COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS COMPLETE GENERAL
BIOLOGY I EXAM PREPARATION
RESOURCE CELL BIOLOGY, CELLULAR
RESPIRATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS,
GENETICS, DNA AND DETAILED STUDY
GUIDE
During DNA replication in the lagging strand there is production of this
component? - CORRECT ANSWER -Okazaki fragment
For DNA Polymerase III to work, which of these components has to act
first? - CORRECT ANSWER -Primase
T/F DNA mutation is greatly reduced by enzymes that proof read the newly
replicated DNA. - CORRECT ANSWER -True
Which strand is produced more rapidly? - CORRECT ANSWER -Leading
Strand
T/F Strands of the backbone of DNA are parallel. - CORRECT ANSWER -
False
, T/F Uridine is a nucleotide in DNA. - CORRECT ANSWER -False
T/F Replication of DNA is semi-conservative. - CORRECT ANSWER -True
T/F The DNA polymerase that replicates the parental strand of DNA reads
the parental DNA from 5' to 3" and makes a new DNA strand from 3' to 5'. -
CORRECT ANSWER -False
T/F DNA replication in eukaryotes is sped up by multiple origins of
replication. - CORRECT ANSWER -True
T/F Messenger RNA is double stranded. - CORRECT ANSWER -False
T/F The genetic code for the conversion of mRNA codons to proteins has
redundancy. - CORRECT ANSWER -True
The light reactions produce [x] and [y] and this process also results in the
release of [z]. - CORRECT ANSWER -ATP, NADPH + H+, Oxygen
The Calvin-Benson cycle takes in [x] and [y] from the light reaction and
also [z] to make carbohydrates. - CORRECT ANSWER -ATP, NADPH + H+,
Carbon Dioxide
The antenna system is in the _________ membranes. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Thylakoid