SUMMATIVE TEST
Name: _________________________________ Date: ________________
Grade/Section: __________________________ Score:________________
TEST I-Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. What are the building blocks of proteins?
a. amino acid
b. fatty acid
c. glucose
d. nucleotides
2. What is the molecule that serves as the “blueprint” of life?
a. deoxyribonucleic acid
b. messenger RNA
c. ribonucleic acid
d. transfer RNA
3. What are the nitrogenous bases in DNA?
a. adenine, cytosine, uracil only
b. adenine, cytosine, thymine only
c. adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine
d. adenine, cytosine, guanine, uracil
4. Which is the correct complement pairing of bases in DNA?
a. adenine-guanine, cytosine-guanine
b. adenine-cytosine, guanine-thymine
c. adenine-thymine, cytosine-guanine
d. uracil adenine, cytosine-guanine
5. Which of the following sequences of DNA bases is complementary to the sequence: ATC-GTG-CCC
a. TAG-CAC-GGG
b. TAG-TAT-GGG
c. AUG-CAC-GGG
d. AUG-TAT-GGG
6. What are the nitrogenous bases in RNA?
a. adenine, cytosine, uracil only
b. adenine, cytosine, thymine only
c. adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine
d. adenine, cytosine, guanine, uracil
7. What is the correct description for a DNA molecule?
a. covalent
b. double helix
c. octahedral
d. triple triangle
8. The DNA of a cell is found inside the ________________.
a. Golgi body
b. nucleus
c. nuclear envelope
d. ribosomes
9. What are the types of RNA?
a. messenger RNA and ribosomal RNA only
b. messenger RNA and transfer RNA only
c. messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA
d. ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA only
10. According to the rule on complementary pairing of nucleotide bases, adenine (A) will only make a bond with
____________ in DNA.
a. cytosine
b. guanine
c. thymine
d. uracil
11. Most genes DNA hold instructions for the cell to make a specific _____.
a. carbohydrate
b. chromosome
c. lipid
d. protein
12. The codes for the production of proteins need to leave the nucleus of the cell.
This can be accomplished by using _______to take messages out of the nucleus.
a. DNA c. amino acids
b. RNA d. lipids
13. A ______________is a long molecule of tightly coiled DNA.
a. cellulose
b. centromere
c. chromosome
d. cytoplasm
14. Which of the following is NOT a stop codon?
a. UAA
b. UAG
c. UGA
d. GGA
15. What do you call the basic physical and functional unit of heredity?
a. centromere
b. gene
c. genome
d. kinetochore
TEST II-Complete the table below by writing the correct words/description about RNA or DNA. Choose the words
from the box below.
Double stranded helix
Single stranded
Sugar deoxyribose, phosphate and nucleotide basis
Sugar ribose, phosphate and nucleotide basis
A, T, C, G
A, U, C, G
Stores genetic materials
Functions in protein synthesis transcribing and translating the genetic code
Comparison DNA RNA
Structure
Components
Function
TEST-III Directions:
Step 1. Fill in the correct mRNA bases by transcribing the bottom DNA strand.
Step 2. Translate the mRNA codons.
Illustrator: Jayson A. De Guzman
Step 3. Write in the anti-codon of the tRNA and the corresponding amino acids.
Step 4. Find the correct amino acid using the Codon Chart.
Step 5. Answer the questions below about protein synthesis.
1. What stage of protein synthesis does step 1 illustrate? __________________
2. What stage of protein synthesis do steps 2 and 3 illustrate? __________________
