Explore topic-wise MCQs in Bioinformatics.

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1.

Which of the following is true about the RNAalifold?

A. Dynamic programming is not involved
B. Minimum free energy method is not used
C. Only minimum free energy is used
D. Covariation information is taken into consideration
Answer» E.
Discussion
2.

The predefined alignment requiring method also depends on the quality of the input alignment. If there ___ errors in the alignment, covariation signals ____ detected.

A. are, will be
B. are, will not be
C. are not, will not be
D. are not, possibly will not be
Answer» C. are not, will not be
Discussion
3.

The type of algorithm that _____ predefined alignment is ______ for reasonably conserved sequences.

A. doesn’t require, more successful
B. requires, less successful
C. doesn’t require, relatively successful
D. requires, relatively successful
Answer» E.
Discussion
4.

An aspect of the comparative method is to select a __________ structure through consensus drawing.

A. relatively distinct
B. remote
C. common
D. least abundant
Answer» D. least abundant
Discussion
5.

___________ of covariation can be ___________ to the RNA structure and functions.

A. Any lack, deleterious
B. Any lack, benign
C. Any abundance, deleterious
D. Any inadequacy, advantageous
Answer» B. Any lack, benign
Discussion
6.

To distinguish the conserved secondary structure among multiple related RNA sequences, a concept of “covariation” is used.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
Discussion
7.

THE_PREDEFINED_ALIGNMENT_REQUIRING_METHOD_ALSO_DEPENDS_ON_THE_QUALITY_OF_THE_INPUT_ALIGNMENT._IF_THERE_____ERRORS_IN_THE_ALIGNMENT,_COVARIATION_SIGNALS______DETECTED.?$

A. are, will be
B. are, will not be
C. are not, will not be
D. are not, possibly will not be
Answer» C. are not, will not be
Discussion
8.

Which_of_the_following_is_true_about_the_RNAalifold?$

A. Dynamic programming is not involved
B. Minimum free energy method is not used
C. Only minimum free energy is used
D. Covariation information is taken into consideration
Answer» E.
Discussion
9.

The type of algorithm that _____ predefined alignment is ______ for reasonably conserved sequences?

A. doesn’t require, more successful
B. requires, less successful
C. doesn’t require, relatively successful
D. requires, relatively successful
Answer» E.
Discussion
10.

The type of algorithm that requires predefined alignment, requires the user to provide _______ alignment as input.

A. not necessarily an alignment
B. multiple only
C. pairwise or multiple
D. pair wise only
Answer» D. pair wise only
Discussion
11.

The comparative-based algorithms can be further divided into two categories based on the type of input data.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
Discussion
12.

An aspect of the comparative method is to select a _____ structure through consensus drawing.

A. relatively distinct
B. remote
C. common
D. least abundant
Answer» D. least abundant
Discussion
13.

______ of covariation can be ______ to the RNA structure and functions

A. Any lack, deleterious
B. Any lack, benign
C. Any abundance, deleterious
D. Any inadequacy, advantageous
Answer» B. Any lack, benign
Discussion
14.

To distinguish the conserved secondary structure among multiple related RNA sequences, a concept of “covariation” is used.$

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
Discussion
15.

The comparative approach uses basic RNA structure based predictions to infer a consensus structure.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
Discussion
16.

In ab initio methods for RNA structure prediction, the prediction results from RNAfold are not always guaranteed to be better than those predicted by Mfold.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
Discussion