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1005MSC Revision

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who developed the experiment to determine whether DNA replication was conservative, semiconservative or dispersive?

a)

Frederick Griffith

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Hershey and Chase

d)

Meselson and Stahl

2.

Which of the following best describes the structure of DNA?

a)

Spiraling parallel sugar-phosphate backbones with base pairs projecting inwards

b)

Spiraling antiparallel ribose sugar-phosphate backbones with base pairs projecting inwards

c)

Parallel sugar-phosphate backbones with base pairs projecting outwards

d)

Spiraling antiparallel deoxyribose sugar-phosphate backbones with base pairs projecting inwards

3.

Which of the following enzymes part of DNA replication has exonuclease function?

a)

Restriction Endonucleases

b)

Helicase

c)

DNA Polymerase

d)

Topoisomerase

4.

DNA replication leads to shortening of the DNA strand itself, but the complications that would normally arise is combatted by

a)

Acetylation of chromatin

b)

Telomeres

c)

Methylation

d)

Fusion of two separate DNA strands

5.

Fill in the blanks. Xeroderma Pigmentosum is an ______ genetic defect which results in mutation of the ______ enzyme

a)

Autosomal recessive, base excision repair

b)

Autosomal recessive, nucleotide excision repair

c)

Autosomal dominant, base excision repair

d)

Autosomal dominant, nucleotide excision repair

6.

Which of the following is true regarding transcription in prokaryotes?

a)

Transcription occurs in the nucleus and uses a DNA template

b)

Transcription occurs in the nucleus and uses an RNA template

c)

Transcription occurs in the cytosol and uses a DNA template

d)

Transcription occurs in the cytosol and uses an RNA template

7.

Which of the following is true regarding translation in eukaryotes?

a)

It forms single stranded DNA

b)

It synthesizes proteins

c)

It synthesizes an mRNA template

d)

It synthesizes tRNA and rRNA

8.

Which of the following mutations could not result in early termination of protein synthesis?

a)

Silent

b)

Nonsense

c)

Frameshift

d)

All mutations may result in early termination

9.

Which of the following is the anticodon for methionine

a)

AUC

b)

UCA

c)

AUG

d)

UAC

10.

Which of the following is true regarding gene expression?

a)

Acetylated histone tails results in condensed chromatin and reduced gene expression

b)

Inheritance of p53 gene contributes to an individual getting cancer

c)

Methylation of cytosine bases results in reduced gene expression

d)

miRNA blocks large regions of the chromosome

11.

When tryptophan is present...

a)

The Trp operon is transcribed because the repressor is bound to the operator

b)

The Trp operon is transcribed because the repressor is not bound to the operator

c)

The Trp operon is not transcribed because the repressor is bound to the operator

d)

The Trp operon is not transcribed because the repressor is not bound to the operator

12.

Regarding the lac operon, glucose is related to ____, and is responsible for ______

a)

The repressor, negative control

b)

The repressor, positive control

c)

cAMP and CAP, negative control

d)

cAMP and CAP, positive control

13.

When lactose is present and glucose is high

a)

Transcription of lac operon at low rate

b)

Transcription of lac operon at high rate

c)

No transcription of lac operon

d)

No lactate production but lac operon genes are transcribed

14.

Which of these is not an example of a segmentation gene

a)

Gap genes

b)

Pair-rule genes

c)

Segment Polarity genes

d)

Homeotic genes

15.

Which of these is not a known teratogen?

a)

Nicotine

b)

Hyperthermia

c)

Vitamin B12

d)

Retinoic Acid

16.

Multigene families are:

a)

identical or similar genes that have evolved by gene duplication

b)

usually clustered at the telomeres

c)

equivalent to the operons of prokaryotes

d)

sets of genes that are coordinately controlled

17.

Why are short tandem repeats useful for forensics?

a)

The locus of short tandem repeats differs from person to person

b)

Number of short tandem repeats varies significantly from person to person

c)

Only identical twins vary in the number of short tandem repeats

d)

The number of short tandem repeats is difficult to identify by genetic research