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DNA vs. RNA Exam

1. Base your answer to the following question on the 5. Which pair of molecules, when bonded together,
diagram below which represents parts of two nucleic would most likely be found in a nucleotide of DNA?
acid molecules.
A) ribose and adenine
B) ribose and thymine
C) deoxyribose and guanine
D) deoxyribose and uracil
6. Base your answer to the following question on the
diagram below which represents a portion of a DNA
molecule and on your knowledge of biology.

What is the normal nitrogenous base sequence in the

segment of strand Y shown in the diagram?
A) T-G-A-C B) T-A-A-C
C) U-G-A-C D) A-G-U-C
2. Which nitrogenous base is normally present in RNA
molecules but not in DNA molecules?
A) adenine B) cytosine
C) thymine D) uracil
3. In a portion of a gene, the nitrogenous base sequence
is T-C-G-A-A-T. Which nitrogenous base sequence
would normally be found bonded to this section of the The correct sequence of bases in strand II would be
gene?
A) thymine, guanine, adenine, cytosine
A) A-C-G-T-A-A B) A-C-G-U-U-A B) uracil, guanine, adenine, cytosine
C) A-G-C-T-T-A D) U-G-C-A-A-U C) adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine
4. Base your answer to the following question on Which D) cytosine, adenine, guanine, uracil
is the correct identification of the parts of the DNA 7. Which of the following nucleic acids contains
nucleotide in the diagram below? thymine?
A) DNA, only
B) Messenger RNA, only
C) Transfer RNA, only
D) DNA, messenger RNA, and transfer RNA
A) A = uracil, B = deoxyribose, C = thymine
B) A = phosphate, B = ribose, C = uracil
C) A = thymine, B = ribose, C = uracil
D) A = phosphate, B = deoxyribose, C = thymine
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8. The diagram below represents Watson and Crick's

model of DNA.

The substance indicated by the arrow could be

A) thymine. B) deoxyribose.
C) ribose. D) uracil.
9. The molecule DNA contains the four bases listed
below.

A – adenine
C – cytosine
G – guanine
T – thymine

Which base pairings normally occur during DNA

replication?
A) Guanine pairs with cytosine. Thymine pairs with
thymine.
B) Adenine pairs with thymine. Cytosine pairs with
guanine.
C) Thymine pairs with guanine. Cytosine pairs with
adenine.
D) Cytosine pairs with cytosine. Thymine pairs with
thymine.
10. Which is the sugar component of a DNA nucleotide?
A) adenine B) deoxyribose
C) glucose D) phosphate
11. With respect to normal base pairing, when a
molecule of DNA replicates, thymine will most
likely pair with
A) adenine B) cytosine
C) guanine D) uracil
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12. Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of biology.

If strand A represents a portion of a DNA molecule, its complementary sequence of nitrogenous bases
on messenger RNA would normally be
A) A-G-A-T-C-A-G-T B) T-C-T-A-G-T-C-T
C) A-G-A-U-C-A-G-U D) U-G-U-A-G-U-C-U
13. Base your answer to the following question on the 14. What is the complementary messenger-RNA
diagram below and on your knowledge of biology. sequence for the DNA sequence shown below?

A) C-A-A-G-G-U B) G-T-T-C-C-A
C) G-U-U-C-C-A D) C-A-A-G-G-T
15. A strand of DNA has these bases:
AGC CAT GTA TAC

What is the complementary DNA strand?

A) ACG GAT CTA TAG
B) TCG GTA CAT ATG
C) TGC CTA GAT ATC
D) UCG CUA CAU AUG
16. In a cell, the transfer of genetic information from
DNA to RNA occurs in the
A) cell membrane
B) endoplasmic reticulum
C) nucleus
If strand I represents a segment of a replicating DNA D) nucleolus
molecule with bases A-T-C-C-G-A, the
complementary DNA strand would contain the
A) T-A-G-G-C-T B) T-U-G-G-C-T
C) U-A-G-G-C-U D) A-T-G-G-C-T