SUMMATIVE TEST No.

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HEREDITY: Inheritance and Variation

NAME ____________________________________________Grade & Section______________ Score________

I. Multiple Choice. Choose and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. He was named as the Father of Modern Genetics.
a. Marie Curie b. Gregor Mendel c. Albert Einstein
2. It is the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
a. Biology b. Variation c. Heredity
3. Which organism was studied by the Father of Modern Genetics for seven years?
a. Four ‘o clock flower b. pea plants c. cow
4. Which of the following refers to the combination of two alleles which is either homozygous
dominant or recessive and heterozygous?
a. Genotype b. Phenotype c. Dominance
5. In Mendelian genetics, Purple (PP) is dominant over white (pp) flower. If the resulting offspring
has the genotype Pp, what is the phenotype of the offspring?
a. Pink b. White c. Purple
6. If a specific trait is not found in either X or Y chromosome, what is it called?
a. Autosomal b. Sex-linked c. Sex-Influenced
7. How many pairs of chromosome are considered autosomal?
a. 23 pairs b. 1 pair c. 22 pairs
8. What is the total number of chromosomes does each cell in a human being have?
a. 23 b. 46 c. 44
9. When a red cow mate with a white cow, the resulting phenotype is a roan cow with both white
and red hair. In which non-Mendelian principle does it apply to?
a. Codominance b. Incomplete Dominance c. Sec-linked
10. In humans, which blood type is considered to be recessive?
a. A b. B c. O
11. Which set of sex chromosome is carried by females?
a. XX b. XY c. either XX or XY
12. What is the probability of having a male or female offspring?
a. 100% b. 50% c. 75%
13. Which chromosome determines the sex of the offspring?
a. Y b. X c. either X or Y
14. If a male offspring inherits an affected X chromosome, what happens?
a. He will not have the disease.
b. He will have the disease.
c. He will be a carrier of the disease.
15. Which of the following is considered a sex-influenced trait?
a. Lactation
b. Color-blindness
c. Pattern baldness
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