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Question: A) ATG TGA CAG B) TAC ACT GTC C) GTA AGT GAC D) CAT TCA CTG
Correct Answer: Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand ATG TGA CAG
Question: A) Adenine B) Guanine C) Cytosine D) Thymine
Correct Answer: Guanine bonds with ______________.
Question: A) DNA Polymerase B) DNA Primase C) DNA Helicase D) RNA Polymerase
Correct Answer: Which enzyme is responsible for checking DNA for errors, and fixing it?
Question: A) Add amino acid methionine B) Start the protein here C) add the amino acid tyrosine D) End
the polypeptide chain here
Correct Answer: The RNA codon AUG means
Question: A) Insertion- Frameshift B) Deletion- Substitution C) Deletion -Frameshift D) All of the above
Correct Answer: ATTTGAGCC- Original ATTGAGCC - Mutated The example above is an example of a
Question: A) They change all of the codons from the mutation on down the line, which changes the amino
acid sequence B) They insert things that an organism doesn't need. C) They often delete things that
organisms need. D) Insertion and deletions are not any more harmful than substitution mutations.
Correct Answer: Why are insertion and deletion (frameshift) mutations so harmful?
Question: A) Duplication B) Translocation C) Inversion
Correct Answer: original chromosome ABC-DEF mutated chromosome AED-CBF
Question: A) MET-GLU-VAL-TYR-STOP B) MET-GLY-THR-SER-STOP C)
MET-SER-THR-GLY-STOP D) MET-LYS-ASN-STOP
Correct Answer: Using the codon identify the amino acid sequence: AUG-GGC-ACC-UCA-UGA
Question: A) Whether the father's sperm contains an x or y chromosome B) Whether the mother's egg
contains an x or y chromosome C) The age of the parents
Correct Answer: The sex of a child is determined by
Question: A) Frameshift B) Point C) Deletion
Correct Answer: original chromosome ABC-DEF mutated chromosome AC-DEF This is a
_____________ mutation.
Question: A) It is very small and very complicated B) It's in everything C) It serves as the blueprint for
traits of all living things D) Because we eat it every day for energy
Correct Answer: Why is DNA important?
Question: A) Transcription B) Translation C) Replication D) Mitosis
Correct Answer: The diagram shows the process of
Question: A) Look for AUG B) Start at the beginning C) Look for ATG D) When the teacher says so!!!
Correct Answer: How do you know when to begin translating a strand of mRNA?
, Question: A) Plasmid B) Restriction enzyme C) Ligase D) Protein expression
Correct Answer: Which of the following is a circular DNA from bacteria that can hold a foreign gene?
Question: A) XRXr B) XRXR C) XrXr D) XrY E) XRY
Correct Answer: What are the genotypes of these flies: white eyed, male?
Question: A) Lagging B) Ligase C) Leading D) Telomeres
Correct Answer: The ___________________ strand builds continuously.
Question: A) Polmerase B) Ligase C) A terminator D) Methionine
Correct Answer: The signal that marks the end of a gene and causes transcription to stop is
Question: A) Pink flowers in snapdragons B) The ABO Blood group in humans C) Skin color in humans
D) Huntington's disease in humans
Correct Answer: Which of the following is an example of polygenic inheritance?
Question: A) Diffusion B) Repiration C) Recombination D) Translation
Correct Answer: Which process is shown?
Question: A) Missense B) Nonsense C) Silent D) Deletion
Correct Answer: This type of substitution codes for a stop codon
Question: A) Enzyme B) Unzip C) A replication fork
Correct Answer: The separation of the two single strands of DNA creates a 'Y' shape?
Question: A) To bring the amino acids to the ribosome B) Positioning the ribosome C) Carrier the
instructions on how to make a protein D) None of the above
Correct Answer: What is tRNA role during translation?
Question: A) Glucose B) Chromosome C) Gene D) Phosphate
Correct Answer: What is the name given to part of a DNA molecule that codes for a protein?
Question: A) Translation B) Transcription C) DNA replication D) Non-disjunction
Correct Answer: What process is shown?
Question: A) Topoisomerase B) DNA Polymerase C) Ligase D) Primase
Correct Answer: Which enzyme is responsible for adding nucleotides?
Question: A) Missense B) Nonsense C) Silent D) Deletion
Correct Answer: A type of substitution in which no amino acids change is called
Question: A) Sex-linked trait B) Polygenic Trait C) Codominant trait D) Incomplete Dominance trait
Correct Answer: If a gene is found only on the X chromosome and not the Y chromosome, it is said to be
Question: A) The shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases B) The order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases C)
The color of the nitrogen bases D) The frequency (number) of nitrogen bases
Correct Answer: What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?
Question: A) Topoisomerase B) DNA Helicase C) DNA Polymerase D) Exonuclease