Transcript Biotechnology Practice Test

Biotechnology
Practice Test
1. An organism’s chromosomes
are part of its ___.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Plasmid
Recombinant DNA
Genome
Enzymes
2. How many microliters will a
P-20 pipetter dispense if it reads
005?
3. If you wanted to confirm that you
successfully cut a plasmid into
several pieces, which of technique
would you use?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Ligation
Transformation
Cloning
Gel electrophoresis
Restriction digest
4. What is formed as a result of
using restriction enzymes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Recombinant DNA
Sticky ends
Many copies of a gene
Recombinant plasmid
5. This process puts
recombinant plasmids into
bacterial cells.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Amplification
Ligation
Restriction digest
Transformation
6. How does a restriction
enzyme know where to cut on a
piece of DNA?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It finds the right recognition sequence.
It matches complementary bases.
It uses DNA ligase.
It uses gel electrophoresis.
7. The process of making two
organisms with the exact DNA is
known as ___.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Gene therapy
Cloning
Recombinant technology
Transformation
Ligation
8. Which of the following would be
considered a transgenic organism?
A. A cat that is given a gene that makes dog
ears
B. Human treated with insulin made in
bacteria
C. A sheep that developed from a labfertilized egg
D. A plant grown in a lab from a single plant
cell
9. Which of these is FALSE
about viruses?
A. They inject DNA into host cells.
B. They can replicate recombinant
plasmids.
C. They are used to carry genes into cells.
D. They trick host cells into making viral
proteins.
10. The process that involves
inserting a correct gene into a virus
then giving that virus to a person is
known as ___.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gene therapy
Cloning
Transformation
Recombinant DNA
11. Why do both sources of DNA in
a recombinant have to be cut with
the same restriction enzyme?