5- Damage to DNA caused by ultraviolet radiation can be repaired by
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20%
uvr ABC excinuclease
20%
DNA polymerase 1
0%
DNA ligase
60%
All of these
6- Xeroderma pigmentosum results from a defect in
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54%
uvr ABC excinuclease
0%
DNA polymerase 1
0%
DNA ligase
46%
All of these
7- All of the following statements about Xeroderma pigmentosum are true except
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17%
It's a genetic disease
58%
Its inheritance is autosomal dominant
17%
uvr ABC excinuclease is defective in this disease
8%
It results in multiple skin cancers
1- Mutations can be caused by
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6%
Ultraviolet radiation
0%
Ionising radiation
0%
Alkylating agents
94%
All of these
2- Substitution of an adenine base by guanine in DNA is known as
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0%
Transposition
67%
Transition
27%
Transversion
7%
Frameshift mutation
3- Substitution of a thymine base by adenine in DNA is known as
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7%
Transposition
14%
Transition
79%
Transversion
0%
Frameshift mutation
4- A point mutation results from
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50%
Substitution of a base
0%
Insertion of a base
6%
Deletion of a base
44%
All of these
5- Substitution of a base can result in a
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8%
Silent mutation
8%
Missense mutation
0%
Nonsense mutation
85%
All of these
6- A silent mutation is most likely to result from
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8%
Substitution of the first base of a codon
83%
Substitution of the third base of a codon
8%
Conversion of a nonsense codon into a sense codon
0%
Conversion of a sense codon into a nonsense codon
7- The effect of a missense mutation can be
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0%
Acceptable
20%
Partially acceptable
7%
Unacceptable
73%
All of these
8- Amino acid sequence of the encoded protein isn't changed in
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42%
Silent mutation
0%
Acceptable missense mutation
42%
Both A and B
17%
Non of these
9- Hemoglobin S is an example of a /an
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0%
Silent mutation
17%
Acceptable missense mutation
25%
Unacceptable missense mutation
58%
Partially acceptable missense mutation
10- If the codon UAC on mRNA changes into UAG as a result of a base Substitution in DNA, it will result in
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17%
Silent mutation
25%
Acceptable missense mutation
58%
Nonsense mutation
0%
Frameshift mutation
11- Insertion of a base in a gene can cause
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0%
Change in reading frame
0%
Garbled Amino acid sequence in the encoded protein
0%
Premature termination of translation
100%
All of these
12- A frameshift mutation changes the reading frame because the genetic code
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0%
Is degenerate
27%
Is overlapping
64%
Has no punctuations
9%
Is universal
13- From DNA the genetic message is transcribed into this compound :
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25%
Protein
67%
mRNA
8%
tRNA
0%
rRNA
14- In the following partial sequence of mRNA, a mutation of the template DNA results in a change in codon 91 to UAA the type of mutation is
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33%
Missense
17%
Silent
50%
Nonsense
0%
Frameshift
1- In the process of transcription in bacterial cells
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0%
Intiation requires rho protein
7%
RNA polymerase incorporates methylated bases in correct sequence
93%
Both sigma unit and core enzymes of RNA polymerase are required for accurate promotor site binding
0%
Primase is necessary for intiation
2- The correct statement concerning RNA and DNA polymerase is
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9%
RNA polymerase use nucleoside diphosphate
0%
RNA polymerase require primers and add bases at 5' end of the growing polynucleotide chain
27%
DNA polymerase can add nucleotides at both ends of the Chain
64%
All RNA and DNA polymerases can add nucleotides only at the 3' end of growing polynucleotide chain