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Biotechnology and GM Crops Overview

This document contains a biotechnology sample test with 45 multiple choice questions covering various topics related to genetically modified organisms and biotechnology. The questions test knowledge of genetically modified crops, bacteria, genetic engineering processes, and benefits and impacts of GMOs. Key areas covered include the effects of GM crops on chemical use, definitions of basic biological concepts, the development of golden rice, cellulose, increases in crop yields from GMOs, nitrogen fixation, what GMO stands for, herbicide resistance in crops, potential effects of GMOs on human genetics, gene flow between crops, precision of gene insertion, nutritional impacts of GM foods, useful bacteria in genetic engineering, objectives of agricultural biotechnology, examples of transgenic crops and more.
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Biotechnology and GM Crops Overview

This document contains a biotechnology sample test with 45 multiple choice questions covering various topics related to genetically modified organisms and biotechnology. The questions test knowledge of genetically modified crops, bacteria, genetic engineering processes, and benefits and impacts of GMOs. Key areas covered include the effects of GM crops on chemical use, definitions of basic biological concepts, the development of golden rice, cellulose, increases in crop yields from GMOs, nitrogen fixation, what GMO stands for, herbicide resistance in crops, potential effects of GMOs on human genetics, gene flow between crops, precision of gene insertion, nutritional impacts of GM foods, useful bacteria in genetic engineering, objectives of agricultural biotechnology, examples of transgenic crops and more.
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Biotechnology sample test

[Link] a result of genetically modified crops, what happened to the chemical use
on farms?
[Link] up dramatically
[Link] down dramatically.
[Link] up on some but no change on others.
[Link] down on some crops but there is little or no change on others.

[Link] is a simple definition of bacteria?


[Link] are kind of living organisms that exist as a single filamentous or
multicellular body.
[Link] are microscopic living organisms, usually one-celled; that can be found
everywhere.
[Link] are single-celled animals that catches food and moves about by
extending fingerlike projection of protoplasm.
[Link] are single-celled eukaryotes that commonly show characteristics usually
associated with animals most notably mobility and heterotrophy.

[Link] organism among the following was not used in the genetic engineering
programme leading to the development of Golden Rice?
[Link] tumefaciens
[Link] uredovora
[Link] coli
[Link] pseudonarcissus

[Link] of the following statements apply to cellulose?


[Link] is a large organic compound made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain
and joined together between the carboxyl atom of one amino acid and the amine
nitrogen of another.
[Link] is a substance that exists in the cell walls of plants.
[Link] is a substance that holds the body together.
[Link] is a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the
maintenance of life.

[Link]’s increase crop yield! What does this lead to?


[Link] availability to food.
[Link] death of more crops.
[Link] malnutrition
[Link] the above
[Link] do you call the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia or nitrogenous
compounds?
[Link]
[Link]
[Link] assimilation
[Link] fixation

[Link] is involved in GMO?


[Link] processing
[Link] Engineering
[Link] technique
[Link]

[Link] long does it take to develop a new genetically modified crop?


[Link] years
[Link] years
[Link] years
[Link] year

[Link] does GMO stand for?


[Link] Misused Organism
[Link] Modified Organ
[Link] Modest Organism
[Link] Modified Organism

[Link] did crops become resistant to herbicides?


[Link] the introduction of Bt corn in 1997.
[Link] the introduction of Roundup-ready soybeans in 1996.
[Link] are not resistant to herbicides.
[Link] have always been resistant to some herbicides.

[Link] effect does eat genetically modified foods have on your genes?
[Link] could cause your own genes to absorb the excess genes.
[Link] could cause your own genes to mutate.
[Link] has no effect on your genes.
[Link] effects on human genetics aren’t known

[Link] genes escape from genetically modified crops and jump to other plants?
[Link], and often do.
[Link], genes cannot move from species to species without human intervention.
[Link] during rare climatic conditions.
[Link] to some crops, but those crops aren’t genetically modified.
[Link] scientists predict with certainty where an inserted gene will go on a plant
chromosome?
[Link] are inserted on the proper chromosome, but there is no control on
where it goes on the chromosome.
[Link]’s just a shot in the dark.
[Link] have a general idea of where the gene will go and what it will do to
the plant.
[Link] modern genetic techniques, scientists can insert genes precisely.

[Link] are the current benefits of having foods made from genetically modified
crops?
A. They allow farmers to greatly increase the number of crops produced.
B. They improve convenience for consumers, e.g. by creating foods with longer
shelf lives.
[Link] improve farm profitability andmake some farmers' jobs easier.
[Link] improve the nutritional quality of foods.

[Link] foods derived from genetically modified crops nutritionally superior?


[Link], they offer some health advantages over foods produced from
conventional crops.
B. Yes, they offer substantial health advantages over foods produced from
conventional crops.
[Link], they are neither better nor worse than foods from conventional crops.
[Link], they are slightly less healthful than foods from conventional crops.

[Link] bacteria most useful in genetic engineering are _________________?


A. Rhizobium and Azobacter
B. Nitrosomonas and Klebsilla
C. Escherichia and Agrobacterium
D. Rhizobium and Diplococcis

17. What does the second critical research area of biotechnology provide?
[Link] conditions for the catalyst
[Link] pure form of catalyst
[Link] impure form of catalyst
[Link] of products

[Link] is the green revolution related to?


[Link]
[Link] Green
[Link]
[Link]
[Link] is an important objective of biotechnology in agriculture?
A. to decrease seed number
B. to produce pest-resistant variety of plants
C. to increase phosphorous, nitrogen production
D. to reduce the number of plants

20.A genetically modified crop is __________________.


[Link] crop
[Link] crop
[Link] to green manure
[Link] crop

[Link] is an example of abiotic stress?


[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]

[Link] modifies rice is enriched with what type of vitamin?


A.K
B.D
C.A
D.E

[Link] toxin is produced by a bacterium called __________________.


[Link] thuringiensis
[Link] anthracis
[Link] thermophilus
[Link] subtilis

[Link] can minimize the use of fertilizers.


[Link]
[Link]

[Link] is the first transgenic crop?


[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link] part of the tobacco plant is infected by Meloidogyne incognitia?
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]

[Link] Bt Cotton, the Bttoxin present in plant tissue as protoxin is converted into
active toxin due to__________
[Link] PH of the insect gut
[Link] pH of the insect gut
[Link] of gut microorganism
[Link] of conversion factors in insect gut

[Link] plant resistant to a nematode have been developed by the


introduction of DNA that produced in the host cells__________
[Link] sense and anti-sense RNA
B.A particular hormone
[Link] antifeedant
D.A toxic protein

[Link] engineering has been successfully used for producing:


[Link] mice for testing safety of polio vaccine before use in humans
[Link] models for studying new treatments for certain cardiac diseases
[Link] cow -Rosie which produces high fat milk for making ghee
[Link] like bulls for farm work as they have super power

[Link] silencing of mRNA has been used in producing transgenic plants


resistant to:
[Link] worms
[Link] rusts
[Link]
[Link] blights

[Link] one of the following is now being commercially produced by


biotechnological procedures_________?
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link] are some of the characteristics of Bt cotton?
[Link] fibre and resistance to aphids
[Link] yield, long fibre and resistance to beetle pests
C. High yield and resistance to bollworms.
D. All of the above.

[Link] of the following is a product produced by biotechnology?


[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]

[Link] bacterium is used in the production of insulin by genetic engineering?


A. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]

[Link] do you call the procedure of making multiple copies of the desired DNA
template?
[Link]
[Link]
C.r-DNA technology
[Link] engineering

[Link] are used as cloning vectors for which of the following reasons?
[Link] be multiplied in culture
[Link]-replication in bacterial cells
[Link] be multiplied in laboratories with the help of enzymes
[Link] freely outside bacterial cells

[Link] is a transgenic plant?


[Link] with a gene from other plants
[Link] plant for a precise agronomic trait
[Link] plant
[Link] of the above
[Link] consisting of the use of biological systems (bacteria) for the
manufacture, transformation or degradation of molecules through enzymatic or
fermentation processes for industrial purposes, are called___________.
[Link] biotechnologies
[Link] biotechnologies
[Link] biotechnologies
[Link] biotechnologies

[Link] among the following is incorrect?


[Link] of DNA by a probe requires sequence similarity between the two
components.
[Link] circular and linear DNAs, containing N restriction sites for a restriction
enzyme, give, respectively, N and N + 1 fragments, once cut by this enzyme.
[Link] of a recombinant DNA means the isolation of cell colonies containing
the construct of the specific recombinant DNA.
[Link] EcoRI endonuclease, the cut of which on a circular DNA gives 4
fragments, is in favor of the presence of 4 restriction sites.

[Link] expression of a transgene in the target tissue is identified by a


_________.
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]

[Link] are the current benefits of having foods made from genetically modified
crops?
[Link] improve farm profitability and make some farmers' jobs easier.
[Link] allow farmers to greatly increase the amount of crops produced.
[Link] improve convenience for consumers, e.g. by creating foods with longer
shelf lives.
[Link] cause less damage to the environment than conventional chemical-
intensive agriculture.

[Link] the foods we eat, how much contains the genetic material DNA?
A.20 percent.
B.50 percent.
C.80 percent.
[Link] 100 percent
[Link] foods derived from genetically modified crops contain:
[Link] same number of genes as food produced from conventionalcrops.
B. The same number of genes as foods produced from hybrid crops.
C. One or two additional genes.
D. Hundreds of additional genes.

[Link] happens to plants and animals during genetic modification?


[Link] desirable genes are transferred to a new species
[Link] are removed from one organism and transferred to another
[Link] or animals are given traits that they do not typically have
[Link] of the above

[Link] of the following is not an example of an advantage of genetic


engineering?
A. farmers may need to use less pesticides
[Link] cotton, corn, and soybeans help create "superweeds"
[Link] improve nutrition and taste of some foods
[Link] have a greater resistance to spoilage

Biotechnology sample test 
1.As a result of genetically modified crops, what happened to the chemical use 
on farms? 
A.Gone
6.What do you call the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia or nitrogenous 
compounds?
A.Denitrification 
B.Nitrification 
C.Nit
13.Can scientists predict with certainty where an inserted gene will go on a plant 
chromosome? 
A.Genes are inserted on the
19.What is an important objective of biotechnology in agriculture? 
A. to decrease seed number
B. to produce pest-resistant v
26.Which part of the tobacco plant is infected by Meloidogyne incognitia?
A.Leaf
B.Root
C.Stem
D.Flower
27.In Bt Cotton, the
32.What are some of the characteristics of Bt cotton?
A.Long fibre and resistance to aphids
B.Medium yield, long fibre and re
38.Biotechnologies consisting of the use of biological systems (bacteria) for the 
manufacture, transformation or degradation
43.Most foods derived from genetically modified crops contain:
A.The same number of genes as food produced from conventionalc

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