SUMMATIVE TEST for GRADE 9-SCIENCE
Week 3 and 4
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1. Which of the following statements is TRUE
about non-Mendelian inheritance?
A. It is a pattern of inheritance which follows
the Law of Segregation.
B. It is a pattern of inheritance which does not
follow Mendel's Genetic Laws.
C. It is a pattern of inheritance which was
proposed by Sir Alexander Fleming.
D. It is a pattern of inheritance that solely
explains the existence of dominant and
recessive traits.
2. Which of the following is the correct use of a
Punnett square?
A. testing for the presence of the recessive
allele
B. determining the DNA sequence of a given
gene
C. identifying the gene locus where allelic
variations are possible
D. predicting the result of genetic crosses
between organisms of known genotype
3. In incomplete dominance, the heterozygote
offspring shows __________.
A. A phenotype of the dominant parent.
B. A phenotype of the recessive parent.
C. A phenotype that is intermediate between
the 2 homozygous phenotypes.
D. A phenotype that is a combination between
the 2 homozygous phenotypes.
4. In ABO Blood Group system, O is recessive.
Therefore, for this blood type to be expressed
A. Two O alleles must be present.
B. One O allele and 1 B allele must be present.
C. The alleles A, B and O must all be present.
D. The alleles A, B and O must all be present.
5. In the ABO blood group systems in humans,
what two alleles are codominant?
A. A & A C. A & O
B. A & B D. B & O
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6. ABO blood types are an example of____.
A. codominance C. incomplete dominance
B. dominance D. multiple alleles
7. All the offspring of a cross between a red-
flowered plant and a white-flowered plant have
pink flowers. This means that the allele for red
flowers is ______ to the allele for white flowers.
A. codominant C. incompletely dominant
B. dominant D. pleiotropic
8. What would be the genotype of a pink flower if
it follows the rules for incomplete dominance,
given that R= red and W= white?
A. p B. pp C. rw D. RW
9. A cross between a white rooster and a black
hen results in 100% gray offspring. When two of
these gray offspring are mated, the probable
phenotypic percentage seen in the offspring
would be
A.100% gray
B. 75% black, 25% white
C. 75% gray, 25% white
D. 25%black, 50% gray, 25%white
10. A non - Mendelian pattern which results when
one allele is not dominant over the other which
means both alleles are shown equally in the
phenotypes of the heterozygote.
A. Codominance C. Incomplete Dominance
B. Dominance D. Multiple Alleles
11. If one of your parents is blood type A and the
other is type B, which of the following blood types
would you likely be?
A. A B. AB C. B D.
12. Which of the following statements is FALSE
about codominance?
A. It is a pattern of inheritance which does
not follow Mendel's Genetic Laws.
B. It is a pattern of inheritance which shows
the blending of traits of the parents.
C. It is a pattern of inheritance in which one
allele is not dominant over the other.
D. It is a pattern of inheritance wherein the
heterozygote shows the traits of both
parents.
13. Cattles exhibit 3 different phenotypes namely: 21. Y-linked traits are also known as holandric
homozygous red [RR] coats, homozygous white traits. Which of the following is true about
[WW] coats and heterozygous roan [RW] coats holandric traits?
which is a mix of red hairs and white hairs. What A. It is observed among females only
is the genotypic ratio of the offsprings between a B. It is observed among males only
cross of 2 heterozygous roan cows? C. Both male and female can be carriers of
A. 1 RR: 1 WW C. 1 RR : 2 RW : 1 WW the traits
B. 4 RW D. 2 RR: 1 RW: 2 WW D. There are more males afflicted with it
compared to females
14. Number of hands is a dominant sex-limited
trait shown only among male Antimoniums. If 22. The gene for lactation is present in both male
Jade Orzen – a 4-handed Antimonium marries and female cattles. Being a sex-limited trait, this
daughters? expressed in
A. 0% C. 50% A. Female only
B. 25% D. 75% B. Male cattles only
C. Bothe male and female cattles
15. Hypertrichosis is a sex-linked holandric trait D. Neither male nor female cattles
only observed among men. This is associated
with which chromosome? 23. What conditions will guarantee that a male
A. XX C. XY offspring will have red-green color blindness?
B. X D. Y A. the father is colorblind
B. the mother is colorblind
16. Hair color is a recessive X-linked trait among C. the father has the recessive gene
Magnesiumites. If aubergine-haired Shakeera D. the mother has the recessive gene
Mae marries aubergine-haired John Mark, what
is their chance of having aubergine haired son? 24. What are the expected offspring’s when a
A. 100% C. 50% female who is bald marries to a non-bald male?
B. 75% D. 25% i. all sons will become bald
ii. all daughters will become bald
17. These are sex-based inheritance that is iii. none of the daughters will become
expressed on both sexes but more frequently in bald
one than in the other sex
A. Sex-based inheritance A. i only C. i and ii only
B. Sex-influenced traits B. ii only D. i and iii only
C. Sex-limited traits
D. Sex-linked traits 25. Hemophilia is an X-linked trait, why is it more
commonly observed among males than in
18. Which of the following is described as traits females?
that are exclusively expressed in one sex? A. It behaves as a sex-influenced trait among
A. Sex-linked traits males.
B. Sex-influenced traits B. It behaves as a recessive allele among
C. Sex-limited traits females.
D. Sex-based inheritance C. It behaves as a dominant allele among
females.
19. Which of the following is TRUE about D. It behaves as a recessive allele among
colorblindness? males.
A. Color blindness is seen in both X and Y
chromosomes.
B. There are fewer colorblind females than
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C. Only males are colorbind. -
D. All of these.

20. These traits are autosomal and are therefore

not carried in the sex chromosomes.
A. Sex-linked and sex-limited traits
B. Sex-linked and sex-influenced traits
C. Sex-limited and sex-influenced traits
D Sex-based inheritance and sex-linked traits