Tutoring Pre-Assessment

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

The enzyme that unwinds the DNA to prepare for replication

• helicase
• replicase
• polymerase
• synthase

DNA replication results in two DNA molecules,

• each one with two original strands
• each one with two new strands
• each one with one new strand and one original strand
• one with two new strands and the other with two original strands

In what phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication take place?

• G1
• S
• G2
• M

Which enzyme is responsible for adding nucleotides?

• Topoisomerase
• DNA Polymerase
• Ligase
• Primase

The process of DNA replication is called semi conservative because it results in

• none of these
• Two DNA molecules.  One original molecule and one with two new strands
• two exact copies with new strands
• two identical molecules, each with 1 original strand and one new.

Based on the diagram, how many origins of replication are represented?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following does DNA polymerase NOT do?

• connects nucleotides (in the new strand) through covalent bonds
• Matches the template nucleotides with free nucleotides
• proofreads
• It does all of these functions

The DNA nucleotide is composed of three parts. Which two components make up the nucleotide backbone?

• ribose sugar and base
• ribose sugar and phosphate group
• nitrogen base and deoxyribose sugar
• deoxyribose sugar and phosphate group
  

What is responsible for holding the two strands of the DNA double helix together?

• hydrogen bonds
• alleles
• London dispersion forces
• deoxyribose sugars