BIOSENSORS AND BIOCHIPS QUIZ

Microbiosensors are based on

ions effect

magnetic effect

piezoelectric effect

ionsensitive field effect transistor

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Which of the following adaptations would it be desirable for a farmer to breed into a crop of wheat?

Resistance to disease

Early ripening

Resistance to pests

All of these

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Hypoxanthine can be measured by

hypoxanthine sensor

alcohol sensor

amorphous silicon ISFET

urea sensor

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To qualify as a micro array the analytical device must be

all of these

ordered

planer and specific

microscopic

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When farmers breed new plants they choose the pollen from one variety of plant and place it onto the stigma of another variety of plant. This type of plant breeding is known as

pollination

selective breeding

seed collection

cuttings

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Biochips are made up of

semi-conducting molecules inserted into the protein frame work

non-conducting molecules inserted into the protein frame work

conducting molecules inserted into the protein frame work

any of the above

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Gene banks conserve stocks of

none of these

vegetative material only

seed only

seed and vegetative material both

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An ordered array is any collection of analytical elements configured in

circle

randomly

rows and columns

none of these

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Which of the following technology is used for micro array manufacturing?

Ink jetting

Photolithography

Contact printing

All of these

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A micro array is an ordered array of microscopic elements on a planer substrate that allows the specific binding of

gene or gene products

both (a) and (b)

whole genome

none of these

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