The Central Dogma

Which Nucleotide matches to Cytosine?

• Guanine

• Adenine

• Uracil

• Thymine

This is the process by which double stranded DNA produces single stranded RNA:

• Photosynthesis

• Translation

• Pollination

• Transcription

The start codon is _______:

• AUG

• GGG

• UCG

• AAU

The stop codons are:

• UAA

• UAG

• GUC

• UGA

The DNA sequence UAGCGAUUACGU is part of a gene. How many amino acids are coded for by this sequence?

• 20

• 4

• 8

• 12

Which of the following sequences of processes correctly reflects the central dogma?

• protein synthesis, transcription, translation
• protein synthesis, translation, transcription
• transcription, translation, protein synthesis
• translation, transcription, protein synthesis

What is the complimentary mRNA sequence to the DNA sequence A-T-T-G-C-A.

• T-A-A-C-G-T
• U-A-A-C-G-T
• U-A-A-C-G-U
• T-A-A-G-C-U

Which defines a codon in DNA or mRNA?

• pair of nucleic acid and sugar
• pair of phosphate and sugar
• three-base code
• two-base code

DNA has a ______ strand; RNA has a ______ strand.

• double/double
• double/triple
• double/single
• single/single

In RNA, the nitrogen base____ replaces ____ that was present in DNA. 

• A, U (adenine, uracil)
• C, G (cytosine, guanine)
• U, T (uracil, thymine)
• U, A (uracil, adenine)