Academic Testing CenterObjective Test

Human Heredity

A 50-question Academic Testing Center test on human genetics, open at ILC and at state conferences that offer it, with no qualification between levels.

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About this event

Human Heredity is one of the 15 Academic Testing Center (ATC) tests, sponsored by NGL/Cengage, and is listed in the CE Code as ATHH. It is a 50-question multiple-choice test taken in 60 minutes with a tiebreaker, written at the recall, application and analysis levels from the named resource, and it covers human genetics, weighted toward genetic diseases, inheritance patterns, pedigrees and karyotypes, and genetic technologies. Academic Testing Center tests are open to the Secondary, Postsecondary, Collegiate and Alumni divisions and are offered at ILC and, where the state advisor chooses, at chartered association conferences. There is no qualification between levels: a member may test at state, at ILC, or both. ILC registration includes one ATC test and each additional test costs $20, with pre-registration required and no walk-ups. Dress bonus points are not awarded. At ILC every tester receives a certificate of participation, the top ten scorers across all divisions are recognized and the top three receive special recognition; state-level awards are set by the state advisor.

Test day

What to expect

60 minutes, 50 questions

You have 60 minutes for 50 questions written from the event's published test plan. Official format: 50-question test, 60 minutes, plus a tiebreaker question.

Written from the test plan

Questions follow the event's published test plan, section by section, and are written from the listed reference texts. Practice questions here are drawn in the same proportions.

How you advance

How many advance from regionals to states and on to the International Leadership Conference (ILC) depends on your association's rules. Study the official test plan: it lists each section and its share of the test.

What's on the test

Common genetic diseases and disorders, including cancer · 24%Chromosomes, inheritance and the transmission of traits · 10%Punnett squares, pedigrees, karyotypes and the inheritance of traits · 14%How the immune system and viruses affect genes · 2%Phenotypes, gene expression and gene regulation · 8%How mutations and epigenetics affect genes · 8%Genetic technologies, genomes, biotechnology, reproductive technology, genetic testing and gene therapy · 12%Role of genetics, DNA, RNA, chromosomes and protein synthesis · 12%Cell division (meiosis), DNA mutations and chromosome mutations · 10%

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