Type:
Test Bank
Resource:
Concepts of Genetics
Edition:
12th Edition
Author(s):
William S. Klug Michael A. Palladino Michael Cummings Darrell Kilian Charlotte A. Spencer
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) In the 1600s, William Harvey studied reproduction and development. What is the term given to 1) _______ the theory that states that an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a succession of developmental events that lead to an adult? A) sequential pattern formation B) epigenesis C) equational transformation D) preformation E) transduction
2) What is the term given to the theory that states that the fertilized egg contains a complete
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miniature adult? A) conjugation B) cell theory C) preformation D) transduction E) transformation
3) What is the term given to the theory that put forth the idea that living organisms could arise by
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incubating nonliving components? A) spontaneous generation B) natural selection C) preformation D) collective combination E) evolution
4) What is a homunculus? A) the intermediate stage of the DNA after CRISPR-Cas treatment B) during development sometimes a growing individual's cell can become mutated and one
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part of the child has different characteristics than the other C) a sperm or egg containing a miniature adult, perfect in size and proportion D) when the mitochondrion grows in size before splitting into two via fission E) a large cyst or growth on a plant due to viral infection
5) Who, along with Alfred Wallace, formulated the theory of natural selection? A) Charles Darwin B) James Watson C) William Harvey D) Louis Pasteur E) Gregor Mendel
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6) Who was the Augustinian monk that conducted a decade of experiments on the garden pea,
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eventually showing that traits are passed from parents to offspring in predictable ways? A) Gregor Mendel B) Hippocrates C) Francis Crick D) Aristotle
E) Alfred Wallace 7) In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the
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characteristic number of chromosomes is called the ________ number. It is usually symbolized as ________. A) monoploid; n B) diploid; 2n C) diploid; n D) haploid; n E) haploid; 2n
8) Genetics is the study of ________. A) mutation and recession B) inheritance and variation C) replication and recombination D) transcription and translation E) diploid and haploid
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9) Early in the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri noted that the behavior of
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chromosomes during meiosis is identical to the behavior of genes during gamete formation. They proposed that genes are carried on chromosomes, which led to the basis of the ________. A) Law of Segregation B) Chromosome Theory of Inheritance C) Law of Independent Assortment D) First Law of Thermodynamics E) Chromosomal Maintenance Theory
10) What is a mutation? A) an inherited change in a DNA sequence B) an inherited change in DNA sequences that is the source of all genetic variation C) a change in DNA that leads to death D) the source of all genetic variation E) an inherited changed in DNA sequence that is always bad for an organism
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11) Which of the following is TRUE about alleles? A) The phenotype of the individual will always indicate with certainty the alleles of the
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individual.
B) Alleles come in two forms, the good form and the bad form. C) Individuals carry both forms of each allele. D) An allele is a variant form of a gene. E) An individual will only carry one version of an allele. 12) Until the mid-1940s, many scientists considered proteins to be the likely candidates for the genetic material. Which of the following characteristics led scientist to believe DNA was NOT the genetic material? A) DNA is more stable than protein. B) DNA is less abundant than protein. C) Protein can fold into may shapes. D) DNA has less variation than protein. E) DNA is less abundant than protein and DNA has less variation than protein.
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13) Name the individual who, while working with the garden pea in the mid-1850s, demonstrated
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quantitative patterns of heredity and developed a theory involving the behavior of hereditary factors. A) Theodor Boveri B) George Wallace C) Walter Sutton D) Barbara McClintock E) Gregor Mendel
14) Which of the following is the subdiscipline of biology concerned with the study of heredity and
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variation at the molecular, cellular, developmental, organismal, and populational levels? A) molecular biology B) biochemistry C) genetics D) cell biology E) cytogenetics
15) Which of the following is an example of natural selection? A) bacteria can be effectively killed by treatment with bleach B) a bird's beak is able to effectively crack the seeds it encounters C) sometime during human's life they break a bone and it heals D) human beings develop freckles from being out in the sun E) depending on the food a turtle eats, it shell may grow faster or slower
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16) What term is used to describe the fact that different genes in an organism often provide
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differences in observable features? A) genotype B) natural selection C) inheritance D) alleles E) phenotype
17) Which of the following is an example of heredity? A) Doberman pinschers and boxers have similar body shapes. B) Flying squirrels have a different mechanism of flight than mosquitos. C) Both moths and birds have wings and can fly. D) Flies and molluscs both have eyes. E) Dalmation dogs all have spots.
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18) Which of the following is NOT an example of variation? A) giraffes have not been seen in an albino form B) cats can have long or short fur C) both monocotyledons and dicotyledons perform the dark reaction D) a child does not have her mother's hair color E) lobsters can come in many colors including blue, read, and brown
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19) What would happen if, during meiosis, the chromosome number was not halved before egg
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and sperm formation? A) the spindle would be compromised B) n would become halved C) each offspring would have different phenotypes than their parents
D) nothing E) in each successive generation, the offspring would double their chromosome number 20) Alternative forms of a gene are called ________. A) alleles B) genotypes C) meiotic products D) mutants E) phenotypes
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21) The various characteristics of organisms that result from their genetic makeup are collectively
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referred to as an organism's ________. A) phenotype B) proteome C) alleles D) genotype E) genome
22) Name the substance that serves as the hereditary material in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. A) lipid B) DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid C) carbohydrate D) protein E) RNA or ribonucleic acid
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23) Which of the following contains all the others? A) DNA strand B) hydrogen bond C) double helix D) sugar E) nucleotide
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24) A fundamental property of DNA's nitrogenous bases that is necessary for the double-stranded
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nature of its structure is ________. A) ring structure B) anti-parallel C) deoxyribose versus ribose D) complementarity E) sugar phosphate backbone
25) Which of the following is the function of DNA? A) DNA is required when cells are using their ribosomes to translate a protein. B) DNA is involved in the expression of stored genetic information. C) DNA is used structurally to hold the nucleus together. D) DNA serves to hold the information for protein, lipid, and carbohydrate storage. E) DNA is responsible for the storage and replication of genetic information.
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26) Which of the following molecules serves the function to express the genetic material by being
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translated to protein? A) RNA B) carbohydrate