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Hon Bio-Ch 10-DNA, RNA, and Protein

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which scientist(s) completed the blender experiment?

a)

Hershey & Chase

b)

Watson & Crick

c)

Griffith

d)

Franklin & Wilkins

e)

Chargaff

2.

Which scientist(s) determined that DNA replicates in a semiconservative manner?

a)

Hershey & Chase

b)

Watson & Crick

c)

Griffith

d)

Franklin & Wilkins

e)

Chargaff

3.

Which scientist(s) received credit for discovering the structure for DNA?

a)

Hershey & Chase

b)

Watson & Crick

c)

Griffith

d)

Franklin & Wilkins

e)

Chargaff

4.

Which scientist(s) performed X-ray crystallography on DNA and proteins to help get first images of it?

a)

Hershey & Chase

b)

Watson & Crick

c)

Griffith

d)

Franklin & Wilkins

e)

Chargaff

5.

Which of the following is not a DNA base?

a)

adenine

b)

thymine

c)

uracil

d)

guanine

e)

cytosine

6.

Which scientist(s) worked with the bacterium that causes pneumonia and transferred something to non-disease causing bacteria to make them cause disease?

a)

Hershey & Chase

b)

Watson & Crick

c)

Griffith

d)

Franklin & Wilkins

e)

Chargaff

7.

Which of the following are purines?

a)

adenine and cytosine

b)

cytosine and guanine

c)

adenine and thymine

d)

Adenine & guanine

8.

This grows continuously in DNA replication.

a)

DNA polymerase

b)

RNA primase

c)

Lagging strand

d)

Leading strand

e)

Helicase

9.

This unzips the DNA strand

a)

DNA polymerase

b)

RNA primase

c)

SSB

d)

Gyrase

e)

Helicase

10.

This keeps the DNA strands unzipped so that they can serve as templates for DNA synthesis.

a)

DNA polymerase

b)

RNA primase

c)

SSB

d)

Gyrase

e)

Helicase

11.

This is the enzyme that synthesizes the new DNA strands.

a)

DNA polymerase

b)

RNA primase

c)

SSB

d)

Gyrase

e)

Helicase

12.

DNA is always synthesized in which direction?

a)

5' to 3'

b)

Left to right

c)

3' to 5'

d)

Right to left

13.

What types of bonds join two bases together?

a)

Covalent bonds

b)

Hydrogen bonds

c)

Ionic bonds

d)

Disulfide bonds

14.

Which of the following makes up a DNA nucleotide?

a)

nitrogenous bases, phosphate group, deoxyribose

b)

nitrogenous base, phosphate groups, and a ribose sugar

c)

C, H, O, N and P

d)

nitrogenous bases, a phosphate group, and a phospholipid

15.

Which of the following pairs are not correct (which are not complementary)?

a)

Adenine-Cytosine

b)

Adenine-Thymine

c)

Cytosine-Guanine

d)

Adenine-Uracil

16.

The 5' end of DNA contains which of the following chemical groups?

a)

Hydroxyl group

b)

Phosphate

c)

Adenine

d)

Thymine

17.

Which of the following is the area of RNA where genes are located and is preserved in the RNA after RNA processing?

a)

Exons

b)

Introns

c)

Promoter

d)

Terminator

18.

Which of the following correctly ranks the structures in order of size, from largest to smallest?

a)

Chromosome - gene - nucleotide

b)

Gene - chromosome - nucleotide

c)

Nucleotide - gene - chromosome

d)

Nucleotide - chromosome - gene

19.

Which of these seals Okazaki fragments?

a)

DNA Ligase

b)

DNA polymerase

c)

Helicase

d)

Gyrase

e)

RNA primase

20.

How many amino acids are coded for in the strand below?

5'-AUG CCT CAG GCC GGG ACG CCG AGA CCA UGA-3'

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

21.

RNA polymerase binds to which of the following regions in the DNA template?

a)

Terminator

b)

Promoter

c)

Operator

d)

Intron

22.

If there are 210 nucleotides in a particular polypeptide chain, how many amino acids are there? Assume this does not include the stop codon.

a)

30

b)

70

c)

10

d)

7

23.

RNA processing includes which of the following? Select all that apply.

a)

Adding 5' cap

b)

Adding poly-A tail

c)

Removing introns

d)

Removing exons.

24.

tRNA picks up amino acids prior to bringing them to the ribosome. In order to do that, the tRNA must be charged. What molecule is used to charge tRNA?

a)

GTP

b)

ATP

c)

CTP

d)

UTP

e)

Phosphate only

25.

Where does DNA replication occur in a eukarotic cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Mitochondrion

d)

Golgi apparatus

26.

Where does transcription occur in a eukarotic cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Mitochondrion

d)

Golgi apparatus

27.

Which of the following is not true about translation and protein synthesis?

a)

Translation occurs at the ribosome

b)

Ribosome moves down the mRNA

c)

tRNA anticodon reads the mRNA and adds the correct amino acid

d)

Primase moves the tRNA down the mRNA

28.

Which of the following RNA strands matches this DNA strand?

3'-TAC TTG ATA CCT AGG ATT-5'

a)

5'-ATG AAC TAT GGA TCC TAA-3'

b)

5'-AUG AAC UAU GGA UCC UAA-3'

c)

5'-AUG UUG AUA GGA ACC AUU-3'

d)

3'-AUG UUC UAU GGA UCC UAA-5'

29.

______ is to RNA synthesis as ____ is to polypeptide chain synthesis.

a)

translation; transcription

b)

transcription; translation

c)

introns; exons

d)

exons; introns

30.

Which of the following involves a sex pilus and transfer of DNA plasmid from one bacterium to another?

a)

Transduction

b)

Conjugation

c)

Transformation

d)

None of these

31.

Which of the following involves uptake of naked DNA into a bacterial cell?

a)

Transduction

b)

Conjugation

c)

Transformation

d)

None of these

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