Unit Test — Unit test Answers

Maria is concerned because she has been exposed to a small amount of radiation during an X-ray. What is her doctor most likely to tell her?

Which of these is the primary site of protein synthesis?

Which best matches a type of genetic material with its description?

Which best summarizes the process of protein synthesis?

Which describes something that occurs during translation?

Which is an arrangement of genes consisting of an operator, a promoter, and a repressor?

Many different types of mutations can occur within the body. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that is caused by different mutations within the CFTR gene. One mutation in the CFTR gene that leads to cystic fibrosis causes translation to end earlier in the gene sequence. Which type of mutation causes this translation error that leads to cystic fibrosis?

Which of the following correctly organizes these genetic terms in order from smallest to largest?

What was Friedrich Miescher's contribution to the discovery of the genetic code?

How many genes make up the human genome?

What must occur for protein translation to begin?

James is working with the lac operon of Escherichia coli (E. coli). He places the bacteria on a plate of growth media. Based on the current understanding of this operon, which hypothesis would be useful for James to test?

A forensic scientist is trying to find out the number of adenine bases in the DNA sample that he obtained from a crime scene.What can he assume about the number of adenine?

Which represents a strand of RNA bases?

What can a person do to limit exposure to X-rays?

Which is a frameshift mutation?

Why can uracil be used as a “clue” to identify RNA in a strand?

Which base is found only in RNA?

Which of the following could be a nucleotide of RNA?

A single strand of DNA helix has the code ATAGGC. Which would be the complementary code on the other strand of the helix?