Fundamentals of Biochemistry Life at
the Molecular Level 4th edition by
Voet- Test Bank
Sample Test
Chapter 3: Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids, and Genetic Information
Matching
A) diploid
B) phosphodiester
C) probe
D) pyrimidine
, E) introns
F) cloning
G) transformed
H) exons
I) ampicillin
J) autoradiography
K) chain-terminator
L) purine
M) ester
1. Cytosine, uracil, and thymine are derivatives of .
Ans: D
Section 3.1
Difficulty:
Easy
Learning Objective: Nucleotides
2. Nucleic acids are composed of nucleotides that are linked by linkages.
Ans: B
Section
,3.2.A
, Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Introduction to Nucleic Acid Structure
3. Organisms composed of cells with two sets of chromosomes are called
organisms.
Ans: A
Section
3.3.A
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Overview of Nucleic Acid Function
4. Eukaryotic genes often contain regions that are transcribed and later excised from
the RNA, called .
Ans: E
Section
3.5.D
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Overview of Nucleic Acid Function
5. Experiments by Avery and colleagues proved that DNA was the substance that a
non- pathogenic pneumococcus strain into a virulent strain.
Ans: G
Section
3.3.A
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Overview of Nucleic Acid Function
6. The method that Sanger developed for DNA sequencing using dideoxy nucleotides is
called the method.
Ans: K
Section 3.4.C
the Molecular Level 4th edition by
Voet- Test Bank
Sample Test
Chapter 3: Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids, and Genetic Information
Matching
A) diploid
B) phosphodiester
C) probe
D) pyrimidine
, E) introns
F) cloning
G) transformed
H) exons
I) ampicillin
J) autoradiography
K) chain-terminator
L) purine
M) ester
1. Cytosine, uracil, and thymine are derivatives of .
Ans: D
Section 3.1
Difficulty:
Easy
Learning Objective: Nucleotides
2. Nucleic acids are composed of nucleotides that are linked by linkages.
Ans: B
Section
,3.2.A
, Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Introduction to Nucleic Acid Structure
3. Organisms composed of cells with two sets of chromosomes are called
organisms.
Ans: A
Section
3.3.A
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Overview of Nucleic Acid Function
4. Eukaryotic genes often contain regions that are transcribed and later excised from
the RNA, called .
Ans: E
Section
3.5.D
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Overview of Nucleic Acid Function
5. Experiments by Avery and colleagues proved that DNA was the substance that a
non- pathogenic pneumococcus strain into a virulent strain.
Ans: G
Section
3.3.A
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Overview of Nucleic Acid Function
6. The method that Sanger developed for DNA sequencing using dideoxy nucleotides is
called the method.
Ans: K
Section 3.4.C
