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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Sexual reproduction uses ________ to generate ________ gametes, which join at fertilization. 1)
A) mitosis; diploid
B) meiosis; haploid
C) mitosis; identical
D) meiosis; diploid
E) mitosis; haploid
Answer: B
3) Modern genetics consists of three major branches. Which of these branches, also known as 3)
"transmission genetics," involves the study of the transmission of traits and characteristics in
successive generations?
A) molecular
B) evolutionary
C) reproductive
D) Mendelian
E) population
Answer: D
4) You identify a new unicellular organism with multiple chromosomes organized by proteins within 4)
the cell's nucleus. Into which of the three domains of life might this organism fit?
A) Eukarya
B) Archaea
C) Bacteria
D) Archaea or Bacteria
E) Archaea or Eukarya
Answer: A
5) Watson and Crick used evidence from several studies to determine the structure of DNA. What 5)
conclusion were they able to draw from Rosalind Franklin's X-ray diffraction data, specifically?
A) DNA nucleotides form complementary base pairs.
B) The DNA strands are antiparallel, and the strands are held together by hydrogen bonds.
C) DNA consists of four types of nucleotide bases: A, T, C, and G.
D) DNA is a duplex, with two strands forming a double helix.
E) Adenine pairs with thymine and cytosine pairs with guanine when they are on opposite DNA
strands.
Answer: D
7) What kind of bond is formed between complementary base pairs to join the two DNA strands into 7)
a double helix?
A) hydrogen bond
B) peptide bond
C) ionic bond
D) disulfide bond
E) phosphodiester bond
Answer: A
8) Identify which of the following includes three possible components of a RNA nucleotide? 8)
A) deoxyribose, uracil, phosphate group
B) deoxyribose, cytosine, phosphate group
C) deoxyribose, guanine, phosphate group
D) ribose, thymine, phosphate group
E) ribose, adenine, phosphate group
Answer: E
10) If a eukaryotic chromosome was composed of 20% adenine, how much cytosine should 10)
theoretically be present in that same chromosome?
A) 40% B) 30% C) 60% D) 10% E) 20%
Answer: B
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11) Use the data in the following table to determine which nucleic acid sample can be ALL of the 11)
following 4 types: double-stranded DNA, single-stranded DNA, double-stranded RNA, or
single-stranded RNA.
12) What is the sequence and polarity of the DNA strand complementary to the strand 12)
5' AAATGTCCATGC 3'?
A) 5' UUUACAGGUACG 3'
B) 3' UUUACAGGUACG 5'
C) 3' AAATGTCCATGC 5'
D) 5' TTTACAGGTACG 3'
E) 3' TTTACAGGTACG 5'
Answer: E
14) What are the DNA regulatory sequences recognized by RNA polymerase called? 14)
A) anticodons
B) termination sequences
C) promoters
D) introns
E) proteomes
Answer: C
15) What is the process of synthesizing proteins from mRNA sequences? 15)
A) transcription
B) replication
C) transformation
D) transduction
E) translation
Answer: E
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