Question 1
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What are the components of a DNA molecule?
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deoxyribose, a phosphate and one of the bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine or thymine
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ribose, a phosphate, and one of the bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine or uracil
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Deoxyribose, a nitrate and one of the bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine or thymine
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Ribose, a nitrate and one of the bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine or thymine
Question 2
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What type of bond holds the complementary base pairs together in a double helix of DNA?
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Covalent bonds
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Peptide bonds
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Glycosidic bonds
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Hydrogen bonds
Question 3
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What enzyme is used in transcription but not in translation?
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DNA polymerase
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Helicase
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Protease
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RNA polymerase
Question 4
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A certain gene in a bacterium codes for a polypeptide that is 120 amino acids long. How many nucleotides are needed in the mRNA to code for this polypeptide?
Question 5
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What is responsible for the conservation of the base sequence during DNA replication?
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DNA polymerase working on one strand at the same time.
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Unpaired bases always attracting their complementary nucleotides.
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DNA helicase and polymerase are complementary.
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Both strands are identical to each other.
Question 6
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During the process of replication, which bond(s) in the diagram of DNA below is/are broken?
Question 7
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How would the following DNA sequence, ACGTTGCATGGCA, be transcribed?
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UGCAACGUACCGU
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TGCAACGTACCGT
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ACGTTGCATGGCA
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ACGUUGCAUGGCA
Question 8
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The base sequence is the store of information.
Question 9
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Nitrogenous bases have two rings.
Question 10
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The base-phosphate backbone ensures that the store is stable and secure.
Question 11
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In order to link nucleotides into a chain, a hydrogen bond is formed b/n the phosphate and a pentose sugar.
Question 12
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Polymers of nucleotides also known as "strands"
Question 13
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The four bases in RNA are [blank_start]adenine[blank_end], [blank_start]uracil[blank_end], [blank_start]cytosine[blank_end] and [blank_start]guanine[blank_end].
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uracil
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adenine
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cytosine
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guanine