Questions with Accurate Answers
1. identify the complementary bases from the following
A. adenine-cytosine
B. adenine-thymine
C. guanine-thymine
D. guanine-adenine
E. cytosine-uracil - ANSWER B. adenine-thymine
2. the conclusion that G and C are present in DNA in equimolar amounts is
credited to ______
A. james watson
B. francis crick
C. erwin chargaff
D. both A and B
E. none of the above - ANSWER C. erwin chargaff
3. in RNA, guanine always pairs with ______
A. thymine
B. guanine
C. cytosine
D. uracil
E. both A and B - ANSWER C. cytosine
4. DNA is built from which of the following?
A. nucleosides
B. genes
C. purines
D. nucleotide
E. codons - ANSWER D. nucleotide
, 5. the Z-form helix of DNA is stabilized mainly by_____
A. ionic bonds
B. covalent bonds
C. hydrogen bonds
D. ion-dipole bonds
E. hydrogen covalent bonds - ANSWER C. hydrogen bonds
6. which of the following pentose sugars is a constituent of mRNA?
A. ribose
B. xylose
C. ribitol
D. 2-deoxyribose
E. arabinose - ANSWER A. ribose
7. Purines have ____ ring(s), (each) containing _____ nitrogen(s), whereas
pyrimidines have _____ ring(s), (each) containing _____ nitrogens.
A. 1; 1; 1; 1
B. 1; 2; 1; 2
C. 2; 1; 1; 2
D. 2; 2; 1; 1
E. 2; 2; 1; 2 - ANSWER E. 2; 2; 1; 2
8. how many hydrogen bonds are made between T and its complementary
nucleotide?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6 - ANSWER A. 2