DNA Test Review

Which of the following base pairs can be found in a DNA molecule?

• Cytosine - Uracil
• Adenine - Cytosine
• Cytosine - Guanine
• Adenine - Guanine

Which base pairs could be held together with hydrogen bonds?

• Uracil - Guanine
• Adenine - Guanine
• Cytosine - Guanine
• Uracil - Cytosine

When mRNA is formed, which base is paired with adenine?

• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Guanine
• Uracil

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of DNA?

• Double-stranded
• Contains deoxyribose 
• Has the nitrogenous base uracil
• All of the above

RNA is formed in the process of ___.

• transcription
• replication
• translation
• crossing over

Which type of RNA is fed through a ribosome like a tape in order to place amino acids in the correct sequence?

• rRNA
• tRNA
• mRNA
• All of these

In the RNA show in the diagram, what structure is represented by the orange ball?

• an amino acid
• an anticodon
• a codon
• a gene

Translation takes place in the

• nucleus
• ribosome
• Golgi apparatus
• lysosome

The principle that says information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins is known as ___.

• the central dogma
• heredity
• genetics
• hybridization

If a DNA strand has the base sequence ATAGGC, the complementary DNA base sequence would be ___.

• GCGAAT
• UAUCCG
• TATCCG
• None of these