Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 947 original practice questions covering the full scope of a genetics course, organized chapter by chapter — and it opens soon. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s Genetics program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking a genetics course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The bank holds 947 original questions across 10 chapters plus three Genetics in Depth sets spanning the course’s core, plus applied and synthesis sets, covering Mendelian inheritance and probability, sex determination, sex linkage, and pedigrees, extensions of Mendelian inheritance, linkage, recombination, and gene mapping, chromosome variation, bacterial and viral genetics, DNA structure, replication, and recombination, transcription, translation, and the genetic code, gene regulation, mutation, DNA repair, and cancer genetics, and quantitative, population, and evolutionary genetics. There is no licensing exam at the end of a genetics course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s Genetics program is a chapter-simulation program for the undergraduate genetics course: 947 original practice questions across 10 chapters plus three Genetics in Depth sets, an applied set, and a synthesis set, organized by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams match the chapter your instructor is teaching. It rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals — there is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of a genetics course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
947 questions, organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 10-chapter structure that mirrors the standard genetics course, from Mendelian inheritance and probability through quantitative, population, and evolutionary genetics, plus three Genetics in Depth sets spanning the course’s core, plus applied and synthesis sets. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the linkage lectures? Drill that chapter until setting up a testcross calculation feels automatic. Pedigree test in ten days? Work the pedigree chapter in sequence, the way your course presents it.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, gene mapping, or pedigree analysis — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
Genetics has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what a genetics course covers and how to study it, see our Genetics study guide.
| Undergraduate genetics — the course this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course (a core life-science course; commonly required for biology majors and often taken after introductory biology and alongside or before cell biology and biochemistry; many sections run problem-set-heavy lectures with an optional laboratory) |
| Standard scope | Mendelian inheritance and probability; sex determination, sex linkage, and pedigree analysis; extensions and modifications of Mendelian inheritance; linkage, recombination, and eukaryotic gene mapping; chromosome variation; bacterial and viral genetic systems; DNA structure, replication, and recombination; transcription, RNA processing, translation, and the genetic code; gene regulation, mutation, DNA repair, and cancer genetics; quantitative, population, and evolutionary genetics |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | 947 original questions across 10 chapters + Genetics in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
Every question in the bank carries the chapter it belongs to. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered file — they sum to 947.
| Chapter | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| 1. Mendelian Inheritance and Probability | 48 |
| 2. Sex Determination, Sex Linkage, and Pedigree Analysis | 45 |
| 3. Extensions and Modifications of Mendelian Inheritance | 50 |
| 4. Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping | 49 |
| 5. Chromosome Variation | 49 |
| 6. Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems | 51 |
| 7. DNA Structure, Replication, and Recombination | 44 |
| 8. Transcription, RNA Processing, Translation, and the Genetic Code | 44 |
| 9. Gene Regulation, Mutation, DNA Repair, and Cancer Genetics | 46 |
| 10. Quantitative, Population, and Evolutionary Genetics | 47 |
| Genetics in Depth I | 94 |
| Genetics in Depth II | 94 |
| Genetics in Depth III | 93 |
| Applied Analysis | 92 |
| Synthesis and Integration | 101 |
| Total | 947 |
Depth follows the bank’s own structure: the Synthesis and Integration set (101 questions) is the bank’s largest single set, and the three depth sets together revisit every core chapter at second-pass difficulty — genetics is graded on solving unfamiliar problems, and the bank’s weight sits where the course’s finals put theirs.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select Genetics, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — genetics builds method on method — the probability of the opening chapter becomes the arithmetic of mapping, pedigrees, and population genetics, and the molecular chapters presuppose the transmission patterns, so an early gap resurfaces wherever the course turns.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. Genetics is a college course, not a licensed credential, and there is no official genetics exam at the end of it. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the undergraduate course.
How many practice questions are in the program? The bank holds 947 original questions: the 10 chapters of the standard course, three Genetics in Depth sets, an applied-analysis set, and a synthesis set. Every question is tagged to its chapter, so drills and simulations can be built over exactly the chapters your test covers.
Which textbook does the program follow? The program is organized around the standard chapter structure of the genetics course, and the textbook-and-edition selector maps the bank onto your book’s chapter order when you set up your course. No textbook is named, branded, or reproduced — the selector only aligns chapter numbering.
Does the program include problem-solving practice, or only concept questions? Genetics is a problem-solving course, and the bank is built to that reality: crosses, pedigrees, mapping calculations, and frequency problems sit alongside concept items in the proportions the standard course examines them. Chapter drills let you work one problem family at a time until its setup is automatic.
How is this different from a cell biology or molecular biology program? Genetics follows heredity at three scales — transmission patterns, chromosomes, populations — with molecular mechanism as one of its blocks. Cell biology centers the cell’s machinery; molecular biology centers the gene’s expression in depth. The programs are companions, and each follows its own course’s standard scope.
What are the Genetics in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets? Second-pass material. The Genetics in Depth sets revisit the course’s methods in three layered sets at finer distinction; the applied set presents breeding, pedigree, and experimental scenarios; the synthesis set combines chapters the way cumulative finals do — transmission ratios explained by molecular defects, population frequencies built from pedigree-scale mechanisms.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a unit exam, or a cumulative final.
My course runs the molecular chapters before transmission genetics. Will the practice still line up? In most cases, yes. Sections differ mainly in ordering and in laboratory emphasis. The textbook selector maps the program’s chapters onto your book’s organization, and drills draw from the chapters you select, so a molecular-first course practices in its own sequence.
Does the program cover human genetics and medical examples? Where the standard course does: pedigree analysis, chromosome variation, mutation and repair, and cancer genetics all carry human examples, because the course itself teaches them there. The program is study preparation for the course — it does not provide genetic counseling or medical advice, and personal questions belong with qualified professionals.
When can I start using the Genetics program? Soon — the 947-question bank is complete and quality-checked, and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of a genetics course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.