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Chapter 10 - Patterns of Inheritance

Chapter 10
Patterns of Inheritance

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which variable will determine the coat color in Himalayan rabbits?

A. the genetics will determine it 100%
B. the environment will determine it 100%
C. both the genetics and environment will determine the coat color
D. neither the environment or genes will play a role in determining coat color

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.03 Explain how the environment may influence the phenotype.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

2. Skin color is coded for by several different genes which results in a range of skin colors
from very dark to very light. This is an example of
A. a multifactorial trait.
B. polygenic inheritance.
C. pleiotropy.
D. codominance.
E. incomplete dominance.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.02 Explain and provide examples of polygenic inheritance and pleiotropy.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

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3. Sickle cell disease is caused by a single mutation in the DNA of a particular gene. A
person with this disease has red blood cells that lose their original donut shape and form a
sickle shape. People with this disorder suffer from low energy levels, blood clots, and strokes.
This is an example of
A. a multifactorial trait.
B. polygenic inheritance.
C. pleiotropy.
D. codominance.
E. incomplete dominance.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.02 Explain and provide examples of polygenic inheritance and pleiotropy.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

4. A couple has three children, two of which have blonde hair. The third child and both
parents have dark hair. What can be determined about the gene for hair color in this family?
A. It is an autosomal recessive trait.
B. It is an autosomal dominant trait.
C. It is a sex-linked dominant trait.
D. It is a sex-linked recessive trait.
E. It conveys a lethal mutation.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.02.02 List the characteristics of autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive pedigrees.
Section: 10.02
Topic: Inheritance

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5. If both parents express a particular trait, but their child does not, what does this indicate
about the trait?
A. The trait is an autosomal dominant trait.
B. The trait is an autosomal recessive trait.
C. The trait is sex-linked recessive.
D. The trait is sex-linked dominant.
E. This is a lethal trait.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.02.02 List the characteristics of autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive pedigrees.
Section: 10.02
Topic: Inheritance

6. What does true-breeding mean?

A. The organism has 2 parents.
B. The organism can be cross-pollinated.
C. The organism is self-pollinated.
D. The organism is easy to cultivate.
E. The organism cannot be cultivated.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.01 Explain Mendels laws of inheritance.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

7. The garden pea was a good model for Mendel's genetics experiments. Which of the
following is NOT true regarding this model organism?
A. The plants were easy to grow.
B. Pea plants can either cross-pollinate or self-pollinate.
C. There was only one variety of pea available to Mendel.
D. The plants had several traits that were easily identified.
E. Most of the traits studied had no intermediate stage.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.01 Explain Mendels laws of inheritance.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

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8. Which of the following is NOT a correct match?

A. pollen - male
B. stigma - female
C. anther - female
D. ovule - female
E. ovary - female

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.01 Explain Mendels laws of inheritance.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

9. The filled-in squares of a Punnett square represent

A. the numbers of individuals with each version of a trait.
B. all possible combinations of gametes based on a cross between the two parents.
C. an exact ratio that must always occur when the same parents have 4 offspring.
D. examples of some of the offspring that can arise from a one-trait cross.
E. the gametes from one parent.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.01 Explain Mendels laws of inheritance.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

10. If a true-breeding tall pea plant is crossed with a tall pea plant of unknown parentage.
Which of the following is correct?
A. All of the offspring (F1) will be short.
B. Over several generations, no short individuals will appear.
C. Some short individuals may appear in the F2 generation.
D. It is impossible to determine based on the information provided.
E. Some of the F1 generation will be short.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

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11. Parents with the dominant phenotype cannot have offspring with the recessive phenotype.

A. True, because the dominant gene must be passed down from each parent.
B. True, because at least one dominant gene will be passed down from each parent.
C. False, because one parent could carry the recessive allele.
D. False, because both parents could carry the recessive allele.
E. True, because both parents have the dominant allele.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

12. In a monohybrid cross, how many traits are examined?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.03 Distinguish between dominant and recessive traits.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

13. Which of the following is NOT true with regard to the law of segregation?
A. Each individual has 2 factors for each trait.
B. Genes segregate during gamete formation.
C. Gametes contain only 1 gene from each pair.
D. During fertilization, each new individual obtains 2 genes for each trait.
E. Each gamete contains 2 genes for each trait.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.01 Explain Mendels laws of inheritance.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

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14. Alleles are

A. dominant traits.
B. recessive traits.
C. 2 versions of the same trait.
D. alternate versions of the same trait.
E. exact copies of the same trait.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.02 Distinguish between genotype and phenotype.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

15. In a one-trait test cross, the phenotype that disappears in the F1 generation is the
A. dominant trait.
B. negative trait.
C. recessive trait.
D. heterozygote.
E. homozygote.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.02 Distinguish between genotype and phenotype.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

16. If a heterozygous dominant tall pea plant is crossed with a short pea plant, what is the
expected phenotypic ratio of tall:short plants?
A. 1:1
B. 1:2
C. 3:1
D. all tall
E. all short

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

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17. Which of the following is an example of a phenotype?

A. AAGg
B. freckles
C. AA
D. Ag
E. Gg

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.02 Distinguish between genotype and phenotype.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

18. If an individual expresses a dominant disease, which of the following is true?

A. All of his children will always inherit the disease.
B. He will pass this disease to all of his daughters.
C. There is at least a 50% probability that his children will inherit the disease.
D. There is a 100% possibility that his sons will inherit this disease.
E. None of his children will inherit the disease unless his wife also has the disease.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.03 Distinguish between dominant and recessive traits.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

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19. Which of the following is true about an individual with the chromosomes shown in this
figure?

A. All offspring will have the dominant phenotype for each trait.
B. All offspring will have the recessive phenotype for each trait.
C. A maximum of four different gametes are possible with four traits.
D. The individual is heterozygous for all traits.
E. The individual is homozygous for at least one trait.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.03 Distinguish between dominant and recessive traits.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

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20. Referring to the figure shown here, which of the following are homologous
chromosomes?

A. Figure B with one chromosome having both capital and lowercase letters.
B. Figure B as is.
C. Figure A with different letters on one of the chromosomes.
D. Figure A with the same letters but the order randomized.
E. Figure B with different letters on each chromosome.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.01 Explain Mendels laws of inheritance.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

21. Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

A. physical expression of a trait - phenotype
B. allele that masks expression of alternate allele - dominant
C. identical alleles - homologous
D. allele whose expression can be masked by an alternate allele - recessive
E. the specific alleles that an individual has - genotype

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.02 Distinguish between genotype and phenotype.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

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22. Which of the following is NOT a correct match?

A. physical expression of a trait - phenotype
B. allele that masks the expression of an alternate allele - dominant
C. identical alleles - heterozygous
D. allele whose expression can be masked by an alternate allele - recessive
E. the specific alleles that an individual has - genotype

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.02 Distinguish between genotype and phenotype.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

23. What are all possible gametes that can be produced by an individual with the following
genotype, FFGg?
A. Fg, FG
B. FF
C. Fg
D. FG, Fg, fG, fg
E. Fg, fG

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.02 Distinguish between genotype and phenotype.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Meiosis

24. How many different gametes can be produced from the genotype AaBBDDEeff?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
E. 16

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.02 Distinguish between genotype and phenotype.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

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25. In a dihybrid cross where both parents are heterozygous, the phenotypic ratio is
A. 1:2:1.
B. 9:3:3:1.
C. 1:1:1.
D. 3:1.
E. 1:1:1:1.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

26. During meiosis, each pair of alleles on the homologous chromosomes sorts independently
from all other pairs of alleles. This statement corresponds to
A. the rule of multiplication.
B. the law of segregation.
C. the law of probability.
D. gene theory.
E. the law of independent assortment.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.05 Recognize and explain the relationship between Mendels laws and meiosis.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Meiosis

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27. Morgan breeds and sells snakes. He knows that he can make the most money by breeding
and selling albino snakes. Albinism is a recessive trait. His female albino corn snake just
produced six offspring. Two displayed normal coloration and four were albino. What do you
know about the genotype of the father?
A. He must be homozygous dominant.
B. He must be heterozygous.
C. He must be homozygous recessive.
D. He could be either heterozygous or homozygous dominant.
E. There is not enough information to determine the father's genotype.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

28. Morgan breeds and sells snakes. He knows that he can make the most money by breeding
and selling albino snakes. Albinism is a recessive trait. His female albino corn snake just
produced six offspring. Two displayed normal coloration and four were albino. What do you
know about the genotype of the baby snakes with the normal coloration?
A. They must be homozygous dominant.
B. They must be homozygous recessive.
C. They must be heterozygous.
D. They could be either heterozygous or homozygous dominant.
E. There is not enough information to determine their genotype but we know that they must
carry the dominant allele.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

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29. Morgan breeds and sells snakes. He knows that he can make the most money by breeding
and selling albino snakes. Albinism is a recessive trait. His female albino corn snake just
produced six offspring. Two displayed normal coloration and four were albino. What is the
chance that another offspring produced by the same parents will be albino?
A. 0%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
E. 100%

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

30. Morgan buys a male python from a snake dealer who tells him that the snake carries the
albino allele. What is the most effective way for Morgan verify this statement?
A. Breed the snake with a heterozygous female.
B. Breed the snake with a homozygous normal female.
C. Breed the snake with a female sibling.
D. Breed the snake with a homozygous recessive albino female.
E. He can breed the snake with any female and a portion of the offspring will always be
albino.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

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31. Morgan buys a male python from a snake dealer who tells him that the snake carries the
albino allele. Morgan mates the snake with an albino female and four normally pigmented
offspring are produced. Morgan rushes back to the snake dealer and demands his money back
stating that the male he bought is not heterozygous for the albino allele because all of its
offspring had normal pigmentation.
A. True because according to the laws of probability, at least one of the offspring should have
been an albino.
B. True because 50% of all offspring produced must be albino.
C. False because for each offspring there is a 50% chance that it will have normal
pigmentation.
D. False because a heterozygous male will only pass the dominant allele to its offspring.
E. True because if at least one parent is homozygous recessive, at least one of their offspring
must also show the recessive trait.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

32. A long-winged Drosophila female with a gray body mates with a black, short-winged
male fly. The phenotypic ratio of the offspring is 1:1:1:1. What is the genotype of the female
fly?
A. LlGg
B. LLGG
C. llgg
D. LLgg
E. llGG

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Inheritance

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33. If the parental genotype is EeWw what are the potential allele combinations that could
occur at the end of Meiosis?
A. EW, Ew, eW, and ew
B. EW, EE, eW, and ww
C. WW, Ew, EW, and ew
D. EE, WW, ee, and ww
E. EW, Ew, ee and ww

Blooms Level: 5. Evaluate

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.05 Recognize and explain the relationship between Mendels laws and meiosis.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

34. The outcome of a genetic cross involving eye color and body type is predicted to have a
25%: 25%: 25%: 25% ratio. When bred the organisms produced offspring with the following
ratio 45%: 45%: 3%: 3%. These results are most likely due to:
A. the two genes in question being linked on the same chromosome
B. a spontaneous mutation within the offspring
C. pure chance
D. an innacurate prediction for the 25%: 25%: 25%: 25% ratio
E. the two genes being on separate chromosomes

Blooms Level: 5. Evaluate

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.04 Explain what is meant by the term linkage.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

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True / False Questions

35. Alleles that are linked on the same chromosome will assort independently during
Meiosis.
FALSE

Linked alleles will not assort independently. They are more likely to pass together to the
offspring.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.04 Explain what is meant by the term linkage.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

Multiple Choice Questions

36. Martha has a widow's peak and attached earlobes. Martha's dad had a straight hairline and
unattached earlobes. What is Martha's genotype?
A. WWEE
B. WwEE
C. wwee
D. WwEe
E. Wwee

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

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37. Martha has widow's peak and attached earlobes. Martha's dad had a straight hairline and
unattached earlobes. If Martha marries a man that is heterozygous for both traits, what is the
probability that they will have a child with a widow's peak and attached earlobes?
A. 1/16
B. 1/8
C. 1/4
D. 1/2
E. 3/4

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.04 Apply Mendels laws to solve and interpret monohybrid and dihybrid genetic crosses.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Genetics

38. A cow with black and white patches is produced from a white bull and a black cow. This
is an example of
A. incomplete dominance.
B. codominance.
C. dominance/recessive trait.
D. polygenic.
E. pleiotropy.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.01 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit incomplete dominance and codominance.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Genetics

39. A heterozygote for a trait exhibiting incomplete dominance will

A. express the dominant trait.
B. express the recessive trait.
C. exhibit an intermediate phenotype.
D. express both alleles.
E. exhibit an intermediate genotype.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.01 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit incomplete dominance and codominance.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

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40. If a homozygous black bull is mated with a homozygous white cow and the calf is gray,
this would be an example of ___________. However, if the calf has black and white spots this
would be an example of
A. incomplete dominance; a sex-linked trait.
B. complete dominance; polygenic trait.
C. codominance; homology.
D. incomplete dominance; codominance.
E. a sex-linked trait; a recessive trait.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.01 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit incomplete dominance and codominance.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

41. Which of the following is NOT true about blood types?

A. IA represents antigen A on red blood cells.
B. A person with AB blood has two different antigens on his red blood cells.
C. The allele representing blood type O is recessive.
D. This is an example of a multiple allele trait and an individual can have up to 3 different
alleles.
E. Blood types exhibit codominance and are also an example of a multiple allele trait.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.01 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit incomplete dominance and codominance.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Genetics

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42. A man with blood type A and a woman with blood type B can have a baby with blood
type O blood.
A. True, because A and B are the dominant blood types and both individuals could carry a
type O allele.
B. False, the child must have type AB blood.
C. True, because A and B are codominant.
D. False, because Type A and B are dominant blood types and these individuals cannot have
an offspring with the recessive blood type.
E. True, because only 1 O allele is needed.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.01 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit incomplete dominance and codominance.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Genetics

43. A woman with Type AB blood marries a man with Type B blood. If they have children,
what are all the possible blood types for these individuals?
A. AB only
B. AB, AA, AO, and BO
C. AB, BB, AO, and BO
D. BB only
E. AA, BB, and AB

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.01 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit incomplete dominance and codominance.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Genetics

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44. Amy has wavy hair and 6 fingers (an autosomal dominant trait). Which of the following
combinations are possible for her parents?

A. 5 only
B. 1 and 2
C. 1, 3, and 4
D. 2, 4, and 5
E. 2 and 4

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.01 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit incomplete dominance and codominance.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

45. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Females can be heterozygous for sex-linked traits.
B. All traits on the sex chromosomes are associated with sexual development.
C. Males are heterozygous for the SRY gene.
D. The X and Y chromosomes are homologous.
E. Men pass their X-linked traits to their sons.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.01 Explain differences in the inheritance of sex-linked traits between male and female offspring.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Genetics

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46. Red-green colorblindness is a recessive X-linked trait. If a female is red-green colorblind,

which of the following is TRUE?
A. Her mother must be colorblind.
B. Both her parents must be colorblind.
C. Both her parents are carriers of the recessive allele.
D. Her father must be colorblind.
E. Women cannot exhibit red-green colorblindness because they have two X chromosomes.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.01 Explain differences in the inheritance of sex-linked traits between male and female offspring.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Genetics

47. Ryan has type A blood and is color-blind (an X-linked recessive trait). Which of the
following combinations are possible for his parents?

A. 1, 2, and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 1, 3, and 4
D. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
E. 1, 3, 4, and 5

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.02 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit sex-linked inheritance.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Inheritance

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48. A homozygous red-eyed female Drosophila mates with a red-eyed male Drosophila.
What proportion of the female offspring will have white eyes?
A. 0%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
E. 100%

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.02 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit sex-linked inheritance.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Inheritance

49. A red-eyed male Drosophila mates with a red-eyed female Drosophila. One of the
female's parents had white eyes. What proportion of the male offspring will have white eyes?

A. 0%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
E. 100%

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.02 Solve and interpret genetic crosses that exhibit sex-linked inheritance.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Inheritance

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50. Red-green colorblindness is a recessive X-linked trait. If a female is red-green colorblind,

which of the following is TRUE?
A. Her mother must be colorblind.
B. Both her parents must be colorblind.
C. Both her parents are carriers of the recessive allele.
D. Her father must be colorblind.
E. Women cannot exhibit red-green colorblindness because they have two X chromosomes.

Blooms Level: 4. Analyze

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.01 Explain differences in the inheritance of sex-linked traits between male and female offspring.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Inheritance

51. Vitamin-D resistant rickets is a sex-linked dominant trait, which leads to softening of the
bones which can cause fractures and deformities. Rickets is often due to a deficiency of
vitamin D, however, with vitamin-D resistant rickets, ingestion of vitamin D is ineffective.
Maria's mother is normal and does not display any symptoms of this disease; however,
Maria's father has the disease. Maria marries a man that does not have the disease. What is the
probability that they will have a daughter that has the disease?
A. 0%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
E. 100%

Blooms Level: 5. Evaluate

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.01 Explain differences in the inheritance of sex-linked traits between male and female offspring.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Inheritance

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52. Vitamin-D resistant rickets is a sex-linked dominant trait, which leads to softening of the
bones which can cause fractures and deformities. Rickets is often due to a deficiency of
vitamin D, however, with vitamin-D resistant rickets, ingestion of vitamin D is ineffective.
Maria's mother is normal and does not display any symptoms of this disease; however,
Maria's father has the disease. Maria marries a man that does not have the disease. What is the
probability that they will have a son that has the disease?
A. 0%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
E. 100%

Blooms Level: 5. Evaluate

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.01 Explain differences in the inheritance of sex-linked traits between male and female offspring.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Inheritance

53. Linked genes

A. always assort independently.
B. undergo crossing over of sister chromatids at a high rate.
C. are found on homologous chromosomes.
D. never cross over during prophase I.
E. tend to be close together on a single chromosome.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.04 Explain what is meant by the term linkage.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Genetics

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54. Alleles A, B, and C are found on the same chromosome with alleles a, b, and c on the
homologous chromosome. If alleles A and C on one homologous chromosome, and a and c on
the other homologous chromosome are typically inherited together, this suggests that
A. A and C alleles are closer together than the a and c alleles.
B. the order of the alleles on one homologous chromosome is A, B, C.
C. alleles a and c are closer together than alleles c and b.
D. a recombinant gamete would contain alleles A, B, and C.
E. crossing over often occurs between sister chromatids.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.04 Explain what is meant by the term linkage.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Genetics

55. A male is always homozygous for a trait that is

A. codominant.
B. X-linked.
C. autosomal.
D. dominant.
E. dihybrid.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.01 Explain differences in the inheritance of sex-linked traits between male and female offspring.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Genetics

56. The distance between the alleles for one trait and the alleles for a second trait is called the

A. map units.
B. gap distance.
C. dominant distance.
D. gene locus.
E. gaps.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.04 Explain what is meant by the term linkage.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Genetics

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57. The allele for white eyes is located at loci 12 while the allele for hairy body is located at
loci 16 on one chromosome. The allele for red eyes is located at loci 15 while the allele for
normal body is located at loci 17 on a second chromosome. Which allele combination has the
greater map distance?
A. white eyes and hairy body
B. white eyes and normal body
C. red eyes and normal body
D. red eyes and hairy body
E. white eyes and red eyes

Blooms Level: 5. Evaluate

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.04 Explain what is meant by the term linkage.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Genetics

58. Both parents are heterozygous for Tay-Sachs disease (an autosomal recessive disorder).
Three children in a row were born with Tay-Sachs disease. What is the chance that a fourth
child will have Tay-Sachs disease?
A. 25%
B. 0%
C. 50%
D. 75%
E. 100%

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.02.01 Interpret a pedigree to determine if the pattern of inheritance is autosomal dominant or recessive.
Section: 10.02
Topic: Inheritance

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59. Which is NOT true according to Mendel's law and meiosis?

A. One factor must be dominant and one factor recessive in each individual.
B. Each individual contains two factors for each trait.
C. Factors separate from each other during gamete formation.
D. Each gamete contains one copy of each factor.
E. Fertilization restores the presence of two factors.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.01.05 Recognize and explain the relationship between Mendels laws and meiosis.
Section: 10.01
Topic: Meiosis

60. A blue-eyed, left-handed woman marries a brown-eyed, right-handed man who is

heterozygous for both of his traits. If blue eyes and left-handedness are recessive, how many
different phenotypes are possible in their children?
A. four
B. three
C. two
D. one
E. five

Blooms Level: 5. Evaluate

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.02.01 Interpret a pedigree to determine if the pattern of inheritance is autosomal dominant or recessive.
Section: 10.02
Topic: Inheritance

61. Which of the following is an autosomal dominant disorder?

A. Huntington's disease
B. Sickle-cell disease
C. Alkaptonuria
D. Cystic fibrosis
E. Methemoglobinemia

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.02.03 List some common genetic disorders, state the symptoms of each, and describe the inheritance pattern that each
one exhibits.
Section: 10.02
Topic: Inheritance

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62. What genetic disorder is associated with the lack of an enzyme necessary for the normal
metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine?
A. Phenylketonuria (PKU)
B. Marfan syndrome
C. Huntington disease
D. Sickle cell disease
E. Cystic fibrosis (CF)

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.02.03 List some common genetic disorders, state the symptoms of each, and describe the inheritance pattern that each
one exhibits.
Section: 10.02
Topic: Inheritance

63. Which genetic disorder is associated with an irregular shape of the red blood cells?
A. Sickle cell disease
B. Marfan syndrome
C. Huntington disease
D. Phenylketonuria (PKU)
E. Cystic fibrosis (CF)

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.02.03 List some common genetic disorders, state the symptoms of each, and describe the inheritance pattern that each
one exhibits.
Section: 10.02
Topic: Inheritance

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64. Unattached earlobes (EE or Ee) are dominant over attached earlobes (ee). A couple both
have unattached earlobes. Both notice that one of their parents on both sides have attached
earlobes (ee). Therefore, they correctly assume that they are carriers for attached earlobes
(Ee). If the couple proceeds to have four children, then
A. they can be certain that three will be heterozygous and one homozygous recessive.
B. if the first three are heterozygous, the fourth must be homozygous recessive.
C. the children must repeat the grandparents' genotype (Ee).
D. all children must have unattached earlobes since both parents possess the dominant gene
for it.
E. two heterozygous, one homozygous dominant, and one homozygous recessive is a likely
outcome, but all heterozygous, or two, three or all four homozygous is also possible.

Blooms Level: 3. Apply

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.02.01 Interpret a pedigree to determine if the pattern of inheritance is autosomal dominant or recessive.
Section: 10.02
Topic: Inheritance

65. Which feature is found among an autosomal recessive pedigree?

A. Heterozygotes have a normal phenotype.
B. Affected children will have at least one affected parent.
C. Heterozygotes are affected.
D. Both males and females are affected with equal frequency.
E. The trait is carried on the Y chromosome.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.02.02 List the characteristics of autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive pedigrees.
Section: 10.02
Topic: Inheritance

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66. Traits that are controlled by several sets or pairs of alleles, such as skin color and height in
humans, are the result of what form of inheritance?
A. polygenic
B. incomplete dominance
C. multiple allele systems
D. simple Mendelian inheritance
E. codominance

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.02 Explain and provide examples of polygenic inheritance and pleiotropy.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

67. Which of the following is a sex-linked recessive disorder?

A. color blindness
B. Marfan syndrome
C. sickle-cell disease
D. cystic fibrosis
E. alkaptonuria

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.03 Identify disorders that are associated with sex-linked inheritance.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Inheritance

68. Hydrangeas are a flowering plant with large showy blooms. When a plant is grown in
aluminum rich soil it has blue flowers; if the same plant is transplanted into soil that is lacking
aluminum the flowers produced will be pink. This is an example of
A. environmental effects
B. codominance
C. incomplete dominance
D. polygenetic inheritance
E. monohybrid inheritance

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.03 Explain how the environment may influence the phenotype.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

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69. What type of disorder is hemophilia classified as?

A. sex-linked recessive
B. sex-linked dominant
C. co-dominance
D. polygenic
E. pleiotropic

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.03 Identify disorders that are associated with sex-linked inheritance.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Inheritance

70. Cold weather can change what aspect of a Himalayan rabbit?

A. phenotype
B. genotype
C. alleles
D. sex
E. rate of genetic mutations

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.03.03 Explain how the environment may influence the phenotype.
Section: 10.03
Topic: Inheritance

71. What type of disorder is muscular dystrophy classified as?

A. sex-linked recessive
B. sex-linked dominant
C. codominance
D. pleiotropic
E. polygenic inheritance

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: 10.04.03 Identify disorders that are associated with sex-linked inheritance.
Section: 10.04
Topic: Inheritance

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