GENETIC ANALYSIS ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACKAGE.pdf

GENETIC ANALYSIS ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACKAGE

●● DNA is...
Answer: a type of nucleic acid that is double stranded and double
helixed consisting of nucleotide monomers with a deoxyribose sugar,
nitrogenous bases, and a phosphate group


●● The Central Dogma is
Answer: DNA to mRNA (transcription) mRNA to proteins (translation)


●● the monomer of DNA is a
Answer: nucleotide


●● the monomer of a protein is
Answer: amino acid


●● what is a genotype
Answer: refers to an organisms unique genetic makeup


●● what is phenotype

, Answer: physical characteristic


●● what is a nucleotide made of
Answer: a phosphate (negative charge), deoxyribose sugar, and
nitrogenous base


●● nitrogenous bases (or base pairs) are held together by what
Answer: hydrogen bonds (weaker than covalent)


●● what has only 1 ring
Answer: pyrimidine


●● what has 2 rings
Answer: purines


●● what makes up a phosphate?
Answer: 1 phosphorus some oxygen


●● what makes up a deoxyribose sugar?
Answer: 5 carbons and 1 oxygen


●● true or false? a deoxyribose sugar makes up a pyrimidine