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Biology Exam Review Questions

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about cellular biology topics such as organic molecules, cell theory, biological molecules, protein structure and function, DNA structure and replication, transcription, and gene expression. The questions assess understanding of key concepts and processes in cellular biology.

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Biology Exam Review Questions

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about cellular biology topics such as organic molecules, cell theory, biological molecules, protein structure and function, DNA structure and replication, transcription, and gene expression. The questions assess understanding of key concepts and processes in cellular biology.

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Question N1 The small and large carbon compounds made by cells are called organic molecules

Answer: 1

Point: 0.5

?Question N2 Which is not a key point of the cell theory

)Answer: 1. c) No cell can exist unless at least one other cell is presentd

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:Question N3 Main chemical elements found in biological molecules are

.,Answer: d. Hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen

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Question N4 The backbone of organic compounds is formed by the chemical bounding of ……....
.atoms into chains and rings

Answer: carbon

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.Question N5 Oogenesis (I meiotic devision)starts from early embryonic development

Answer: 1

Point: 0.5

Question N6 which of listed is correct sentence about nuclear Pore

Answer: A. D. All correct

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Question N7 Which of the following statements about the formation of polypeptides from amino
?acids is true

Answer: a. A bond can form between any carbon and nitrogen atom in the two amino acids being
joined.b. A bond forms between the carboxyl functional group of one amino acid and the amino
.functional group of the other amino acid

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Question N8 Which level of protein organization is due to interactions between amino acid side
?chain groups

Answer: c. Tertiary

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.Question N9 typical mammalian cell contains 3000- 4000 nuclear pore complexes

Answer: 1

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Question N10 which of the following is responsible for production of ribosomes


Answer: a. Nucleolus

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Question N11 Smooth endoplasmic reticulum is involved in the synthesis of

Answer: d. lipids

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?Question N12 Which of the following statements does not apply to the nuclear envelope

.Answer: d. It has infoldings to form cristae

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Question N13 Match incorrect statement redurding plasma membraine

Answer: D. The spontaneous closure of a phospholipid bilayer to form a sealed compartment


energetically unfavorable

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.Question N14 The acidic nature of DNA is determined by the presence of phosphate groups

Answer: 0

Point: 0.0

Question N15 α - helices wrap around each other to form a particularly stable structure, known
:as

Answer: D. Coiled-coil

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?Question N16 Which of the following is not found in DNA

Answer: B. uracil

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?Question N17 The bases are bonded to what part of the backbone of the DNA molecule

Answer: the 1' carbon atom of the sugar molecule

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Question N18 DNA helices exist in various form. Which of the following form is predominantly
present in cells

Answer: b) B- Helix

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Question N19 Which one of the following statement is true regarding the DNA double helical
?structure

Answer: d) All of the Above


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,Question N20 . DNA pol III doesn’t possess 3-to-5 exonuclease activity

Answer: 0

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.Question N21 DNA Base pairing requires hydrogen bonds

Answer: 1

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?Question N22 Which term describes DNA replication

Answer: D. Semiconservative

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?Question N23 Disulphide bridges help to maintain which aspect of protein structure

Answer: C. Tertiary

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:Question N24 There are two types of bases in nucleotides: pyrimidine and

Answer: B. Purine

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Question N25 DNA replication of a single DNA molecule is referred to as semiconservative because

Answer: C. After the first round of replication produce two hybrid molecules, each containing one
.strand from the original parent in addition to one newly synthesized strand

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Question N26 which of the following involves DNA replication

Answer: all correct

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Question N27 The most essential component of splicosomes is the unique set of small nucler RNAs
,(snRNAs)

Answer: 1

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.Question N28 Transcription, like DNA replication, always proceeds in the 3′→ 5′ direction

Answer: 0

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Question N29 Which of the following process does not occur in prokaryotes

Answer: d) Splicing
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Question N30 In both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, a promoter region that is rich in AT bases is called
as

Answer: TATA

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?Question N31 Which of the following statements is true regarding introns

.Answer: a. b. Introns have no function

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;Question N32 Mark the correct sentence

Answer: a. d. All correct

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Question N33 Mark the correct enzyme. Assemble of mRNA occure by

Answer: a. RNA polymerase

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.Question N34 Mutational hot spots are sites in the DNA where a mutation is most likely happens

Answer: 1

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Question N35 . RNA polymerase II resides in the nucleolus and is responsible for synthesis of the
.ribosomal RNA precursor

Answer: 1

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Question N36 Stop codons recognized by

Answer: C. release factors

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Question N37 Deamination of Cytosine gives

Answer: b. Adenine

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Question N38 Deamination Cytosine pears with

Answer: a. Adenine

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Question N39 The first mRNA codon to specify an amino acid is always

.Answer: c. UAG.d
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Question N40 Which of the following is an example of the degeneracy of the genetic code

.Answer: a. a given amino acid has more than one codonb

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Question N41 A frameshift mutation is one that, causes all of the bases downstream to shift

Answer: 1

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?Question N42 Which of the following statements is true of DNA damage

Answer: Most DNA damage is advantageous to the cell

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Question N43 The strand of DNA undergoes a mutation, the second C is changed by T. What would
?change in the polypeptide

Answer: c. one amino acid would substitute for another

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Question N44 A point mutation that changes a codon specifying an amino acid into a stop codon is
called a

.Answer: b. nonsense mutation.c

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Question N45 balanced rearrangements are

Answer: both of them

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Question N46 Purines and pyrimidines tautomeric forms more often can induce

.Answer: a. Substitution mutationb

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Question N47 E. coli contains an enzyme adenine methylase, which recognizes the sequence 5’-
’GATC-3’ 3’-CTAG-5

Answer: 1

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Question N48 It is known that ultraviolet light exposure causes DNA mutations in skin cells that can
?lead to skin cancer. Which of the following statements is true about ultraviolet light exposure

Answer: A. It leads to the formation of pyrimidine dimers that prevent DNA bases from pairing
.normally with each other.B

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Question N49 small DNA sequences that can move to virtually any position in a cell’s genome

.Answer: C. transposonsD

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Question N50 some transposons encode a ___ which catalyzes the insertion

Answer: B. transposase

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Question N51 Which of these safety steps would be the best way to protect yourself against
?pyrimidine dimer mutations

Answer: C. Wear sunscreen.D

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Question N52 . Tautomeric shift (if it would not be repaired) more frequently can be a reason of

Answer: A. Subsititutenal mutation

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Question N53 DNA damage bypass is the mechanism of repair

Answer: 1

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Question N54 XP (Xeroderma pigmentosum)results from the deficiency of NER and by mutations in
.more than one gene

Answer: 1

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Question N55 mark the correct statement regarding Mismatch repair

Answer: all correct

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?Question N56 What type of enzyme removes damaged DNA from the rest of DNA molecule

Answer: D. Nuclease

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:Question N57 Double strand breaks can be repaired by

Answer: C. Non-homologous end joining

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:Question N58 Single nucleotide changes have deleterious effects on the proteins they encode

Answer: B. Sometimes

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:Question N59 Base excision repair and nucleotide excision-repair are two common ways of

Answer: A. Single strand damage repair

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.Question N60 The spindle forms in the metaphse phase

Answer: 0

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.Question N61 the core of nucleosome constitute an octamer of histones proteins

Answer: 1

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.Question N62 What is the structure in animal cells, that divides the cytoplasm into two cells

Answer: c. cleavage furrow

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?Question N63 What is the part of the chromosome that joins the two chromatids

Answer: c. Centromere

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?Question N64 What occurs during anaphase

.Answer: c. The sister chromatids separate

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Question N65 Beginning with interphase, what are the phases of mitosis in order in which they
?occur

Answer: d. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

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?Question N66 During which stage of meiosis are the bivalents arranged along the equator

Answer: metaphase I

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Question N67 Aneuploid organisms result mainly from nondisjunction during a parental

Answer: Meiosis

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Question N68 unbalanced rearrangements are

Answer: deletions and duplications

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?Question N69 Which of the following is NOT a true statement

Answer: Each chromosome is composed of two chromatids in anaphase I and only one
.chromatid in anaphase II

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Question N70 The condensation of the chromosome portion containing the rRNA genes causes the
disappearance of the

Answer: nucleolus

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Question N71 Oogenesis (I meiotic devision)starts from early embryonic development

Answer: 1

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Question N72 Primary spermatocytes become secondary spermatocytes by

Answer: B. 2st Meiotic Division

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Question N73 At the time of birth, all future eggs are in the

Answer: prophase I stage

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Question N74 In the testis, primary germinal cells undergo mitotic divisions to produce

Answer: spermatogonia

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Question N75 mark the correct statment. Human gametes differ from all other body cells as

Answer: gamets formation happen in the gonads

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Question N76 The size of the human egg is the same as the sperm size

Answer: 0

Point: 0.5

.Question N77 Final maturation (capacitation) is completed in the female reproductive tract

Answer: 1

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Question N78 What would be the correct order of the following events during fertilization? 1.
Digestion of zona pellucida by acrosomal enzymes 2. Sperm bypasses corona radiata 3.
Cortical granules release enzymes 4. Sperm binding with plasma membrane
Answer: b) 3, 2, 4, 1

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Question N79 When egg is not fertilized, corpus luteum degenerates to form

Answer: Corpus albicans

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Question N80 The role of Leydig cells is

Answer: Synthesize testosterone hormone

Point: 0.5

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