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Chapterg02:gGenesgandgGeneticgDiseases
Huether:gUnderstandinggPathophysiology,g7thgEdition
MULTIPLEgCHOICE
1. AgnursegrecallsgthegbasicgcomponentsgofgDNAgare:
a. pentosegsugarsgandgfourgphosphategbases.
b. agphosphategmolecule,gdeoxyribose,gandgfourgnitrogenousgbases.
c. adenine,gguanine,gandgpurine.
d. codons,goxygen,gandgcytosine.
ANS:gB
ThegthreegbasicgcomponentsgofgDNAgaregdeoxyribose;gagphosphategmolecule;gandgfourgtype
sgofgnitrogenous,gnotgphosphate,gbases.gDNAgdoesgnotgcontaingcondone.
2. Whichgofgthegfollowinggmutationsghavegthegmostgsignificantgeffectgongproteingsynthesis?ga.
Basegpairgsubstitutions
b. Silentgmutations
c. Introngmutations
d. Frameshiftgmutations
ANS:gD
Thegframeshiftgmutationginvolvesgtheginsertiongorgdeletiongofgonegorgmoregbasegpairsgofgtheg
DNAgmolecule.gThisggreatlygaltersgthegaminogacidgsequence,gwhichgaffectsgproteingsynthesis
.gThegbasegpairgsubstitutiongisgagtypegofgmutationgingwhichgonegbasegpairgreplacesganother.
Silentgmutationsgdognotgchangegaminogacidsgorgproteingsynthesis.gIntrongmutationsgaregpartg
ofgRNA
sequencing. N
3. ThegbasegcomponentsgofgDNAgare:
a. A,gG,gC,gandgU.
b. P,gG,gC,gandgT.
c. A,gG,gC,gandgT.
d. X,gXX,gXY,gandgYY.
ANS:gC
ThegfourgbasegcomponentsgofgDNAgaregcytosine,gthymine,gadenine,gandgguanine,gandgaregco
mmonlygrepresentedgbygtheirgfirstglettersg(A,gC,gT,gandgG)gandgnotgcomponentsgidentifiedgasg
PgorgU.gX,gXX,gXY,gandgYYgaregcomponentsgofghumangchromosomes.
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4. AgDNAgstrandghasgagregiongwithgthegsequencegATCGGAT.gWhichgofgthegfollowinggwouldgbe
a complementarygstrand?
g g
a. CGATACGT
b. TAGCCTAG
c. TUGCCTUG
d. UAGCCUAG
ANS:gB
Thegconsistentgpairinggofgadeninegwithgthyminegandgofgguaninegwithgcytosinegisgknowngasgc
omplementarygbasegpairing;gthus,gAgcomplementsgtogTgandgCgtogGgandgvicegversagthrougho
utgthegstrand.gAgcomplementsgtogT;gthus,gthegfirstglettergmustgbegagT.gUgdoesgnotgrepresentga
gcomplementgingthegsequence.
5. AgbiologistgisgexplainingghowgRNAgdirectsgthegsynthesisgofgprotein.gWhichgprocessgisgth
egbiologistgdescribing?
a. Termination
b. Transcription
c. Translocation
d. Translation
ANS:gD
Ingtranslation,gRNAgdirectsgthegsynthesisgofgagpolypeptide,ginteractinggwithgtransfergRNAg(t
RNA),gagcloverleaf-
shapedgstrandgofgaboutg80gnucleotides.gTerminationgdoesgnotginvolvegsynthesisgofgprotein.gT
ranscriptiongisgthegprocessgbygwhichgDNAgspecifiesgagsequencegofgmessengergRNAg(mRN
A).gTranslocationgisgtheginterchangegofggeneticgmaterialgbetweengnonhomologousgchromoso
mes.
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6. Whatgisgthegresultgofghomologousgchromosomesgfailinggtogseparategduringgmeiosis?ga.
Neurofibromatosis
b. Nondisjunction
c. Polyploidy
d. Conjoinedgtwins
ANS:gB
Nondisjunctiongisgangerrorgingwhichghomologousgchromosomesgorgsistergchromatidsgfailgtog
separategnormallygduringgmeiosNisgorgmitosis.gNeurofibromatosisgisgnotgduegtogchromosom
egfailuregduringgmeiosis.gPolyploidygoccursgwhengageuploidgcellghasgmoregthangthegdiploidg
numbergofgchromosomes.gConjoinedgtwinsgaregnotgduegtogchromosomegfailuregduringgmeiosi
s.
7. Agcellgthatgdoesgnotgcontaingagmultiplegofg23gchromosomesgisgcalledgag cell.ga.
diploid
b. euploid
c. polyploid
d. haploid
ANS:gC
Agpolyploidgcellgisgonegingwhichgageuploidgcellghasgmoregthang23gpairsgofgchromosomes.gAg
diploidgcellgisgwhengthegsomaticgcellgnucleusghasg46gchromosomesging23gpairs.gAgeuploidgce
llgisgagcellgwithgmultiplesgofgthegnormalgnumbergofgchromosomes.gAghaploidgcellghasgonlygo
negmembergofgeachgchromosomegpair,gforgagtotalgofg23gchromosomes.
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Chapterg02:gGenesgandgGeneticgDiseases
Huether:gUnderstandinggPathophysiology,g7thgEdition
MULTIPLEgCHOICE
1. AgnursegrecallsgthegbasicgcomponentsgofgDNAgare:
a. pentosegsugarsgandgfourgphosphategbases.
b. agphosphategmolecule,gdeoxyribose,gandgfourgnitrogenousgbases.
c. adenine,gguanine,gandgpurine.
d. codons,goxygen,gandgcytosine.
ANS:gB
ThegthreegbasicgcomponentsgofgDNAgaregdeoxyribose;gagphosphategmolecule;gandgfourgtype
sgofgnitrogenous,gnotgphosphate,gbases.gDNAgdoesgnotgcontaingcondone.
2. Whichgofgthegfollowinggmutationsghavegthegmostgsignificantgeffectgongproteingsynthesis?ga.
Basegpairgsubstitutions
b. Silentgmutations
c. Introngmutations
d. Frameshiftgmutations
ANS:gD
Thegframeshiftgmutationginvolvesgtheginsertiongorgdeletiongofgonegorgmoregbasegpairsgofgtheg
DNAgmolecule.gThisggreatlygaltersgthegaminogacidgsequence,gwhichgaffectsgproteingsynthesis
.gThegbasegpairgsubstitutiongisgagtypegofgmutationgingwhichgonegbasegpairgreplacesganother.
Silentgmutationsgdognotgchangegaminogacidsgorgproteingsynthesis.gIntrongmutationsgaregpartg
ofgRNA
sequencing. N
3. ThegbasegcomponentsgofgDNAgare:
a. A,gG,gC,gandgU.
b. P,gG,gC,gandgT.
c. A,gG,gC,gandgT.
d. X,gXX,gXY,gandgYY.
ANS:gC
ThegfourgbasegcomponentsgofgDNAgaregcytosine,gthymine,gadenine,gandgguanine,gandgaregco
mmonlygrepresentedgbygtheirgfirstglettersg(A,gC,gT,gandgG)gandgnotgcomponentsgidentifiedgasg
PgorgU.gX,gXX,gXY,gandgYYgaregcomponentsgofghumangchromosomes.
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4. AgDNAgstrandghasgagregiongwithgthegsequencegATCGGAT.gWhichgofgthegfollowinggwouldgbe
a complementarygstrand?
g g
a. CGATACGT
b. TAGCCTAG
c. TUGCCTUG
d. UAGCCUAG
ANS:gB
Thegconsistentgpairinggofgadeninegwithgthyminegandgofgguaninegwithgcytosinegisgknowngasgc
omplementarygbasegpairing;gthus,gAgcomplementsgtogTgandgCgtogGgandgvicegversagthrougho
utgthegstrand.gAgcomplementsgtogT;gthus,gthegfirstglettergmustgbegagT.gUgdoesgnotgrepresentga
gcomplementgingthegsequence.
5. AgbiologistgisgexplainingghowgRNAgdirectsgthegsynthesisgofgprotein.gWhichgprocessgisgth
egbiologistgdescribing?
a. Termination
b. Transcription
c. Translocation
d. Translation
ANS:gD
Ingtranslation,gRNAgdirectsgthegsynthesisgofgagpolypeptide,ginteractinggwithgtransfergRNAg(t
RNA),gagcloverleaf-
shapedgstrandgofgaboutg80gnucleotides.gTerminationgdoesgnotginvolvegsynthesisgofgprotein.gT
ranscriptiongisgthegprocessgbygwhichgDNAgspecifiesgagsequencegofgmessengergRNAg(mRN
A).gTranslocationgisgtheginterchangegofggeneticgmaterialgbetweengnonhomologousgchromoso
mes.
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6. Whatgisgthegresultgofghomologousgchromosomesgfailinggtogseparategduringgmeiosis?ga.
Neurofibromatosis
b. Nondisjunction
c. Polyploidy
d. Conjoinedgtwins
ANS:gB
Nondisjunctiongisgangerrorgingwhichghomologousgchromosomesgorgsistergchromatidsgfailgtog
separategnormallygduringgmeiosNisgorgmitosis.gNeurofibromatosisgisgnotgduegtogchromosom
egfailuregduringgmeiosis.gPolyploidygoccursgwhengageuploidgcellghasgmoregthangthegdiploidg
numbergofgchromosomes.gConjoinedgtwinsgaregnotgduegtogchromosomegfailuregduringgmeiosi
s.
7. Agcellgthatgdoesgnotgcontaingagmultiplegofg23gchromosomesgisgcalledgag cell.ga.
diploid
b. euploid
c. polyploid
d. haploid
ANS:gC
Agpolyploidgcellgisgonegingwhichgageuploidgcellghasgmoregthang23gpairsgofgchromosomes.gAg
diploidgcellgisgwhengthegsomaticgcellgnucleusghasg46gchromosomesging23gpairs.gAgeuploidgce
llgisgagcellgwithgmultiplesgofgthegnormalgnumbergofgchromosomes.gAghaploidgcellghasgonlygo
negmembergofgeachgchromosomegpair,gforgagtotalgofg23gchromosomes.