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DNA

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

A building block of DNA or RNA, consisting of a sugar, a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group.

a)

DNA

b)

Nucleotide

c)

mRNA

d)

Nitrogen Base

2.

A type of weak chemical bond formed between the nitrogenous bases on opposite strands of DNA.

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Carbon

d)

Nitrogen

3.

In a DNA strand, what nitrogen base bonds with cytosine?

a)

adenine

b)

thymine

c)

guanine

d)

uracil

4.

Based on the replication, what will be the outcome for any resulting protein from this DNA segment?

a)

A deletion mutation occurred, therefore there will be a frameshift and a change in the amino acid.

b)

An insertion mutation occurred, therefore there will be a frameshift and a change in the amino acid.

c)

No mutation occurred, therefore there will be no change in the strand or the amino acid.

d)

A substitution mutation occurred, therefore there will be no shift in the frame but there could be a change in the amino acid.

5.

the nucleotide that hydrogen bonds with the nucleotide adenine in DNA.

a)

Cytosine

b)

Thymine

c)

Guanine

d)

Uracil

6.

What portion of DNA is shown with the bracket and the arrow?

a)

The backbone of DNA made of phosphates and deoxyribose sugar

b)

The complementary nitrogen bases

c)

The bond between a deoxyribose molecule and a nitrogen base

d)

The hydrogen bond between the complementary nitrogen bases

7.

During replication, the DNA unzips and then free nucleotides are able to pair with the original strand creating two identical copies of DNA. Because the original DNA strand is reused, DNA replication can be described as what?

a)

self-replicating

b)

semi-automatic

c)

mutational

d)

semi-conservative

8.

the nucleotide that hydrogen bonds with the nucleotide guanine in DNA or in RNA.

a)

Cytosine

b)

Thymine

c)

Uracil

d)

Adenine

9.

the sugar included in a nucleotide building block of RNA.

a)

Deoxy Ribose

b)

Ribose

c)

Deoxy

d)

Sequence

10.

the process of making mRNA from DNA.

a)

Translation

b)

Sequence

c)

Replication

d)

Transcription

11.

If one side of a DNA molecule is ATT CGC, which of the following will be on the complementary strand?

a)

TAA GCC

b)

TAA GGC

c)

ATT CGC

d)

TAA GCG

12.

The process carried out in the ribosomes where the information encoded in mRNA is used to produce a protein.

a)

Translation

b)

Transcription

c)

Replication

d)

Semi-conservative

13.

What is true of both DNA and RNA?

a)

They are used to put together carbohydrates

b)

They contain sugar, phosphates, and nitrogen bases

c)

They contain uracil

d)

They are made of a single strand of nucleotides

14.

Which of the following is being created from the original strand of DNA?

a)

Transfer RNA

b)

Messenger RNA

c)

New DNA

d)

Polypeptide

15.

A building block of proteins that are added to the protein chain within a ribosome based upon the information encoded in the mRNA base sequence.

a)

Amino Acids

b)

Central Dogma

c)

Nucleotide

d)

Transfer RNA

16.

a change in the nucleotide base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule.

a)

Replication

b)

Mutation

c)

Transcription

d)

Translation

17.

A mutation is least likely to affect a cell when which of the following occurs?

a)

A mutation reverses the order of bases in a DNA strand.

b)

A mutation allows the total number of bases in a DNA sequence to remain the same.

c)

A mutation replaces a base with its complementary base.

d)

A mutation produces a codon that codes for the same amino acid as the original codon.

18.

If an mRNA strand is CCG UAU, what would the amino acid sequence be?

a)

Proline, Argenine

b)

Proline, Tyrosine

c)

Argenine, Histidine

d)

Leucine, Serine

19.

A scientist puts nucleotide chains of UUUUUU in a test tube under conditions allowing protein synthesis to occur. Soon the test tube is full of polypeptide chains composed of only the amino acid phenylalanine. What does the experiment indicate?

a)

UUU codes for the amino acid phenylalanine

b)

The amino acid phenylalanine is made of uracil

c)

Protein synthesis cannot function in a test tube

d)

Most proteins contain only one type of amino acid

20.

The concept that genetic information encoded in DNA is transcribed to mRNA. Then the mRNA moves to the ribosome where the information is translated into the amino acid sequnce of a protein (DNA->RNA->Protein).

a)

Central Dogma

b)

Transcription

c)

Translation

d)

Replication

21.

A partial sequence of bases from a normal hemoglobin gene and a sequence that results in sickle-cell anemia are shown below.


What type of mutation is depicted in this sequence?

a)

Substitution

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

d)

Frameshift

22.

The surgar included in a nucleotide building block of DNA.

a)

Deoxyribose

b)

Ribose

c)

Phosphorus

d)

Nitrogen Base

23.

Use the diagram below to answer the question.


Which processes occur in the nucleus?

a)

3 and 4

b)

1 and 2

c)

4 and 5

d)

2 and 3

24.

What is structure X in figure 12-2?

a)

a protein.

b)

a RNA molecule.

c)

an amino acid.

d)

a nucleotide

25.

When does DNA replication happen, in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes?

a)

in the nucleus.

b)

only to telomeres.

c)

before cell division.

d)

around the histones.

26.

A mistake during DNA replication leads to a mutation in the nucleotide sequence shown below.


What kind of mutation will result from the mistake made during DNA replication in the nucleotide sequence above?

a)

A subsitution resulting in no effect on the resulting protein.

b)

A subsitution resulting in a different protein being produced.

c)

An insertion resulting in a frame shift and a different protein being produced

d)

An insertion resulting in no effect on the resulting protein.

27.

A salmon's DNA contains 29.5% adenine. Use Chargaff's Rule to determine the percentages (%) of cytosine, guanine, and thymine found in salmon.


a)

59% cytosine, 59% guanine, and 29.5% thymine20.5%

b)

cytosine, 20.5% guanine, and 29.5% thymine29.5%

c)

cytosine, 29.5% guanine, and 29.5% thymine41%

d)

cytosine, 41% guanine, and 20.%% thymine