Quiz #1

Question 1

What are the four major domains of Biotechnology?

Answer 1

• Industrial and Emvironmental Biotechnology
• Medical/ Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• Agricultural Biotechnology
• Diagnostic Research Biotechnology

Question 2

What is the abbreviation SLOP for?

Answer 2

Standard Laboratory Operating Procedure

• set up and maintain a legal scientific notebook
• understand safety concerns, precautions, equipment, and rules
• set up experiments, document conditions, analyze data, and report results

Question 3

Two reasons to maintain a SLNB

Answer 3

• It’s the historical record of all work

- It may be required in court cases

Question 4

How do you fix incorrect entries in the SLNB?

Answer 4

You strike through with a single line and initial and date the incorrect now striked-through phrase.

Question 5

How are pages in SLNB signed and witnessed?

Answer 5

They are signed at the bottom of the page in the top left box, by the person who conducted the experiment, and they date it in the box next to it. The witness signs the box beneath the signature of the experiment conductee, they also date it.

Question 6

What does REE mean?

Answer 6

Results with Evidence and Explanation

Question 7

What does PE mean?

Answer 7

Possible Errors

Question 8

What does PA mean?

Answer 8

Practical Applications

Question 9

Biotechnology dates back as far as __________

Answer 9

6000 B.C.

Question 10

Why do biotech companies usually specialize in groups of similar products?

Answer 10

• the manufacturing processes are similar
• same equipment is used
• same reagents (chemicals used in the experiment)
• it’s more economical
• saves time in research and development

Question 11

What are the steps of the Product Pipeline?

Answer 11

First the product had to go through the research process:
- can enough be produced?
- is it safe?
- is it stable?
- do characteristics indicate efficacy?
- can the company make a profit?
Then the the product has to go through the development stages:
- small scale testing
- large scale testing
- clinical trials ( esp if a pharmaceutical)
- trials observed by the FDA
- production regulated by the EPA and the USDA.

Question 12

Difference between small and large scale testing?

Answer 12

Small scale testing is lab work, and large scale testing is used on living organisms depending on what field of biotechnology the trial is in.

Question 13

Describe clinical trials.

Answer 13

Clinical trials are research trials that are with participants or groups of participants, that are used for medical or other purposes.

Question 14

List three government agencies the monitor trials and production of biotech products (acronym and full name)

Answer 14

FDA- Food and Drug Administration
EPA- Environmental Protection Agency
USDA- United States Department of Agriculture

Question 15

A _________ pipette is used to deliver a single specific volume of liquid.

Answer 15

Volumetric Pipettes

Question 16

A ____________ pipette is calibrated into small divisions so that varying amounts of liquid can be measured.

Answer 16

Serological

Question 17

Which type of pipette is more accurate?

Answer 17

Serological

Question 18

What does TD mean?

Answer 18

to deliver

Question 19

What does TC mean?

Answer 19

To contain

Question 20

Which pipette is blown out?

Answer 20

The serological pipette

Question 21

Describe how to read the meniscus.

Answer 21

Get eye level with the top of the water, look at the bottom of the curve on the top of the water.

Question 22

DNA

Answer 22

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 23

Recombinant DNA

Answer 23

Re combined DNA. They take part of the DNA out, and combine it with another piece of DNA and then put it back in the original organism.

Question 24

Variable in an experiment

Answer 24

This is the part of an experiment that is changed.

Question 25

Control of an experiment

Answer 25

This is the part of the experiment that never changes.

Question 26

Defined as any technique that uses - ________________ or their products to make or modify a product, to improve ___________, or to develop _________ for specific uses.

Answer 26

Blank 1- living organisms
Blank 2- plants or animals
Blank 3- microorganisms