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1. Which of the following must happen first in order for
DNA replication to occur?
a. DNA polymerase binds to the leading strand
b. DNA is unwound
c. Hydrogen bonds form between bases
d. chromosomes condense
8. DNA replication results in:
a. 2 completely new DNA molecules
b. 2 DNA molecules that each contain a strand of the
original
c. 1 new DNA molecule, 1 old molecule is conserved
d. 1 new molecule of RNA

2. Okazaki fragments form on the: 9. During replication, what enzyme adds complimentary
a. lagging strand bases?
b. leading strand a. helicase
c. base-pairs b. synthesase
d. 5' end c. replicase
d. polymerase
3. Which of the following is required for DNA
replication to occur? 10. Transcription results in:
a. DNA helicase a. an amino acid chain
b. DNA ligase b. messenger RNA
c. DNA polymerase c. complementary DNA
d. all of these d. okazaki fragments

4. Which of the following best describes the 11. How many different amino acids are used to
arrangement of the sides of the DNA molecule? assemble proteins in cells?
a. twisted a. 3
b. antiparallel b. 20
c. bonded c. 100
d. alternating d. an infinite number

5. A DNA strand has the following bases: A A G C C A. 12. A stretch of chromosome that codes for a trait can
What are the bases on its complimentary strand? be called a(n):
a. A A G C C A a. chromatid
b. A C C G A A b. replication fork
c. T T C G G T c. gene
d. C C A T T C d. base-pair

6. In the ladder analogy of the DNA molecule, the 13. In RNA, _____ codon(s) translate to ______ amino
"rungs" of the ladder are: acid(s)
a. sugars a. 1, 1
b. phosphates b. 3, 1
c. paired nitrogenous bases c. 3, 3
d. joined sugar and phosphate d. 1, 20

7. The enzymes that break hydrogen bonds and unwind 14. Translation begins:
DNA are: a. at the replication fork
a. primers b. on the lagging strand
b. forks c. at the start codon
c. helicases d. in the nucleus
d. polymerases
15. A nucleotide consists of: 22. Proteins contain ____ different amino acids,
a. a phosphate and a base whereas DNA and RNA are composed of ___ different
b. a phosphate, and a sugar nucleotides
c. a base and an amino acid a. 20, 64
d. a phosphate, a sugar, and a base b. 3, 20
c. 4, 20
16. The sugar in RNA is _____, the sugar in DNA is d. 20, 4
_______
a. deoxyribose, ribose 23. The base pair rules states that:
b. ribose, deoxyribose a. Replication is semiconservative
c. ribose, phosphate b. A pairs with T, G pairs with C
d. ribose, uracil c. DNA is a double helix held together by hydrogen
bonds
d. A pairs with G, T pairs with C
17. Which of the following is found on RNA but not
DNA? 24. Once transcription has been completed, which of
a. uracil the following is NOT necessary for protein synthesis to
b. deoxyribose occur?
c. phosphate a. tRNA
d. adenine b. ribosomes
c. mRNA
18. RNA is synthesized on a DNA template in a process d. DNA
called ______, which utilizes the enzyme _______
a. translation, RNA polymerase
b. transcription, DNA polymerase 25. Which site of the tRNA molecule binds to the mRNA
c. transcription, RNA polymerase molecule?
d. replication, DNA polymerase a. anticodon
b. codon
19. Which of the following is NOT a necessary c. amino acid
component of translation? d. 5 prime end
a. anticodon
b. mRNA 26. Okazaki fragments occur on the ___ and are bonded
c. ligase together by ______
d. amino acid a. leading strand, polymerase
b. mRNA, anticodons
20. Given the following DNA strand, which of the c. lagging strand, ligase
following is its complementary mRNA? G G A C T G A T T d. tRNA, polymerase
a. C C T G A C T A A
b. C C U G A C U A A 27. How many different codons are possible?
c. G G A C T G A T T a. 3
d. T T A G T C A G G b. 20
c. 64
21. Amino acids are joined together into a protein chain d. an infinite number
by which of the following?
a. transfer RNA
b. DNA polymerase
c. hydrogen bonds
d. messenger RNA