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BTEC 3301
Quiz 1 Samples
Marks: 20 points
Time : 30 mins
Instructions:
Section A: Multiple choice: 2 points each;Total 20
 Use #2 pencil to fill in the scantron sheet for the correct answer
 Be sure to put your name and student ID number on the mark-sense
sheet on the bottom right corner ( No ID on the sense sheet will
results in 0 mark).
1. Biotechnology is broadly defined as using living organisms, or products of living
organisms for human benefit to make a product or solve a problem
A. True
B. False
2. A transgenic crop plant contains a gene or genes which the plant have acquired through
pollination.
A. True
B. False
3. In -------- penicillin became widely available, scale-up and commercial production of
antibiotics such as penicillin occurred.
A. 1945
B. 1940
C. 1950
D. 1949
4. One of the most widespread and commonly understood applications of Biotechnology is
the use of antibiotic Penicillin from the microbe -----------.
A. E. coli
B. Aspergillus niger
C. Aspergillus flavus
D. None of the above
5. The goals of the Human Genome project was to -------.
A. determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human
DNA
B. store this information in databases
C. improve tools for data analysis
D. transfer related technologies to the private sector, and address the ethical, legal, and
social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project
E. All the above.
6. The process of mRNA formation from DNA during protein synthesis is called-------.
A. Transcription
B. Translation
C. Transduction
D. Translation and Transcription.
7…………….an area of Biotechnology used for the catalysis of extremely specific
chemical reactions, for the immobilization of enzymes, and to create specific molecular
converters.
A. Waste technology
B. Environmental Technology
C. Enzyme technology
D Renewable resource tehchnology
8. In 1988, a synthetic version of the human insulin gene was constructed and inserted into
the bacterium Eschericia coli, in the laboratory of Herbert Boyer at the University of
California at San Francisco.
A. True
B. False
9. Regions of DNA called genes contain information which leads to synthesis of specific
proteins e.g insulin
A. True
B. False
10. Plant Biotechnology chiefly involves the introduction of----------genes into
economically important plant species
A. more colorful
B. unproductive
C. more resistant to pests
D. foreign