Unit 3 - DNA/RNA Test Review

Which statement is wrong?

• DNA is single stranded

• Adenine base pairs with Uracil in mRNA.

• Guanine and Cytosine base pair together

• Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine are bases found in DNA

What is a mutation?

• the specific sequence of bases in a molecule of DNA

• a change in the genetic material of a cell

• an amino acid sequence

• the genetic manipulation of living organisms for human needs

What is the engineering of organisms for useful purposes?

• genetic technology

• biomanipulation

• bioaccumulation

• biotechnology

If the DNA code is CAA, what is the complementary mRNA code?

• GGA

• UUA

• GUU

• GTT

Which type of mutation is occuring in W?

• insertion

• deletion

• cloning

• substitution

Which type of mutation is occuring in X?

• insertion

• deletion

• cloning

• substitution

Which type of mutation is occuring in Y?

• insertion

• deletion

• cloning

• substitution

What does the process of synthesizing a protein involve?

• transcribing RNA into DNA and the cell splits in two.

• transcribing DNA into messenger RNA and translating mRNA into amino acids

• translating amino acids into DNA

• translating most of the cell's messenger RNA into DNA

The genetic information for making a protein is "rewritten" as a molecule of what?

• ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

• messenger RNA (mRNA)

• transfer RNA (tRNA)

• translation

What is the Central Dogma of Biology?

• Protein to RNA to DNA

• DNA to RNA to Protein

• RNA to Protein to DNA

• DNA to Protein to RNA