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1. Variations in genes are called _____.
o alleles
o genotypes
o phenotypes
o recessive traits
2. The rediscovery of the research by ______ led to understanding that genes are
the carriers of inherited traits.
o Charles Darwin
o Gregor Mendel
o Reginald Punnett
o Wilhelm Weinberg
3. For a recessive trait to appear, the individual must receive the variant genes
from both parents.
o true
o false
4. Assume B is a dominant allele for black hair and r is a recessive allele for red
hair. If one parent has black hair, with the genotype Br, with and the other
parent has red hair, with the genotype rr, what are the potential genotypes for
their children?
o BB, rr, rr
o Br, rB, rr, BB
o Br, Br, rr, rr
o Br, Br, rB, rB
5. The characteristics an individual expresses due to their genetic makeup are
called:
o alleles
o genotypes
o phenotypes
o recessive traits
6. Individuals who possess a copy of both a dominant and recessive allele are
called:
o an anomaly
o a Founder
o homozygous
o heterozygous
7. All disease-causing genes are detrimental to the human population.
o false
o true
8. Genetic drift can be defined as:
o Gene frequencies change over time because of random effects due to a large
population size.
o Gene frequencies change over time because of random effects due to a small
population size.
o Gene frequencies stay the same over time because of random effects due to a
small population size.
o Gene frequencies change over time because of predicted effects due to a small
population size.
9. Imagine you raise goldfish as a pet dealer. You have over 10,000 fish in one large
tank but, due to an electrical problem, 95% of the fish perish one night. The
remaining 5% are left to breed and repopulate, passing their genes and traits on
to future generations. What type of genetic drift would this be considered?
o Bottleneck event
o Founder effect
o Extinction
o Natural selection
10. You are researching a population of 100 squirrels, where 80 of them are gray
and 20 are black. You know that the black color is a recessive trait for this type
of squirrel. Using the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium equation, (p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1),
what number would be heterozygous (having gray fur, but with only one gray
fur allele)?
o 10
o 20
o 35
o 50
11. 1. Members of the same species which are capable of interbreeding is best
described as a(n):
12. community
population
ecosystem
biosphere
intron
13. 2. If 16% of the persons in a population show a recessive
trait, what is the allelic frequency for the dominant allele?
14. 4%
16%
84%
96%
99%
15. 3. For a particular human population, if the allelic
frequency of the O allele for blood type was .1, and the
frequency for the B allele was .5, what would be the allelic
frequency for the A allele?
16. .1
.2
.3
.4
.5
17. 4. In the following population, what would be the allelic
frequency for the dominant allele? 20 homozygous recessives;
320 homozyous dominants; 160 heterozygotes
18. 10%
20%
60%
70%
80%
19. 5. If four percent of a population shows a recessive trait,
what will be the frequency of carriers in the following
generation?
20. 4%
8%
16%
32%
64%
21. 6. If there is only one allele for a gene in a population, that
gene is referred to as:
22. monoallelic
fixed
common
monocistronic
histoincompatible
23. 7. Which of the following would cause deviation from the
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
24. small population
isolated
random mating
lack of selection pressure
no mutations
25. 8. If 36% of the population is heterozygotes for a certain
gene, what percentage of the population will show the recessive
phenotype in the next generation?
26. 4%
8%
16%
34%
need more information to determine
27. 9. Which of the following formulas lets you predict the
genotypic frequency of the next generation?
28. p + q = 1
X2 = sum [(o - e)2 / e]
p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1
d = 0.5 lambda / n * sin (theta)
e = mc2
29. 10. The total aggregate of alleles in a population is referred
to as:
30. the gene pool
the allelic frequency
the genotypic frequency
the genetic structure
none of these

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