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DNA Basics
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Bachelors Degree Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Quiz on DNA Basics, created by Sarah Juliette B on 01/02/2016.
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Question 1
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What is the process of genetic information being copied from DNA into messenger RNA (mRNA)?
Answer
Replication
Translation
Transcription
Gene Expression
Question 2
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The pyrimidines are cytosine and thymine.
Answer
True
False
Question 3
Question
What makes up a DNA molecule?
Answer
Ribose Sugar
Base
Phosphate Group
Deoxyribose Sugar
Acid
Question 4
Question
What bonds join the phosphate and sugar molecules in DNA?
Answer
Phosphoester
Phosphodiester
Hydrogen
Ionic
Question 5
Question
Which of these statements are correct?
Answer
The number of adenine bases never equals the number of thymine bases.
Deoxyribose sugar is missing an oxygen atom at it's 2' position.
G-C pairs are more thermodynamically stable than A-T pairs.
DNA is a left-handed double helix.
Bases are bonded together by hydrogen bonds.
Question 6
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Unwinding of the double helix is accomplished by the enzyme helicase.
Answer
True
False
Question 7
Question
What direction is DNA synthesised in?
Answer
5' to 3' direction.
3' to 5' direction.
Question 8
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What are the names of the short DNA segments in DNA replication which are ligated together by DNA ligase?
Answer
Lagging fragments.
Bases.
Okazaki fragments.
Primer sequences.
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