Pre Test Answers
Pre Test Answers
Pre Test Answers
Matching
6. ____B_____ Frederick Griffith A. Found that A=T and C=G
7. _____D____ Lawrence Bragg B. Found that traits of bacteria were passed
8. ____C_____ Rosalind Franklin from parents to offspring
9. _____E_____Watson and Crick C. Used X-Ray to reveal structure of crystals
10. _____A_____ Erwin Chargaff D. Found that DNA was made of more than
1 nucleotide; DNA had a backbone made
of phosphate and sugar
E. Determined that actual structure of DNA;
1 strand is complimentary to the other.
Multiple Choice
14. ___C____ A nucleotide contains the following three molecules
a. phosphate, deoxyribose, and base
b. phosphate, deoxyribose, and thymine
c. phosphate, sugar, base
d. all of the above
15. ___D____ rRNA does this
a. translates the DNA strand and codes for amino acids
b. carries amino acids to make proteins
c. uses the information from DNA to make proteins
d. makes up ribosomes and attaches to the mRNA
16. ____C___ DNA helicase
a. attaches to mRNA and reads it three bases at a time.
b. attaches to DNA and breaks it apart for transcription to occur
c. attaches to DNA and breaks it apart to make replication occur
d. attaches the correct bases to the DNA strand to make RNA
17. ____B___ tRNA does this
a. translates the DNA strand and codes for amino acids
b. carries amino acids to make proteins
c. uses the information from DNA to make proteins
d. makes up ribosomes and attaches to the mRNA
18. ___D____ DNA Polymerase
a. attaches to mRNA and reads it three bases at a time.
b. attaches to DNA and breaks it apart for transcription to occur
c. attaches to DNA and breaks it apart to make replication occur
d. attaches the correct bases to the DNA strand to replicate DNA
19. ____C___ mRNA does this
a. translates the DNA strand and codes for amino acids
b. carries amino acids to make proteins
c. uses the information from DNA to make proteins
d. makes up ribosomes and attaches to the mRNA
20.____B____ RNA Polymerase
a. attaches to mRNA and reads it three bases at a time.
b. attaches to DNA and breaks it apart for transcription to occur
c. attaches to DNA and breaks it apart to make replication occur
d. attaches the correct bases to the DNA strand to replicate DNA
21. ____B____ This the DNA strand ATCTTCGTCAT, what would its complementary
strand be
a. TAGATGCAGTA
b. TAGAAGCAGTA
c. TAGAAGCGTA
d. TAGAAGGCAGTA
22. ___D______ Which one of these shows an addition? DNA:: ATCTTCGTCAT
a. TAGATGCAGTA
b. TAGAAGCAGTA
c. TAGAAGCGTA
d. TAGAAGGCAGTA
23. _____C___ Which on of these shows a deletion DNA:: ATCTTCGTCAT
a. TAGATGCAGTA
b. TAGAAGCAGTA
c. TAGAAGCGTA
d. TAGAAGGCAGTA
TRUE or FALSE (Fix the False statements to make them true)
24.________True______ Messelshon and Stahl found that one strand of DNA was
complementary to the other strand.
25. ____True_________ Transcription is the making of DNA
26. ___False___________ RNA is double stranded while DNA is single stranded
27. ____True__________ Translation is the assembling of amino acids to make proteins.
28. _____True_________ RNA contains ribose and DNA contains deoxyribose.
29. _____True_________ Replication is the process of replicating RNA.
30. ______True___ DNA polymerases have a “proofreading” role that eliminates most
mutations.
32.______False_______ DNA is replicated in Prophase of Mitosis
DNA: TAC CCT ATC CGC ATA TTC CGG TCT GGC TAA TGC GT
mRNA: AUG GGA UAG GCG UAU AAG GCC AGA CCG AUU ACG CA
Using your amino acid decoder, code the above mRNA strand for correct amino acids.
Start/Methionine Glycine Stop