AP Bio: Cell Cycle, Genetics, and DNA

Question 1

This guy must have awesome genetics!

Accepted Answer

TRUE, TRUE

Question 2

Why is DNA built in the 5’ to 3’ direction?

Accepted Answer

Nucleotides added to the 3' end of the sugar backbone.

Question 3

Which step comes first in the DNA replication process?

Accepted Answer

Helicase unwinds DNA at origins of replication

Question 4

Which of the following is genetic material as supported by the Hershey-Chase experiment?

Accepted Answer

DNA

Question 5

If the DNA template strand was 5'-AATTCCGG-3', the new daughter strand would be

Accepted Answer

3'-TTAAGGCC-5'

Question 6

The "purines" are...

Accepted Answer

G and A

Question 7

Total DNA content of each daughter cell is reduced in meiosis because...

Accepted Answer

chromosomes do not replicate between meiosis I and II

Question 8

Could this pedigree show an X-linked dominant trait?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 9

Which enzyme is responsible for adding nucleotides to a DNA template during replication?

Accepted Answer

DNA polymerase

Question 10

What are "Point" mutations?

Accepted Answer

changes in a single nucleotide pair of a gene.

Question 11

At a particular locus, 200 different alleles exist in the population. Each person has at most-

Accepted Answer

2 alleles.

Question 12

If a DNA molecule is 20% "G" what percentage is A?

Accepted Answer

30%

Question 13

Which of the following models of DNA correctly describes DNA replication?

Accepted Answer

Semi-conservative Model

Question 14

A type AB infant is born to a mother with type AB blood. Possible father blood types could be

Accepted Answer

Anything but O

Question 15

This type of mutation occurs in the cells that give rise to gametes.

Accepted Answer

germline mutations

Question 16

All of the following are true regarding the differences between DNA and RNA EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

DNA has a uracil base while RNA has a thymine base

Question 17

What word describes DNA’s two stands in relation to each other?

Accepted Answer

Antiparallel

Question 18

The process of programmed cell death as a part of the cell cycle is called...

Accepted Answer

apoptosis

Question 19

At which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes separate?

Accepted Answer

anaphase

Question 20

A pea plant with purple flowers is test crossed and all the offspring are purple flowered...

Accepted Answer

The genotype of the parent was PP.

Question 21

Which of the following is DNA?

Accepted Answer

DNA

Question 22

Each New DNA strand grows by the addition of nucleotides to which end of growing strand?

Accepted Answer

3'

Question 23

Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty performed transformation experiments in order to...

Accepted Answer

rule out proteins and RNA as the genetic material

Question 24

What are the three parts of a nucleotide?

Accepted Answer

Sugar,phosphate group, nitrogen base

Question 25

Which of following scientists is correctly matched with contribution to the field of biology?

Accepted Answer

Watson-Crick: helped to discover the structure of DNA

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