BIO 111 MODULE 11 READING REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What name is given to the process in which a strand of DNA is used as a template
for the manufacture of a strand of pre-mRNA? - ANSWERS transcription
What name is given to the process in which the information encoded in a strand
of mRNA is used to construct a protein? - ANSWERS translation
What name is given to the process in which pre-mRNA is edited into mRNA? -
ANSWERS RNA processing
Polypeptides are assembled from _____. - ANSWERS amino acids
RNA processing converts the RNA transcript into _____. - ANSWERS mRNA
True or false? A codon is a group of three bases that can specify more than one
amino acid. - ANSWERS False
Which of the following statements about mutations is false?
A knock-out mutation results in a total absence of the mutated protein.
A deletion mutation results in the loss of a base in the DNA sequence.
An addition mutation results in an added base in the DNA sequence.
, Addition and deletion mutations disrupt the primary structure of proteins. -
ANSWERS A knock-out mutation results in a total absence of the mutated
protein.
If a DNA sequence is altered from TAGCTGA to TAGTGA, what kind of mutation has
occurred? - ANSWERS Deletion.
Which mutation(s) would not change the remainder of the reading frame of a
gene sequence that follows the mutation(s)? - ANSWERS One addition and
one deletion mutation.
If the sequence ATGCATGTCAATTGA were mutated such that a base were inserted
after the first G and the third T were deleted, how many amino acids would be
changed in the mutant protein? - ANSWERS Two.
If a mutated DNA sequence produces a protein that differs in one central amino
acid from the normal protein, which of the following kinds of mutations could
have occurred? - ANSWERS An addition mutation and a deletion mutation.
The flow of information in a cell proceeds in what sequence? - ANSWERS from
DNA to RNA to protein
What is the process called that converts the genetic information stored in DNA to
an RNA copy? - ANSWERS Transcription
DNA does not store the information to synthesize which of the following? -
ANSWERS Organelles
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What name is given to the process in which a strand of DNA is used as a template
for the manufacture of a strand of pre-mRNA? - ANSWERS transcription
What name is given to the process in which the information encoded in a strand
of mRNA is used to construct a protein? - ANSWERS translation
What name is given to the process in which pre-mRNA is edited into mRNA? -
ANSWERS RNA processing
Polypeptides are assembled from _____. - ANSWERS amino acids
RNA processing converts the RNA transcript into _____. - ANSWERS mRNA
True or false? A codon is a group of three bases that can specify more than one
amino acid. - ANSWERS False
Which of the following statements about mutations is false?
A knock-out mutation results in a total absence of the mutated protein.
A deletion mutation results in the loss of a base in the DNA sequence.
An addition mutation results in an added base in the DNA sequence.
, Addition and deletion mutations disrupt the primary structure of proteins. -
ANSWERS A knock-out mutation results in a total absence of the mutated
protein.
If a DNA sequence is altered from TAGCTGA to TAGTGA, what kind of mutation has
occurred? - ANSWERS Deletion.
Which mutation(s) would not change the remainder of the reading frame of a
gene sequence that follows the mutation(s)? - ANSWERS One addition and
one deletion mutation.
If the sequence ATGCATGTCAATTGA were mutated such that a base were inserted
after the first G and the third T were deleted, how many amino acids would be
changed in the mutant protein? - ANSWERS Two.
If a mutated DNA sequence produces a protein that differs in one central amino
acid from the normal protein, which of the following kinds of mutations could
have occurred? - ANSWERS An addition mutation and a deletion mutation.
The flow of information in a cell proceeds in what sequence? - ANSWERS from
DNA to RNA to protein
What is the process called that converts the genetic information stored in DNA to
an RNA copy? - ANSWERS Transcription
DNA does not store the information to synthesize which of the following? -
ANSWERS Organelles
