5/21/2021 Quiz on Nucleic Acids - Lecture: BIOCHEMISTRY

Quiz on Nucleic Acids - Lecture

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Question 1 1 / 1 pts

Which type of RNA performs a protective function in many organisms?

tRNA

rRNA

Correct! siRNA

snRNA

Question 2 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following is true of thymine and uracil?

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Both have a methyl group at C-5

Correct! Thymine has a methyl group at C-5 but uracil does not.

Uracil has a methyl group at C-5 but thymine does not.

Neither has a methyl group at C-5.

Question 3 1 / 1 pts

Examine the following structural formula.

Which of the following correctly classifies this substance?

nucleoside

Correct! nucleotide

nucleic acid

purine base

pyrimidine base

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Question 4 1 / 1 pts

Examine the following structural formula.

Which of the following correctly classifies this substance?

nucleoside

nucleotide

Correct!
nucleic acid

purine base

pyrimidine base

Question 5 0 / 1 pts

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Which type of RNA binds to sections of mRNA to prevent their translation?

rRNA

orrect Answer siRNA

snRNA

ou Answered tRNA

Question 6 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following is true?

Lowering the concentration of Mg2+ causes irreversible dissociation of the

Correct!
Lowering the concentration of Mg2+ causes reversible dissociation of the
ribosome.

Raising the concentration of Mg2+ causes irreversible dissociation of the

Raising the concentration of Mg2+ causes reversible dissociation of the

Question 7 0 / 1 pts

Which of the following hold the DNA and histones together in nucleosomes?
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ou Answered covalent bonds

dipole-dipole interactions

hydrogen bonds

orrect Answer ionic forces

Question 8 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following is not a component of a nucleotide?

a base

Correct!
a disaccharide

a monosaccharide

a phosphate

Question 9 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following make up a nucleoside?

Correct!
base + sugar

base + phosphate

base + phosphate + sugar

phosphate + sugar

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Question 10 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following is the sugar to phosphate linkage in individual nucleotides?

2'

3'

4'

Correct!
5'

Question 11 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following is true of the base content of DNA?

moles of adenine = moles of cytosine

moles of adenine = moles guanine

Correct!
moles of adenine = moles of thymine

none of the above

Question 12 1 / 1 pts

A single gene will always do which of the following?

determine a physical characteristic of an individual

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Correct! code for a specific protein or type of RNA

both a and b

neither a nor b

Question 13 1 / 1 pts

Where are genes located?

in the cytoplasm

in the endoplasmic reticulum

in the lipid bilayer

Correct! in the nucleus

Question 14 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following is not found in chromatin?

DNA

histones

nonhistone proteins

Correct! None of these, they are all found in chromatin.

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Question 15 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following correctly gives the letter sequence that would replace the
numbers 1 - 4, respectively, in the following segment of DNA?

AGTC

Correct! TCAG

UCAG

CTGA

Question 16 1 / 1 pts

Which pair of bases is linked together by three hydrogen bonds?

adenine and cytosine

adenine and thymine

Correct! guanine and cytosine

guanine and thymine

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Question 17 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following correctly describes the linkages found in ATP?

one anhydride and two esters

Correct! two anhydrides and one ester

three anhydrides and no esters

three esters and no anhydrides

Question 18 1 / 1 pts

How many different chemical units make up a nucleotide?

Correct! 3

Question 19 1 / 1 pts

How many different bases are found in DNA?

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Correct! 4

Question 20 0 / 1 pts

siRNAs cause the degradation of specific molecules of which of the following?

orrect Answer mRNA

rRNA

snRNA

ou Answered tRNA

Question 21 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following types of RNA is important in controlling gene expression?

mRNA

Correct! siRNA

snRNA

tRNA

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Question 22 1 / 1 pts

Examine the following structural formula.

Which of the following correctly applies to this structure?

Correct! ATGC

CGTA

Either of the above applies.

Question 23 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following best describes the secondary structure of DNA?

Correct! It is a double helix with the bases on the inside.

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It is a double helix with the bases on the outside.

It is a single helix.

It is a triple helix.

Question 24 1 / 1 pts

How many histones are part of a nucleosome?

Correct!
8

Question 25 1 / 1 pts

Which of the following statements is correct?

Correct!
Adenine and guanine are both purines.

Adenine and guanine are both pyrimidines.

Adenine is a purine and guanine is a pyrimidine.

Adenine is a pyrimidine and guanine is a purine.

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Quiz Score: 22 out of 25

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