BIOS 1700 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026 UPDATED.
Myosin is a motor protein found attached to - Answer microfilaments
It is a general assumption that identical twins share exactly the same DNA because they arise
from the same fertilized egg. However, SNP studies show that they are only about 99% identical.
Where might the 1% difference have come from? - Answer Mutations arise in somatic cells.
Which of the following stages of respiration does not take place within the mitochondria? -
Answer glycolysis
What function do antenna chlorophyll molecules perform? - Answer Transfer light energy to
other antenna chlorophyll molecules
What is the best characterization of the minus end of a dynamic filament? - Answer it is slow
growing
Kinesin is a motor protein found attached to - Answer microtubules
The process of cell division in a prokaryotic cell is called - Answer binary fission
The dermis is an example of what type of tissue - Answer connective
During which stage of mitosis do sister chromatids separate - Answer anaphase
Cytokinesis of animal cells relies on __ while in plant cells it requires __ - Answer
microfilaments: microtubules
The enzyme responsible for joining Okazaki fragments together during DNA replication is? -
Answer DNA ligase
The lagging strand is the daughter strand that has its __ end closer to the replication fork and is
therefore synthesized __ - Answer 5'; in a series of segments
, Sickle cell anemia is caused by what type of mutation that exists in the S allele of b-globin -
Answer missense
How to find map distance - Answer (recombinant number)/(total progeny)
The failure of a pair of chromosomes to separate during anaphase is referred to as - Answer
non-disjunction
Which of the following enzymes is responsible for initiating the proofreading repair mechanism
- Answer DNA polymerase
A cell that is no actively dividing is in what phase of the cell cycle - Answer G0
__ moves outward from the origin of replication and breaks hydrogen bonds between DNA
nucleotides - Answer Helicase
You are examining a pedigree of your own family. If you are thinking of yourself as the F2
generation, what would your parents generation be - Answer F1
Inheritance due to a rare X-linked dominant mutation can be distinguished from inheritance due
to a rare autosomal dominant mutation because, in the X-linked case - Answer affected
fathers do not have affected sons
What is the order that tRNA enters the binding sites in the large ribosomal unit - Answer APE
Okazaki fragments are found on the __ strand of DNA - Answer lagging
__ mutations are important to the evolutionary process ; most cancers result from __ mutations
- Answer germ-lime; somatic
A quantitative trait is by definition one that - Answer is expressed to a measured amount
rather than being all or nothing
In general, when cytosine bases in a CpG islands are methylated, - Answer transcription is
repressed
which of the following mutations would most likely have the most severe consequence - Answer
frameshift
AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026 UPDATED.
Myosin is a motor protein found attached to - Answer microfilaments
It is a general assumption that identical twins share exactly the same DNA because they arise
from the same fertilized egg. However, SNP studies show that they are only about 99% identical.
Where might the 1% difference have come from? - Answer Mutations arise in somatic cells.
Which of the following stages of respiration does not take place within the mitochondria? -
Answer glycolysis
What function do antenna chlorophyll molecules perform? - Answer Transfer light energy to
other antenna chlorophyll molecules
What is the best characterization of the minus end of a dynamic filament? - Answer it is slow
growing
Kinesin is a motor protein found attached to - Answer microtubules
The process of cell division in a prokaryotic cell is called - Answer binary fission
The dermis is an example of what type of tissue - Answer connective
During which stage of mitosis do sister chromatids separate - Answer anaphase
Cytokinesis of animal cells relies on __ while in plant cells it requires __ - Answer
microfilaments: microtubules
The enzyme responsible for joining Okazaki fragments together during DNA replication is? -
Answer DNA ligase
The lagging strand is the daughter strand that has its __ end closer to the replication fork and is
therefore synthesized __ - Answer 5'; in a series of segments
, Sickle cell anemia is caused by what type of mutation that exists in the S allele of b-globin -
Answer missense
How to find map distance - Answer (recombinant number)/(total progeny)
The failure of a pair of chromosomes to separate during anaphase is referred to as - Answer
non-disjunction
Which of the following enzymes is responsible for initiating the proofreading repair mechanism
- Answer DNA polymerase
A cell that is no actively dividing is in what phase of the cell cycle - Answer G0
__ moves outward from the origin of replication and breaks hydrogen bonds between DNA
nucleotides - Answer Helicase
You are examining a pedigree of your own family. If you are thinking of yourself as the F2
generation, what would your parents generation be - Answer F1
Inheritance due to a rare X-linked dominant mutation can be distinguished from inheritance due
to a rare autosomal dominant mutation because, in the X-linked case - Answer affected
fathers do not have affected sons
What is the order that tRNA enters the binding sites in the large ribosomal unit - Answer APE
Okazaki fragments are found on the __ strand of DNA - Answer lagging
__ mutations are important to the evolutionary process ; most cancers result from __ mutations
- Answer germ-lime; somatic
A quantitative trait is by definition one that - Answer is expressed to a measured amount
rather than being all or nothing
In general, when cytosine bases in a CpG islands are methylated, - Answer transcription is
repressed
which of the following mutations would most likely have the most severe consequence - Answer
frameshift
