2024 AP Biology Final Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
The SRY gene - answer✔✔is a gene found on the Y chromo that codes for male development
X Inactivation - answer✔✔one of two X chromosomes is randomly inactivated and remains
coiled as a Barr body
If there is 15% adenine in a cell, what is the percentage of cytosine? - answer✔✔35%
5' to 3' and 3' to 5' means that DNA is - answer✔✔antiparallel
If the DNA is 5' TACGGCCTACACT 3" what would the mRNA (RNA primer) be? -
answer✔✔5' AUGCCGGAUGUGA 3'
Telomeres - answer✔✔linear ends of chromosomes
I can use a mRNA genetic code table to transcribe and translate a gene into an amino acid
sequence. - answer✔✔should be true
Central Dogma - answer✔✔DNA -> RNA -> Protein
Meiosis - answer✔✔Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing
organisms
DNA replication - answer✔✔the process of making a copy of DNA
phosphorylation cascade - answer✔✔A series of enzyme-catalyzed phosphorylation reactions
commonly used in signal transduction pathways to AMPLIFY and convey a signal inward from
the plasma membrane.
Correct order of Cell Signaling is - answer✔✔reception, transduction, response
There are 3000 nucleotides (bases) that make up a certain protein. How many amino acids are in
the protein? - answer✔✔999 after you subtract 3 bases for the "end" codon
30 chromatids would have how many centromeres? - answer✔✔15
Plant and Animal cells both have - answer✔✔DNA, cytoplasm, ribosomes, ER, mitochondria,
nucleus