6-1b Exit Quiz

Which of the following is not a feature of DNA?

• Its strands run antiparallel to one another

• It has a ribose sugar

• It contains 4 bases - ATCG

• It has a phosphate-sugar backbone

Which of the following most accurately defines the term gene?

• Sections of DNA which codes for a protein

• Pieces of a chromosome

• Nucleotides of DNA

• Coding regions of DNA

Which of the following is not a difference between DNA and RNA?

• DNA is larger than RNA

• DNA contains a deoxyribose sugar while RNA contains ribose

• RNA is double-stranded whereas DNA is single-stranded

• RNA contains uracil while DNA contains thymine

Which of the following is true regarding mRNA?

• mRNA acts as a template for DNA

• mRNA can leave the nucleus

• mRNA is a product of transcription.

• All of the above

Which of the following is true of rRNA?

• It is clover-shaped

• It transfers amino acids to the ribosome during translation

• It allows mRNA to attach to the ribosome

• None of the above