Lecture 14 Quiz

Lecture 14 Quiz

A short quiz on Lecture 14 to prepare for the upcoming midterm, so you can pass

published on March 19, 2013
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Which results from abnormalities in biological process

Spontaneous Mutation
Induced Mutation
Point Mutation
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True or False: When a mutation occurs in a somatic cell is affects all the cells in the body

True
False
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What does DNA repair system do?

changes genetic material
reverses DNA damages
finds mismatched bases
detects mutagens
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Which causes the DNA to loop

MutH
MutS
MutL
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Which are examples of mutations outside of coding sequences

Hint: 2 choices
A mutation may alter the sequence within a promoter
Changes the polypeptide chain
Make you eligible to join the X-men
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Which is an example of Ionzing radiation

X-rays
UV rays
Microwaves
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Which does not alter the amino acid sequence

Point Mutation
Silent Mutation
Missense Mutation
Nonsense Mutation
Frameshift
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Which finds mismatched bases

MutH
MutS
MutL
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What is brough on by environmental agents?

Spontaneous Mutation
Induced Mutation
Point Mutation
10/18

Which is the most common system of DNA repair

Nucleotide Excision Repair
Methyl-Directer Mismatch Repair
Protein Repair
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Which uses a template for resynthesis or repair of DNA

Nucleotide Excision Repair
Methyl-Directed Mismatch
Protein Repair
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Which distinguishes between the parental strands and the newly made strands

MutH
MutS
MutL
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Which affect only a single base pair

Missense mutation
Silent mutation
Point Mutation
Nonsense mutation
Frameshift mutation
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True or False: Noninonizing radiation forms thymine dimers

True
False
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Which changes a single amino acid in a polypeptide

Point mutation
Silent Mutation
Missense Mutation
Nonsense mutation
Frameshift mutation
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True or False: not all living organisms need the ability to repair changes that occur in DNA

True
False
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Which changes the codon to a stop or termination codon from a normal codon

Point Mutation
Silent Mutation
Missense Mutation
Nonsense Mutation
Frameshift Mutation
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A heritable change in the genetic material is a..

DNA repair system
Mutation
Simple Evolution
Complex Evolution