Pregunta 1
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What is the process called that converts the genetic information stored in DNA to an RNA copy?
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Translocation
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Translation
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Replication
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Transcription
Pregunta 2
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DNA does not store the information to synthesize which of the following?
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Proteins
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Organelles
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Messenger RNA
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DNA
Pregunta 3
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Transcription begins at a promoter. What is a promoter?
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A site where many different proteins will bind
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A site in DNA that recruits the RNA Polymerase
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Part of the RNA molecule itself
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A site found on the RNA polymerase
Pregunta 4
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Which of the following statements best describes the promoter of a protein-coding gene?
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The promoter is a nontranscribed region of a gene.
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The promoter is part of the RNA molecule itself.
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The promoter is a site at which only RNA polymerase will bind.
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The promoter is a site found on RNA polymerase.
Pregunta 5
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What determines which base is to be added to an RNA strand during transcription?
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The order of the chemical groups in the backbone of the RNA molecule
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The previous base
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Base pairing between the two DNA strands
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Base pairing between the DNA template strand and the RNA nucleotides
Pregunta 6
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Which of the following terms best describes the relationship between the newly synthesized RNA molecule and the DNA template strand?
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Covalently bonded
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Permanently base-paired
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Identical
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Complementary
Pregunta 7
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What happens to RNA polymerase II after it has completed transcription of a gene?
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It is free to bind to another promoter and begin transcription.
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It begins transcribing the next gene on the chromosome.
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It is degraded.
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It joins with another RNA polymerase to carry out transcription.
Pregunta 8
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Which of these correctly illustrates the pairing of DNA and RNA nucleotides?
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GTTACG
CAATCG
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GTTACG
CAAUGC
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GTTACG
GTTACG
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GTTACG
ACCGTA
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GTTACG
UAACAU
Pregunta 9
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The direction of synthesis of an RNA transcript is _____.
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1' —> 5'
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5' —> 3'
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1' —> 3'
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3' —> 5'
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2' —> 4'
Pregunta 10
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During transcription in eukaryotes, a type of RNA polymerase called RNA polymerase II moves along the template strand of the DNA in the 3'→5' direction. However, for any given gene, either strand of the double-stranded DNA may function as the template strand.
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which of the two strands of DNA carries the RNA primer
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the location along the chromosome where the double-stranded DNA unwinds
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the base sequence of the gene's promoter
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the location of specific proteins (transcription factors) that bind to the DNA
Pregunta 11
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After transcription begins, several steps must be completed before the fully processed mRNA is ready to be used as a template for protein synthesis on the ribosomes.
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A cap consisting of a modified guanine nucleotide is added to the 5' end of the pre-mRNA.
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A poly-A tail (50-250 adenine nucleotides) is added to the 3' end of the pre-mRNA.
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Noncoding sequences called introns are spliced out by molecular complexes called spliceosomes.
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A translation stop codon is added at the 3' end of the pre-mRNA.
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Coding sequences called exons are spliced out by ribosomes.
Pregunta 12
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During RNA processing a(n) _____ is added to the 5' end of the RNA.
Pregunta 13
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During RNA processing a(n) _____ is added to the 3' end of the RNA.
Pregunta 14
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Spliceosomes are composed of _____.
Pregunta 15
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The RNA segments joined to one another by spliceosomes are _____.
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caps
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exons
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snRNPs
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tails
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introns
Pregunta 16
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Translation occurs in the _____.
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cytoplasm
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lysosome
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nucleus
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Golgi apparatus
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nucleoplasm
Pregunta 17
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Polypeptides are assembled from _____.
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hexoses
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glycerol
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nucleotides
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proteins
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amino acids
Pregunta 18
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RNA processing converts the RNA transcript into _____.
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a protein
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DNA
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a eukaryotic cell
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mRNA
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a polypeptide
Pregunta 19
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The tRNA anticodon, GAC, is complementary to the mRNA codon with the sequence _____.
Pregunta 20
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Generally speaking, which of the following mutations would most severely affect the protein coded for by a gene?
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a base substitution at the beginning of the gene
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a base substitution at the end of the gene
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a frameshift deletion at the beginning of the gene
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a frameshift deletion at the end of the gene