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STPM Biology MCQ Ch 1 Biological Molecules (Nucleic Acids)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the components of a nucleotide?
a)
nitrogen base, phosphate group, and pentose sugar
b)
pentose sugar, purine, and pyrimidine
c)
nitrogen base and a phosphate group
d)
DNA, phosphate group, monosaccharide
2.
Which of the following elements does a Nucleic Acid have that a Carbohydrate and Lipid do not?
a)
Carbon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Nitrogen
3.
From the nucleotide on the right, which part is labeled 2?
a)
Sugar
b)
Phosphate
c)
Nitrogenous Base
d)
Phosphorous
4.
Complementary Bases are held together by what type of bond?
a)
Covalent
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Ionic
d)
Mettalic
5.
The backbone of DNA is made up of _______ & ________ units. 
a)
sugar & base
b)
sugar & phosphate
c)
base & phosphate
d)
phosphate & phosphate
6.

The repeating units in both DNA and RNA are called

a)

hydrogen bonds

b)

nucleic acids

c)

nucleotides

d)

amino acids

7.

What nucleotide base does RNA contain that DNA does not?

a)

adenine (A)

b)

cytosine (C)

c)

uracil (U)

d)

thymine (T)

8.

What is A?

a)

Phosphate Group

b)

Pentose Sugar

c)

Nitrogenous Base

d)

Adenosine Triphosphate

9.
What pentose sugar does DNA use?
a)
Ribose
b)
Sucrose
c)
Amylose
d)
Deoxyribose
10.
The two strands making up the DNA double helix molecule
a)
contain ribose and deoxyribose in opposite strands.
b)
are held together by hydrogen bonds.
c)
are attached through a phosphate to hold the strands together.
d)
contain uracil but not thymine.
11.

Which number represents a nucleotide?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

12.

Which is false regarding RNA?

a)

There are three types of RNA which are mRNA, rRNA, tRNA

b)

RNA is longer compared to DNA

c)

Thymine in DNA is replaced by uracil in RNA

d)

RNA is a single polynucleotide

13.

What are purines and pyrimidines?

a)

Purine is single ring; Pyrimidine is double ring

b)

Names of different types of protein

c)

Purine is A and G; Pyrimidine is C and T

d)

Names of different types of DNA

14.
How many nucleotides are there in one complete turn of the double helix?
a)

1

b)
5
c)
10
d)
20
15.
On a deoxyribose nucleotide, which carbon does the phosphate attach to?
a)
1'
b)
3'
c)
4'
d)
5'
16.
The following represents:
a)
Cytosine and Thymine
b)
Adenine and Guanine
c)
Cytosine and Guanine
d)
Uracil and Thymine
17.
What would you label the end of the nucleic acid marked X?
a)
5'
b)
4'
c)
3'
d)
2'
18.
Watson and Crick used Chargaff's rules to figure out:
a)
The distance between nucleotides
b)
The number of hydrogen bonds in a nucleotide
c)
That the sugar and phosphate backbone is on the outside
d)
Which bases were complementary to each other
19.
Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?
a)
polar bonds
b)
ionic bonds
c)
covalent bonds
d)
hydrogen bonds
20.

The bonds that join nucleotides together in DNA and RNA are called:

a)

Peptide Bonds

b)

Ester Bonds

c)

Glycosidic Bonds

d)

Phosphodiester Bonds

21.
This picture is illustrating the ____ nature of DNA.
a)

anti-parallel

b)

deoxyribosic

c)

helical

d)

semi-conservative

22.

If a strand of DNA contains 20% of Thymine, then how much Guanine would be present?

a)

30%

b)

20%

c)

80%

d)

10%

23.

The picture below shows the steps of DNA replication beginning with step one and ending with step three.


​Because you are reusing the old, or parent, DNA strand DNA replication is said to be

a)

Semi- Conservative

b)

Semi-discontinuous

c)

Continuous

d)

Fully-Conserveative

24.

The function of the nucleic acid is --

a)

to store and transmit genetic information inherited from your parents

b)

to maintain our body temperature

c)

to build up muscles bones and other body parts

d)

to regulate sugar in your blood and give your cells energy

25.

The molecular fragment represented in the accompanying figure is:

a)

ATP.

b)

RNA.

c)

a nucleotide.

d)

a polysaccharide.