The sugar in RNA is __________, the sugar in DNA is __________

A. deoxyribose, ribose
B. ribose, deoxyribose
C. ribose, phosphate
D. ribose, uracil

Nucleoside is a pyrimidine or purine base

A. covalently bonded to a sugar
B. ionically bonded to a sugar
C. hydrogen bonded to a sugar
D. none of the above

The glycosidic bonds in DNA and RNA

A. connect the sugar to the base
B. can be hydrolysed by OH- ion
C. stabilize Watson-Crick H-bonds
D. are free to rotate over about 180°

Thymidine
A. can participate in hydrophobic interactions due to its methyl group
B. is replaced by uracil in RNA
C. normally forms two hydrogen bonds with adenosine
D. all of the above

A nucleotide consists of
A. a sugar, a base and a phosphate
B. a sugar and a phosphate
C. paired bases
D. a sugar, a base and three phosphates
 Which of the following is the key to the ability of DNA to store genetic information and to
pass it on from generation to generation?
A. double stranded structure of DNA
B. deoxyribose sugar
C. phosphate unit
D. nitrogen base

Which of the following is a code that stores information which is used to produce proteins?
A. structure of the base pairs
B. order of the base pairs
C. number of the base pairs
D. number of hydrogen

Which of the following is true about DNA?

A. it is present in cell nucleus
B. it has single strand
C. it has ribose sugar
D. it is synthesized by RNA

In the Watson-Crick model for the DNA double helix (B form) the A–T and G–C base pairs
share
which one of the following properties?
A) The distance between the two glycosidic (base-sugar) bonds is the same in both
base pairs,
within a few tenths of an angstrom.
B) The molecular weights of the two base pairs are identical.
C) The number of hydrogen bonds formed between the two bases of the base pair is
the same.
D) The plane of neither base pair is perpendicular to the axis of the helix.
E) The proton-binding groups in both base pairs are in their charged or ionized form.
A cross between two true breeding lines one with dark blue flowers and one with bright
white flowers produce F1 offspring that are light blue. When the F1 progeny are
selfed a 1:2:1 ratio of dark blue to light blue to white flowers is observed. What genetic
phenomenon is consistent with these results?
a. epistasis
b. incomplete dominance
c. codominance
d. inbreeding depression
e. random mating

The stage of meiosis in which chromosomes pair and cross over is:
a. prophase I
b. metaphase I
c. prophase II
d. metaphase II
e. anaphase II

A gene showing co dominance. has both alleles independently expressed in the heterozygote
b. has one allele dominant to the other
c. has alleles tightly linked on the same chromosome
d. has alleles expressed at the same time in development
e. has alleles that are recessive to each other

The phenomenon of “independent assortment” refers to:

a. expression at the same stage of development
b. unlinked transmission of genes in crosses resulting from being located on
different chromsomes, or far apart on the same chromosome.
c. association of an RNA and a protein implying related function
d. independent location of genes from each other in an interphase cell
e. association of a protein and a DNA sequence implying related function

Mendel’s law of segregation, as applied to the behavior of chromosomes in meiosis, means

that:
a. pairing of homologs will convert one allele into the other, leading to separation of the
types.
b. alleles of a gene separate from each other when homologs separate in meiosis I,
or in meiosis II if there is a single crossover between the gene and the
centromere.
c. genes on the same chromosome will show 50% recombination
d. alleles of a gene will be linked and passed on together through meiosis

DNA ligase is:

a. an enzyme that joins fragments in normal DNA replication
b. an enzyme involved in protein synthesis
c. an enzyme of bacterial origin which cuts DNA at defined base sequences
d. an enzyme that facilitates transcription of specific genes
e. an enzyme which limits the level to which a particular nutrient reaches

Replication of DNA:
a. takes place in a “conservative” manner
b. takes place in a “dispersive” manner
c. takes place in a “semi-conservative” manner
d. usually involves one origin of replication per chromosome in eukaryotes
e. takes place only in the 3’ to 5’ direction

The first three questions are based on the pedigree to the right:
The characteristic indicated by the blackened figures is probably:
a. Dominant.
b. Recessive.
c. Non-dominant.
d. Sex-linked recessive.

What are the genotypes of the parents?

a. Both are homozygous dominant.
b. Both are heterozygous dominant.
c. Both are homozygous recessive.
d. The male is homozygous dominant; the female is homozygous recessive.

If one parent has type A blood and the other parent has type B blood, what blood type will
the
offspring denoted by the white square and circle have?
a. Type A.
b. Type B.
c. Type AB.
d. Type O.

Mitotic cell division results in two cells that have:

a. n chromosomes and are genetically identical.
b. n chromosomes and are genetically different.
c. 2n chromosomes and are genetically identical.
d. 2n chromosomes and are genetically different.
In tobacco, if the diploid number of chromosomes is 48, how many chromosomes will be
found in a
pollen grain?
a. 96.
b. 48.
c. 24.
d. 12.