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Biology (Topic 2: Molecular Biology) Quiz on QUIZ - Topic 2 , created by Blen Abate on 17/02/2020.
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Question 1

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What are the components of a DNA molecule?
Answer
  • deoxyribose, a phosphate and one of the bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine or thymine
  • ribose, a phosphate, and one of the bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine or uracil
  • Deoxyribose, a nitrate and one of the bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine or thymine
  • Ribose, a nitrate and one of the bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine or thymine

Question 2

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What type of bond holds the complementary base pairs together in a double helix of DNA?
Answer
  • Covalent bonds
  • Peptide bonds
  • Glycosidic bonds
  • Hydrogen bonds

Question 3

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What enzyme is used in transcription but not in translation?
Answer
  • DNA polymerase
  • Helicase
  • Protease
  • RNA polymerase

Question 4

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A certain gene in a bacterium codes for a polypeptide that is 120 amino acids long. How many nucleotides are needed in the mRNA to code for this polypeptide?
Answer
  • 30
  • 40
  • 360
  • 480

Question 5

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What is responsible for the conservation of the base sequence during DNA replication?
Answer
  • DNA polymerase working on one strand at the same time.
  • Unpaired bases always attracting their complementary nucleotides.
  • DNA helicase and polymerase are complementary.
  • Both strands are identical to each other.

Question 6

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During the process of replication, which bond(s) in the diagram of DNA below is/are broken?
Answer
  • 3
  • 4/5
  • 1,2,6,7
  • 1,7,4,5

Question 7

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How would the following DNA sequence, ACGTTGCATGGCA, be transcribed?
Answer
  • UGCAACGUACCGU
  • TGCAACGTACCGT
  • ACGTTGCATGGCA
  • ACGUUGCAUGGCA

Question 8

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The base sequence is the store of information.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

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Nitrogenous bases have two rings.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

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The base-phosphate backbone ensures that the store is stable and secure.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

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In order to link nucleotides into a chain, a hydrogen bond is formed b/n the phosphate and a pentose sugar.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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Polymers of nucleotides also known as "strands"
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

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The four bases in RNA are [blank_start]adenine[blank_end], [blank_start]uracil[blank_end], [blank_start]cytosine[blank_end] and [blank_start]guanine[blank_end].
Answer
  • uracil
  • adenine
  • cytosine
  • guanine
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