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AP Bio Unit 3 Study Guide Chapter 14

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. What is the difference between a monohybrid cross and a dihybrid cross?
a. A monohybrid cross involves a single parent, whereas a dihybrid cross involves two
parents.
b. A monohybrid cross produces a single progeny, whereas a dihybrid cross produces two
progeny.
c. A monohybrid cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for a single character,
whereas a dihybrid cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for two characters.
d. A monohybrid cross is performed only once, whereas a dihybrid cross is performed
twice.
e. A monohybrid cross results in a 9:3:3:1 ratio whereas a dihybrid cross gives a 3:1 ratio.

____ 2. Which of the following is (are) true for alleles?

a. They can be identical or different for any given gene in a somatic cell.
b. They can be dominant or recessive.
c. They can represent alternative forms of a gene.
d. Only A and B are correct.
e. A, B, and C are correct.

____ 3. Two plants are crossed, resulting in offspring with a 3:1 ratio for a particular trait. This suggests
a. that the parents were true-breeding for contrasting traits.
b. incomplete dominance.
c. that a blending of traits has occurred.
d. that the parents were both heterozygous.
e. that each offspring has the same alleles.

____ 4. When crossing a homozygous recessive with a heterozygote, what is the chance of getting an offspring with
the homozygous recessive phenotype?
a. 0%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 75%
e. 100%

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Use the diagram and description below to answer the following question.

In a particular plant, leaf color is controlled by gene D. Plants with the dominant allele D have dark green
leaves, and plants with the homozygous recessive dd genotype have light green leaves. A true-breeding
dark-leaved plant is crossed with a light-leaved one, and the F1 offspring is allowed to self-pollinate. The
predicted outcome of this cross is diagrammed in the Punnett square shown below, where 1, 2, 3, and 4
represent the genotypes corresponding to each box within the square.

____ 5. Which of the boxes marked 1-4 correspond to plants with dark leaves?
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. 4 only
e. 1, 2, and 3

____ 6. Which of the boxes correspond to plants with a heterozygous genotype?

a. 1
b. 1 and 2
c. 1, 2, and 3
d. 2 and 3
e. 2, 3, and 4

____ 7. Which of the following is false, regarding the law of segregation?

a. It states that each of two alleles for a given trait segregate into different gametes.
b. It can be explained by the segregation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis.
c. It can account for the 3:1 ratio seen in the F2 generation of Mendel's crosses.
d. It can be used to predict the likelihood of transmission of certain genetic diseases within
families.
e. It is a method that can be used to determine the number of chromosomes in a plant.

____ 8. Two true-breeding stocks of pea plants are crossed. One parent has red, axial flowers and the other has white,
terminal flowers; all F1 individuals have red, axial flowers. If 1,000 F2 offspring resulted from the cross,
approximately how many of them would you expect to have red, terminal flowers? (Assume independent
assortment).
a. 65
b. 190
c. 250
d. 565
e. 750

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____ 9. In a cross AaBbCc × AaBbCc, what is the probability of producing the genotype AABBCC?
a. 1/4
b. 1/8
c. 1/16
d. 1/32
e. 1/64

____ 10. Given the parents AABBCc × AabbCc, assume simple dominance and independent assortment. What
proportion of the progeny will be expected to phenotypically resemble the first parent?
a. 1/4
b. 1/8
c. 3/4
d. 3/8
e. 1

Refer to the result below to answer the following questions.

A tall plant is crossed with a short plant, and the progeny are all intermediate in size between the two
parental plants.

____ 11. This could be an example of

a. incomplete dominance.
b. polygenic inheritance.
c. complete dominance.
d. A and B
e. B and C

____ 12. In snapdragons, heterozygotes have pink flowers, whereas homozygotes have red or white flowers. When
plants with red flowers are crossed with plants with white flowers, what proportion of the offspring will have
pink flowers?
a. 0%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 75%
e. 100%

____ 13. In cattle, roan coat color (mixed red and white hairs) occurs in the heterozygous (Rr) offspring of red (RR)
and white (rr) homozygotes. Which of the following crosses would produce offspring in the ratio of 1 red:2
roan:1 white?
a. red × white
b. roan × roan
c. white × roan
d. red × roan
e. The answer cannot be determined from the information provided.

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Use the following information to answer the questions below.

A woman who has blood type A, has a daughter who is type O positive and a son who is type B negative. Rh
positive is a simple dominant trait over Rh negative.

____ 14. Which of the following is a possible phenotype of the father?

a. A negative
b. O negative
c. B positive
d. A positive
e. O positive

Use the terms listed below to answer the following questions. Each term may be used once, more than once,
or not at all.

A. incomplete dominance
B. multiple alleles
C. pleiotropy
D. epistasis

____ 15. the ability of a single gene to have multiple phenotypic effects
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

____ 16. the ABO blood group system

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

Use the information below to answer the following questions.

A woman and her spouse both show the normal phenotype for pigmentation, but both had one parent who
was an albino. Albinism is an autosomal recessive trait.

____ 17. If their first two children have normal pigmentation, what is the probability that their third child will be an
albino?
a. 0
b. 1/4
c. 1/2
d. 3/4
e. 1

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____ 18. A woman has six sons. The chance that her next child will be a daughter is
a. 1.
b. 0.
c. 1/2.
d. 1/6.
e. 5/6.

The pedigree chart below is for a family, some of whose members exhibit the recessive trait, wooly hair.
Affected individuals are indicated by an open square or circle. Use the chart to answer the following
questions.

____ 19. What is the genotype of individual B-5?

a. WW
b. Ww
c. ww
d. WW or ww
e. ww or Ww

Use the answers below to answer the following questions. Each answer may be used once, more than once,
or not at all.

A. Huntington's disease
B. Tay-Sachs disease
C. phenylketonuria
D. cystic fibrosis
E. sickle-cell disease

____ 20. Individuals with this disorder are unable to metabolize certain lipids, affecting proper brain development.
Affected individuals die in early childhood.
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. E

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AP Bio Unit 3 Study Guide Chapter 14

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: C TOP: Concept 14.1

2. ANS: E TOP: Concept 14.1
3. ANS: D TOP: Concept 14.1
4. ANS: C TOP: Concept 14.1
5. ANS: E TOP: Concept 14.1
6. ANS: D TOP: Concept 14.1
7. ANS: E TOP: Concept 14.1
8. ANS: B TOP: Concept 14.2
9. ANS: E TOP: Concept 14.2
10. ANS: C TOP: Concept 14.2
11. ANS: D TOP: Concept 14.3
12. ANS: E TOP: Concept 14.3
13. ANS: B TOP: Concept 14.3
14. ANS: C TOP: Concept 14.3, Concept 14.4
15. ANS: C TOP: Concept 14.3
16. ANS: B TOP: Concept 14.3
17. ANS: B TOP: Concept 14.4
18. ANS: C TOP: Concept 14.4
19. ANS: C TOP: Concept 14.4
20. ANS: B TOP: Concept 14.3