The Otterspoor.com Practice Quiz O'matic : protein

1. Transcription results in:

a. an amino acid chain
b. messenger RNA
c. complementary DNA
d. okazaki fragments

2. How many different amino acids are there?

a. 3
b. 20
c. 100
d. an infinite number

3. A section of a chromosome that codes for specific trait:

a. chromatid
b. replication fork
c. gene
d. base-pair

4. In RNA, 3 codons translate into ______ amino acid(s)

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 6

5. Translation begins:

a. at the replication fork
b. on the lagging strand
c. at the start codon
d. in the nucleus

6. The sugar in RNA is _______, the sugar in DNA is _______

a. deoxyribose, ribose
b. ribose, deoxyribose
c. ribose, phosphate
d. ribose, uracil

7. Which of the following is found on RNA but not DNA?

a. uracil
b. deoxyribose
c. phosphate
d. adenine

8. RNA is synthesized from the DNA template in a process called ______, which utilizes the enzyme _______

a. translation, RNA polymerase
b. transcription, DNA polymerase
c. transcription, RNA polymerase
d. replication, DNA polymerase

9. Given the following DNA strand, which of the following is its complementary mRNA? G-G-A-C-T-G-A-T-T

a. C-C-T-G-A-C-T-A-A
b. C-C-U-G-A-C-U-A-A
c. G-G-A-C-T-G-A-T-T
d. T-T-A-G-T-C-A-G-G

10. Amino acids are joined together by the ribosome into a _________ chain

a. transfer RNA
b. DNA polymerase
c. messenger RNA
d. polypeptide

11. Once transcription has been completed, which of the following is NOT necessary for protein synthesis to occur?

a. tRNA
b. ribosomes
c. mRNA
d. DNA

12. Which part of the tRNA molecule binds to the mRNA molecule?

a. anticodon
b. codon
c. amino acid
d. 5 prime en

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