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DNA Profiling

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In DNA, the nitrogenous base Adenine will always bond with

a)

Cytosine

b)

Adenine

c)

Thymine

d)

Guanine

2.

If guanine makes up 19% of the nucleotides in a sample of DNA from an organism, then cytosine would make up _____ percent of the bases.

a)

19%

b)

62%

c)

31%

3.

DNA can be collected from all of the following except

a)

Skin

b)

Blood

c)

Hair with Follicle

d)

Hair without Follicle

4.

How will the following nucleotides pair?


ACCTGATGGAC

(a)  

5.

What does CODIS Stand for?

a)

Combined DNA Index System

b)

Combined DNA Information System

c)

Covert DNA Index System

d)

Contribution DNA Index System

6.

What process is used to separate fragments of DNA?

a)

Restriction mapping

b)

Polymerase chain reaction

c)

Sanger sequencing

d)

Gel electrophoresis

7.

What size DNA fragments travel through the gel the fastest?

a)

Larger fragments

b)

Smaller fragments

c)

Medium-sized fragments

8.

What can be determined about the DNA in bands I and II?

a)

Band I contains a longer DNA sequence than band II.

b)

The DNA bands have the same DNA sequence

c)

The DNA bands are the same size

d)

Band II contains a longer DNA sequence than band I.

9.

What percentage of the child DNA came from the mother?

a)

100%

b)

75%

c)

50%

d)

25%

10.

sequence of repeating bases in the non-coding regions of DNA that are used in DNA profiling

a)

STR (Short Tandem Repeat)

b)

PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)

c)

VNTR (Variable number of Tandem Repeats)

11.

According to the dna evidence, which suspect left DNA at the crime scene?

a)

suspect 1

b)

suspect 2

c)

suspect 3

d)

none of the suspects

12.

The FBI database that stores DNA profiles

a)

CODIS

b)

AFIS

c)

STRATUS

d)

FEDDNA

13.

A section of DNA that codes for a specific trait.

a)

allele

b)

gene

c)

chromosome

d)

trascript

14.

In this DNA fingerprint, the _______ pieces travel the farthest. (blue)

a)

shortest

b)

longest

15.

DNA is ______ evidence.

a)

class

b)

individual

c)

transient

d)

conditional

16.

Alternate forms of a trait (the possibilities) are called

a)

alleles

b)

loci

c)

exons

d)

chromosomes

17.

What is the STR in the following strand of DNA? AGTCAAGCTCGCTCGCTCGCTCAAT

a)

GCTC

b)

CTCA

c)

AGCT

d)

AGTC

18.

DNA profiling uses what part of DNA

a)

coding region

b)

non-coding

19.

What does PCR mean?

a)

polymerase chain restoration

b)

polymerase chain reaction

c)

polymerase copying reactions

d)

polymerase copied repeats

20.

Amplifies or makes numerous copies

a)

electrophoresis

b)

wells

c)

micropipette

d)

PCR