Molecular Diagnostics 1st Edition Flaws TEST BANK

Molecular Diagnostics 1st Edition Flaws TEST BANK

Test Bank for Molecular Diagnostics Fundamentals Methods and Clinical Applications 1st Edition By Maribeth L. Flaws, Lela Buckingham, ISBN: 0803616597, ISBN: 9780803616592

1. Which of the following enzymes will untangle DNA?
A) Polymerase
B) Helicase
C) Kinase
D) Phosphatase

2. Which DNA sequence is homologous to 5GATTCTCAAAGGACT3?
A) 5GATTCTCAAAGGACT3
B) 3GATTCTCAAAGGACT5
C) 3CTAAGAGTTTCCTGA5
D) 5CTAAGAGTTTCCTGA3

3. Restriction endonucleases are enzymes that are produced by bacteria and __________
A) degrade viral proteins
B) degrade DNA
C) have no laboratory applications
D) degrade lipids

4. In a DNA molecule, the 5 end contains a free ___________
A) phosphate group
B) hydroxyl group
C) amino group
D) carboxyl group

5. The term used to describe the arrangement of the individual strands in the double-stranded DNA molecule is:
A) parallel
B) antiparallel
C) tangential
D) none of the above

6. One DNA strand binds to the other strand through:
A) peptide bonds
B) disulfide bonds
C) hydrogen bonds
D) phosphodiester bonds

7. DNA replication is:
A) conservative
B) semiconservative
C) nonconservative
D) dispersive

8. In a double-stranded DNA molecule, base-pairing between strands occurs between:
A) a purine and a purine
B) a pyrimidine and a pyrimidine
C) a purine and a pyrimidine
D) any type of nucleotide base

9. DNA replication requires the presence of:
A) DNA template
B) RNA polymerase
C) amino acids
D) messenger RNA

10. The process of separating the two DNA strands into two single strands is called:
A) denaturation
B) bidirectional
C) depolymerization
D) synthesis

11. DNA replication proceeds with the new daughter strand synthesized in the following orientation:
A) 5 to 3
B) 3 to 5
C) The daughter strand is not synthesized in any order
D) Either 5 to 3 or 3 to 5

12. The lagging DNA strand is synthesized discontinuously producing:
A) Kornberg fragments
B) Southern fragments
C) Okasaki fragments
D) Klenow fragments

13. In DNA replication, where does replication begin and end?
A) Origin of replication; end of the molecule
B) Promoter; termination site
C) Start codon; stop codon
D) None of the above

14. An exon is:
A) spliced out
B) an open reading frame (ORF)
C) a DNA-binding protein
D) within 100 bp of ORFs