Chapter 9 Preview - DNA: Multiple Choice
Chapter 9 Preview - DNA: Multiple Choice
Chapter 9 Preview - DNA: Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. In order to show that DNA in cell extracts is responsible for genetic transformation in of bacteria, important
corroborating evidence should indicate that _______ also destroyed transforming activity.
a. enzymes that hydrolyzed proteins
b. enzymes that hydrolyzed DNA
c. enzymes that hydrolyzed polysaccharides
d. boilinge. enzymes that hydrolyze RNA.
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2. If adenine makes up 20 percent of the bases in a sample of double-stranded DNA, what percentage of the
bases would be uracil?
a. 0
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
e. 30
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3. If guanine makes up 20 percent of the bases in a sample of double-stranded DNA, what percentage of the
bases would be cytosine?
a. 15
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40
e. 60
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4. If adenine makes up 20 percent of the bases in a sample of double-stranded DNA, what percentage of the
bases would be cytosine?
a. 15
b. 30
c. 35
d. 40
e. 70
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9. The replication of lagging strands of DNA differs from the replication of leading strands in that
a. DNA is replicated as short fragments.
b. RNA primers are required.
c. DNA ligase is needed.
d. primase is required.
e. All of the above
____ 10. In many eukaryotes, there are repetitive sequences at the ends of chromosomes called telomeres. After
successive rounds of DNA replication, the _______ strand becomes shorter. In some cells, an enzyme called
_______ repairs the shortened strand.
a. lagging; telomerase
b. leading; DNA polymerase I
c. leading; replicase
d. lagging; DNA polymerase I
e. leading; telomerase
____ 11. Which of the following statements about repairing errors in DNA replication is false?
a. During DNA replication, guanine may be incorrectly paired with thymine, requiring repair.
b. After replication, mismatch repair proteins excise a small portion of the DNA molecule
that includes the mismatched bases.
c. DNA polymerase I replaces the removed section of DNA with the correct bases.
d. DNA topoisomerase repairs the remaining nicks in the newly replicated strand.
e. During DNA replication, DNA polymerase proofreads the growing strand and replaces
incorrectly paired nucleotides before continuing replication.
____ 12. The polymerase chain reaction requires
a. one specific DNA oligonucleotide as a primer.
b. single-stranded DNA as a template.
c. a heat resistant RNA polymerase.
d. cyclical denaturation and binding of double-stranded DNA.
e. primase.
____ 13. In multicellular organisms
a. somatic mutations are passed on to offspring produced by sexual reproduction.
b. somatic mutations may be passed to daughter cells by mitosis.
c. all mutations produce phenotypic changes.
d. meiosis is not required for the transmission of germ line mutations to the next generation.
e. all mutations are point mutations.
____ 14. Mutations
a. are always deleterious.
b.
c.
d.
e.