Quiz 2 Sp25

Question 1

With the publication in 1986 of the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology (CFRB) as the formal policy for regulating biotechnology activities and products, intergeneric organisms were classified as new organisms and regulated as potential pathogens. What type of DNA transfer would least likely be considered intergeneric?

Answer 1

Transfer of growth hormone gene from a fast growing salmon into a native, slower-growing salmon

Question 2

With the publication in 1986 of the CFRB as the formal policy for regulating biotechnology activities and products, which agency or agencies will be involved in reviewing an orange tree genetically engineered to be resistant to an insect-transmitted virus?

Answer 2

USDA, EPA, and FDA

Question 3

What does not apply to the biotechnology notification files (BNF)?

Answer 3

Biotechnology notification files are the results of consultations of companies which develop GM plants with the USDA

Question 4

The USDA requires a permit for the introduction of regulated organisms. Introduction is of three types. From the USDA regulations, which one is not included as a type of introduction?

Answer 4

Importation of a regulated organism from US and into Japan

Question 5

According to Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) title ___ part ____, a regulated article is any organism that has been altered through genetic engineering , if the donor, recipient, or vector agent belongs to a taxa considered as plant pest.

Answer 5

CFR7, part 340

Question 6

What is not true about the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services’ (APHIS) permit system for GMO testing?

Answer 6

Field testing of new GMO plant by private companies is exempted from APHIS permit

Question 7

What is currently the law primarily used by the US Department of Agriculture to regulate genetically engineered plants and which requires a permit prior to field testing of GMOs?

Answer 7

B.) None of the other choices is correct ** (Plant Protection Act)

Question 8

When a developer has collected enough evidence that a GE organism poses no more of a plant pest risk than an equivalent non-GE organism, the developer may _________ APHIS to determine ___________ status for the GE organism.

Answer 8

Petition:non-regulated

Question 9

The development of a marketed GM plant takes close to 9 years. The regulatory responsibilities of USDA begins with:

Answer 9

Initial field trials

Question 10

What is not a 2013 goal of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology 21st Century Agriculture (AC21)?

Answer 10

Evaluate the effect of an engineered protein on food digestibility in humans

Question 11

What is not true of laws or of regulations?

Answer 11

Laws and regulations are both found in the US Code

Question 12

In 1971, Paul Berg successfully combined E. coli DNA with the DNA from the virus, SV40, that causes cancer in apes. To address human health and environmental concerns with similar experiments in the future, the National Institutes of Health formed the ___________ in 1974

Answer 12

Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC)

Question 13

Transfer of genetic material from microbes to taxonomically unrelated organisms occur in the laboratory under artificial conditions; such transfer does not take place naturally outside of the controlled conditions in a laboratory. True or False?

Answer 13

FALSE

Question 14

As part of containment guidelines for naturally occurring and genetically modified microbes, NIH classified microbes to biosafety levels according to their risks to even healthy individuals. What is the BSL classification of the Ebola virus which can cause disease even in otherwise healthy individuals?

Answer 14

BSL-4

Question 15

What does not apply to the CFRB and CFRB policies?

Answer 15

CFRB stands for Centralized Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology