Ch21 | Genetic Inheritance – Complete Test Bank – 16e

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Human Biology, 16e (Mader)

Chapter 21 Genetic Inheritance

1) Which of the following terms refers to the genes of an individual?

A) genotype

B) phenotype

C) gamete

D) probability

E) autosomal

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.01.01 Distinguish between a genotype and a phenotype.

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2) Which of the following is an example of a homozygous recessive genotype?

A) aa

B) Aa

C) short

D) AA

E) ab

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.01.01 Distinguish between a genotype and a phenotype.

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3) Which of the following is a dominant allele?

A) A

B) a

C) AA

D) ab

E) Ab

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.01.02 Define allele, gene, dominant, and recessive as they relate to patterns of inheritance.

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4) Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?

A) Aa

B) Ab

C) aB

D) ab

E) aa

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.01.02 Define allele, gene, dominant, and recessive as they relate to patterns of inheritance.

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5) Which of the following represents a dihybrid cross?

A) ff × ff

B) Gg × gg

C) AAbb × Aabb

D) AAbb × aaBB

E) Ss × ss

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.02.01 Understand how probability is involved in solving one- and two-trait crosses.

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6) The square that is used to make all the possible combinations of gametes is called a Punnett square.

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.02.01 Understand how probability is involved in solving one- and two-trait crosses.

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7) If two parents who are unaffected have a child that is affected, then the parents are both considered bearers.

Section: 21.03

Topic: Pedigrees

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.03.01 Interpret a human pedigree to identify the pattern of inheritance for a trait.

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8) Which of the following is an autosomal recessive disorder?

A) Tay-Sachs disease

B) cystic fibrosis

C) sickle-cell disease

D) All of the answer choices are autosomal recessive disorders. 

E) None of the answer choices are autosomal recessive disorders. 

Section: 21.03

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.03.02 Understand the genetic basis of select human autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive genetic disorders.

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9) Which of the following genetic disorders is due to a lack of the lysosome enzyme hex A?

A) cystic fibrosis

B) Tay-Sachs disease

C) Huntington disease

D) sickle-cell disease

E) Marfan syndrome

Section: 21.03

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.03.02 Understand the genetic basis of select human autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive genetic disorders.

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10) It is estimated that there are fewer than 100 genetic diseases caused by single gene mutations in humans.

Section: 21.03

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.03.02 Understand the genetic basis of select human autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive genetic disorders.

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11) Which of the following disorders is caused by a defect in the production of an elastic connective tissue protein called fibrillin?

A) cystic fibrosis

B) Tay-Sachs disease

C) Marfan syndrome

D) Huntington disease

E) sickle-cell disease

Section: 21.03

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.03.02 Understand the genetic basis of select human autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive genetic disorders.

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12) Which of the following disorders is a trinucleotide repeat disorder?

A) Marfan syndrome

B) sickle-cell disease

C) cystic fibrosis

D) Tay-Sachs disease

E) Huntington disease

Section: 21.03

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.03.02 Understand the genetic basis of select human autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive genetic disorders.

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13) What type of inheritance does familial hypercholesterolemia display?

A) autosomal recessive

B) autosomal dominant

C) incompletely dominant

D) codominant

E) sex-linked dominant

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.04.01 Summarize how polygenic inheritance, pleiotropy, codominance, and incomplete dominance differ from simple one-trait crosses.

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14) What is the genotype of a person with type O blood?

A) IAIA

B) IAIB

C) IAi

D) IBi

E) ii

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.04.03 Predict a person's blood type based on his or her genotype.

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15) Which of the following designations indicates a sex-linked trait?

A) A

B) IA

C) XB

D) a

E) i

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.05.01 Understand the differences between autosomal and sex-linked patterns of inheritance.

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16) A male inherits his X-linked allele from his mother.

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.05.01 Understand the differences between autosomal and sex-linked patterns of inheritance.

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17) Which of the following X-linked recessive disorders is characterized by a degeneration of the muscles?

A) Fragile X

B) Duchenne

C) color blindness

D) hemophilia

E) malaria

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.05.02 Interpret a human pedigree to determine the sex-linked inheritance of a trait.

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18) Which of the following traits is an X-linked recessive disorder?

A) color blindness

B) Tay-Sachs

C) cystic fibrosis

D) sickle-cell disease

E) Marfan syndrome

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 21.05.01 Understand the differences between autosomal and sex-linked patterns of inheritance.

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19) When you describe a person as having attached ear lobes, you are describing his or her genotype.

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.01.01 Distinguish between a genotype and a phenotype.

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20) When describing people as "lactose intolerant," you are describing

A) their genotype.

B) their phenotype.

C) their alleles.

D) their genome.

E) None of the answer choices is correct.

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.01.01 Distinguish between a genotype and a phenotype.

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21) Which of the following is a common/conventional way to list someone's genotype?

A) BB

B) Bb

C) bb

D) AA

E) All of the answer choices are common ways of listing a genotype.

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.01.01 Distinguish between a genotype and a phenotype.

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22) While a locus refers to a unit of heredity, a gene refers to a specific position on a chromosome.

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.01.02 Define allele, gene, dominant, and recessive as they relate to patterns of inheritance.

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23) Unattached earlobes are a dominant trait in humans. Which phenotype does an individual with the genotype EE show?

A) Both earlobes are unattached.

B) Both earlobes are attached.

C) The right earlobe is attached and the left earlobe is unattached.

D) The right earlobe is unattached and the left earlobe is attached.

E) Both earlobes are extremely elongated.

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.01.03 Given the genotype of an individual, identify the phenotype.

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24) An allele is to a gene as a locus is to a

A) gamete.

B) phenotype.

C) chromosome.

D) genotype.

E) unit of heredity.

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 5. Evaluate

Learning Outcome: 21.01.02 Define allele, gene, dominant, and recessive as they relate to patterns of inheritance.

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25) Which of the following individuals has a recessive phenotype?

A) AA

B) Aa

C) AaBb

D) aabb

E) aAbB

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.01.03 Given the genotype of an individual, identify the phenotype.

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26) There are two different alleles for the number of fingers on the hands: five-finger allele and six-finger allele. When both the five-finger allele and the six-finger allele are present in the same individual, the individual has six fingers on each hand. Which allele is dominant?

A) 5 fingers

B) 6 fingers

C) 1 finger

D) 11 fingers

E) 7 fingers

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.01.02 Define allele, gene, dominant, and recessive as they relate to patterns of inheritance.

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27) There is a single gene that controls the ability to taste PTC paper. The ability to taste is dominant to the inability to taste. If you can taste the paper, it is very bitter. Which of the following genotypes can taste the paper?

A) only PP

B) both PP and Pp

C) both PP and pp

D) only Pp

E) only pp

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.01.03 Given the genotype of an individual, identify the phenotype.

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28) Clasp your hands together (without thinking about it). Which thumb is on top every time you do this? The dominant phenotype is left thumb on top. If you have the genotype tt, which thumb is on top?

A) left

B) right

C) left 50% of the time and right 50% of the time

D) left 25% of the time and right 75% of the time

E) left 75% of the time and right 25% of the time

Section: 21.01

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.01.03 Given the genotype of an individual, identify the phenotype.

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29) Which of the following represents a gamete with a dominant allele?

A) A

B) b

C) AA

D) Aa

E) bb

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics; Meiosis

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.02.01 Understand how probability is involved in solving one- and two-trait crosses.

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30) If the mother's genotype is aa, all of her eggs will be identical for this trait.

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics; Meiosis

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.02.01 Understand how probability is involved in solving one- and two-trait crosses.; 21.02.02 Calculate the probability of a specific genotype or phenotype in an offspring of a genetic cross.

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31) Dad has a genotype of AaBb. He can produce sperm with how many different genotypes?

A) one

B) two

C) three

D) four

E) five

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics; Meiosis

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.02.01 Understand how probability is involved in solving one- and two-trait crosses.

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32) Which of the following represents a cross to determine if an individual is homozygous dominant or heterozygous?

A) Aa × aa

B) AA × AA

C) aa × aa

D) Aa × AA

E) Aa × Aa

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.02.01 Understand how probability is involved in solving one- and two-trait crosses.

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33) If you want to know the probability that tossing two coins will result in a particular outcome (two heads, for example), you use the

A) product rule.

B) sum rule.

C) punnett rule.

D) Bergman's rule.

E) genetics rule.

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.02.01 Understand how probability is involved in solving one- and two-trait crosses.

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34) Probability calculations in which the word "or" is used involve the product rule.

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.02.01 Understand how probability is involved in solving one- and two-trait crosses.

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35) The probability of tossing a coin and having it be heads or tails is

A) 1/4.

B) 1/2.

C) 1.

D) 0.

E) 2.

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.02.02 Calculate the probability of a specific genotype or phenotype in an offspring of a genetic cross.

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36) In a cross of Ff × Ff, the probability of having a dominant phenotype is

A) 1/4.

B) 1/3.

C) 1/2.

D) 2/3.

E) 3/4.

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.02.02 Calculate the probability of a specific genotype or phenotype in an offspring of a genetic cross.

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37) In a cross of Ss × Ss, the probability of having a heterozygous genotype is

A) 1/4.

B) 1/3.

C) 1/2.

D) 2/3.

E) 3/4.

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.02.02 Calculate the probability of a specific genotype or phenotype in an offspring of a genetic cross.

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38) In a cross of a homozygous dominant parent and a homozygous recessive parent, what is the ratio of offspring that will exhibit the recessive phenotype?

A) 0

B) 1/4

C) 1/2

D) 3/4

E) 1

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.02.02 Calculate the probability of a specific genotype or phenotype in an offspring of a genetic cross.

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39) In a dihybrid cross, in which both parents are heterozygous for both traits, what is the probability that the offspring will exhibit both of the dominant phenotypes?

A) 1/16

B) 3/16

C) 6/16

D) 9/16

E) 1

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.02.02 Calculate the probability of a specific genotype or phenotype in an offspring of a genetic cross.

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40) In a dihybrid cross, if the resulting ratios are 1:1:1:1, what are the genotypes of the parents?

A) GgRr × ggrr

B) GGRR × ggrr

C) GgRr × GgRr

D) Gg × Rr

E) GG × RR

Section: 21.02

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.02.02 Calculate the probability of a specific genotype or phenotype in an offspring of a genetic cross.

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41) Which of the following is characteristic of an autosomal recessive disorder pedigree?

A) Affected children can have unaffected parents.

B) Two affected parents will always have affected children.

C) Both males and females are affected with equal frequency.

D) Affected individuals with homozygous unaffected mates will have unaffected children.

E) All of the answer choices are correct.

Section: 21.03

Topic: Pedigrees

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.03.01 Interpret a human pedigree to identify the pattern of inheritance for a trait.

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42) In a pedigree, an affected male would be designated by

A) an open circle.

B) a shaded circle.

C) an open square.

D) a shaded square.

E) a square with a line through it.

Section: 21.03

Topic: Pedigrees

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.03.01 Interpret a human pedigree to identify the pattern of inheritance for a trait.

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43) Can two parents that have a genetic disorder ever have a normal child?

Section: 21.03

Topic: Pedigrees

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.03.01 Interpret a human pedigree to identify the pattern of inheritance for a trait.

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44) Julie has a genetic disorder. Julie and her husband, Shane, have three children, none of which have the genetic disorder. How is this disorder most likely inherited?

A) autosomal dominant

B) autosomal recessive

C) heterozygous dominant

D) The environment influences the trait instead of the genetics.

E) 100% inheritance from the father since the children are not affected.

Section: 21.03

Topic: Pedigrees

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.03.01 Interpret a human pedigree to identify the pattern of inheritance for a trait.

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45) Which of the following is a characteristic of an autosomal dominant disorder pedigree?

A) Heterozygotes are affected.

B) Two affected parents can produce an unaffected child.

C) Both males and females are affected with equal frequency.

D) Two unaffected parents will not have affected children.

E) All of the answer choices are characteristic of an autosomal recessive disorder pedigree.

Section: 21.03

Topic: Pedigrees

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.03.01 Interpret a human pedigree to identify the pattern of inheritance for a trait.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

46) Explain the problems associated with the genetic disorder Tay-Sachs.

Section: 21.03

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 6. Create

Learning Outcome: 21.03.02 Understand the genetic basis of select human autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive genetic disorders.

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47) Which variable has the stronger influence on the color of an individual's skin?

A) the individual's phenotype

B) the amount of time spent in the sun

C) the amount of time spent in the sun and the individual's genotype

D) the individual's genotype

E) Neither the sun nor the individual's genotype have any influence on the individual's skin color.

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.04.02 Explain how a combination of genetics and the environment can influence a phenotype.

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48) Even though sickle-cell disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder, the heterozygote can express some variation of the recessive phenotype.

Section: 21.03

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.03.02 Understand the genetic basis of select human autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive genetic disorders.

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49) Which of the following traits/disorders is controlled by multiple genes?

A) skin color

B) Tay-Sachs disease

C) ABO blood type

D) familial hypercholesterolemia

E) curly hair

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.04.01 Summarize how polygenic inheritance, pleiotropy, codominance, and incomplete dominance differ from simple one-trait crosses.

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50) Describe the term polygenic traits.

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 6. Create

Learning Outcome: 21.04.01 Summarize how polygenic inheritance, pleiotropy, codominance, and incomplete dominance differ from simple one-trait crosses.

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51) The definition of a multifactorial trait is one in which more than one set of alleles is involved, in which the environment plays no role.

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.04.02 Explain how a combination of genetics and the environment can influence a phenotype.

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52) There is a trait with two alleles. One allele codes for blue while the other allele codes for yellow. If this trait is inherited in a codominant manner, what color will the offspring most likely be?

A) blue

B) yellow

C) green

D) blue-and-yellow striped

E) white

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.04.01 Summarize how polygenic inheritance, pleiotropy, codominance, and incomplete dominance differ from simple one-trait crosses.

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53) Which of the following traits would not be considered multifactorial?

A) alcoholism

B) suicide risk

C) cleft lip/palate

D) diabetes

E) ABO blood type

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.04.02 Explain how a combination of genetics and the environment can influence a phenotype.

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54) Of the three possible alleles for the ABO blood type, each individual can have how many?

A) one

B) two

C) three

D) zero

E) half an allele

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.04.03 Predict a person's blood type based on his or her genotype.

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55) If an individual has the A blood type, how many different genotypes can they possess?

A) one

B) two

C) three

D) four

E) five

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.04.03 Predict a person's blood type based on his or her genotype.

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56) If a person with type B blood marries a person with type A blood, what phenotypes can their children be?

A) all type A

B) all type B

C) types A and O

D) types B and O

E) types A, B, O, and AB

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 5. Evaluate

Learning Outcome: 21.04.03 Predict a person's blood type based on his or her genotype.

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57) List the genotypic ratios of the cross between a man with O blood type and a woman with heterozygous B blood type.

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 6. Create

Learning Outcome: 21.04.03 Predict a person's blood type based on his or her genotype.

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58) Is it possible for a man with type O blood to be the father of a child with type A blood?

Section: 21.04

Topic: Mendelian Genetics

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 21.04.03 Predict a person's blood type based on his or her genotype.

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59) Which of the following represents the genotype of a male who is color-blind?

A) XBXB

B) XBXb

C) XbXb

D) XbY

E) XBY

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.05.01 Understand the differences between autosomal and sex-linked patterns of inheritance.

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60) Most of the sex-linked traits are found only on the X chromosome.

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.05.01 Understand the differences between autosomal and sex-linked patterns of inheritance.

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61) Which of the following is a characteristic of an X-linked recessive disorder pedigree?

A) An affected son can have normal parents.

B) If a female has the trait, her father must also have it.

C) The characteristic often skips a generation.

D) If a woman has the characteristic, all of her sons will have it.

E) All of the answer choices are characteristic of an X-linked recessive disorder pedigree.

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance; Pedigrees

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.05.02 Interpret a human pedigree to determine the sex-linked inheritance of a trait.

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62) Can a woman with an X-linked recessive disorder have normal sons?

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 21.05.02 Interpret a human pedigree to determine the sex-linked inheritance of a trait.

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63) How are Fragile X syndrome and Huntington disease similar?

A) Both exhibit a late onset in life.

B) Both are trinucleotide-repeat expansion disorders.

C) Both affect the muscles and lead to eventual paralysis.

D) Both cause autism.

E) Both are found only in males.

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.05.02 Interpret a human pedigree to determine the sex-linked inheritance of a trait.

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64) If a mother is a carrier for color-blindness and her husband is not color-blind, what are the probable genotypes of the children?

A) one normal daughter, one carrier daughter, one normal son, and one color-blind son

B) two normal daughters, one normal son, and one color-blind son

C) two carrier daughters, one normal son, and one color-blind son

D) one normal daughter, one carrier daughter, and two normal sons

E) one normal daughter, one carrier daughter, and two color-blind sons

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance; Pedigrees

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.05.02 Interpret a human pedigree to determine the sex-linked inheritance of a trait.

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65) In an X-linked dominant trait, affected males pass the trait only to daughters.

Section: 21.05

Topic: Sex-Linked Inheritance; Pedigrees

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 21.05.01 Understand the differences between autosomal and sex-linked patterns of inheritance.; 21.05.02 Interpret a human pedigree to determine the sex-linked inheritance of a trait.

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