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Protein Synthesis Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Fill in the complementary bases according to the base-pair rule in DNA: A T C C A G
a)
T U G G T C
b)
T A G G T C
c)
T A C G T G
d)
T A C C A C
2.
Fill in the complementary base pair (mRNA): T A G C T A
a)
A U C G A U
b)
A T C G A T
c)
U T C G A U
d)
T U G C T A
3.
What is the function of DNA helicase?
a)
Attach new nucleotides
b)
Break the hydrogen bonds between the base pairs.
c)
Remove nucleotides
d)
To perform crossing over
4.
What is the function of DNA polymerase?
a)
Make DNA from nucleotides
b)
Joining Okazaki fragments
c)
Sealing repairs
d)
Sealing recombination fragments
5.
What is the function of DNA ligase?
a)
Make DNA from nucleotides
b)
Joining Okazaki fragments
c)
Sealing repairs
d)
Sealing recombination fragments
6.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
7.
The process of making an mRNA strand from a DNA template is called
a)
Replication
b)
Transcription
c)
Translation
d)
Protein Synthesis
8.
The process of using an mRNA to make a protein is called
a)
Replication
b)
Transcription
c)
Translation
d)
Cell Division
9.
Transcription takes place in the 
a)
cytoplasm
b)
chloroplast
c)
nucleus
d)
mitochondria
10.
Translation takes place in the 
a)
ribosome
b)
chloroplast
c)
nucleus
d)
mitochondria
11.
This cannot leave the nucleus
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both
12.
This nucleic acid is single stranded
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both
13.
Contains the bases adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both
14.
Contains the bases adenine, uracil, cytosine and guanine
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both
15.
Contains a phosphate group
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both
16.
Ribose is sugar present in the nucleotide
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both
17.
Deoxyribose is the sugar present in the nucleotide
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both
18.
Carries the genetic code to the ribosome
a)
mRNA
b)
tRNA
c)
rRNA
d)
DNA
19.
Brings the amino acids to the ribosome
a)
mRNA
b)
tRNA
c)
rRNA
d)
DNA
20.
The codon read using the genetic code to determine the amino acid is found in 
a)
DNA
b)
mRNA
c)
tRNA
d)
rRNA
21.
What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?
a)
Phenylalanine
b)
Tyrosine
c)
Leucine
d)
Stop codon
22.
What is the correct amino acid sequence for the mRNA code AUGCCAGUAUGA
a)
Met-Pro-Ala-Val
b)
Met-Pro-Val
c)
Tyr-Gly-His
d)
Tyr-Gly-Arg-His
23.
Adenine bonds with ______________ in DNA.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
24.
The codon that every protein MUST start with is 
a)
AUG
b)
GGG
c)
CCG
d)
UAC
25.
The process by which the DNA is copied in the S phase of mitosis is ...
a)
Transcription
b)
Translation
c)
Mitosis
d)
Replication
26.
A.A. are carried by _____ to the ribosome
a)
rRNA
b)
Codons
c)
mRNA
d)
tRNA
27.
21 nucleotides will provide how many codons?
a)
3 amino acids
b)
5 amino acids
c)
7 amino acids
d)
9 amino acids
28.
Which is the mRNA molecule that would be transcribed from this DNA template:
TGGCAAGTACGT
a)
ACCGTTCATGCA
b)
UGGCAAGUACGU
c)
UCCGUUCUUGCU
d)
ACCGUUCAUGCA
29.
What amino acid is represented by the codon CAG?
a)
Aspartic Acid
b)
Histidine
c)
Glutamine
d)
Methionine
30.
Which process is shown?
a)
diffusion
b)
repiration
c)
recombination
d)
translation
31.
Which of the following best describes how DNA and RNA are similar?
a)
they both contain A and T
b)
They both have a double helix
c)
They are both composed of 5 different nucleotides
d)
they both have C and G
32.
Three bases of DNA is called a
a)
code
b)
codon
c)
anticodon
d)
gene