CU BOULDER EBIO 2070
(GENETICS) EXAM 1
questions and
answers(graded A+)
DNA nucleotides consist of which of following?
A) Deoxiribose Sugar
B) Phosphate Groups
c) Nitrogenous Groups
D) Both A and C
E) All of the above - answer E: All of the above
A strand of DNA has the sequence 5'-GCCAGCTTA-3'. Which of the
following gives the correct sequence of the complementary strand?
A. 5'-CGGTCGAAT-3'
B. 5'-TAAGCTGGC-3'
C. 5'-ATTCGACCG-3'
D. 5'-CGGATCAAT-3'
E. 5'-GCCAGCTTA-3' - answer B. 5' - TAAGCTGGC - 3'
3. Which of the following is a type of repetitive element that is found in
the human genome?
A. Transposable elements
B. Satellite sequences at chromosome centrome
C. Microsatellite sequence
, D. Chromosome telomeres
E. All of the above - answer E. All of the above
4. Which of the following correctly lists the levels of chromatin
organization in order from smallest (shortest section of DNA) to largest
(longest section of DNA)?
A. Nucleosome < Territory < TAD
B. Territory < TAD < Nucleosome
c. TAD < Territory < Nucleosome
D. Nucleosome < TAD < Territory
E: Territory < Nucleosome < TAD - answer D. Nucleosome < TAD < Territory
Transcription is the process of...
A. Copying a section of template DNA to RNA
B. Removing introns from RNA
C. Copying DNA in preparation for cell division
D. Making a polypeptide (protein) from mRNA
E. Copying an RNA strand into DNA - answer A. Copying a section of
template DNA to RNA
6. Which of the following is NOT is an accurate comparison of typical
organellar (mitochondrial, chloroplast) genomes to typical nuclear
genomes of eukaryotes?
A. Organellar and nuclear genomes have similar percentages of protein-
coding sequences
B. Organellar genomes are much smaller.
C. A higher percentage of nuclear genomes are composed of introns.
D. Organellar genomes are more similar to bacterial genomes than nuclear
genomes are. - answer A. Organellar and nuclear genomes have similar
percentages of protein-coding sequences
(GENETICS) EXAM 1
questions and
answers(graded A+)
DNA nucleotides consist of which of following?
A) Deoxiribose Sugar
B) Phosphate Groups
c) Nitrogenous Groups
D) Both A and C
E) All of the above - answer E: All of the above
A strand of DNA has the sequence 5'-GCCAGCTTA-3'. Which of the
following gives the correct sequence of the complementary strand?
A. 5'-CGGTCGAAT-3'
B. 5'-TAAGCTGGC-3'
C. 5'-ATTCGACCG-3'
D. 5'-CGGATCAAT-3'
E. 5'-GCCAGCTTA-3' - answer B. 5' - TAAGCTGGC - 3'
3. Which of the following is a type of repetitive element that is found in
the human genome?
A. Transposable elements
B. Satellite sequences at chromosome centrome
C. Microsatellite sequence
, D. Chromosome telomeres
E. All of the above - answer E. All of the above
4. Which of the following correctly lists the levels of chromatin
organization in order from smallest (shortest section of DNA) to largest
(longest section of DNA)?
A. Nucleosome < Territory < TAD
B. Territory < TAD < Nucleosome
c. TAD < Territory < Nucleosome
D. Nucleosome < TAD < Territory
E: Territory < Nucleosome < TAD - answer D. Nucleosome < TAD < Territory
Transcription is the process of...
A. Copying a section of template DNA to RNA
B. Removing introns from RNA
C. Copying DNA in preparation for cell division
D. Making a polypeptide (protein) from mRNA
E. Copying an RNA strand into DNA - answer A. Copying a section of
template DNA to RNA
6. Which of the following is NOT is an accurate comparison of typical
organellar (mitochondrial, chloroplast) genomes to typical nuclear
genomes of eukaryotes?
A. Organellar and nuclear genomes have similar percentages of protein-
coding sequences
B. Organellar genomes are much smaller.
C. A higher percentage of nuclear genomes are composed of introns.
D. Organellar genomes are more similar to bacterial genomes than nuclear
genomes are. - answer A. Organellar and nuclear genomes have similar
percentages of protein-coding sequences
