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CP UNIT 7

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the difference between the 4 nucleotides that make up DNA

a)

The sugars are deoxyribose and ribose

b)

The nitrogenous bases adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine

c)

The type of bonds that are found in the backbone

d)

Some DNA nucleotides have Uracil while other have Guanine

2.

What enzyme is responsible to unzip the DNA strand during DNA replication?

a)

DNA ligase

b)

DNA polymerase

c)

DNA helicase

d)

DNA topoisomerase

3.

What enzyme is responsible to add DNA nucleotides to the growing DNA strand during DNA replication?

a)

DNA ligase

b)

DNA polymerase

c)

DNA helicase

d)

DNA topoisomerase

4.

What enzyme is responsible to complete the sugar-phosphate backbone and connect the Okazaki fragments at the end of DNA replication?

a)

DNA ligase

b)

DNA polymerase

c)

DNA helicase

d)

DNA topoisomerase

5.

What enzyme is responsible to keep the replication fork open during DNA replication?

a)

DNA ligase

b)

DNA polymerase

c)

DNA helicase

d)

DNA topoisomerase

6.

Your DNA is like a cook book that contains many chapters, why is this a good analogy.

a)

The chromosome can be viewed like chapters with different information in/on each.

b)

Each chapter contains sections that hold information much like genes on a chromosome

c)

You can find and copy information needed from only the sections that you need rather than copying all of the information all of the time.

d)

All of the above are examples that make the analogy work

7.

Letter X is pointing to ....

a)

Sugar - Ribose

b)

Sugar - Deoxyribose

c)

Sugar - Glucose

d)

Phosphate

8.

Letter Y is pointing to ....

a)

Sugar - Ribose

b)

Sugar - Deoxyribose

c)

Sugar - Glucose

d)

Phosphate

9.

Letter X, Y and #1 make up ....

a)

Nucleotide

b)

Sugar phosphate backbone

c)

Protein

d)

DNA Polymerase

10.

What does the term anti parallel refer to?

a)

How nitrogenous bases pair.

b)

The direction of the sugar-phosphate backbones

c)

The position of the nitrogenous bases

d)

How to hold a DNA model so X-rays can pass through

11.

Which of the following best describe the term semi conservative DNA replication.

a)

Two original strands of DNA combine and two new strands of DNA combine

b)

One original strand of DNA with one new strand of DNA to form the helix

c)

Parts of an original strand with parts of a new strand to form the new helix.

d)

None of the above.

12.

The diagram shows ____________ DNA replication.

a)

prokaryotic

b)

eukaryotic

c)

bacterial

d)

viral

13.

If I want to make a protein, what is the correct order of processes?

a)

DNA replication --> Translation --> Protein synthesis

b)

Transcription --> Translation

c)

DNA replication --> Protein synthesis

d)

DNA replication --> Translation

14.

Transcription is the movement of information from ______ to ______ .

a)

DNA to mRNA

b)

mRNA to DNA

c)

mRNA to tRNA

d)

tRNA to Protein

15.

Translation directly involves all of the following except...

a)

DNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

Ribosome

16.

What is the end result of translation?

a)

DNA

b)

mRNA

c)

protein

d)

ribosomes

17.

Which of the following are not shared exactly between DNA and RNA?

a)

Sugar

b)

Phosphate

c)

Bases

d)

Sugar and bases

18.

The promoter region of a gene contains a DNA sequence known as the TATA box, what is the function of that region?

a)

Show DNA polymerase where to start reading the gene

b)

Show RNA polymerase where to start reading the gene

c)

Show DNA ligase where to start reading the gene

d)

Show RNA polymerase where to stop reading the gene

19.

The terminator region of a gene contains a DNA sequence with stop codons, what is the function of that region?

a)

Show DNA polymerase where to start reading the gene

b)

Show RNA polymerase where to start reading the gene

c)

Show DNA ligase where to start reading the gene

d)

Show RNA polymerase where to stop reading the gene

20.

Which of the following molecule have an anti-codon and carry amino acids?

a)

tRNA

b)

mRNA

c)

rRNA

d)

mDNA

21.

If your original protein is

MET-ALA-PHE-LYS-TYR-STOP

and your mutated sequence is:

MET-ALA-PHE-LYS-TYR-STOP

which type of mutation do you suspect has occurred?

a)

Insertion

b)

deletion

c)

nonsense

d)

missense

e)

silent

22.

If your original protein is

MET-ALA-PHE-LYS-TYR-STOP

and your mutated sequence is:

MET-ALA-PHE-STOP

which type of mutation do you suspect has occurred?

a)

Insertion

b)

deletion

c)

nonsense

d)

missense

e)

silent

23.

If your original protein is

MET-ALA-PHE-LYS-TYR-STOP

and your mutated sequence is:

MET-ALA-PHE-PRO-TYR-STOP

which type of mutation do you suspect has occurred?

a)

Insertion

b)

deletion

c)

nonsense

d)

missense

e)

silent

24.

Letter "D" is pointing to...

a)

tRNA

b)

mRNA

c)

Amino acid

d)

anti-codon

25.

Mutation are

a)

changes to the tRNA sequences

b)

changes to the DNA sequences

c)

changes to the protein attachment points

d)

all of the above

26.

Operons are found in

a)

animal cells

b)

plant cells

c)

bacterial cells

d)

fungi cells

27.

A chromosomal mutation is all of the following except

a)

deletion

b)

duplication

c)

inversion

d)

silent

28.

All mutations are harmful

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Point mutations are

a)

silent

b)

mis-sense

c)

non-sense

d)

all of the above

30.

Hox genes control

a)

eye color

b)

skin color

c)

hair color

d)

overall body plan