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Written Task 1
Directions: Supply the best answer.

1. What is the small circular, extrachromosomal DNA molecule within a cell called?
a. Pilus
b. Vector
c. Plasmid
d. Bacteriophage
2. What does a vector do?
a. takes in DNA from its environment
b. incorporates the new DNA into its own chromosome
c. transfers genetic material into a cell, or from one bacterium to another
3. A vector is a bacteriophage or plasmid which transfers genetic material into a cell, or from one
bacterium to another.
a. True
b. False
4. (I) A bacteriophage is a virus that parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside
it; and (II) transduction is the process whereby foreign DNA is introduced into another cell via a
viral vector.
a. I is correct
b. II is correct
c. Both I and II are correct
d. Both I and II are not correct
5. Transposable elements are chunks of DNA that move from one place to another. What effect do
they have on bacteria?
A. They cause bacteria antibiotic resistance.
B. They cause bacteria to make them pathogenic.
a. A only
b. B only
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
6. __________________is the process by which DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another
by a virus. It also refers to the process whereby foreign DNA is introduced into another cell via a
viral vector.
7. DNA is transferred from one cell to another via a mating bridge that connects the two cells after
the pilus draws the two bacteria close enough to form the bridge. In which process is it
present?
a. Transformation
b. Transduction
c. Conjugation
d. All the above
8. Which of the following is a virus?
a. Pilus
b. Vector
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c. Plasmid
d. Bacteriophage
Match the gene transfer methods correctly.
9. Conjugation B
10. Transduction C
11. Transformation A
a. A bacterium takes up a piece of DNA floating in its environment.
b. A DNA is transferred between bacteria through a tube between cells.
c. A DNA is accidentally moved from one bacterium to another by a virus.
12. Which method does NOT need a plasmid?
a. Conjugation
b. Transduction
c. Transformation

Written Task 2
Directions: Explain briefly, as you would explain orally.

1. Why is gene transfer important? (maximum of 2 sentences)

2. What does a fertility factor do? (maximum of 2 sentences)
3. Explain how transduction produces a new genetically different bacterium. (maximum of 5
sentences)

Performance Task 1
Directions: Study the illustrations in the presentation closely and make your own version of each
process. Use the red, yellow, and blue colors only. Label. Digital will be accepted but must be printed.