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Biotech Bowl Fall 2010 Team B Question and Answer Submission
Team Members: Catherine Nolan, Amber Heaton, Jon Salina, Viet Nguyen, Abdul Hakeemoke, Erica Dent, Silvana
Sanchez, Diana Evans
Team Leader: Christen O’Brian
1. _________ is one of the oldest applications of aquatic biotechnology, which deals with raising fin fish or shell
fish in controlled conditions for use as food sources.
A. Crop Rotation
B. Aquaculture
C. Fish Farms
D. Cell Culture
2. What is the structural difference between ddNTP and dNTP?
A. ddNTP has a hydrogen (H) attached to the 3’ carbon of the deoxyribose sugar and dNTP has a
hydroxyl (OH) group at the 3’ carbon.
B. ddNTP has a decyl group attached to the 3’ carbon of the deoxyribose sugar and dNTP has a dodecyl
group attached to the 3’ carbon.
C. ddNTP has a hydrogen attached to the 3’ carbon of the ribose sugar and the dNTP has a hodroxyl group
attached to the 5’ carbon of the deoxyribose sugar.
D. ddNTP has a carboxyl group attached to the 3’ carbon of the deoxyribose sugar and the dNTP has a
sulfide group attached to the 3’ carbon.
3. This enzyme used to be extracted from the stomachs of calves and other milk producing species such as goats,
sheep, horses, zebras, and even camels to make cheese from coagulated milk?
A. pyruvatase
B. Adenosine Triphosphatase
C. Rennin
D. Chymosin
4. Which natural bacterial pesticide produces a crystallized protein that kills harmful insects and their larvae?
A. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
B. Bacillus anthracis
C. Helicobacter pylori
D. Yeast
5. Biosensors that are used to detect a wide variety of environmental pollutants utilize recombinant bacteria that
contain what genes?
A. biomarkers
B. lux
C. gfp
D. pGFP
6. Name the 3 agencies that are responsible for the oversight of biotechnology products.
A. 1. National Institute for Health, NIH; 2. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI; 3. World Health
Organization, WHO
B. 1. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, USDA; 2. NIH; 3. Food and Drug Administration, FDA
C. 1. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, USDA; 2. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA; 3. Food and Drug
Administration, FDA
D. 1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS; 2. USDA; 3. NIH
7. Define bioethics.
A. The area of ethics that tells you what to think about instead of how to think about biological research
and its implications.
B. The area of ethics that concentrates on the Hippocratic Oath.
C. The area of ethics that defines the differences between utilitarian and Kantian approaches to address
ethical problems.
D. The area of ethics that deals with the implications of biological research and biotechnological
applications, especially regarding medicine.
8. Amniocentesis, Chorionic Villus Sampling, FISH – Fluoresscence in situe Hybridization, RFLP – Restriction
Fragment Lenth Polymorphosm Analysis, ASO – Allele-Specific Oligonucleotide Analysis, DNA Microarrays, and
Protein Microarrays are all different ways in which to detect genetic diseases?
A. True B. False
9. What technique is used to grow bacterial cells containing an isolated gene of interest?
A. Cell Culture
B. Gene Culture C. PCR
D. Molecular Pharming
10. This type of virus transcribes its RNA genome into DNA in the host cell.
A. HPV B. Retrovirus
C. Bacteriophage
D. Vibrio cholerae
11. What is the developmental difference between monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous?
A. Agerobacter can infect both types; there is no difference.
B. Monocots are shoot while Dicots are roots
C. A Monocot is of a single seed embryo while a Dicot is of two seed halves.
D. Monocots are diploid while Dicots are polyploid.
12. TNT is converted into a less toxic chemical by the use of a transgenic strain of tobacco.
A. True B. False
13. What is the nic-name is given to a model organism used in transgenics which refers to the method where genes
are being subtracted instead of added?
A. OncoMouse
B. Knockout mice
C. EnviroPig
D. Bioreactors
14. What kind of safety testing involves rigorous scientific methodology and is required by the FDA?
A. Final Exams
B. SDS-PAGE
C. Phase Testing
D. Electroporation
15. In the search for new medicines and drugs there have been many breakthroughs resulting in two new
biotechnological disciplines. They are:
A. Artificial Blood and Nanotechnology
B. Gene Threapy and Artifical Blood
C. Anti-sense RNA technology and Pharmacogenomics
D. Pharmacogenomics and Nanotechnology