Bioin4 Quiz

The main reason command-line is preferable than GUI for bioinformatic analysis is because of

• automation of tasks

• it cannot be done using GUI

• no bioinformatic software is available for GUI

• operating command-line is easier to learn and conduct

The biological databases keep expanding is due to

• not enough space in the current databases

• cater for new sequencing technologies and usage

• old databases are outdated and cannot be used anymore

• new databases are needed to improve security and to implement new ICT technologies

Select all the feature(s) offered by the GISAID database

• Download genome sequence

• Analyse genome sequence

• Delete genome sequence

• Search genome sequence

Shell command to display the manual of other command is

• cat

• man

• head

• less

Choose TWO de novo genome assembler softwares

• SolexaQA++

• Spades

• Quast

• Vigor4

• Megahit

Program that is used to screen the phix-174 sequence from the Illumina raw reads data is

• FastQC

• Prodigal

• Artemis

• Bowtie

The gene prediction tool used for eukaryote and prokaryote

• GeneMark

• Glimmer

• Prodigal

• ORFfinder

Label(s) used for a novel gene are, EXCEPT

• Putative gene

• Hypothetical

• Uncharacterised

• Dubious

How many variants are found based on the IGV screenshot given

• 5

• no variant

• 16

• 8

How many clade(s) found on the phylogenetic tree given

• 2

• 6

• 4

• 8