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1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS THE CENTRAL DOGMA OF BIOCHEMISTRY PROTEINS-

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Question

1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS THE CENTRAL DOGMA OF BIOCHEMISTRY

PROTEINS-RNA-DNA

RNA-DNA-PROTEINS

DNA-RNA-PROTEINS

NONE OF THE AOVE

2. A STRAND OF DNA IS USED TO MAKE MESSENGER RNA. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED

TRANSLATION

TRANSCRIPTION

INITIATION PHASE

NONE OF THE ABOVE

3. INTRONS ARE

RETAINED

REMOVED

EXPRESSED

NONE OF THE ABOVE

4. EXONS ARE EXPRESSED.

True

False

5. DNA INTERACTS WITH RIBOSOMES DURING PROTEIN SYNTHESIS. .

True

False

6. CODONS CONTAIN 3 NUCLEOSIDES

True

False

7. THE GENETIC CODE CONTAINS 16 DIFFERENT CODONS

True

False

8. DNA CONTAINS URACIL

True

False

9. THE GENETIC CODE CONTAINS HOW MANY STOP CODONS?

0

1

2

3

10. THE GENETIC CODE CONTAINS HOW MANY START CODONS?

1

2

3

4

11. CONSIDERING THE WOBBLE HYPOTHESIS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NUCLEOTIDES CAN BE CHANGED WITHOUT CHANGING THE AMINO ACID CODED FOR?

THE FIRST ONE

THE SECOND ONE

THE THIRD ONE

ANY ONE OF THE THREE

12. TWO HYDROGEN BONDS ARE BETWEEN

A AND T

C AND G

A AND U

BOTH A AND C

13. THERE ARE HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF AMINO ACIDS ?

10

20

12

NONE OF THE ABOVE

14. HOW MANY DIFFERENT TRANSFER RNA MOLECULES ARE THERE?

22

10

20

13

15. SICKLE CELL ANEMIA HAS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AMINO ACID LOCATED AT THE NUMBER 6 POSITION OF THE HEMOGLOBIN S BETA CHAIN?

VALINE

GLUTAMIC ACID

GLYCIBE

NONE OF THE ABOVE

16. RED BLOOD CELLS ASSUME A SICKLED SHAPE WHEN EXPOSED TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS?

HYPEROXIA

HYPOXIA

HYPERCARBIA

INCREASED BLOOD PRESSURE

17. HYDROXYUREA

IS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ANEMIA

INCREASES THE CONCENTRATION OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN

DECREASES IRON LEVELS

NONE OF THE ABOVE

18. SICKLED RED BLOOD CELLS BLOCKS THE FLOW OF BLOOD IN THE ARTERIES.

True

False

19. RED BLOOD CELLS CONTAIN LARGE NUCLEI.

True

False

20. THE GENETIC CODE IS DIFFERENT IN BACTERIA.

True

False

a.

PROTEINS-RNA-DNA

b.

RNA-DNA-PROTEINS

c.

DNA-RNA-PROTEINS

d.

NONE OF THE AOVE

Explanation / Answer

1) The central dogma in biochemistry represents the sequence of events which takes place inside the cells in the production of protein from gene. It provides the basic framework for how genetic information flows. DNA replication occurs to make new DNA from existing DNA. It is followed by the process called transcription in which RNA is formed from DNA. From RNA, new proteins are produced. So the sequence of events are DNA --> RNA ----> proteins. So, the answer for this question is option (c)