Introduction to Biotechnology 3rd Edition Thieman Palladino – Test Bank

Introduction to Biotechnology, 3e (Thieman)

Chapter 1   The Biotechnology Century and Its Workforce

1) Scientists at the biotechnology company Genentech created the first recombinant DNA product for use in humans. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1982, this product was ________.

A) a gene chip 

B) chymosin

C) insulin

D) human growth hormone 

E) erythropoietin 

Answer:  C

2) Which area of biotechnology primarily involves using living organisms to process, degrade, and clean up environmental pollution? 

A) Genomics 

B) Bioinformatics 

C) Bioremediation 

D) Marine biotechnology 

E) Agricultural biotechnology 

Answer:  C

3) The use of computer hardware and software to analyze biological data, such as DNA sequence comparison data, is known as ________.

A) genomics 

B) bioinformatics

C) bioremediation

D) nanotechnology 

E) recombinant DNA technology

Answer:  B

4) Studying the entire complement of DNA in an organism’s cells is known as ________.

A) genomics 

B) bioinformatics

C) bioremediation 

D) nanotechnology 

E) recombinant DNA technology 

Answer:  A