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BIOS 300 Extra Credit Review Quiz

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is considered a true bond?

a)

Hydrogen bonds

b)

Ionic interactions

c)

Hydrophobic forces

d)

Van der Waals interactions

2.

What amino acid helps affix membrane proteins within the cellular membrane?

a)

Tryptophan

b)

Lysine

c)

Glutamic Acid

d)

Glycine

3.

Which chromatography would be the best way to purify a protein with exterior lysines?

a)

Gel filtration

b)

Hydrophobic interaction

c)

Anion exchange

d)

Cation exchange

4.

Which of these is NOT an advantage of NMR spectroscopy?

a)

High accuracy

b)

Visualizes dynamic nature of proteins

c)

Effective for larger proteins

d)

Useful for understanding intrinsic disorder

5.

Which experiment provided the first substantial evidence that DNA was the genetic material?

a)

Griffith

b)

Avery-Macleod-McCarty

c)

Meselon-Stahl

d)

Hershey-Chase

6.

Which of these histone modifications reduces gene expression?

a)

Methylation

b)

Phosphorylation

c)

Acetylation

d)

Splicing

7.

What is NOT a characteristic of SMC proteins?

a)

Provide scaffolding for the chromosome

b)

Hinged

c)

Hold 30 nm solenoid structures

d)

Form octagonal structures

8.

Which of the following correctly matches a replication protein to a function?

a)

Helicase - unwinding of supercoil

b)

DNA polymerase III - lagging strand synthesis

c)

DNA polymerase I - removing RNA primers

d)

DNA clamp - hold ssDNA

9.

Which of these is a function of telomerase?

a)

Extension of the 5' end

b)

Using DNA as a template

c)

Degradation of DNA

d)

Extra telomere elongation in stem cells

10.

Which of the following forms of DNA repair is the 'dirtiest'?

a)

Error tolerant DNA polymerases

b)

Base excision

c)

Strand-directed mismatch repair

d)

Nucleotide excision repair

11.

Which of these steps comes first in replication-driven DNA nick repair?

a)

Ligation

b)

Strand invasion

c)

Strand Scission

d)

5' degradation

12.

Which of these descriptions is characteristic of RT PCR?

a)

Using fluorescent DNA dyes on an oligopoly probe to track amplification

b)

Using Reverse Transcriptase to generate cDNA for PCR

c)

Requires careful execution for hybridization

d)

Initiation occurs at the 5' end

13.

Plasmids are...

a)

Circular RNA molecules

b)

A mechanism for horizontal gene transfer

c)

Found in only bacteria

d)

Noncoding regions of DNA

14.

According to which strand of DNA is RNA synthesized?

a)

Template strand, RNA generated from 5' to 3'

b)

Hair strand, RNA generated from 5' to 3'

c)

Coding strand, RNA generated from 3' to 5'

d)

Template strand, RNA generated from 3’ to 5’

15.

Match the non-coding RNA to its function

a)

Regulatory RNA - ribosomal structure

b)

miRNA - transcription

c)

tRNA - amino acid movement

d)

rRNA - regulation

16.

What provides the energy for ribosomal assembly?

a)

NADPH oxidase

b)

ATP hydrolysis

c)

GTP hydrolysis

d)

Two AAA batteries

17.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of prions?

a)

Type of aggregation

b)

Fibril formation

c)

Not well understood

d)

Easily denatured

18.

Which is an accurate statement for Helix-turn-helix?

a)

HTH is not found in Hox proteins

b)

HTH interacts with many different sequences

c)

HTH is incorporated into different types of proteins and inserts into the DNA major groove

d)

Two HTH structures can generate different regulatory outcomes and be covalently connected to reduce binding

19.

Which is the most accurate description of the CRP protein's role in the context of the Lac repressor?

a)

CRP binds to the promoter region when in presence of allolactose

b)

CAMP binds to CRP and to a sigma factor and binds to the promoter

c)

Presence of the CRP dimmer prevents induction

d)

CRP isn't a part of the mechanism for the Lac repressor

20.

What does the methylation of cytosine do?

a)

Tightens nucleosomes and influences gene expression

b)

Acts as a defense mechanism against viruses

c)

Creates 'CG' islands

d)

Used in alternative splicing

21.

Which of the following characteristic is most associated with si/miRNA?

a)

Facilitating RNA Interference

b)

Enabling transcription

c)

Enabling translation

d)

Always targeting only one mRNA

22.

Where is Dr. Catanese from?

a)

Lafayette, LA

b)

Waco, TX

c)

College Station, TX

d)

Shreveport, LA

23.

What was the theme of Dr. Catanese's thesis defense poster?

a)

Pokemon

b)

Harry Potter

c)

Battlestar Galactica

d)

Seinfeld