BIO 190 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
1.aWhichaspecificamoleculeaisaresponsibleaforabacterialatransformation?a-aans--
2.aHowamanyadifferentanucleotide'sadoesaDNAahave?a-aans--4
Thymine,aCytosine,aAdenine,aoraGuanine.
3.aHowamanyadifferentaaminoaacidsadoesaproteinahave?a-aans--20
1.aalaninea-aalaa-aAa
2.aargininea-aarga-aR
3.aasparaginea-aasna-aNa
4.aasparticaacida-aaspa-aDa
5.acysteinea-acysa-aCa
6.aglutaminea-aglna-aQa
7.aglutamicaacida-aglua-aE
8.aglycinea-aglya-aGa
9.ahistidinea-ahisa-aHa
10.aisoleucinea-ailea-aIa
11.aleucinea-aleua-aL
12.alysinea-alysa-aKa
13.amethioninea-ameta-aMa
14.aphenylalaninea-aphea-aFa
15.aprolinea-aproa-aPa
16.aserinea-asera-aSa
17.athreoninea-athra-aTa
18.atryptophana-atrpa-aWa
19.atyrosinea-atyra-aYa
20.avalinea-avala-aV
4.aWhichaisamoreacomplicatedaDNAaoraProtein?aWhy?a-aans--Proteina
acomplexabecauseatheyahaveatoabeaableatoacompleteaveryaspecificatasks
5.aWhoaisaLinusaPauling?a-aans--
theafounderaofamolecularabiologyadueatoahisadiscoveryaofatheaspiralastructureaofaproteinsa(
Taton,a1964).aPauling'sadiscoveriesacontributedatoaWatsonaandaCrick'sabreakthroughaofat
heaDNAadoubleahelix
6.aWhataProvidesainsightaintoahereditaryaroleaofaDNA?a-aans--
Phages,aviruses,ainfectingabacteria
, 7.aWhataisatheaBlenderaexperiment?aWhoawasabehindait?a-aans--
concludedathataDNA,anotaprotein,awasatheageneticamaterial.aTheyadeterminedathataaaprote
ctiveaproteinacoatawasaformedaaroundatheabacteriophage,abutathatatheainternalaDNAaisawh
ataconferredaitsaabilityatoaproduceaprogenyainsideaaabacterium.
-HersheyaandaChase
8.aWhataareatheatwoaculturesaofaphages?a-aans--1)a35Sa(proteinaspecific)
2)a32Pa(DNAaspecific)
9.aWhataareathealabeledaelementsainsideabacteria?a-aans--
10.aWhatakindaofanucleotideaisaDNA?a-aans--polynucleotide
11.aWhatacomponentsamakeaupatheanucleotideaforaDNA?a-aans--
Pentoseasugara+aphosphate+anitrogenousabase
12.aWhataisaChargaff'sarule?a-aans--
ThearuleathatainaDNAathereaisaalwaysaequalityainaquantityabetweenatheabasesaAaandaTaand
abetweenatheabasesaGaandaC.a(Aaisaadenine,aTaisathymine,aGaisaguanine,aandaCaisacytosin
e.)
13.aWhyaisaitasoaimportantatoaunderstandathea3-
daconfigurationaofaandaorganicamolecule?a-aans--
14.aWhoawasaRosalindaFranklin?a-aans--Theadoubleahelixaidea
15.aWatsonaandaCrickadidawhataandaareawho?a-aans--1953aNatureapublication
Complementaryabaseapairing
16.aPurinesaareawhat?a-aans--AdenineaandaGuanine
17.aPyrimidinesaareawhat?a-aans--ThymineaandaCytosine
18.aWhataisaBiotechnology?a-aans--
manipulationaofaorganismsatoaperformapracticalatasksaoraprovideausefulaproducts
19.aWhataisaDNAatechnologyaandawhataisaitausedafor?a-aans--
Methodsatoastudyaandamanipulateageneticamaterial
-arecombinataDNA
-aGeneatherapya
-apharmacology
-aenvironmentalacleanaups
-aAgriculture
20.aHowadoayouabuildaRecombinataDNA?a-aans--
1.aidentifyadonorageneaofainterestabyausingacrosses
CORRECT ANSWERS
1.aWhichaspecificamoleculeaisaresponsibleaforabacterialatransformation?a-aans--
2.aHowamanyadifferentanucleotide'sadoesaDNAahave?a-aans--4
Thymine,aCytosine,aAdenine,aoraGuanine.
3.aHowamanyadifferentaaminoaacidsadoesaproteinahave?a-aans--20
1.aalaninea-aalaa-aAa
2.aargininea-aarga-aR
3.aasparaginea-aasna-aNa
4.aasparticaacida-aaspa-aDa
5.acysteinea-acysa-aCa
6.aglutaminea-aglna-aQa
7.aglutamicaacida-aglua-aE
8.aglycinea-aglya-aGa
9.ahistidinea-ahisa-aHa
10.aisoleucinea-ailea-aIa
11.aleucinea-aleua-aL
12.alysinea-alysa-aKa
13.amethioninea-ameta-aMa
14.aphenylalaninea-aphea-aFa
15.aprolinea-aproa-aPa
16.aserinea-asera-aSa
17.athreoninea-athra-aTa
18.atryptophana-atrpa-aWa
19.atyrosinea-atyra-aYa
20.avalinea-avala-aV
4.aWhichaisamoreacomplicatedaDNAaoraProtein?aWhy?a-aans--Proteina
acomplexabecauseatheyahaveatoabeaableatoacompleteaveryaspecificatasks
5.aWhoaisaLinusaPauling?a-aans--
theafounderaofamolecularabiologyadueatoahisadiscoveryaofatheaspiralastructureaofaproteinsa(
Taton,a1964).aPauling'sadiscoveriesacontributedatoaWatsonaandaCrick'sabreakthroughaofat
heaDNAadoubleahelix
6.aWhataProvidesainsightaintoahereditaryaroleaofaDNA?a-aans--
Phages,aviruses,ainfectingabacteria
, 7.aWhataisatheaBlenderaexperiment?aWhoawasabehindait?a-aans--
concludedathataDNA,anotaprotein,awasatheageneticamaterial.aTheyadeterminedathataaaprote
ctiveaproteinacoatawasaformedaaroundatheabacteriophage,abutathatatheainternalaDNAaisawh
ataconferredaitsaabilityatoaproduceaprogenyainsideaaabacterium.
-HersheyaandaChase
8.aWhataareatheatwoaculturesaofaphages?a-aans--1)a35Sa(proteinaspecific)
2)a32Pa(DNAaspecific)
9.aWhataareathealabeledaelementsainsideabacteria?a-aans--
10.aWhatakindaofanucleotideaisaDNA?a-aans--polynucleotide
11.aWhatacomponentsamakeaupatheanucleotideaforaDNA?a-aans--
Pentoseasugara+aphosphate+anitrogenousabase
12.aWhataisaChargaff'sarule?a-aans--
ThearuleathatainaDNAathereaisaalwaysaequalityainaquantityabetweenatheabasesaAaandaTaand
abetweenatheabasesaGaandaC.a(Aaisaadenine,aTaisathymine,aGaisaguanine,aandaCaisacytosin
e.)
13.aWhyaisaitasoaimportantatoaunderstandathea3-
daconfigurationaofaandaorganicamolecule?a-aans--
14.aWhoawasaRosalindaFranklin?a-aans--Theadoubleahelixaidea
15.aWatsonaandaCrickadidawhataandaareawho?a-aans--1953aNatureapublication
Complementaryabaseapairing
16.aPurinesaareawhat?a-aans--AdenineaandaGuanine
17.aPyrimidinesaareawhat?a-aans--ThymineaandaCytosine
18.aWhataisaBiotechnology?a-aans--
manipulationaofaorganismsatoaperformapracticalatasksaoraprovideausefulaproducts
19.aWhataisaDNAatechnologyaandawhataisaitausedafor?a-aans--
Methodsatoastudyaandamanipulateageneticamaterial
-arecombinataDNA
-aGeneatherapya
-apharmacology
-aenvironmentalacleanaups
-aAgriculture
20.aHowadoayouabuildaRecombinataDNA?a-aans--
1.aidentifyadonorageneaofainterestabyausingacrosses
