• Question 1
The process of forming mRNA from the template strand of DNA is called _____________
Answers:
Transcription
Replication
Duplication
Translation
• Question 2
Transcribe the following coding DNA sequence into a complementary sequence of mRNA: TAGCTGCCA
Answers: ATCGACGGT
AUCGACGGU
TAGCTGCCA
UAGCUGCCA
• Question 3
In a DNA molecule, adenine on one strand of nucleotides will pair with which base on the other complimentary DNA strand?
Answers: Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
• Question 4
In addition to linking together nucleotides to synthesize a daughter strand, DNA polymerase also ________
Answers: Unzips the parent DNA molecule
“proofreads” the order of nucleotides
Makes the new DNA strand form a helix
“zips” the parent molecule back together
• Question 5
In living organisms, information for making proteins flows from _______?
Answers: RNA to DNA to protein.
RNA to protein to DNA
DNA to RNA to protein
Protein to RNA to DNA
• Question 6
The process of forming a protein from an mRNA strand in called _______
Answers: Transcription
Translation
Duplication
Fermentation
• Question 7
A change in the nucleotide sequence coding for a protein is called a _________.
Answers: Transformation
Ligation
Mutation
Alteration
• Question 8
A change in the nucleotide sequence always results in an observable change in the organism.
Answers: True
False
• Question 9
DNA is a molecule found in the nucleus of prokaryotic cells
Answers: True
False
• Question 10
Each group of three nucleotides acts like a “code word” representing one amino acid
Answers: True
False
• Question 11
RNA polymerase is an enzyme .
Answers: True
False
• Question 12
Which of the following sequences would result from the replication of the following DNA sequence: ATTGCTGGA
Answers: ATTGCTGGA
TTACCGCCA
TAACGACCT
TAACGTCCA
• Question 13
Translation begins when mRNA becomes associated with a(n)_______?
Answers: Promoter
Ribosome
Codon
Nucleotide
• Question 14
The monomers that make up DNA molecules are called _______?
Answers: Sugars
Amino acids
Nucleotides
Nitrogenous bases
• Question 15
Each newly formed DNA molecule consists of _____________.
Answers: Two parental strands
Two daughter strands
One parental strand
One parental strand and one daughter strand
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