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WorksheetsCMB Final Revision
Total questions: 101
Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins
In the cell, proteins that are synthesized for immediate use of the cell are normally produced in/on the?
Free floating Ribosomes
Golgi apparatus
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
Nucleus
Identify the Non-membranous organelle?
Ribosome
Endoplasmic reticulum
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Most eukaryotic cells have a membrane bound _____ that contains the genetic material.
Lysosome
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Plasma Membrane
Semifluid gel like matrix inside the cell which includes everything inside the cell except for the nucleus is?
Nucleoplasm
Cytoplasm
Nucleosol
Cytosol
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum is the site of?
Lipid Synthesis
Carbohydrates synthesis
Protein synthesis
Amino acid synthesis
The major bio molecules responsible for selective uptake to materials across the plasma membrane is?
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic acid
Phospholipid bi layer is?
Hydrophilic and hydrophobic
Hydrophobic
Hydrophilic
Depends on surrounding medium
A substance can only be accumulated against its electrochemical gradient by?
Diffusion through a uniport
Passage through ion channels
Facilitated diffusion
Active Transport
Which form of transport induces conformational change in protein?
Ion driven active transport
Simple diffusion
Active transport
Facilitated diffusion
Gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide cross the plasma membrane by?
Primary active transport
Secondary active transport
Passive diffusion through the lipid bilayer
Specific gas transportation
Exocytosis is best described?
Is used to deliver large molecules from the extra cellular space
Allows the retrieval of elements of the plasma membrane
Is always employed by cells for secretions
Is used to deliver material into the extracellular space
The cell organelle that provides cell with energy through breakdown of glucose during cellular respiration is?
Nucleus
Mitochondria
Cytoskeleton
Mesosome
Membrane extensions of an immune system cell to capture a yeast cell is an example of?
Active transport
Exocytosis
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Diffusion of water molecules from the region of its high concentration to the region of its low concentration across the plasma membrane is known as?
Osmosis
Endocytosis
Simple diffusion
Facilitated diffusion
Water molecules move across the plasma membrane through water channel is known as?
Aquaporins
Water pumps
Aqua channels
Sodium potassium pump
Groups of specialized cells that are similar in structure and preform common functions is known as?
Organ system
Organs
Tissues
Organisms
Which organelle is responsible for removal for removal of other damaged organelles and cellular debris?
Mitochondria
Lysosome
Ribosomes
Golgi apparatus
The tissue that is responsible for coordinating and controlling many body activities refers to?
Epithelial tissues
Connective tissues
Nervous tissues
Muscle tissue
The type of epithelium that lines blood vessels and air sacs of the lung is?
Stratified squamous epithelium
Stratified columnar epithelium
Simple columnar epithelium
Simple squamous epithelium
The muscle that has branching, strained cells fused at the plasma membrane refers to?
Epithelial
Cardiac
Skeletal
Neuronal
The squamous, cuboidal, or columnar in shape and may be arranged in single or multiple layers refers to?
Nervous tissue
Muscle tissue
Epithelial tissue
Connective tissue
The tissue composed of cells with a special ability to shorten or contract that produce movement of the body parts refers too?
Connective tissue
Nervous tissue
Epithelial tissues
Muscle tissue
The specialised connective tissue refers to?
Blood
Bone
Cartilage
All of the above
Muscle that are involuntary in action are?
Skeletal and smooth muscles
Cardiac and smooth muscles
Smooth and skeletal muscles
Squamous and ciliated muscles
Bone cells are called?
Chondrocytes
Adipocytes
Osteocytes
Lacunae
High temperatures damage proteins by?
Decomposing them
Changing their chemical composition
Changing their shape
Making them soluble
The most appropriate description of a protein is?
Carbon, hydrogen oxygen
Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
Carbon, hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen
Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Fat Cells are called?
Chondrocytes
Lacunae
Adipocytes
Osteocytes
A substrate is a substance which?
Is produced by an enzyme reaction
Is a particular kind of enzyme
Is any chemical substance in a cell
An enzyme acts on
A pure substance made up entirely of one atom that can’t be broken down into other substances is?
Element
Alloy
Compound
Mixture
How many units of DNA are there in the cell during stages: G1?
10
20
40
80
How many units of DNA are in the cell during prophase?
10
20
40
80
During chemotherapy the drug cytarabine kills cancer cells by stopping them making and repairing DNA. At which stage in the cell cycle will cytarabine be incorporated into DNA?
G1
G2
S
M
At which stage in mitosis and meiosis do chromosomes always line up at the equator of the spindle?
prophase
telophase
anaphase
metaphase
In mitosis and meiosis which biological molecule are spindle composed of?
polysaccharide
proteins
nucleic acid
lipid
During which stage of cell division do chromatids separate and move to the poles of the spindle?
anaphase of mitosis and anaphase 1 of meiosis
anaphase of mitosis and anaphase 2 of meiosis
anaphase 1 and 2 of meiosis
anaphase of mitosis only
Which stage of mitosis do chromosomes uncoil and nee nuclear envelopes form?
metaphase
prophase
anaphase
telophase
In which stage of meiosis are chiasmata formed?
prophase 1
prophase 2
anaphase 1
telophase 2
Vincristine is a chemotherapy drug to treat cancer. It prevents spindle formation during mitosis. This means ______ cannot occur.
DNA replication
chromosomes coiling
sister chromatids becoming visible
sister chromatid separation
The main difference between animal cell and plant cell is?
Animal cell lack rigid cell wall
Animals have vacuoles
Plant cells lack rigid cell walls
Plant cells have small vacuoles
Extra nuclear DNA is found in?
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic reticulum
Nucleus
Ribosomes
Cell theory states that?
All cell have nuclei
All cell are living
Cells reproduce
A. Cells are the fundamentals structural units of plants and animals
Prokaryotic does not possess?
Cell wall
Nuclear membrane
Cytoplasm
Plasma membrane
Plasma membrane is composed of?
Proteins
Lipids
Cellulose
Proteins and Lipids
Cellular organelles containing hydrolytic enzymes are called?
peroxisomes
lysosomes
ribosomes
mesosomas
Simple nerve reflexes use signaling molecules called?
Neurotransmitters
Nitric oxides
G proteins
Proteases
Cristae are?
The membranous infoldings of the outer membrane of mitochondria
The jelly like central matrix of mitochondria
The membranous infoldings of the inner membrane of mitochondria
Enzymes located on the inner mitochondrial membrane
Mitoplast are?
Mitochondria without membranes
Mitochondria without outer membrane
Mitochondria without inner membrane
Mitochondria plastids
Reduced form of NAPD is?
NAP
NADPH
NADH
None of the above
When molecules relieve helical stress by twisting itself the phenomena is called?
coiling
supercoiling
elongation
compression
Euchromatin is?
Lightly packed form of chromatin
Tightly packed form of chromatin
Concentrated form of chromatin
Elongated form of chromatin
Type of chromatin that participates in active transcription of DNA strand mRNA products are?
Euchromatin
Heterochromatin
Polymerases
Termination
Proteins responsible for compact packing and winding of chromosomal DNA are?
Histone proteins
Helix proteins
Polymerase proteins
Guanine proteins
Part of chromosomes that are links sister chromatids is called?
Common centromere
Identical chromatids
Twin centromere
Similar chromatids
Which bonds are broken during DNA replication?
Hydrogen bonds between bases
Phosphodiester bonds
Covalent bonds between bases
Ionic bonds between bases and phosphate groups
What base is not found in RNA?
Adenine
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
How many base pairs are there in on full turn of the DNA double helix?
4
10
16
64
There are two main processes in the M (mitotic) phase. Which process occurs last?
meiosis
interphase
mitosis
cytokinesis
Which of the following descriptions of mitosis is/are correct?
1 DNA synthesis occurs at the beginning of prophase.
2 The nuclear envelope breaks down in prophase and reforms in telophase.
3 The division of centromeres occurs in anaphase.
1,2, and 3
only 1 and 2
only 2 and 3
only 1
Which is the longest phase in the cell cycle of human liver cells?
prophase
interphase
cytokinesis
telophase
Protein synthesis refers to the process of
Formation of amino acids directly from a DNA template
Formation of mRNA from DNA template
Formation of amino acids from mRNA
Duplicating DNA required for protein synthesis
The component which is not required for protein synthesis
Ribosomes
Peptidyl transferase
Spliceosome
Amino acyl-tRNA synthetase
The source of energy for amino acid activation
ATP
GTP
CTP
TTP
Peptide bond formation between amino acids of growing polypeptide chain is catalyzed by
Peptidyl transferase
Amino acyl-tRNA synthetase
Peptide polymerase
Peptidyl synthetase
Translocation in protein synthesis begins with the movement of
tRNA from A-site to P-site
dipeptidyl tRNA from A-site to P-site
tRNA from P-site to A-site
tRNA from P-site to E-site
Peptidyl transferase involved in peptide bond formation is located in the
3’ region of tRNA
Smaller subunit of ribosome
Larger subunit of ribosome
Near shine dalgarno sequence
The amino acids are assembled into polypeptide chains on
mRNA
nucleus
ribosome
DNA template
The poly a tail consists of
Adenosine
Guanosine
Phosphorylated 7-methly guanosine
Adenosine and guanosine
In the DNA structure the 3G end consists of
An OH group attached to a sugar
An OH group attached to a phosphate
A phosphate group
An amide group
Two hydrogen bonds are formed between
A and T
G and C
A and G
T and C
mRNA is transcribed
From template DNA in the 5’ to 3’ direction
From coding DNA in the 3’ to 5’ direction
From coding DNA in the 5’ to 3’ direction
From template DNA in the 3’ to 5’ direction
In DNA synthesis, strands are split apart by
Helicase
DNA polymerase
RNA polymerase
Ligase
Proteins are coded from
Exons
Introns
Introns and extons
The UTR
Phosphorylated 7-methly guanosine forms
The 5’ cap
The 3’ cap
The poly A-tail
The 5’ UTR
Which of the following is not a code for stop
UGG
UAA
UAG
UGA
The process of copying a gene’s DNA sequence into a sequence of RNA is called
Replication
Transcription
Translation
PCR
Transcription occurs along a ____ template forming an mRNA in the ______ direction
5’ to 3’ - 5’ to 3’
3’ to 5’ - 5’ to 3’
3’ to 5’ - 3’ to 5’
5’ to 3’ - 3’ to 5’
The transcribing enzyme is
Ligase
DNA polymerase
RNA polymerase
Amino-acyl transferase
The molecule containing the genetic code is
DNA
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
The first mRNA codon to specify an amino acid is always
TAC
UAA
UAG
AUG
The amino acid sequence of a polypeptide chain compromises the ____ structure of the protein
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Transcription and translation of a gene composed of 30 nucleotides would form a protein containing no more than _____ amino acids
10
15
60
90
A DNA strand with the sequence AACGTAACG is transcribed. What is the sequence of the mRNA molecule synthesized?
AACGTAACG
UUGCAUUGC
AACGUAACG
TTGCATTGC
Enzyme that joins bits of DNA is
DNS ligase
DNA polymerase
Primase
Endonuclease
Semi conservative replication of DNA was first demonstrated in
E.Coli
Streptococcus pneumonae
Salmonella typhimuriam
Drosophila melangaster
Mode of DNA replication in E.coli is
Conservation and unidirectional
Semiconservative and undirectional
Conservative and bidirectional
Semiconservative and bidirectional
When DNA replication starts
The phosphodiester bonds between the adjacent nucleotides break
The bonds between the nitrogen base and deoxyribose sugar break
The leading strand produces okazaki fragments
The hydrogen bonds between the nucleotides of two strands break
During the replication of DNA, the synthesis of DNA on lagging strand takes place in segments, these segments are called
Satellite segments
Double helix segments
Kornberg segments
Okazaki segments
The elongation of the leading strand during DNA synthesis
Progresses away from the replication fork
Occur in 3’- 5’ direction
Produces okazaki fragment
Depends on the action of the DNA polymerase
Eukaryotes differ from prokaryote in mechanisms of DNA replication due to
Different enzyme for synthesis of lagging and leading strand
Use of DNA primer rather than RNA primer
Unidirectional rather than bidirectional replication
Discontinuous rather than semi discontinuous replication
True replication of DNA is possible due to
Hydrogen bonding
Phosphate backbone
Complementary base pairing rule
Single strand structure of DNA
Which nuclei acid, A - D, could the triplet of bases ACT?
DNA
mRNA
rRNA
tRNA
How many polynucleotide strands are found in a tRNA molecule?
1
2
3
4
The research of Erwin Chargaff was essential in the discovery of the structure of DNA by Crick and Watson. Chargaff analysed the base composition of DNA from a wide range of organisms.
He reported his findings using the initial letter of each base to stand for the number of that base found in an organism’s genome.
A=number of adenine bases
G=number of guanine bases
C =number of cytosine bases
T=number of thymine bases
Which of these relationships did he find within the genome of each organism he studied?
A=G C=T
A+T=C+G
A+G=T+C
A=C G=T
A piece of DNA was analysed and 15% of its nucleotides were adenine. What percentage would be uracil?
0%
15%
30%
35%
Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) is the pathogen that causes foot and mouth
disease in livestock.
An analysis of the genetic material of the ‘O’ strain of FMDV showed that it contains 1996 adenine bases, 2131 guanine bases, 1642 uracil bases and 2365 cytosine bases.
Which on of the following describes the genetic material of the virus?
Single-stranded DNA
Single-stranded RNA
Double-stranded DNA
Double-stranded DNA
Thymine comprised 36% of the nitrogen bases present in a sample of double stranded DNA.
What was the percentage of guanine in the sample?
14%
28%
36%
64%
If 30% of the bases in a DNA molecule are adenine, what percentage of the bases are guanine?
20%
30%
35%
70%
Which of the following options, A – D, are the pyrimidine bases found in DNA?
Uracli and thymine
Thymine and cytosine
Adenine and thymine
Cytosine and uracli
Analysis of a molecule of DNA found it to contain 200 adenine bases, 20% of the total number of bases in the strand.
How many phosphate groups did it contain?
200
400
800
1000
Identify the Non-membranous organelle?
Ribosome
Endoplasmic reticulum
Mitochondria
Nucleus
