BioBeyond Exam Questions and Answers (2026) | Verified Answers with In-Depth Rationales | A+ Verified

BioBeyond Exam Questions and Answers (2026)
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• what are some functions of nucleic acids? -✓✓Store information
Speed up reactions
Transport information

• Shown is a diagram of a single-stranded DNA segment, similar to the one you built in
Genetic Blueprints, along with the three components of a single nucleotide. Match the
components to their names and determine the sequence of the complementary strand,
using single letters for the bases. -✓✓base
sugar
phospa

• Complementary sequence from bottom to top (enter letters only - no spaces or
punctuation): -✓✓ATCG

• What holds the two strands together? -✓✓HYDROGEN BONDS

• Where do you think the information is encoded? -✓✓The sequence/order of bases

• Produces free proteins -✓✓Ribosome
E
Yes

• Protects genetic material -✓✓Nucleus
A
No

• Produces proteins to be excreted -✓✓Endoplasmic Reticulum
B
No

• In eukaryotes DNA resides in the nucleus, but proteins are made by ribosomes in the
cytoplasm or by ribosomes in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). How do you think the
information from the DNA (that is needed to make proteins) gets to the ribosomes? -
✓✓The information is copied to another molecule which goes from DNA to ribosome

• Prokaryotes don't have their genetic material stored in a nucleus. How do you think
prokaryotic genetic information gets to the ribosomes? -✓✓The information is copied to
another molecule which goes from DNA to ribosome