Transcription and Translation

Which of the following is the sugar found in RNA?

• amylose

• deoxyribose

• maltose

• ribose

Transcription occurs in the _____ of prokaryotes, and in the _____ of eukaryotes.

• cytoplasm, cytoplasm

• nucleus, cytoplasm

• nucleus, ribosome

• cytoplasm, nucleus

What signals where transcription will begin?

• promoter sequence

• replication fork

• origin of replication

• primase

RNA nucleotides are added onto which end of the growing RNA strand?

• both ends

• 5' end

• 3' end

• the end that is nearest the replication fork

Which of the following best describes how DNA and RNA are similar?

• they both contain A and T

• They both have C and G

• they are both composed of 5 different nucleotides

• they both have a double helix structure

What signals where transcription will stop?

• stop codon

• terminator sequence

• where the lagging strand is

• location of primase

To begin transcription, RNA polymerase binds to

• the promoter sequence of the template strand of DNA

• Okazaki fragments

• the start codon

• the promoter sequence of the lagging strand of DNA

What is the central dogma?

• DNA --> RNA --> protein

• template strand --> coding strand --> mRNA

• nucleus --> cytoplasm --> ribosome

• DNA --> mRNA --> tRNA --> rRNA

The process by which the genetic code of DNA is copied into a strand of RNA is called

• transformation

• replication

• transcription

• translation

Which of the following describes RNA?

• double stranded and contains thymine

• single-stranded and contains uracil

• made in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells and stays there to carry out it's functions

• longer than DNA and uses 5 bases to encode information