Comprehensive Biochemistry: Nucleic
Acids, Proteins, Lipids, and Metabolic
Pathways Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
A molecule containing nitrogen that acts as a base in chemical
reactions. -
correct answer ✅Nitrogenous bases
Consists of a nitrogenous base and a five-carbon sugar. -
correct answer ✅Nucleoside
A nucleoside with one or more phosphate groups attached to the
sugar. -
correct answer ✅Nucleotide
Made in Hexose monophosphate shunt: PPP. -
correct answer ✅5-carbon sugar necessary for DNA
DNA (deoxyribonucleic) → RNA (ribonucleic acid) → Protein. -
correct answer ✅Central Dogma
Leaves the nucleus and goes into the cytoplasm. -
correct answer ✅mRNA
,Comprehensive Biochemistry: Nucleic
Acids, Proteins, Lipids, and Metabolic
Pathways Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Cytosine (c.), uracil (u), and thymine (t). -
correct answer ✅Pyrimidine
Adenine (a), guanine (g). -
correct answer ✅Purine
Form a base pair. -
correct answer ✅Hydrogen bonds between bases
Forms 2 hydrogen bonds. -
correct answer ✅A-T base pair
Forms 3 hydrogen bonds. -
correct answer ✅G-C base pair
Initiates DNA transcription. -
correct answer ✅Promoter
, Comprehensive Biochemistry: Nucleic
Acids, Proteins, Lipids, and Metabolic
Pathways Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Non-coding sequences removed from pre-mRNA during RNA
splicing. -
correct answer ✅Intron
Coding sequences transcribed into mRNA and translated into
proteins. -
correct answer ✅Exon
Copies DNA to RNA. -
correct answer ✅Transcription
Process by which introns are removed, and exons are joined
together. -
correct answer ✅RNA splicing
Makes protein from mRNA. -
correct answer ✅Translation
Acids, Proteins, Lipids, and Metabolic
Pathways Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
A molecule containing nitrogen that acts as a base in chemical
reactions. -
correct answer ✅Nitrogenous bases
Consists of a nitrogenous base and a five-carbon sugar. -
correct answer ✅Nucleoside
A nucleoside with one or more phosphate groups attached to the
sugar. -
correct answer ✅Nucleotide
Made in Hexose monophosphate shunt: PPP. -
correct answer ✅5-carbon sugar necessary for DNA
DNA (deoxyribonucleic) → RNA (ribonucleic acid) → Protein. -
correct answer ✅Central Dogma
Leaves the nucleus and goes into the cytoplasm. -
correct answer ✅mRNA
,Comprehensive Biochemistry: Nucleic
Acids, Proteins, Lipids, and Metabolic
Pathways Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Cytosine (c.), uracil (u), and thymine (t). -
correct answer ✅Pyrimidine
Adenine (a), guanine (g). -
correct answer ✅Purine
Form a base pair. -
correct answer ✅Hydrogen bonds between bases
Forms 2 hydrogen bonds. -
correct answer ✅A-T base pair
Forms 3 hydrogen bonds. -
correct answer ✅G-C base pair
Initiates DNA transcription. -
correct answer ✅Promoter
, Comprehensive Biochemistry: Nucleic
Acids, Proteins, Lipids, and Metabolic
Pathways Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Non-coding sequences removed from pre-mRNA during RNA
splicing. -
correct answer ✅Intron
Coding sequences transcribed into mRNA and translated into
proteins. -
correct answer ✅Exon
Copies DNA to RNA. -
correct answer ✅Transcription
Process by which introns are removed, and exons are joined
together. -
correct answer ✅RNA splicing
Makes protein from mRNA. -
correct answer ✅Translation
