GMS 5057 - MEDICAL CELL BIOLOGY -
TEST 1 {LATEST 2026 -2027 update}
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Definition of templated polymerization . - correct answer DNA is split apart and each
strand is used as a template when being replicated or during transcription.
What are regulatory DNA . - correct answer They are genes that control when, where,
and how much genes are expressed
Multicellular eukaryotic organisms that sexually reproduce arise from . - correct
answer single cell (zygote)
Cell function . - correct answer interpret hereditary DNA and express information to
coordinate synthesis of molecules that assemble into complex structures that form
more cells.
,Monomers of DNA and RNA . - correct answer Nucleotide
Components of a nucleotide . - correct answer sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous base
The backbone of a nucleotide has what types of chemical bonds . - correct answer
covalent
The nucleotide bases interact with eachother via what types of bonds . - correct
answer Hydrogen
Central Dogma of Molecular Biology . - correct answer - DNA -> RNA -> Protein
- Genes in DNA and hereditary information is expressed.
,What are enzymes . - correct answer proteins with catalytic sites that catalyze
specific chemical reactions
Enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis of polysaccharides in bacterial cell walls . - correct
answer Lysozyme
Main currency for energy in cells . - correct answer ATP
What structural part of the phospholipid bilayer prevents the passive diffusion of
hydrophilic substances . - correct answer hydrophobic core
Amphipathic . - correct answer having both a hydrophilic region and a hydrophobic
region
, Liposome . - correct answer Phospholipid bilayer that forms an aqueous
compartment as a result of phospholipids being submerged into water.
What are the two groups of prokaryotes . - correct answer Bacteria and Archaea
What are the three branches of the tree of life . - correct answer Bacteria, Archaea,
Eukarya
Sequence conservation in rrna genes among various species including human suggest
what? . - correct answer life originated from an ancestral cell.
What are three ways that new genes can arise . - correct answer Intragenic mutation
Gene duplication
DNA segment shuffling
TEST 1 {LATEST 2026 -2027 update}
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Definition of templated polymerization . - correct answer DNA is split apart and each
strand is used as a template when being replicated or during transcription.
What are regulatory DNA . - correct answer They are genes that control when, where,
and how much genes are expressed
Multicellular eukaryotic organisms that sexually reproduce arise from . - correct
answer single cell (zygote)
Cell function . - correct answer interpret hereditary DNA and express information to
coordinate synthesis of molecules that assemble into complex structures that form
more cells.
,Monomers of DNA and RNA . - correct answer Nucleotide
Components of a nucleotide . - correct answer sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous base
The backbone of a nucleotide has what types of chemical bonds . - correct answer
covalent
The nucleotide bases interact with eachother via what types of bonds . - correct
answer Hydrogen
Central Dogma of Molecular Biology . - correct answer - DNA -> RNA -> Protein
- Genes in DNA and hereditary information is expressed.
,What are enzymes . - correct answer proteins with catalytic sites that catalyze
specific chemical reactions
Enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis of polysaccharides in bacterial cell walls . - correct
answer Lysozyme
Main currency for energy in cells . - correct answer ATP
What structural part of the phospholipid bilayer prevents the passive diffusion of
hydrophilic substances . - correct answer hydrophobic core
Amphipathic . - correct answer having both a hydrophilic region and a hydrophobic
region
, Liposome . - correct answer Phospholipid bilayer that forms an aqueous
compartment as a result of phospholipids being submerged into water.
What are the two groups of prokaryotes . - correct answer Bacteria and Archaea
What are the three branches of the tree of life . - correct answer Bacteria, Archaea,
Eukarya
Sequence conservation in rrna genes among various species including human suggest
what? . - correct answer life originated from an ancestral cell.
What are three ways that new genes can arise . - correct answer Intragenic mutation
Gene duplication
DNA segment shuffling
