Biology Chapter 14 TEST (2010)

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. How many chromosomes are shown in a normal human karyotype?

a. / 2
b. / 23
c. / 44
d. / 46

____ 2. Which of the following are shown in a karyotype?

a. / homologous chromosomes
b. / sex chromosomes
c. / autosomes
d. / all of the above

____ 3. Which of the following can be observed in a karyotype?

a. / a change in a DNA base
b. / an extra chromosome
c. / genes
d. / alleles

____ 4. In humans, a male has

a. / one X chromosome only.
b. / two X chromosomes.
c. / one X chromosome and one Y chromosome.
d. / two Y chromosomes.

____ 5. Human females produce egg cells that have

a. / one X chromosome.
b. / two X chromosomes.
c. / one X or one Y chromosome.
d. / one X and one Y chromosome.

____ 6. What is the approximate probability that a human offspring will be female?

a. / 10%
b. / 25%
c. / 50%
d. / 75%

____ 7. What percentage of human sperm cells carry an X chromosome?

a. / 0%
b. / 25%
c. / 50%
d. / 100%

____ 8. A human female inherits

a. / one copy of every gene located on each of the X chromosomes.
b. / twice as many sex chromosomes as a human male inherits.
c. / one copy of every gene located on the Y chromosome.
d. / all of the same genes that a human male inherits.

____ 9. In a pedigree, a circle represents a(an)

a. / male.
b. / female.
c. / child.
d. / adult.

____ 10. A pedigree CANNOT be used to

a. / determine whether a trait is inherited.
b. / show how a trait is passed from one generation to the next.
c. / determine whether an allele is dominant or recessive.
d. / none of the above

____ 11. Which of the following would you be least likely to see in a pedigree?

a. / All of the symbols are unshaded.
b. / All of the symbols are shaded.
c. / All of the symbols are half-shaded.
d. / About half of the symbols are circles.

____ 12. Which of the following is caused by a dominant allele?

a. / Huntington’s disease
b. / PKU
c. / Tay-Sachs disease
d. / none of the above

____ 13. Which of the following is determined by multiple alleles?

a. / Rh blood group
b. / ABO blood group
c. / PKU
d. / Huntington’s disease

____ 14. A person who has PKU

a. / inherited the recessive allele for the trait from one parent.
b. / inherited the recessive allele for the trait from both parents.
c. / is heterozygous for the trait.
d. / will not pass the allele for the trait to his or her offspring.

____ 15. Which of the following genotypes result in the same phenotype?

a. / IAIA and IAIB
b. / IBIB and IBi
c. / IBIB and IAIB
d. / IBi and ii

____ 16. If a man with blood type A and a woman with blood type B produce an offspring, what might be the offspring’s blood type?

a. / AB or O
b. / A, B, or O
c. / A, B, AB, or O
d. / AB only

____ 17. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

a. / A person with Huntington’s disease might not pass the allele for the disease to his or her offspring.
b. / A person with Huntington’s disease might be homozygous for the disease.
c. / Huntington’s disease is caused by a recessive allele.
d. / A person who inherits one allele for Huntington’s disease will develop the disease.

____ 18. Sickle cell disease is caused by a

a. / change in one DNA base.
b. / change in the size of a chromosome.
c. / change in two genes.
d. / change in the number of chromosomes in a cell.

____ 19. In cystic fibrosis, a change in a single gene causes the protein called CFTR to

a. / become less soluble.
b. / fold improperly.
c. / destroy the cell membrane.
d. / transport sodium ions instead of chloride ions.

____ 20. Compared with normal hemoglobin, the hemoglobin of a person with sickle cell disease

a. / is longer.
b. / is shorter.
c. / has a different sequence of amino acids.
d. / is wider.

____ 21. Which of the following does NOT lead to cystic fibrosis?

a. / missing codon in mRNA
b. / shorter CFTR polypeptide chain
c. / point mutation
d. / absence of CFTR in cell membrane

____ 22. People who are heterozygous for sickle cell disease are generally healthy because

a. / they are resistant to malaria.
b. / they usually have some normal hemoglobin in their red blood cells.
c. / their abnormal hemoglobin usually doesn’t cause their red blood cells to become sickle-shaped.
d. / they do not produce abnormal hemoglobin.

____ 23. The sequencing of human chromosomes 21 and 22 showed that

a. / some regions of chromosomes do not code for proteins.
b. / all of the DNA of chromosomes codes for proteins.
c. / different chromosomes have the same number of genes.
d. / different chromosomes contain the same number of DNA bases.

____ 24. Alleles found on the same chromosomes

a. / are dominant.
b. / are never separated by recombination.
c. / are linked.
d. / contain repetitive DNA.

____ 25. The long stretches of repetitive DNA in chromosomes 21 and 22 are unstable sites

a. / that contain genes.
b. / where rearrangements occur.
c. / that cause genetic disorders.
d. / that do not allow crossing-over to occur.

____ 26. Many sex-linked genes are located on

a. / the autosomes.
b. / the X chromosome only.
c. / the Y chromosome only.
d. / both the X chromosome and the Y chromosome.

____ 27. Colorblindness is more common in males than in females because

a. / fathers pass the allele for colorblindness to their sons only.
b. / the allele for colorblindness is located on the Y chromosome.
c. / the allele for colorblindness is recessive and located on the X chromosome.
d. / males who are colorblind have two copies of the allele for colorblindness.

____ 28. Which of the following statements is true?

a. / Females cannot have hemophilia.
b. / The father of a colorblind boy may be colorblind.
c. / A sex-linked allele cannot be dominant.
d. / The mother of a colorblind boy must be colorblind.

____ 29. Which of the following form(s) a Barr body?

a. / the Y chromosome in a male cell
b. / the X chromosome in a male cell
c. / one of the X chromosomes in a female cell
d. / both of the X chromosomes in a female cell

____ 30. The formation of a Barr body

a. / causes the genes on one of the X chromosomes in a female cell to be switched off.
b. / always causes the same X chromosome in a female’s cells to be switched off.
c. / switches on the Y chromosome in a male cell.
d. / none of the above

____ 31. A cat that has spots of only one color

a. / has no Barr bodies.
b. / must be a male.
c. / must be a female.
d. / may be a male or a female.

____ 32. The failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis is called

a. / nondisjunction.
b. / X-chromosome inactivation.
c. / Turner’s syndrome.
d. / Down syndrome.

____ 33. Because the X chromosome contains genes that are vital for normal development, no baby has been born

a. / with one X chromosome.
b. / with three X chromosomes.
c. / without an X chromosome.
d. / with four X chromosomes.

____ 34. Which of the following combinations of sex chromosomes represents a female?

a. / XY
b. / XXY
c. / XXXY
d. / XX

____ 35. If nondisjunction occurs during meiosis,

a. / only two gametes may form instead of four.
b. / some gametes may have an extra copy of some genes.
c. / the chromatids do not separate.
d. / it occurs during prophase.

____ 36. Nondisjunction can involve

a. / autosomes.
b. / sex chromosomes.
c. / homologous chromosomes.
d. / all of the above

____ 37. Scientists test for alleles that cause human genetic disorders by

a. / making karyotypes.
b. / making DNA fingerprints.
c. / detecting the DNA sequences found in those alleles.
d. / making pedigrees.

____ 38. The process of DNA fingerprinting is based on the fact that

a. / the most important genes are different among most people.
b. / no two people, except identical twins, have exactly the same DNA.
c. / most genes are dominant.
d. / most people have DNA that contains repeats.

____ 39. What conclusion CANNOT be made from two DNA fingerprints that show identical patterns of bands?

a. / The DNA from the two DNA fingerprints almost certainly came from the same person.
b. / The DNA from the two DNA fingerprints definitely came from two different people.
c. / The DNA from the two DNA fingerprints definitely came from the same person.
d. / The DNA repeats that formed the bands in each DNA fingerprint are the same length.

____ 40. The Human Genome Project is an attempt to

a. / make a DNA fingerprint of every person’s DNA.
b. / sequence all human DNA.
c. / cure human diseases.
d. / identify alleles in human DNA that are recessive.

____ 41. The human genome was sequenced

a. / by sequencing each gene on each chromosome, one at a time.
b. / using DNA fingerprinting.
c. / by looking for overlapping regions between sequenced DNA fragments.
d. / using open reading frames.

____ 42. Which of the following information CANNOT be obtained from the Human Genome Project?

a. / causes of genetic disorders
b. / amino acid sequences of human proteins
c. / locations of genes on chromosomes
d. / whether an allele is dominant or recessive

____ 43. The purpose of gene therapy is to

a. / cure genetic disorders.
b. / determine the sequences of genes.
c. / remove mutations from genes.
d. / change dominant alleles to recessive alleles.

____ 44. Which of the following is the first step in gene therapy?

a. / splicing the normal gene to viral DNA
b. / allowing recombinant viruses to infect human cells
c. / using restriction enzymes to cut out the normal gene from DNA
d. / identifying the faulty gene that causes the disease

____ 45. Gene therapy is successful if the

a. / viruses carrying the replacement gene infect the person’s cells.
b. / replacement gene is replicated in the person’s cells.
c. / replacement gene is transcribed in the person’s cells.
d. / replacement gene is successfully spliced to viral DNA.

Other

USING SCIENCE SKILLS

Figure 14-1

46. Inferring In the human karyotype in Figure 14-1, what are the chromosomes in each numbered group called?

47. Comparing and Contrasting In Figure 14-1, how are the chromosomes that make up each numbered pair similar?

48. Classifying Which chromosomes in Figure 14-1 are autosomes?

49. Interpreting Graphics In the human karyotype in Figure 14-1, how many chromosomes are shown?

50. Drawing Conclusions Identify the sex chromosomes in Figure 14-1. Does the karyotype show the normal number of sex chromosomes? Explain.

USING SCIENCE SKILLS

The pedigree shows the inheritance of free earlobes and attached earlobes in five generations of a family. Attached earlobes are caused by a recessive allele (f). Half-shaded symbols are NOT used in this pedigree to show carriers of the allele.

Figure 14-2

51. Inferring Is individual 2 in Figure 14-2 homozygous or heterozygous for free earlobes? Explain.

52. Interpreting Graphics In Figure 14-2, how many children of individuals 4 and 5 have attached earlobes?

53. Inferring Can you be certain of the genotype of individual 5 in Figure 14-2? Explain.

54. Predicting Predict the genotype and phenotype of individual 14 in Figure 14-2.

55. Inferring In Figure 14-2, are any of the descendants of individuals 1 and 2 homozygous for free earlobes?

USING SCIENCE SKILLS

To determine a person’s blood type, a drop of anti-A serum and a drop of anti-B serum are placed at either end of a microscope slide. Then, a drop of the person’s blood is added to each drop of serum. Clumping in anti-A serum or anti-B serum indicates the presence of antigen A or antigen B in the blood, respectively.

Figure 14-3

56. Interpreting Graphics Which numbered slide in Figure 14-3 shows type B blood?

57. Inferring In Figure 14-3, which slide shows the blood of a person who can safely receive any type of blood in a transfusion? Identify the person’s blood type.

58. Interpreting Graphics Which slide in Figure 14-3 shows blood that contains no antigens? How do you know?

59. Inferring In Figure 14-3, what is the genotype or genotypes of the person whose blood is shown in slide 1?

60. Inferring Anti-sera are extracted from blood. Based on what is shown in Figure 14-3, what type of blood does not contain anti-A or anti-B serum? Explain why?