GENETIC ENGINEERING

AND R DNA
TECHNOLOGY

ASSESSMENT
PART I

1. This is done in a test tube by cutting the gene apart

with enzymes and replacing gene region that have
been separated.

A. backcross breeding
B. gene cloning
C. DNA extraction
D. gene design
PART I

2. What is genetic engineering?

A. It is the direct exposure of living things to
laboratory.
B. It is the direct manipulation of the physical
characteristic of living things.
C. It is the direct manipulation of DNA to alter
organism’s characteristics.
D. It is the direct exposure of living things to
scientists.
PART I

3. The process of separating the single gene of

interest from the rest of the genes extracted
and make thousands of copies of it.

A. backcross breeding C. gene cloning

B. transformation D. gene design
PART I

4. What is the final part of producing a

genetically engineered crop?

A. backcross breeding C. DNA extraction

B. gene cloning D. gene design
MULTIPLE CHOICE

DNA from a human has been inserted into a

bacterial plasmid and reinserted back
into the bacterium. The bacterium now contains
both human DNA and bacterial
DNA. The bacterium is now considered a
a. mutation c. PCR
b. clone d. transgenic organism
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6. __________ are small circular DNA

molecules that replicate separately from
the bacterial chromosome.
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7. ___________This method can be used

to combine (or splice) DNA from different
species or to create genes with new
functions.
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8. What Genetically-modified organism

wherein scorpion genes were added to the
cabbage prevent insects from eating it?
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9. When (year) was the first commercial

development of GMOs (insulin-producing
bacteria)?
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9. When (year) was the first commercial

development of GMOs (insulin-producing
bacteria)?
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10. What is a specific sequence of

nucleotides in DNA or RNA that is located
usually on a chromosome and that is the
functional unit of inheritance?
 PROCESS

11-15. Write the five genetic engineering

processes.
16-19. Write the 4 processes of Recombinant
DNA Technology.
20-22. Give 3 pros or advantages of Genetic
Engineering.
23-25. Give 3 cons or disadvantages of genetic
engineering.
26-28. Give at least 3 applications of
Recombinant DNA Technology.