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Assessment 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which membranes have greater binding capacity than nitrocellulose membranes?

a)

Sucrose

b)

 Agarose

c)

Nylon

d)

Teflon

2.

The DNA molecules are immobilized on the _____________ in southern blotting technique.

a)

Reservoir

b)

Gel

c)

Tray

d)

Membrane

3.

When was the original method of southern blotting developed?

a)

1975

b)

1964

c)

1954

d)

1944

4.

Which of the following is used as targets in the blotting techniques?

a)

Nucleic acids

b)

Agarose

c)

E. coli

d)

plasmids

5.

To remove negatively charged molecules through matrix of agarose, nucleic acid molecules are separated by applying

a)

Electric current

b)

Electric field

c)

Magnetic field

d)

UV radiation

6.

Another name for complementary DNA is:

a)

cDNA

b)

miRNA

c)

dDNA

d)

snRNP

7.

Commonly used cloning vector include

a)

Plasmids

b)

Cosmids

c)

Phagemids

d)

All the Above

8.

Cloning vectors are __ DNA molecules in which DNA fragments/insert are maintained and amplified

a)

Nicked

b)

Linear`

c)

Circular

d)

Supercoiled

9.

An ORI is recognized by

a)

Cell repair machinery

b)

cell replication machinery

c)

DNA damage machinery

d)

All the above

10.

Fluorescence of GFP colonies can be visualized at what range?

a)

IR Range

b)

UV Range

c)

Visible range

d)

Radiowave

11.

GFP is isolated from which organism

a)

Aequorea Victoria

b)

Aequorea aequorea

c)

Aequorea forskalea

d)

All the above

12.

What colour is GFP when it fluoresces?

a)

Cyan

b)

Yellow

c)

Green

d)

Golden Yellow

13.

The optimal incubation temperature for T4 DNA ligase

a)

60 oC

b)

16 oC

c)

26 oC

d)

42 oC

14.

What is the size of GFP protein

a)

238 amino acids (26.9 kDa)

b)

438 amino acids (46.9 kDa)

c)

328 amino acids (36.9 kDa)

d)

28 amino acids (3.9 kDa)

15.

Which of the following A260/280 ratios would be a reasonable cut off for RNA that you intend to use for quantitative RT-PCR?

a)

>1.8

b)

0.5

c)

0.3

d)

1.2

16.

Which of these dyes could you use to visualise DNA run on an agarose gel?

a)

Crystal violet

b)

Ponceau S

c)

Coomassie blue

d)

Ethidium Bromide

17.

Analysis of a sample of DNA found that 20% of the bases were adenine.       

What percentage of the bases would be pyrimidines?

a)

20%

b)

30%

c)

60%

d)

80%

18.

Cuvette For Spectrophotometer

a)

Cards cuvette

b)

Quads cuvette

c)

Quartz cuvette

d)

Kuadz cuvette

19.

The A260/A280 ratio is influenced considerably by pH of water it is dissolved and the result can vary.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I dont want to write answer

20.

Proteins are usually the major contaminants in nucleic acid extracts and these have absorption Max. at _______nm

a)

200

b)

260

c)

280

d)

220