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Genetics and Mendelian Inheritance Practice Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which describes an organism with two different alleles (e.g., Aa)?

a)

Homozygous dominant

b)

Homozygous recessive

c)

Heterozygous

d)

Purebred

2.

In Mendelian inheritance, which phenotype shows in the F1 from a homozygous dominant x homozygous recessive cross?

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

c)

Blend

d)

Neither

3.

Red x White = Pink offspring is:

a)

Complete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Incomplete dominance

d)

Epistasis

4.

Black x White = Speckled calf is:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Mendelian

d)

Mutation

5.

What is a 'genotype'?

a)

Physical appearance

b)

Genetic makeup

c)

Food chain position

d)

Survival ability

6.

'Father of Genetics'?

a)

Darwin

b)

Mendel

c)

Punnett

d)

Watson

7.

A Punnett square predicts:

a)

Exact offspring count

b)

Probability of traits

c)

DNA changes

d)

Evolution

8.

Phenotypic ratio of Aa x Aa:

a)

1:2:1

b)

4:0

c)

3:1

d)

2:2

9.

How many alleles for a single gene does an individual typically inherit from each parent?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

23

d)

46

10.

Homozygous recessive genotype:

a)

TT

b)

Tt

c)

tt

d)

T

11.

An allele is:

a)

A cell

b)

A version of a gene

c)

Chromosome center

d)

A protein

12.

When does a recessive trait show?

a)

Two copies present

b)

One copy present

c)

Males only

d)

When blended

13.

Letters on the outside of a square:

a)

Offspring

b)

Parent gametes

c)

Mutations

d)

Population size

14.

'Purebred' means:

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

c)

Recessive only

d)

Dominant only

15.

If B=Brown and b=blue, which are Brown?

a)

bb

b)

BB

c)

BB and Bb

d)

Bb and bb

16.

Incomplete dominance: Pink x Pink. % Pink?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

17.

Codominant heterozygous individual:

a)

Blended

b)

Both traits fully show

c)

Like dominant parent

d)

Dies

18.

Probability of coin landing 'heads':

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

19.

Which is a phenotype?

a)

Rr

b)

Homozygous

c)

Tall height

d)

Heterozygous

20.

Tall x Short = 100% Tall. Tall is:

a)

Recessive

b)

Codominant

c)

Dominant

d)

Incomplete