Practice Quiz for General Genetics
Chapter 13 - Transcription
Chapter 14 - RNA Molecules and RNA Processing

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1. The Pribnow Box is a

A. attenuator

B. enhancer

C. promoter

D. operator

2. Which of the following do not occur during post-transcriptional processing of RNA in eukaryotes?

A. the splicing of introns

B. addition of a poly-A at the 3' end

C. removal of introns

D. addition of a 7-methyl guanosine cap at the 5' end

3. In transcription, RNA polymerase binds at

A. a promoter

B. an operator

C. the oriC locus

D. an enhancer

4. The Central Dogma in genetics describes

A. the pattern of information flow in the cell

B. the pattern of chromosomal inheritance in populations

C. the role of mutations in disease

D. the role of promoters

5. Which of the following sequences of DNA could code for a stem-loop structure (only the template strand is shown)?

A. 3'--G-G-C-C-C-T-T-G-G-A-A-A-A-C-C-A-A-G-G-G-C-C--5'

B. 3'--G-G-C-C-C-T-T-G-G-A-A-A-A-G-G-T-T-C-C-C-G-G--5'

C. 3'--G-G-C-C-C-T-T-G-G-T-T-T-T-G-G-C-C-C-T-T-G-G--5'

D. none of the above

6. Removal of introns from RNA is by

A. primosomes

B. peptidases

C. galactosidases

D. spliceosomes

7. Which of the following represents the units for measuring the rate of sedimentation of a molecule/organelle in a sucrose gradient?

A. molecular weight

B. Svedberg units

C. map units

D. Daltons

8. During transcription, which strand is not read by the RNA polymerase?

A. coding strand

B. noncoding strand

C. template strand

D. terminator strand

9. The function of the rho protein is

A. to help terminate translation

B. to help RNA polymerase bind to the DNA

C. to help RNA polymerase find a promoter

D. to help terminate transcription

10. The unusual bases found in transfer RNAs

A. are added during transcription

B. are normal bases that have been modified after transcription

C. help the tRNAs to bind to DNA

D. ensure that the tRNA stays linear in solution

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