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DNA mini-quiz
1. Griffith was known for describing/discovering which of the following?
a. Transformation
b. DNA structure
c. DNA is genetic material
d. Genes are on chromosomes
e. Transforming material is DNA
2. T.H. Morgan was known for describing/discovering which of the following?
a. Transformation
b. DNA structure
c. DNA is genetic material
d. Genes are on chromosomes
e. Transforming material is DNA a
3. Avery, Macleod, and McCarty were known for describing/discovering which of
the following?
a. Transformation
b. DNA structure
c. DNA is genetic material
d. Genes are on chromosomes
e. Transforming material is DNA
4. Watson and Crick were known for describing/discovering which of the following?
a. Transformation
b. DNA structure
c. DNA is genetic material
d. Genes are on chromosomes
e. Transforming material is DNA a
5. Hershey and Chase were known for describing/discovering which of the
following?
a. Transformation
b. DNA structure
c. DNA is genetic material
d. Genes are on chromosomes
e. Transforming material is DNA
6. The product of translation is which of the following?
a. DNA transcript
b. RNA transcript
c. Carbohydrate
d. Protein
e. Lipid
7. The product of transcription is which of the following?
a. DNA transcript
b. RNA transcript
c. Carbohydrate
d. Protein
e. Lipid
8. A mutation that results in a premature stop codon is called:
a. Silent mutation
b. Missense change
c. Nonsense change
d. Indel
e. frameshift
9. A mutation that results in substituting one amino acid for another is called:
a. Silent mutation
b. Missense change
c. Nonsense change
d. Indel
e. frameshift
10. A mutation that does not affect the amino acid sequence is called:
a. Silent mutation
b. Missense change
c. Nonsense change
d. Indel
e. frameshift
11. A mutation that alters the mRNA sequence at a single point is called:
a. Base-pair substitution
b. Insertion
c. Deletion
d. Frameshift
12. Which of the following wouldn’t be found in the mRNA after export from the
nucleaus?
a. 5’ modified quinine cap
b. 3’ poly A tail
c. Introns
d. Exons
13. Which of the following is/are parts of the parts of post-transcriptional
modification?
a. 5’ modified quinine cap
b. 3’ poly A tail
c. Alternative splicing
d. A and B
e. All of the Above
14. RNA polymerase binds to which of the following to begin transcription?
a. Transcription factors
b. mRNA start codon
c. exon
d. primer
e. promoter
15. Ligase
a. Creates the RNA primer
b. Adds DNA to the RNA primer
c. Replaces the RNA primer with DNA
d. Joins Okazaki fragments
e. “unzips” the double helix
f. Relieves tension at the replication fork by rearranging the DNA
16. DNA Polymerase I
a. Creates the RNA primer
b. Adds DNA to the RNA primer
c. Replaces the RNA primer with DNA
d. Joins Okazaki fragments
e. “unzips” the double helix
f. Relieves tension at the replication fork by rearranging the DNA
17. DNA Polymerase III
a. Creates the RNA primer
b. Adds DNA to the RNA primer
c. Replaces the RNA primer with DNA
d. Joins Okazaki fragments
e. “unzips” the double helix
f. Relieves tension at the replication fork by rearranging the DNA
18. Primase
a. Creates the RNA primer
b. Adds DNA to the RNA primer
c. Replaces the RNA primer with DNA
d. Joins Okazaki fragments
e. “unzips” the double helix
f. Relieves tension at the replication fork by rearranging the DNA
19. Helicase
a. Creates the RNA primer
b. Adds DNA to the RNA primer
c. Replaces the RNA primer with DNA
d. Joins Okazaki fragments
e. “unzips” the double helix
f. Relieves tension at the replication fork by rearranging the DNA
20. Topoisomerase
a. Creates the RNA primer
b. Adds DNA to the RNA primer
c. Replaces the RNA primer with DNA
d. Joins Okazaki fragments
e. “unzips” the double helix
f. Relieves tension at the replication fork by rearranging the DNA
Answers:
1. A
2. D
3. E
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. A
12. C
13. E
14. E
15. D
16. C
17. B
18. A
19. E
20. F