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RNA's Role - Practice Exercise



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Transcription involves the transfer of information from
 
a.
DNA to RNA.
b.
DNA to an amino acid sequence. 
c.
mRNA to an amino acid sequence.
d.
All of the above.
 

 2. 

RNA polymerase
 
a.
is the enzyme that creates hydrogen bonds between nucleotides on the DNA template strand and their complementary RNA nucleotides. 
b.
begins transcription at a prompter sequence and moves along the template strand of DNA. 
c.
is the enzyme responsible for the production of ribonucleotides.
d.
is a ribozyme composed of snRNPs.
 

 3. 

Which enzyme is responsible for the synthesis of tRNA?
 
a.
ribosomal enzymes
b.
RNA replicase 
c.
RNA polymerase
d.
ribozymes
 

 4. 

Which enzyme is responsible for the synthesis of tRNA?
 
a.
ribosomal enzymes
b.
RNA replicase 
c.
RNA polymerase
d.
ribozymes
 

 5. 

A base deletion early in the coding sequence of a gene may result in 
a.
a nonfunctional protein.
b.
multiple missense mutations. 
c.
a nonsense mutation.
d.
a frameshift mutation.
 

 6. 

Translation involves
 
a.
the hydrolysis of a GTP molecule. 
b.
the release of the tRNA in the P site. 
c.
the movement of the mRNA in the A site to the P site. 
d.
All of the above.
 



 
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