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1
Q

Which genetic modification does the salmon presented in the introductory video have?

A

Overexpression of growth hormone.

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2
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It was the first genetically engineered crop

A

FLAVR SAVR tomato.

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3
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The FLAVR SAVR tomato has ______________ due to the suppression of PG gene.

A

Increased storage life.

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4
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The genetic modification done to the papaya crops was:

A

Resistance to ringspot virus

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5
Q

How did the papaya crops were genetically modified?

A

Biolistics

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6
Q

Genetically modified alfalfa received resistance to fungicides T/F

A

F

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7
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  1. Golden rice was modified to produce
A

B-carotene

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8
Q

Is the fruit that was genetically modified to be resistant to Fusarium

A

Banana

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9
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn is a GMO corn that produces proteins that are toxic to
certain pests but not to humans, pets, livestock or other animals. T/F
A

T

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10
Q

It is a disadvantage of GMO corn.

A

b. Most crops cannot survive without human intervention

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11
Q

It is the most grown GM crop

A

Corn

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12
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GMO salmon requires a higher food requirement when compared to traditional salmon
T/F

A

F

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13
Q

What do you call pharmaceutical products specially designed through G.E?

A

Recombinant DNA pharmaceuticals

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14
Q

Genetic Engineering allows for a safe and fast production of pharmaceutics TF

A

T

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15
Q

All of these are specific areas of Pharmaceutics regarding G.E. except:

a. Proteomics
b. Transcriptomics
c. Biodynamics
d. Genomics

A

Biodinamics

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16
Q

What do you call the entire complement of protein in an organism?

A

Proteomics

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17
Q

The metabolic regulation hormone, insulin, is produced in the:

A

Pancreas

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18
Q

Insulin produced through genetic engineering is purified from Acetobacter T/F

A

F

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19
Q

Genetic engineering can solve fertility problems by cloning the gene of which hormone?

A

FSH

20
Q

A big advantage genomics gives medicine, is the ability to target treatments for each
patient T/F

A

T

21
Q

One of the main obstacles in genomics therapy development is

A

Ethics

22
Q

Transcriptome is the analysis of rna through vaccines. T/F

A

F

23
Q

What bacteria is most used for insulin production

A

E. coli

24
Q
  • The ERVEBO is a modified ____ in which the glycoprotein is changed for one of the ZEBOV capsule
A

Vesiculovirus

25
Q

AIDS first appeared in what year

A

1981

26
Q

AIDS stand for AutoImmune deficiency syndrome? T/F

A

F

27
Q

The COVID-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and by Johnson & Johnson ‘s Janssen are
recombinant viral vector vaccines? T/F

A

T

28
Q

One of the advantages of the Recombinant vaccines is that the vector can activate the immune
system? T/F

A

T

29
Q

Why are the adjuvants added?

A

To enhance their vaccinating capacity

Helps to the human immune system

30
Q
  • It is safe to immunize a person with AIDS with a live attenuated vaccine T/F
A

F

31
Q
  • They are possible side effects in the arm where the vaccine was applied except for.
A

Nausea

32
Q

Vaccines with adverse effects mentioned in the presentation

A

AstraZeneca-Oxford

Jhonson & Jhonson

33
Q

Tetanus vaccine creates a response against the toxin produced by bacterium Clostridium tetani.
What type of vaccine is this?

A

Toxoid

34
Q

Biostimulation is the modification of the environment to stimulate existing bacteria capable of
bioremediation T/F

A

T

35
Q

Inorganic compounds serve as _________ to bacteria.

A

Electron donors/acceptors

36
Q

Bioventing is an ex situ bioremediation technique T/F

A

F

37
Q

These are all mechanisms by which bacteria can avoid heavy metal toxicity, except:

a. Methylation
b. Siderophores
c. Conjugation
d. Detoxifying metabolites

A

Conjugation

38
Q

It is the name of the filamentous fungus which has been used for the degradation of
dichlorvos from soil contaminated with this pesticide

A

Trichoderma atroviride

39
Q

The remedial ability of conventional plants for phytoremediation can be enhanced by
modern plant genetic modification techniques T/F

A

T

40
Q

Microalgae can grow in low quality water T/F

A

T

41
Q

Biofiltration is not a bioremediation technique for agrochemicals in water.

A

F

42
Q

These are some of the types of pollution that can be removed by bioremediation except:
a. pollution by heavy metal (lead, chromium, copper, nickel) b. pollution by colorants
(textiles, paper, food, hair dyes)
c. pollution by contaminated soils (petroleum, diesel, oil)
d. all of the above

A

All of the above

43
Q

These are mechanisms of soil bioremediation (More than one answer is correct)

A

Bioventing

Land farming

44
Q

The application of insecticides causes their accumulation in soils and affects directly or
indirectly the soil enzyme activities T/F

A

T

45
Q

These are some advantages of bioremediation, except:

A

The process is sensitive to the level of toxicity and environmental.
conditions of the soil.

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