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Transcription and Translation Quiz

Total questions: 4

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1-7.
1.

What is the process in which mRNA is synthesized based on the parent DNA template?

(a)  

2.

What is the segment of DNA that encodes for a particular protein called?

a)

Ribosome

b)

Nucleotide

c)

Gene

d)

Chromosome

3.

What is the directionality of the mRNA molecule determined by?

a)

Presence of poly A tail

b)

Presence of ribosomes

c)

Presence of methyl cap

d)

Presence of tRNA

4.

What is the assembly that carries out translation by binding to the mRNA near the 5 prime end?

a)

DNA Polymerase

b)

tRNA

c)

Ribosome

d)

mRNA

5.

What type of RNA steps in to get the remaining work done in the translation process?

a)

mRNA

b)

rRNA

c)

snRNA

d)

tRNA

6.

What is formed and released from the ribosomal unit at the end of the translation process?

a)

Chain of amino acids

b)

rRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

mRNA

7.

Which type of cells undergo such complex and sophisticated processes of transcription and translation?

a)

Viral cells

b)

Bacterial cells

c)

Prokaryotic cells

d)

Eukaryotic cells

8.

In what process is the code in mRNA read and used to synthesize an amino acid chain?

(a)  

9.

Match the following according to their molecular structure:

a)

DNA

1.

Double Strand

b)

mRNA

2.

Single Strand

c)

tRNA

3.

No Strand

d)

Polypeptide

4.

Chain

e)

Ribosome

5.

Orgnelle

10.

Reorder the following molecules/structures from largest to smallest

a)

Karyotype

b)

Chromosome

c)

Gene

d)

Codon

e)

Nucleotide

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)