BIO 2990: MODULE 2 MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY PT 1 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
How do nucleotides connect to adjacent nucleotides in the structure of
DNA? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Via a covalent bond between the 3' hydroxyl of one
nucleotide and the 5' phosphate of the other
which of the following best differentiates DNA and RNA? Select all that
apply. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔RNA contains the base uracil in place of thymine,
which is in DNA & RNA is single-stranded and DNA is double stranded
For the initiation of transcription in bacteria, RNA polymerase binds to what
region on the gene? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔promoter
What is a codon? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Three bases on the mRNA that is read
by the ribosome in the 5' to 3' direction
Wha would you use to measure the optical density of a bacterial culture? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a spectrophotometer
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, Medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology innovations belong to the
grouping sometimes referred to as? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔red biotechnology
Which of these is another term for the Sanger method of DNA sequencing?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dideoxy sequencing
The sequencing method which uses detection of pyrophosphate liberated
when nucleotides are added to a growing DNA chain is called: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔pyrosequencing
In pyrosequencing, which enzyme generate the light dictated by the CCD
device? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔luciferase
which is the major component of the cell wall of microbes in he bacteria
domain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔peptidoglycan
which is the term for the uptake of extracellular DNA into a bacterial cell? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔transformation
where does transcription happen in eukaryotes? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔nucleus
where does translation happen in eukaryotes? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cytoplasm
In prokaryotes, where and transcriptions and translation happen in? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔the cytoplasm
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BIOLOGY PT 1 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
How do nucleotides connect to adjacent nucleotides in the structure of
DNA? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Via a covalent bond between the 3' hydroxyl of one
nucleotide and the 5' phosphate of the other
which of the following best differentiates DNA and RNA? Select all that
apply. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔RNA contains the base uracil in place of thymine,
which is in DNA & RNA is single-stranded and DNA is double stranded
For the initiation of transcription in bacteria, RNA polymerase binds to what
region on the gene? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔promoter
What is a codon? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Three bases on the mRNA that is read
by the ribosome in the 5' to 3' direction
Wha would you use to measure the optical density of a bacterial culture? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a spectrophotometer
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, Medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology innovations belong to the
grouping sometimes referred to as? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔red biotechnology
Which of these is another term for the Sanger method of DNA sequencing?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dideoxy sequencing
The sequencing method which uses detection of pyrophosphate liberated
when nucleotides are added to a growing DNA chain is called: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔pyrosequencing
In pyrosequencing, which enzyme generate the light dictated by the CCD
device? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔luciferase
which is the major component of the cell wall of microbes in he bacteria
domain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔peptidoglycan
which is the term for the uptake of extracellular DNA into a bacterial cell? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔transformation
where does transcription happen in eukaryotes? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔nucleus
where does translation happen in eukaryotes? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cytoplasm
In prokaryotes, where and transcriptions and translation happen in? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔the cytoplasm
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