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Digital Modelling: An approach to enhance students understanding about DNA and RNA

PRE-TEST

1. Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG

A. ATG TGA CAG

B. GTA AGT GAC
C. TAC ACT GTC
D. CAT TCA CTG

2. Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

A. double helix
B. contains ribose
C. contains ribose
D. contains Uracil

3. Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

A. amino acids
B. fatty acids
C. nucleotides
D. polysaccharides

4. In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the
amount of_____________.

A. Cytosine
B. Thymine
C. Guanine
D. Uracil

5. What are the 4 nitrogen bases?

A. adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
B. adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glycerol
C. adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
D. adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose

6. What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule

A. the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
B. the color of the nitrogen bases
C. the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
D. the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

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7. Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

A. deoxyribose and adenine
B. deoxyribose and the nucleus
C. deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond
D. deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond

8. Which of the following is the blueprint for the production of RNA within a cell?
A. DNA
B. ATO
C. Protein
D. Carbohydrate

9. When an extra base is inserted into the DNA sequence of a gene, the protein doesn't work. Which
explains why?
A. the base increases rate of translation
B. the inserted base causes the codons in the sequence to be incorrect for the desired protein
C. the base causes DNA to be transcribed in opposite direction
D. the base signals enzymes to translate DNA rather than RNA

10. What molecules do both DNA and RNA contain?

A. Uracil
B. Thymine
C. Nucleotides
D. Deoxyribose

11. The DNA sequence ATCAGCGCTGGC is part of a gene. How many amino acids are coded for by
this message?
A. 4
B. 12
C. 18
D. 20

12. DNA sequence is ACAGTGC. How would this be coded on mRNA?

A. TGTCACG
B. GUGACAU
C. UGUCACG
D. CACUGUA

13. What is the relationship between a protein, the cell, and DNA?
A. DNA is produced by protein which is produced in the cell
B. DNA controls the production of protein in the cell
C. Protein is composed of DNA which is produced in the cell
D. A cell is composed of DNA and protein

14. Genetic info flows in one direction. Which best represents this flow?
A. DNA-protein-RNA
B. RNA-protein-DNA

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C. Protein-RNA-DNA
D. DNA-RNA-protein

15. What will happen if a base sequence of a strand of DNA is changed from ATG to ATC?
A. the mRNA will be changed from UAC to UAG
B. the mRNA will be changed from TUC to TUG
C. The tRNA will be changed from UAC to TAC
D. the tRNA will be changed from CAU to CAC

16. During protein synthesis, amino acids in the cytoplasm are picked up by molecules of __________
and taken to the ribosome.
A. TRNA
B. mitochondrial DNA
C. mRNA
D. nuclear DNA

17. If one side of the helix is CACTGG, the complementary side would be?
A. CACTGG
B. GTGACC
C. GGTCAC
D. GTGUCC

18. As part of its structure, a known gene contains the base sequence AATCGA.  An alteration of the
sequence to AACCGA is known as___________.
A. Deletion
B. Disjunction
C. Mutation
D. Segregation

19. A DNA molecule with the sequence AGCTCA was used as a template for making mRNA.  What
would be the sequence of that mRNA molecule?
A. TCAGCA
B. AGCUCA
C. UCGAGU
D. ATGACT

20. Which type of nucleic acid carries information from the nucleus of a cell to the cytoplasm/ribosome?
A. DNA
B. rRNA
C. mRNA
D. Trna

21. Which of the following places the products in the correct order that they are made in a cell?
A. mRNA → DNA → Protein
B. protein → DNA → mRNA
C. DNA → mRNA → protein
D. tRNA → rRNA → DNA

22. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Each DNA molecule is a single gene.

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B. DNA molecules are in the shape of a double helix.

C. mRNA molecules are in the shape of a double helix.
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

23. Which of the following statements is true about the protein synthesis process?
A. When a section of a DNA molecule unwinds and unzips along its bases, a transfer RNA forms by
copying one side of the DNA.
B. The transfer RNA leaves the nucleus and goes out to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm where
proteins are assembled with the help of messenger RNA.
C. BOTH ARE CORRECT

24. Which shows the correct complementary base pairing for DNA?
A. C-A, T-G
B. C-G, U-A
C. C-G, U-A
D. T-A, G-C

25. What is the correct amino acid sequence for the mRNA code AUGCCAGUAUGA?
A. Met-Pro-Ala-Val
B. Met-Pro-Val
C. Tyr-Gly-Arg-His
D. Tyr-Gly-His

26. What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?

A. Phenylalanine
B. Leucine
C. Tyrosine
D. STOP Codon

27. DNA is called the "blueprint of life" because:

A. it has a blue color
B. it is like a fingerprint
C. it contains the plans for building an organism
D. it can relay messages to other molecules

28. Which of the statement below BEST describe translation?

A. the process through which the ribose sugar becomes a nucleic acid
B. the process through which a protein is formed from an mRNA template
C. the process through which a template is created from the parent DNA strand
D. the process through which a template is created from the parent DNA strand

29. What are the three-nucleotide sequence on RNA?

A. tRNA
B. codon
C. DNA
D. Genes

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30. The two men who established the structure of DNA were:
A. Frederick and Alvers
B. Watson and Crick
C. Berkely and Fry
D. DARWIN AND LAMARCK

PREPARED BY: FREZEL D. EJEMPLAR

TEACHER III – SCIENCE

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