traits can be seen only in men, because they result from genes located on the X chromosome.
What physical features would you see in a person with fragile X syndrome?
Enlarged ears, long face, and prominent chin
Short stature
Match incorrect statement regarding Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA)
All correct
None correct
Which type of alpha thalassemia is not survivable?
Hydrops Fetalis
Alpha thalassemia trait
HbF structure is
α2γ2
α2β2
Which of the listed below show a distinctive pattern of mitochondria genome inheritance?
All of the listed
None of the listed
Which of the listed correct about replicative segregation.
All correct
None correct
Polar substances are ________; nonpolar substances are_________.
Meiosis II during oogenesis promptly resumes when fertilization occurs.
True
False
Hydrophilic amino acids will always move to the-------- of a protein.
(a)
DNA analysis in Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy demonstrates a deletion or duplication in the dystrophin gene.
Disorder results from mutations in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene on chromosome 15 is
Marfan syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Match the correct statement about X-Linked Recessive Inheritance
All correct
None correct
The β-globin mutations have no prenatal consequences, because γ-globin is the major β-like globin before birth.
In sickle cell syndrome HBS illustrated as
Characteristic of sickle cell syndromes
One mitochondria contains dozens of copies of its mitochondrial genome.
Mark the incorrect statement regarding mitochondria genome.
Mitochondria DNA is single stranded.
Mitochondria DNA is double stranded.
Operon is a group of genes regulated and expressed together as a unit, operator is the place near to promoter, to which a repressor protein binds.
Regarding to the X-linked genes males are?
Which of the following are the properties of enzyme telomerase?
All of the above
None of the above
If the poly-A tail is shortened to less than about 30 nucleotides, the mRNA becomes unstable.
In normal cells, the p53 protein level is low.
Genotype refer to the genetic make-up of an organism.
Suppose a white-furred rabbit breeds with a black-furred rabbit and all of their offspring have a phenotype of gray fur. What does the gene for fur color in rabbits appear to be an example of?
Smallest chromosome in the human karyotype is
Here is normal human karyotype A = 6, B = 4, C = 16, D = 6, E = 6, F = 4, G = 4 To whom it belongs:
Homozygotous condition means, identical alleles of the same gene.
Following characteristic except of
Cri-du-chat syndrome in humans is caused by the
The reason why haemophilia is more commonly observed in human males than in females is due to
Why are genetic disorders such as haemophilia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy more prevalent in males than females?
A colour blind girl is rare because she will be born only when
Tetramer is called Hb H in case
The gene that code for the beta subunit of the hemoglobin protein allocated:
Sickle cell anemia is:
All of the following are examples of mutations which have been observed on a b-thalassemia allele except:
Minisatellite polymorphism is largely used for DNA fingerprinting.
The α chain of the hemoglobin has --- amino acids residues:
The genes for the β and β-like chains are clustered tandemly on
How do Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome differ?
Which of them is not X-linked condition:
Protein complexes that break down proteins are called proteasomes.
p53 proteins, have three major functions: growth arrest, DNA repair and apoptosis.
In case of ABO blood group A alleles is dominant over B alleles.
Single nucleotide polymorphism are common and are observed on average once every 1000 base pair in genome.
Which symptom in an infant or young child might mean CF?
Albinism is a congenital disorder resulting from the lack of which enzyme?
Which of the following is the example triplet repeat disorders?
Acetyl groups can be added to both arginine and lysine residues in histones H3 and this change has been correlated with gene activity.
Characteristics controlled by more than one gene, each of which may have two or more alleles, is known as codominance.
What if the cell is found in the environment, that is rich in lactose and glucose?
Gene regulatory elements are specific cis-acting DNA sequences that are recognized by trans-acting transcription factors.
Proteins that are involved in the regulation of the cell cycle
