Chapter 11 Self Quiz: DNA: The Genetic Material

  1. DNA replication matching exercise

  2. The 1' carbon of a DNA nucleotide is attached to the
    1. nitrogenous base (correct)
    2. OH group (wrong)
    3. phosphate group (wrong)
    4. CH2 group (wrong)
    5. NH2 group (wrong)
      Hint
  3. The base pairing rules for forming a DNA double helix is:
    1. A with T, C with G (correct)
    2. A with G, C with T (wrong)
    3. A with C, G with T (wrong)
    4. A with U, F with T (wrong)
    5. A with U, C with G (wrong)
      Hint
  4. All the genes of an organism make up its ________ .
    1. phenotype (wrong)
    2. epitome (wrong)
    3. genome (correct)
    4. genetic code (wrong)
    5. karyotype (wrong)
      Hint
  5. The enzyme involved in building new complementary strands on each parental strand during DNA replication is
    1. DNA polymerase III (correct)
    2. RNA polymerase (wrong)
    3. primase (wrong)
    4. helicase (wrong)
    5. DNA ligase (wrong)
      Hint
  6. DNA polymerase III adds nucleotides in the ________ direction.
    1. 1' - 3' (wrong)
    2. 3' - 5' (wrong)
    3. 5' - 3' (correct)
    4. 3' - 1' (wrong)
    5. 1' - 5' (wrong)
      Hint
  7. During DNA replication, Okazaki fragments occur on the
    1. leading strand (wrong)
    2. lagging strand (correct)
    3. RNA primer (wrong)
    4. DNA primer (wrong)
    5. parental strand (wrong)
      Hint
  8. A base substitution during DNA replication may lead to a ________ mutation.
    1. point (correct)
    2. frame-shift (wrong)
    3. transposition (wrong)
    4. inversion (wrong)
    5. aneuploid (wrong)
      Hint
  9. ________ occurs when a gene moves from one place on the chromosome to another.
    1. Inversion (wrong)
    2. Reversion (wrong)
    3. Expression (wrong)
    4. Translation (wrong)
    5. Transposition (correct)
      Hint