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gene regulation

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is prokaryotic?

a)

is the ability of an organism to control which gene are transcribed in response to the environment.

b)

organism that does not have membrane bound organelles and DNA this organized in chromosomes.

c)

organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes, unlike prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea), which have no membrane-bound organelles.

2.

an operon consists of all the following EXCEPT

a)

gene coding for protein

b)

promoter

c)

operator

d)

gene

3.

what does a promoter do?

a)

it is another word for RNA

b)

it allows a gene to be transcribed

c)

it creates a DNA segment

d)

it is another word for ribosome

4.

The "on /off" switch for an operon is called the

a)

repressor

b)

gene

c)

promoter

d)

operator

5.

what is an operon?

a)

section of DNA that contains the genes for the proteins needed for a specific metabolic pathway

b)

needed for DNA replication

c)

a part of a ribsome

d)

a part of a RNA

6.

The tryptophan operon is a repressible operon that is

a)

turned off whenever off tryptophan is added to the growth medium

b)

turned off only when glucose is present in the growth medium

c)

permanently turned on

d)

turned on only when tryptophan is present in the growth medium

7.

what is a gene?

a)

a segment of RNA that encodes for a protein

b)

a segment of DNA that control the production for a protein

c)

a chromosome

d)

your genome

8.

operons are found in the cells of which of the following types of organisms?

a)

Prokaryotes

b)

Eukaryotas

c)

animals only

d)

viruses

9.

what is the name of the stretch of DNA where RNA polymerase bind?

a)

operator

b)

regulatory gene

c)

promoter

d)

enhancer

10.

a small molecule that binds to the repressor and makes it inactive is

a)

operator

b)

promoter

c)

corepressor

d)

inducer

11.

In the lac operon model the genes within the operon will be expressed if:

a)

Lactose is absent in the cell

b)

Lactose is present in the cell

c)

Glucose is present in the cell