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Get to know your DNA!

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

The DNA molecule consists of monomers known as

a)

nucleotide

b)

nucleoside

c)

pyrimidine

d)

purine

2.

A new DNA strand only elongated in the 5’ to 3’ direction because

a)

DNA polymerase adds nucleotides at the 5’ end

b)

Replication must progress toward the replication fork

c)

Okazaki fragments prevent elongation in the 3’ to 5’ direction

d)

DNA polymerase adds nucleotides only to the free 3’ end

3.

DNA ligase are enzymes that

a)

Unwind the double helix of DNA during replication

b)

Link the nucleotides of the new DNA strand along the template of the old strand

c)

Rejoin the two DNA strands (one new and one old) after replication

d)

Annealing the Okazaki fragments

4.

Transcription occur in

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Ribosome

c)

Nucleus

5.

All of the followings are the function of promoter except for

a)

Act as binding site for RNA polymerase

b)

Act as stop signal for transcription

c)

To determine which strand act as template

6.

What is the name of enzyme for amino acid activation?

a)

aminoacyl tRNA synthase

b)

aminoacyl tRNA synthetase

c)

aminoacyl rRNA synthase

d)

aminoacyl rRNA synthetase

7.

What are the three steps in elongation stage of translation (in sequence order)?

a)

Codon recognition, translocation, peptide bond formation

b)

Codon recognition, peptide bond formation, translocation

c)

Peptide bond formation, translocation, codon recognition

d)

Peptide bond formation, codon recognition, translocation

8.

In lac operon, B-galactosidase is encoded by

a)

lacG

b)

lacA

c)

lacZ

d)

lacB

9.

Name the enzyme that catalyze the addition of free RNA nucleotides to the growing mRNA strand

a)

RNA polymerase

b)

DNA polymerase III

c)

DNA polymerase I

d)

Primase

10.

Name the amino acids for start codon AUG

a)

Leucine

b)

Isoleucine

c)

Methionine

d)

Alanine

11.

Function of primase in the figure as

a)

Unwinding the DNA double strand to allow DNA polymerase to function

b)

Forming replication fork

c)

Making short strands of RNA at the site where replication begins

d)

Hydrolyzing ATP to facilitate DNA unwinding

12.

All of the following are directly involved in translation except

a)

mRNA

b)

tRNA

c)

ribosomes

d)

DNA

13.

The Central Dogma of Biology stated as

a)

Protein→RNA→DNA

b)

RNA→DNA→protein

c)

DNA→protein→RNA

d)

DNA→RNA→protein

14.

Name the strand that replicated continuously toward replication fork

a)

Okazaki Fragment

b)

Lagging strand

c)

Leading strand

d)

Antisense strand

15.

State the enzyme that initiates Transcription process

a)

Helicase

b)

DNA polymerase

c)

RNA polymerase

d)

Primase