Essential Genetics: A Genomics Perspective, Fourth Edition: Practice Quizzes

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Title Text: Essential Genetics: A Genomics Perspective, Fourth Edition, Daniel L. Hartl and Elizabeth W. Jones

Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: Which of the following base found only in RNA?
	A: Adenine
	B: Guanine
	C: Uracil
	D: Thymine
	E: Cytosine

2: The base thymine is always paired with
	A: Adenine
	B: Guanine
	C: Uracil
	D: Thymine
	E: Cytosine

3: Transcription can produce what type of RNA?
	A: tRNA
	B: rRNA
	C: mRNA
	D: rRNA and mRNA
	E: tRNA, rRNA and mRNA

4: The sequence of one strand of DNA is 5'-AGTTTGC-3'. The sequence of the RNA, transcribed using this strand as a template, would be
	A: 5'-GCTTTAG-3'
	B: 5'-TCAAAGC-3'
	C: 5'-TCUUUGC-3'
	D: 5'-UCAAACG-3'
	E: 5'-AGUUUGC-3'

5: The individual subunits making up each strand of DNA are called
	A: Anticodons
	B: Codons
	C: Bases
	D: Nucleosides
	E: Nucleotides

6: Which of the following codons are stop codons?
	A: UAA
	B: UGA
	C: UAG
	D: A and C
	E: A, B and C

7: Paralogous genes are
	A: Related via a gene duplication within the species
	B: Related through speciation
	C: House-keeping genes
	D: Viral oncogenes

8: One of the strands of a piece of DNA has the sequence 5'-TCGCGA-3'. What is the sequence of the complementary strand? Label the termini as 5' or 3'
	A: 5'-AGCGCT-3'
	B: 5'-TCGCGA-3'
	C: 5'-CGATCG-3'
	D: 5'-UCGCGA-3'
	E: 5'-TCGCGU-3'

9: Which codon specifies Met, the first amino acid in proteins?
	A: GGG
	B: GTC
	C: TAC
	D: UGA
	E: AUG

10: The process of making an RNA strand from a DNA template is called
	A: Transcription
	B: Transmutation
	C: Replication
	D: Translation
	E: Transfection

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