QUIZ # 4 a. Radiation c.

drugs
b. cigarette smoking d. all of the above
DNA AND RNA
Test II. Identification
Test I. Multiple Choice Directions: Identify what is being asked on each
Directions: Choose the letter that best corresponds to item. Choose your answer on the box of answers provided
your answer. for you.
1. Proteins are macromolecules made up of _______. Amino Acids Deoxyribose Cri-Du-Chat
a. Cells c. amino acids Nitrogenous base Ribose Transcription
b. ascorbic acid d. enzyme Replication Glucose Mutation
2. What nitrogenous base is present on DNA but not James Watson Nucleotide Translation
on RNA? Francis Crick Genetic Engineering Down Syndrome
a. Adenine c. Thymine DNA Gene Mutation Klinefelter’s Syndrome
b. Uracil d. Cytosine
3. How many strands are there in RNA? 1. They are known as blueprint of life.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 2. It is a carbon ring structure that contains one or more
4. It is the type of RNA that holds tightly to the atoms of nitrogen.
mRNA and use its information to assemble amino 3. They are the basic building blocks of DNA.
acids. 4. He formulated the central dogma of the transfer of
a. Messenger RNA c. transfer RNA genetic information.
b. b. ribosomal RNA d. none of the choices 5. What sugar is present on DNA?
5. Which of the following codons code for the start of 6. It is the process in which the DNA is copied.
protein synthesis? 7. It is the process of copying DNA sequence into RNA.
a. UAA b. UAG c. UGA d. AUG 8. It is the process of converting information in mRNA
6. Where do DNA Replication take place in a cell? into a sequence of amino acids in a protein.
a. Cytoplasm c. endoplasmic reticulum 9. They are the basic building blocks of proteins.
b. b. nucleus d. cell membrane 10. The change in the base sequence of DNA would result
7. This type of chromosomal mutation is caused by an into what condition?
extra copy or a gene is repeated. 11. It is a permanent change in the DNA sequence that
a. Duplication c. Deletion makes up a gene.
b. Inversion d. Insertion 12. It is the condition caused by extra copy of
8. This chromosomal mutation is caused by a lost of a chromosome 21 (trisomy 21).
segment of the chromosome. 13. It is caused by deletion of chromosome 5.
a. Insertion b. Deletion c. Translocation d. Inversion 14. This condition is caused by extra copy of chromosome
9. Given the DNA coding strand below, write its 23 (47, XXY).
correct DNA template strand. 15. It is a modern biotechnology that produces transgenic
AAT CGT GAC TGA CAT TGT or genetically modified crops or organisms.
a. UUA GCA CUG ACU GUA ACA
b. CCG TGC ATC CAT GTC CAC Test III. True or False
c. TTA GCA CTG ACT GTA ACA Directions: Write the word TRUE if the statement is
d. GGA TAC AGT CAG TGC CAC correct; otherwise write the word FALSE.
10. Write the mRNA transcript strand of the DNA 1. Uracil can be found on DNA but not on RNA.
template strand: CCG TGC ATC CAT GTC 2. DNA is double-stranded while RNA is single-stranded.
CAC 3. DNA makes copies of itself through Transcription
a. GGC ACG UAG GUA CAG GUG process.
b. GGC ACG TAG GTA CAG GTG 4. The DNA replication is said to be semi-conservative.
c. CCG UGC AUC CAU GUC CAC 5. The enzyme DNA helicase unwinds the DNA allowing
d. AAU GUA CGA ACG UGA ACA each strand to be copied.
11. DNA replication results in two DNA molecules, 6. When sex cells carry a pair of X chromosomes, we
___. know the person is born a male.
a. each with two (2) new strands. 7. DNA stands for dihydroxylribonucleic acid.
b. each with two original strands. 8. The nitrogenous bases serve as backbone of the DNA
c. each with one new strand and one original and RNA molecules.
strand. 9. Cri-du-chat syndrome is caused by inversion type of
d. one with two new strands and the other with chromosomal mutation.
two original strands. 10. All mutations are harmful.
12. On what pair of chromosomes dictates the sex of an
Test IV. Enumeration
organism?
1-3. Component molecules of DNA and RNA
a. 1st pair b. 10th pair c. 23rd pair d. 46th pair
4-6. 3 Types of RNA
13. It refers to joining DNA from two different species.
7-10. Ways by which chromosomal mutations can
a. Combination DNA c. Recombinant
happen
DNA
b. Replication DNA d. Cloned DNA
14. What enzyme is responsible for adding nucleotides
during DNA replication?
a. DNA Helicase c. DNA Ligase
b. DNA Polymerase d. all of the above
15. Which of the following can cause mutation to occur
in the cells?