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m m m m
Chapterm1m m ThemMolecularmBasismof mHeredity,mVariation,mandmEvolution
1.1m m Multiple-ChoicemQuestions
1) Bacteriamaremsingle-celled morganismsmwithmamsinglemchromosomemfound minmwhichmcellmspace?
A) nucleus
B) nucleolus
C) nucleoid
D) nuclearmenvelope
E) mitochondria
Answer:m CmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
2) Sexualmreproductionmusesm tomgeneratem gametes,mwhichmjoinmat mfertilization.
A) meiosis;mhaploid
B) mitosis;mhaploid
C) meiosis;mdiploid
D) mitosis;mdiploid
E) mitosis;midentical
Answer:m AmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
3) Whenmamdiploid mcellmdividesmbymmitosis,mthemresult mism .
A) identicalmhaploid mcells
B) identicalmdiploid mcells
C) uniquemdiploid mcells
D) uniquemhaploid mcells
E) amzygote.
Answer:m BmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
4) Modernmgeneticsmconsistsmof mthreemmajormbranches.mWhichmof mthesembranches,malsomknownma
sm“transmissionmgenetics,”minvolvesmthemstudymof mthemtransmissionmof mtraitsmand mcharacteristic
sminmsuccessivemgenerations?
A) evolutionary
B) Mendelian
C) molecular
D) population
E) reproductive
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, Answer:m BmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
5) Youmidentifymamnew municellularmorganismmwithmmultiplemchromosomesmorganized mbymproteinsmwith
inmthemcell’smnucleus.mIntomwhichmof mthemthreemdomainsmof mlifemmight mthismorganismmfit?
A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) ArchaeamormBacteria
E) ArchaeamormEukarya
Answer:m CmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Application/Analysis
6) Watsonmand mCrickmused mevidencemfrommseveralmstudiesmtomdeterminemthemstructuremof mDNA.mWh
at mconclusionmweremtheymablemtomdraw mfrommRosalind mFranklin’smX-
raymdiffractionmdata,mspecifically?
A) DNA mconsistsmof mfourmtypesmof mnucleotidembases:mA,mT,mC,mand mG.
B) DNA mnucleotidesmformmcomplementarymbasempairs.
C) Adeninempairsmwithmthyminemand mcytosinempairsmwithmguaninemwhenmtheymaremonmoppositemD
NA mstrands.
D) DNA mismamduplex,mwithmtwomstrandsmformingmamdoublemhelix.
E) ThemDNA mstrandsmaremantiparallel,mand mthemstrandsmaremheld mtogethermbymhydrogenmbonds.
Answer:m DmSectio
n:m 1.2
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
7) What mkind mof mbond mismformed mbetweenmthem5′ mphosphatemgroupmofmonemnucleotidemandmthem3′mhydro
xylm(OH)mgroupmof mthemadjacent mnucleotide?
A) ionicmbond
B) phosphodiestermbond
C) hydrogenmbond
D) disulfidembond
E) hydroxylmbond
Answer:m BmSectio
n:m 1.2
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
8) What mkind mof mbond mismformed mbetweenmcomplementarymbasempairsmtomjoinmthemtwomDNA mstrandsmint
omamdoublemhelix?
A) ionicmbond
B) phosphodiestermbond
C) hydrogenmbond
D) disulfidembond
E) peptidembond
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, Answer:m CmSectio
n:m 1.2
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
9) Whichmtype(s)mof mRNA mis/aremtranslated mintomproteins?
A) mRNA
B) rRNA
C) tRNA
D) mRNA mand mrRNA
E) mRNA,mrRNA,mand mtRNA
Answer:m AmSectio
n:m 1.3
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
10) WhichmenzymemismactiveminmDNA mreplication?
A) DNA mpolymerase
B) RNA mpolymerase
C) reversemtranscriptase
D) aminoacyl-tRNA msynthetase
E) RNase
Answer:m AmSectio
n:m 1.2
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
11) Thempromotermismbound mbymwhichmenzyme?
A) DNA mpolymerase
B) RNA mpolymerase
C) Reversemtranscriptase
D) DNase
E) RNase
Answer:m BmSectio
n:m 1.3
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
12) What mismthemprocessmof msynthesizingmproteinsmfrommmRNA msequences?
A) replication
B) transcription
C) translation
D) transformation
E) transduction
Answer:m CmSectio
n:m 1.3
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
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Chapterm1m m ThemMolecularmBasismof mHeredity,mVariation,mandmEvolution
1.1m m Multiple-ChoicemQuestions
1) Bacteriamaremsingle-celled morganismsmwithmamsinglemchromosomemfound minmwhichmcellmspace?
A) nucleus
B) nucleolus
C) nucleoid
D) nuclearmenvelope
E) mitochondria
Answer:m CmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
2) Sexualmreproductionmusesm tomgeneratem gametes,mwhichmjoinmat mfertilization.
A) meiosis;mhaploid
B) mitosis;mhaploid
C) meiosis;mdiploid
D) mitosis;mdiploid
E) mitosis;midentical
Answer:m AmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
3) Whenmamdiploid mcellmdividesmbymmitosis,mthemresult mism .
A) identicalmhaploid mcells
B) identicalmdiploid mcells
C) uniquemdiploid mcells
D) uniquemhaploid mcells
E) amzygote.
Answer:m BmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
4) Modernmgeneticsmconsistsmof mthreemmajormbranches.mWhichmof mthesembranches,malsomknownma
sm“transmissionmgenetics,”minvolvesmthemstudymof mthemtransmissionmof mtraitsmand mcharacteristic
sminmsuccessivemgenerations?
A) evolutionary
B) Mendelian
C) molecular
D) population
E) reproductive
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, Answer:m BmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
5) Youmidentifymamnew municellularmorganismmwithmmultiplemchromosomesmorganized mbymproteinsmwith
inmthemcell’smnucleus.mIntomwhichmof mthemthreemdomainsmof mlifemmight mthismorganismmfit?
A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) ArchaeamormBacteria
E) ArchaeamormEukarya
Answer:m CmSectio
n:m 1.1
Skill:m Application/Analysis
6) Watsonmand mCrickmused mevidencemfrommseveralmstudiesmtomdeterminemthemstructuremof mDNA.mWh
at mconclusionmweremtheymablemtomdraw mfrommRosalind mFranklin’smX-
raymdiffractionmdata,mspecifically?
A) DNA mconsistsmof mfourmtypesmof mnucleotidembases:mA,mT,mC,mand mG.
B) DNA mnucleotidesmformmcomplementarymbasempairs.
C) Adeninempairsmwithmthyminemand mcytosinempairsmwithmguaninemwhenmtheymaremonmoppositemD
NA mstrands.
D) DNA mismamduplex,mwithmtwomstrandsmformingmamdoublemhelix.
E) ThemDNA mstrandsmaremantiparallel,mand mthemstrandsmaremheld mtogethermbymhydrogenmbonds.
Answer:m DmSectio
n:m 1.2
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
7) What mkind mof mbond mismformed mbetweenmthem5′ mphosphatemgroupmofmonemnucleotidemandmthem3′mhydro
xylm(OH)mgroupmof mthemadjacent mnucleotide?
A) ionicmbond
B) phosphodiestermbond
C) hydrogenmbond
D) disulfidembond
E) hydroxylmbond
Answer:m BmSectio
n:m 1.2
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
8) What mkind mof mbond mismformed mbetweenmcomplementarymbasempairsmtomjoinmthemtwomDNA mstrandsmint
omamdoublemhelix?
A) ionicmbond
B) phosphodiestermbond
C) hydrogenmbond
D) disulfidembond
E) peptidembond
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, Answer:m CmSectio
n:m 1.2
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
9) Whichmtype(s)mof mRNA mis/aremtranslated mintomproteins?
A) mRNA
B) rRNA
C) tRNA
D) mRNA mand mrRNA
E) mRNA,mrRNA,mand mtRNA
Answer:m AmSectio
n:m 1.3
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
10) WhichmenzymemismactiveminmDNA mreplication?
A) DNA mpolymerase
B) RNA mpolymerase
C) reversemtranscriptase
D) aminoacyl-tRNA msynthetase
E) RNase
Answer:m AmSectio
n:m 1.2
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
11) Thempromotermismbound mbymwhichmenzyme?
A) DNA mpolymerase
B) RNA mpolymerase
C) Reversemtranscriptase
D) DNase
E) RNase
Answer:m BmSectio
n:m 1.3
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
12) What mismthemprocessmof msynthesizingmproteinsmfrommmRNA msequences?
A) replication
B) transcription
C) translation
D) transformation
E) transduction
Answer:m CmSectio
n:m 1.3
Skill:m Knowledge/Comprehension
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