The Monohybrid Cross – Check Test

 

1.         A monohybrid cross follows the inheritance of

            A    one characteristic.

            B    two characteristics.

            C    three characteristics.

            D    four characteristics.

 

2.         All true-breeding organisms

            A    have the same characteristics.

            B    produce gametes with different characteristics.

            C    always pass on the same characteristic to their offspring.

            D    pass on different characteristics to their offspring.

 

3.         A true-breeding organism is always

            A    homozygous.

            B    heterozygous.

            C    dominant.

            D    recessive.

 

4.         True-breeding organisms are useful in breeding experiments

            because

            A    they are more fertile.

            B    they have the same phenotype.

            C    their genotype is known for certain.

            D    their offspring are all different.

 

5.         What is the correct order of generations in a cross?

            A    P -> F2 -> F1

            B    F1 -> F2 -> P

            C    P -> F1 -> F2

            D    F2 -> F1 ->P

 

            Questions 6,7 and 8 refer to the following information

            about a breeding experiment.

            In pea plants, the allele for pink flower petals (P) is dominant

            to that for white flower petals (p).

            A true-breeding pink-flowered plant is crossed with a true-breeding

            white-flowered plant and the plants of the F1 generation are self-crossed.

 

6.         In the F1 generation

            A    all of the plants will have white flowers.

            B    there will be more pink-flowered plants than white-flowered

                   plants.

            C    there will be an equal number of pink-flowered and

                   white-flowered plants.

            D    all of the plants will have pink flowers.

 

7.         The punnett square shows the genotypes arising in the F2 generation of this cross.

           

M/F

P

p

P

PP

Pp

p

X

Y

 

Which genotypes should appear at X and Y?

 

X

Y

A

PP

pp

B

Pp

pp

C

pp

Pp

D

Pp

Pp

 

8.         In the F2 generation, what would be the phenotype ratio?

            A    1 pink : 3 white

            B    3 pink : 1 white

            C    2 pink : 2 white

            D    4 pink : 1 white