Chapter 16: Genetics Revision Questions

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Revision questions on genetics and inheritance for Leaving Cert Biology
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Questão 1

Questão
Genetics is the study of:
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  • The nucleus
  • RNA
  • DNA
  • Inheritance

Questão 2

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Inheritance is:
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  • The passing on of traits from one generation to the next.
  • The passing on of cells from one generation to the next.
  • The passing on of proteins from one generation to the next.
  • The passing on of ideas from one generation to the next.

Questão 3

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A gamete is:
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  • A diploid cell
  • A triploid cell
  • A haploid sex cell
  • A bacterial cell

Questão 4

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Meiosis is important in sexual reproduction because it produces:
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  • New cells
  • Sex cells
  • Diploid cells
  • Zygotes

Questão 5

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In humans there are ___________ chromosomes in each sex cell.
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  • 46
  • 23
  • 92
  • 22

Questão 6

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Fertilisation is:
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  • The fusion of two diploid cells to form a diploid zygote
  • The fusion of two haploid cells to form a diploid zygote
  • The fusion of a diploid cell and a haploid cell to form a diploid zygote
  • The fusion of two haploid cells to form a haploid zygote

Questão 7

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An alternative form of a gene is known as:
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  • An allele
  • A locus
  • A gentoype
  • A phenotype

Questão 8

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A locus is:
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  • The position of a chromosome in a cell
  • The position of a gene on a chromosome
  • The position of a protein on a chromosome
  • The position of a cell in the body

Questão 9

Questão
Which of the following terms correctly describes the situation when two alleles are identical?
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  • Heterozygous
  • Dominance
  • Recessive
  • Homozygous

Questão 10

Questão
Which of the following terms correctly describes the situation when two alleles are different?
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  • Homozygous
  • Heterozygous
  • Recessive
  • Dominance

Questão 11

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Pure-breeding means the same as:
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  • Homozygous
  • Heterozygous
  • Recessive
  • Dominance

Questão 12

Questão
Dominance in genetics refers to:
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  • Where one allele has very little effect over another allele
  • Where one allele is as effective as another allele
  • Where one allele complements the effect of another allele
  • Where one allele masks the effect of another allele

Questão 13

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Recessive in genetics refers to:
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  • When an allele's effect is only expressed in the heterozygous condition
  • When an allele's effect is only expressed in the homozygous condition
  • When an allele's effect is never expressed
  • When an allele's effect is always expressed

Questão 14

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Genotype of an individual refers to its:
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  • Genetic make-up
  • Physical make-up
  • Physiological make-up
  • Psychological make-up

Questão 15

Questão
Phenotype of an individual refers to:
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  • Physical make-up
  • Genetic make-up
  • Psychological make-up
  • Physiological make-up

Questão 16

Questão
A man with brown eyes and the genotype, BB and a woman with blue eyes and the gentoype, bb have a child. What will the genotype and phenotype of that child be?
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  • BB and brown eyes
  • Bb and brown eyes
  • Bb and blue eyes
  • bb and blue eyes

Questão 17

Questão
A man and a woman both with brown eyes and the genotype, Bb have have a child. What is the correct ratio of brown eyes : blue eyes with regard to all the offsprings' phenotypes?
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  • 1:1
  • 2:1
  • 3:1
  • 1:3

Questão 18

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Which of the following genotypes correctly describes a human male?
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  • X
  • Y
  • XY
  • XX

Questão 19

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Which of the following genotypes correctly describes a human female?
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  • X
  • Y
  • XY
  • XX

Questão 20

Questão
Which of the following genotypes correctly describes a male bird?
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  • X
  • Y
  • XY
  • XX

Questão 21

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Which of the following genotypes correctly describes a female bird?
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  • X
  • Y
  • XY
  • XX

Questão 22

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How many different possible gametes are there from an individual with the genotype XY?
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  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Questão 23

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How many different possible gametes are there from an individual with the genotype XX?
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  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Questão 24

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Incomplete dominance in genetics refers to:
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  • alleles of an allelic pairs are equally expressed
  • alleles of an allelic pairs are not equally expressed
  • alleles of an allelic pairs are incompletely expressed
  • alleles of an allelic pairs are not expressed at all

Questão 25

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A genetic cross between a red-flowered snapdragon plant and a white-flowered snapdragon plant demonstrated incomplete dominance. What colour were the flowers of the resulting offspring?
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  • White
  • Red
  • Pink
  • Red and white

Questão 26

Questão
A genetic cross between two pink-flowered snapdragon plants produced a red, pink and white flowered plants in the resultant offspring. Which of the following ratios is correct for the resultant phenotypes (red : pink : white)?
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  • 1:3:1
  • 1:2:1
  • 1:1:1
  • 1:4:1

Questão 27

Questão
Who is known as the father of genetics?
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  • Henry Dixon
  • John Joly
  • Gregor Mendel
  • Alfred Russell-Wallace

Questão 28

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The Law of Segregation states that:
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  • Cells have two factors for each trait and these factors separate at fertilisation
  • Cells have two factors for each trait and these factors separate at gamete formation
  • Cells have one factor for each trait and this factor separates from all others at gamete formation
  • Cells have one factor for each trait and this factor joins with other factors at gamete formation

Questão 29

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The Law of Independent Assortment states that:
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  • Either member of a pair of factors can fuse with either member of another pair at gamete formation
  • Either member of a pair of factors can combine with either member of another pair at gamete formation
  • Either member of a pair of factors cannot separate from either member of another pair at gamete formation
  • Either member of a pair of factors will separate from each other at gamete formation

Questão 30

Questão
A pure-breeding pea plant for purple flowers and round seeds was crossed with a pure-breeding pea plant for white flowers and wrinkled seeds. All of the offspring from this cross produced purple flowers and round seeds. The offspring were 'selfed' and the F2 progeny produced showed 4 different phenotypes in a specific ratio. Which is the correct ratio of the F2 phenotypes?
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  • 1:1:1:1
  • 4:3:2:1
  • 9:3:3:1
  • 9:6:3:1

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