Protein Synthesis Test Review

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

• polar bonds
• ionic bonds
• covalent bonds
• hydrogen bonds

Which 2 molecules forms the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

• deoxyribose and adenine
• deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond
• sugar and the nucleus
• deoxyribose (sugar) and phosphate

What is responsible for holding the two strands of the DNA double helix together?

• hydrogen bonds
• alleles
• London dispersion forces
• deoxyribose sugars

How many amino acids are coded for by this sequence of nucleotides:
ATG GGA ACT CCA

• 4
• 2
• 6
• 12

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What process is being shown here?

• Replication
• Translation
• Transcription

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which RNA bases would pair with TACGAA in transcription? 

• AUGCUU
• ATGCTT
• GCATCC
• GCAUCC

Given the following sequence of mRNA, what series of amino acids are coded for?
mRNA: CUCAAGUGCUUC

• Ser-Tyr-Arg-Gly
• Val-Asp-Pro-His
• Leu-Lys-Cys-Phe
• Pro-Glu-Leu-Val

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

In an mRNA strand, the codon GCC codes for the amino acid ______ , while CCG codes for the amino acid _______

• Proline (Pro), Valine (Val)
• Alanine (Ala), Lysine (Lys)
• Valine (Val), Lysine (Lys)
• Alanine (Ala), Proline (Pro)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The DNA sequence T A C C G T A G A G G C would produce which of the following amino acid sequences?

• Met-Val-Asp-Pro
• Met-Ala-Ser-Pro
• Val-His-Arg-Glu
• Glu-Lys-Ser-Leu

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

A portion of mRNA is coded CUG. The corresponding DNA is coded

• GAC
• GTC
• CTG
• CAG