Question 1

Which scientist(s) created the 3D structure of the DNA model

Accepted Answer

James Watson and Frances Crick

Answer

Rosalind Franklin

Answer

Oswald Avery

Answer

Robert Hooke

Question 2

What is the full name of DNA?

Accepted Answer

deoxyribonucleic acid

Answer

DNA

Answer

ribonucleic acid

Question 3

Which of the following does NOT make up a nucleotide?

Accepted Answer

nucleus

Answer

phosphate

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nitrogenous base

Answer

sugar

Question 4

Which base is only found in DNA?

Accepted Answer

thymine

Answer

adenine

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uracil

Answer

guanine

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT different between RNA and DNA?

Accepted Answer

protein vs nucleic acid

Answer

uracil vs thymine

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single vs double strand

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ribose vs deoxyribose sugars

Question 6

Which scientist(s) used bacteriophages to determine that DNA was the genetic material?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase

Answer

Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins

Answer

James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer

Avery Oswald

Question 7

adenine:thymine as guanine:________________

Accepted Answer

cytosine

Answer

nitrogenous base

Answer

DNA

Answer

uracil

Question 8

The process that copies a DNA strand into an RNA strand for protein synthesis is called

Accepted Answer

transcription

Answer

protein synthesis

Answer

DNA replication

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translation

Question 9

Translation occurs in the

Accepted Answer

ribosome

Answer

nucleus

Answer

cell membrane

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cytoplasm

Question 10

Which scientist coined the term "transforming principle"?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Griffith

Answer

James Watson

Answer

Avery Oswald

Answer

Gregor Mendel

Question 11

If given the DNA sequence AAGGATCCA, what is the mRNA sequence?

Accepted Answer

UUCCUAGG

Answer

AAGGAUCCA

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UUUUACGUU

Answer

GCGAUUAGC

Question 12

The shape of a DNA strand can be best described as

Accepted Answer

double helix

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nucleic acid

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two-stranded

Question 13

Which scientist(s) built upon Frederick Griffith's experiment to discover that DNA is the genetic material?

Accepted Answer

Oswald Avery

Answer

Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase

Answer

Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins

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Robert Hooke

Question 14

The central dogma of biology states that genetic information moves from

Accepted Answer

DNA --> RNA --> Proteins

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Proteins --> RNA --> DNA

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RNA --> DNA <-- Proteins

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DNA --> Proteins --> RNA

Question 15

Which type of RNA makes up the ribosomes?

Accepted Answer

rRNA

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mRNA

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DNA

Answer

tRNA

Question 16

If given the DNA sequence GCGATTAGC, what will be the mRNA sequence?

Accepted Answer

CGCUAAUCG

Answer

CGGGAUCCA

Answer

UUUUACGUU

Answer

UUCCUAGG

Question 17

Which type of RNA makes a copy of DNA that can be transported out of the nucleus?

Accepted Answer

mRNA

Answer

DNA

Answer

tRNA

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rRNA

Question 18

Which of the following is the start codon?

Accepted Answer

AUG

Answer

AGC

Answer

GGG

Answer

UGA

Question 19

Which type of RNA transfers amino acids to the ribosome to create proteins?

Accepted Answer

tRNA

Answer

DNA

Answer

mRNA

Answer

rRna

Question 20

Which type of chemical bonds holds the two bases together?

Accepted Answer

hydrogen bond

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double bond

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oxygen bond

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carbon bond

Question 21

What process creates two identical copies of DNA?

Accepted Answer

DNA replication

Answer

Protein synthesis

Answer

Translation

Answer

Transcription

Question 22

If given the DNA sequence TAGCGGGAT, what is the mRNA sequence?

Accepted Answer

AUCGCCCUA

Answer

AAGGAUCCA

Answer

UUCCUAGG

Answer

GCGAUUAGC

Question 23

mRNA:codon as tRNA:________________

Accepted Answer

anticodon

Answer

DNA

Answer

translation

Answer

RNA

Question 24

If given the DNA sequence TTTTACGTT, what is the mRNA sequence?

Accepted Answer

AAAAUGCAA

Answer

AAGGAUCCA

Answer

UUUUACGUU

Answer

UUCCUAGG

Question 25

If given the DNA triplet ATT, what is the mRNA codon?

Accepted Answer

UAA

Answer

GCG

Answer

TAA

Answer

UUU

Question 26

Which region of a gene helps RNA polymerase find its starting place?

Accepted Answer

promoter region

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gene

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operator region

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start region

Question 27

What is the name of the nucleotide segment that codes for a protein?

Accepted Answer

exon

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codon

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intron

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anticodon

Question 28

____________ is  a chromosomal mutation where one chromosome receives two copies of the same genes.

Accepted Answer

duplication

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deletion

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inversion

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translocation

Question 29

The regulatory DNA sequence that speeds up transcription is called

Accepted Answer

an enhancer

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a silencer

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TATA box

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a protein

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