SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

QUIZ #3 – SET B
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS: SCIENCE, HEALTH & POLITICS

Name:________________________________________ Date:___________________ Score: ________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter of the correct answer. Write Executive Order No. 430 of 1990
E if the answer is not in the choices. (10 items) Cartogena Protocol on Biosafety
The Codex Alimentarius Commission
_____1. The genetically engineered insulin used by Type I diabetes Cloning
Administrative Order No. 8 s. 2002
patients who are insulin-dependent
Executive Order No. 514
A. Humalog C. Novolog
B. Apidra D. Humulin _______________________________11. Regulates the Importation
_____2. Bacterial genes were added to the __________ to enhance and Release into the Environment of Plants and Plant products
the production of vinblastine. derived from the Use of Modern Biotechnology.
A. Bt Corn C. Blue Roses _______________________________12. The asexual reproduction
B. Periwinkle Plant D. Shrub Tobacco of an organisms using parent cell through genetic engineering.
_____3. An antibiotic-resistant E. Coli bacteria was created in _____. _______________________________13. Issued to address the
A. 1974 C. 1947 biosafety requirements of the Cartogena Protocol and establishment
B. 1993 D. 1979 of the National Biosafety Framework (NBF).
_____4. NCBP stands for: _______________________________14. Formulates policies on
A. National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines biotechnology and oversees compli-ance to biosafety policies.
B. National Conference Bar Philippines _______________________________15. It was established in 2003.
C. National Conference on Biosafety of the Philippines
D. National Committee on Business Products III. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. There are two statements in each
_____5. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines GMO as an number. These statements may neither be true nor false, or both true,
or both false. Read and analyze the following statements and write
organism, either plant, animal, or microorganism, in which genetic
the letter of the correct answer in the space provided (5 items)
material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by
A. Both statements A and B are correct.
mating or natural recombination. What is the genetic material being
B. Statement A is correct, and B is incorrect.
altered?
C. Statement A is incorrect, and B is correct.
A. Deoxyribonucleic Acid C. Deoxynucleic Acid
D. Neither statement A nor B is correct.
B. DNA D. Both A and B
_____16. A. Enzyme and drug production refers to the employment of
_____6. CEEH stands for:
engineered microbes capable of producing enzymes for food
A. Central Ecogenetics and Environmental Health
processing and pharmaceuticals.
B. Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health
B. Genetic engineering is being used extensively in the
C. Common Environments and Ecogenetical Health
medical field to diagnose and treat diseases that are dreaded by
D. Common Ecogenetics and Environment Health
humans.
_____7. __________ is an example of genetically modified organisms
_____17. A. Increase growth rate describes genetically modified
that has higher yield in growth that normal species.
organisms with a higher growth yield than native species.
A. BT Corn C.Rainbow Papaya
B. One apple variety called arctic apple, which was
B. Golden Rice D. Both B and C
genetically modified to prevent browning from surface damage, is one
_____8. _____________ has been with the human society since
example of cosmetic preservation.
selective breeding was introduced to humankind and when animals
_____18. A. The long-term effects of genetic engineering concerns
were domesticated.
involving organism mutation are clear.
A. Genetic Engineering C. Genetics
B. As a result of altered genes, eating GMO food may
B. Genetically Modified Organisms D. Both A and B
increase the occurrence of allergy reactions or even cause the
_____9. Who authored the bill on the mandatory labelling of food and
development of new ones.
food products with GMOs?
_____19. A. Flowers with preserved colors and longer vase lives are
A. Rep. Teddy Casiño C. Rosalie Ellasus
examples of how genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are used in
B. Jack Williamson D. Senator Juan Flavier
flower production.
_____10. 3 of which are potential benefits of GMOs except:
B. Paper production is the process of maintaining a tree's
A. Control in Infertility C. Increase in Harvest
traits to increase its yield of paper.
B. Higher efficiency in farming D. Control in Fertility
_____20. A. Through papaya tissue, which proved to be resistant to
II. IDENTIFICATION. Identity what is being asked on the following the virus itself, the PRSV protein was transferred to the papaya plant.
question. Choose from the word pool inside the box. Write your B. The papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) is known to be
answer on the space provided. (5 items) benign to papaya plants.
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QUIZ #3 – SET B
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS: SCIENCE, HEALTH & POLITICS