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Bio 3/4 Review Molecular Genetics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What "unzips" the DNA?

a)

Ligase

b)

DNA Polymerase

c)

DNA Helicase

d)

Restriction Enzyme

2.

Who was MAINLY created for the discovery of DNA in the 1950s?

a)

Watson and Crick

b)

Rosalind Franklin

3.

What does this sequence code for?

TACCGA

a)

Serine, Stop

b)

Lysine, glycine

c)

Glycine, Tyrosine

d)

Start, Arginine

4.

What would be the nucleotide pairs from top to bottom?

a)

GAGT

b)

CTCA

c)

AGAC

d)

TGTC

5.

What happened to this sequence of DNA?

Original: ACTTGACGC

New: ACTACTCGC

a)

Insertion

b)

Deletion

c)

Nonsense

d)

Substitution

6.

Which code of mRNA will code for a stop codon?

a)

AAG

b)

GCA

c)

ATT

d)

ACA

7.

Translate this code into mRNA

AATTGCGCG

a)

TTAACGCGC

b)

UUAACGCGC

c)

UUTTGCCGG

d)

AATTGCGCG

8.

What is the shape of DNA called?

(a)  

9.

What "glues" or binds the backbone of DNA

a)

Ligase

b)

DNA Polymerase

c)

DNA Helicase

d)

Free Nucleotides

10.

What "fuses" the nucleotides together?

a)

Ligase

b)

DNA helicase

c)

Free Nucleotides

d)

DNA Polymerase

11.

What kind of replication is DNA replication?

(a)  

12.

After Replication, are the new DNA strands genetically identical to the original?

a)

No

b)

Yes

13.

What part of the cell is DNA located in?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

All of the above

14.

What part of the cell is RNA located in

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

All of the above

15.

What would a missense mutation result in?

a)

A stop codon

b)

Deletion of a sequence

c)

A change in the amino acid Sequence

d)

No change

16.

What would a silent mutation result in?

a)

Insertion of a new sequence

b)

Deletion of sequence

c)

Change in amino acid sequence

d)

No change

17.

What would a Nonsense mutation result in?

a)

Insertion of a new sequence

b)

Stop codon

c)

Change in amino acid sequence

d)

No Change

18.

Where would you find DNA in human reproduction above the cellular level?

(a)  

19.

What amino acids would this code for?

AUGCUUUCUAGAUAG

(a)  

20.

What amino acids would this code for?

TACCCCGAGTACACT

(a)