Quezon National High School

Biotechnology
Pretest
First Quarter
I. Multiple Choices: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of the following is an application of biotechnology?
a. Vaccine c. Plastics
b. Biofuel d. All of the above
2. Which of the following best describes Biotechnology?
a. It is used to develop and produce technology form living organisms.
b. It is used to improve our health and the well-being of our planet.
c. It is the integration of natural science and organisms, cells and molecular analogous for
products and services.
d. All of the above
3. Which of the following is NOT a procedure involve in biotechnology during the early century?
a. Cultivation of plants c. Selective breeding
b. Microbiology d. Fermentation
4. Who discovered penicillium?
a. Herbert W. Boyer c. Howard Florey
b. Stanley N. Cohen d. Alexander Fleming

5. Which of the following branch of biotechnology describes the agricultural processes such as
micropropagation?
a. Blue biotechnology c. Green biotechnology
b. Red biotechnology d. White biotechnology
6. Which of the following branch of biotechnology describes the marine and aquatic applications of
biotechnology?
a. Blue biotechnology c. Green biotechnology
b. Red biotechnology d. White biotechnology
7. Which of the following branch of biotechnology describes the medical processes such as production
of antibiotic and engineering of genetic cures?
a. Blue biotechnology c. Green biotechnology
b. Red biotechnology d. White biotechnology
8. Which of the following branch of biotechnology describes the industrial processes such as
designing of an organism to produce a useful chemical?
a. Blue biotechnology c. Green biotechnology
b. Red biotechnology d. White biotechnology

9. Which of the following statement does NOT describe Bioinformatics?

a. It is the engineering of plants to express pesticide.
b. It is referred to as computational biology.
c. It can be define as conceptualizing biology.
d. None of the above
10. Which of the following refers to the technology that analyzes how genetic makeup affects an
individual’s response to drugs?
a. Genetic testing c. Pharmacogenomics
b. Genetic engineering d. Pharmacokinetics
11. Which of the following refers to the plants used in agriculture wherein the DNA of which has been
modified with genetic engineering techniques?
a. Stem cell c. Genetically Modified Crops
b. Genetically modified Organisms d. Genetically Modifies Foods
12. Which of the following refers to all economic activity derived from scientific and research activity
focused on biotechnology?
a. Biobased economy c. Biotechonomy
b. Bioeconomy d. None of the above
13. Which of the following statement describe the works of Juan Enriquez and Rodrigo
Martinez?
a. Showed the global flow of genetic material into and out of the three largest data bases.
b. Announced the intentions to encourage biological manufacturing methods with National
Bioeconomy Blueprint.
c. Spread the New technologies in the field of agriculture.
d. None of the above.
14. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. Fermentation c. Biorefinery
b. Torrefaction d. Aerobic digestion
15. Which of the following is NOT a product of fossil fuel economy?
a. Energy c. Food
b. Biomaterials d. Chemicals
16. Who is the father of Green Revolution?
a. William Gaud c. Juan Enriquez
b. Norman Borlaug d. Rodrigo Martinez
17. What is Green Revolution?
a. It is used to produce ethanol that can be used as fuel and skincare products.
b. It refers to a set of research and development of technology transfer initiatives occurring
between 1930 and the late 1960.
c. It refers to the process of increasing agricultural production worldwide particularly in the
developing world.
d. None of the above
18. What is the contribution of Green Revolution in the Philippines?
a. IR8 c. Pesticide
b. Fertilizer d. Limestone
19. Which of the following best describes stem cell?
a. An undifferentiated cell that can be found in the
heart.
b. An undifferentiated cell that can differentiate into specialized cell.
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above.
20. Why do we use stem cell?
a. To maintain healthy cells. c. To repair damaged cells.
b. To create new cells. d. None of the above.
21. What are the two types of stem cell?
a. Embryonic and blastocysts stem c. Embroyonic and adult stem cell
cell d. Blastocysts and skin stem cell
b. Adult and skin stem cell
22. Which of the following is not an accessible source of stem cell in human?
a. Nerve cell c. Bone marrow
b. Blood d. Lipid cells
23. Which type of stem cell is frequently used in various medical therapies?
a. Blastocysts stem cell c. Adult stem cell
b. Embroyonic stem cell d. Skin stem cell
24. Which property of stem cell refers to the ability to go through numerous cycles of cell division while
maintaining the undifferentiated state?
a. Potency c. Dedifferentiated
b. Self renewal d. Genetically engineered
25. Which property of stem cell refers to the capacity ti differentiate into specialized cell types?
a. Potency c. Dedifferentiated
b. Self renewal d. Genetically engineered
26. Which of the following describes the type of stem cell that can differentiate into embryonic and extra
embryonic cell types?
a. Totipotent c. Multipotent
b. Pluripotent d. Oligopotent
27. Which of the following describes the type of stem cell that can differentiate into few cell types such
as lymphoid stem cell?
a. Totipotent c. Multipotent
b. Pluripotent d. Oligopotent
28. Which of the following describes the type of stem cell that can differentiate into nearly all cell such
as cells derived from any of the three germ layers?
a. Totipotent c. Multipotent
b. Pluripotent d. Oligopotent
29. Which of the following best describes extraembryonic fetal stem cells?
a. It come from extraembryonic membrane and generally not distinguished from adult stem cell.
b. It can be acquired after birth.
c. It came from the tissue of the fetus.
 d. It can be obtained from abortion.
30. Which of the following best describes fetal proper stem cells?
a. It come from extraembryonic membrane and generally not distinguished from adult stem cell.
b. It can be acquired after birth.
c. It came from the tissue of the fetus.
d. It can be obtained from abortion.
31. Where can we found multipotent stem cell?
a. Heart c. Amniotic fluid
b. Pancreas d. Fetus
32. Which of the following describes induced pluripotent stem cells?
a. These are adult stem cells but rather adult stem cell.
b. It is derived from the adult skin cells
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
33. Which of the following refers to the use of stem cell to treat or prevent a disease or condition?
a. Gene therapy c. Stem cell therapy
b. Stem cell transplant d. All of the above
34. which of the following does NOT cured by stem cell?
a. Replace missing teeth c. Diabetes
b. Wound healing d. Replacement of bone
35. Which of the following refers to the imitation of the models and elements of nature for the purpose of
solving complex human problems?
a. Pharmacology c. Stem cell therapy
b. Green revolution d. Biomimetics
36. Which of the following refers to the technique that produces materials with morphologies and
structures resembling those of natural living organisms by using bio-structures as templates for
mineralization?
a. Display technology c. Biomorphic mineralization
b. Bionics d. Biomimicry
37. Who coined the term Bionics?
a. Janine Benyus c. Jack E. Steele
b. Montrose Thomas Burrows d. James A. Thomson
38. Which of the following is used in bulletproof vests?
a. Spider web silk
b. Bombardier beetle
c. Tubular virus
d. Bears
39. Who coined the term “tissue culture”?
a. Janine Benyus c. Jack E. Steele
b. Montrose Thomas Burrows d. James A. Thomson
40. Which of the following statement refers to the function of tissue culture?
a. Concerned with the growing of entire plants from small pieces of plant tissue.
b. Culturing of tissue pieces.
c. Important tool for the study of the biology of cells from multicellular organisms.
d. All of the above