Quiz of biology about genetica

1. Advantages to using the garden pea for Mendel's experiments included all
listed below except
A) true-breeding varieties were scarce.
B) he could expect to observe segregation of traits among the
offspring.
C) they have relatively short generation time.
D) sex organs of the pea are enclosed within the flower.
2. Pea plants can
A) self-pollinate, but are not self-compatible
B) self-fertilize
C) only cross-fertilize
D) reproduce without pollination
3. In Mendel's F2 generation, one out of four plants had white flowers
because
A) the trait is sex-linked
B) both parents were heterozygous purple
C) one parent was homozygous recessive
D) both parents were heterozygous white
4. Mendelian inheritance may be difficult to analyze because of all of the
following except
A) formation of Barr bodies
B) pleiotropic effects
C) continuous variation
D) epistasis
5. Klinefelter's syndrome is caused by a nondisjunction resulting in a
genotype of
A) YYY
B) XYY
C) XXX
D) XXY
6. In the F2 generation, the 3:1 ratio is really a disguised
A) 1:2:1
B) 2:1:1
C) 1:1:2
D) 4:0
E) 4:1
7. The ratio often referred to the Mendelian ratio is
A) 1:3:3:1
B) 9:7
C) 1:3:1
D) 1:1
E) 3:1
8. When Mendel crossed pure-breeding purple and white flowered pea plants,
the dominant to recessive ratio in the F1 generation was
A) 3:1
B) 4:0
C) 4:1
D) 4:0
E) 9:3:3:1
9. On which of the following chromosomes are sex-linked traits carried?
A) 13
 B) 18
C) Y
D) 15
E) X
10.The genotype of an individual with Turner syndrome is
A) YO
B) XXY
C) XYY
D) XO
E) XXX
11.In Mendel's F2 generation of the purple and white flower crossing, the
dominant to recessive ratio was
A) 1:3:1
B) 3:1
C) 1:1
D) 9:7
E) 9:3:3:1
12.The name for a chromosome map unit is
A) centimorgan
B) centistern
C) millimendel
D) decibarr
E) centisutton
13.Which of the following represents a testcross?
A) Ww x WW
B) ww x WW
C) Ww x Ww
D) WW x WW
E) none of the above
14.A disease caused by an autosomal primary nondisjunction is
A) Turner syndrome
B) Down syndrome
C) Tay-Sachs disease
D) Klinefelter syndrome
E) PKU
15.A individual who has two of the same allele is said to be
A) homozygous
B) heteromologous
C) homologous
D) heterozygous
E) diplozygous
16.Which of the following represents a dihybrid?
A) WWSs
B) WwSS
C) WwSs
D) WWss
E) wwSs
17.Where two alternatives for a trait are tall and short, and tall is dominant,
the genotype of a heterozygous individual would be expressed
A) sS
B) ss
C) SS
D) Ss
E) tall
18.Which of the following chromosomes, if trisomic, cause failure of survival
of development?
A) X
B) 21
C) 11
D) 18
E) 15
19.The appearance resulting from a given gene combination is referred to as
the
A) genotype
B) phenotype
C) phototype
D) alleleotype
E) stereotype
20.Compared to previous geneticists, the unique characteristic of Mendel's
work was
A) keeping records of numbers of different progeny
B) choosing the garden pea for his experiment
C) producing hybrids
D) studying more than one generation
E) crossing true-breeding plants
21.A modified Mendelian ratio is represented by
A) 9:3:3:1
B) 1:3:1
C) 3:1
D) 9:7
E) 1:1
22.The two alternatives for a trait are red and white and red is dominant.
However, white is the most common trait. What is the genotype of a
homozygous dominant individual?
A) RR
B) rr
C) WW
D) ww
E) red
23.Where the two alternatives for a trait are broad and narrow, and broad is
dominant, the phenotype of a homozygous dominant individual would be
expressed as
A) BB
B) nn
C) Bn
D) NN
E) broad
24.A genetic disorder caused by a dominant allele is
A) sickle-cell anemia
B) PKU
C) Tay-Sachs disease
D) hemophilia (royal)
E) Huntington's disease
25.Early ideas about heredity include
A) traits can be masked in some generations
B) traits were segregated among progeny
C) alleles do not influence each other
D) traits are transmitted directly
 E) not all copies of a factor are identical
26.What is the phenotype of a fruit fly whose genotype is g+g+vsvs (where g
= gray body and vs = vestigial wings; wild type = black body and normal
wings)?
A) gray body; vestigial wings
B) gray body; normal wings
C) black body; vestigial wings
D) black body; normal wings
27.In garden peas, height is determined by a single gene with tall being
dominate to short. If two heterozygous plants are crossed, what proportion
of the tall progeny will be homozygous dominant?
A) 3/4
B) 2/3
C) 1/2
D) 1/3
E) 1/4
28.In the cross MMnn x mmNN, what proportion of the resulting F1 would be
homozygous dominant for both genes?
A) none
B) 1/16
C) 3/16
D) 9/16
E) all
29.In humans pointed eyebrows are dominant to smooth eyebrows and
widow's peak (downward pointed frontal hairline) is dominant to
continuous hairline. What phenotypic ratio would you expect in the
offspring from a cross between an individual heterozygous for both genes
and an individual homozygous recessive for both genes?
A) 9:3:3:1
B) 9:3:4
C) 1:1:1:1
D) 1:2:1:2:4:2:1:2:1
E) 9:7
30.Hypertrichosis, hairiness of the pinna of the ear, is inherited as a Y-linked
recessive in humans. If a man with hypertrichosis marries a normal
woman, what types of children may they have?
A) All of their children of both sexes have hypertrichosis.
B) All the sons have hypertrichosis, but none of their daughters.
C) Half of their sons, but none of their daughters will have
hypertrichosis.
D) All the daughters have hypertrichosis, but none of their sons.
E) None of their children have hypertrichosis.
31.The model for the dihybrid cross of heterozygotes predicts a phenotypic
ratio of 9:3:3:1.
A) True
B) False
32.Epistasis is a genetic condition in which certain alleles of one locus can
alter the expression of alleles of a different locus.
A) True
B) False
33.One gene can have multiple effects on an organism.
A) True
B) False
34.The genotypes of a husband and wife are IAIB x IAi. Among the blood
types of their children, how many different genotypes and phenotypes are
possible?
A) 2 genotypes; 3 phenotypes
B) 3 genotypes; 4 phenotypes
C) 4 genotypes; 4 phenotypes
D) 3 genotypes; 3 phenotypes
E) 4 genotypes; 3 phenotypes
35.A trait caused by a recessive autosomal allele will result in a pedigree that
shows affected individuals having at least one affected parent.
A) True
B) False
36.Down syndrome results from:
A) the absence of one chromosome in position 21
B) the presence of an extra chromosome in position 21
C) the absence of both chromosomes in position 21
D) crossing over on the chromosomes in position 21
E) none of the above
37.Which of the following is not a result of nondisjunction of the sex
chromosomes?
A) Down syndrome
B) Barr body
C) Turner syndrome
D) Klinefelter syndrome
E) both a and b