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				This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biochemistry knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | Which of the following contains only the sequences required for transposition and the genes for proteins that promote the process? | 
| A. | Insertion sequences | 
| B. | Complex transposons | 
| C. | Transposons | 
| D. | Chromosomes | 
| Answer» B. Complex transposons | |
| 2. | The sequences of the recombination sites recognized by site-specific recombinases are ____________ | 
| A. | Partially asymmetric | 
| B. | Partially symmetric | 
| C. | Symmetric | 
| D. | Palindromic | 
| Answer» B. Partially symmetric | |
| 3. | Which of the following process occurs in regions where no large –scale sequence similarity is apparent? | 
| A. | Homologous genetic recombination | 
| B. | Site specific recombination | 
| C. | Non-homologous recombination | 
| D. | Replicative recombination | 
| Answer» D. Replicative recombination | |
| 4. | Which of the following involves remarkable capacity of a short segment of DNA to move from one place to another? | 
| A. | DNA transposition | 
| B. | DNA replication | 
| C. | Translation | 
| D. | Transcription | 
| Answer» B. DNA replication | |
| 5. | THE_SEQUENCES_OF_THE_RECOMBINATION_SITES_RECOGNIZED_BY_SITE-SPECIFIC_RECOMBINASES_ARE?$ | 
| A. | Partially asymmetric | 
| B. | Partially symmetric | 
| C. | Symmetric | 
| D. | Palindromic | 
| Answer» B. Partially symmetric | |
| 6. | Which_of_the_following_contain_only_the_sequences_required_for_transposition_and_the_genes_for_proteins_that_promote_the_process? | 
| A. | Insertion sequences | 
| B. | Complex transposons | 
| C. | Transposons | 
| D. | Chromosomes | 
| Answer» B. Complex transposons | |
| 7. | Which of the following does not code for an enzyme having both helicase and nuclease activity? | 
| A. | Rec-A | 
| B. | Rec-B | 
| C. | Rec-C | 
| D. | Rec-D | 
| Answer» B. Rec-B | |
| 8. | Which of the following is called a resolvase? | 
| A. | Ruv-C | 
| B. | Ruv-A | 
| C. | Ruv-B | 
| D. | Rec-A | 
| Answer» B. Ruv-A | |
| 9. | Which of the following promotes branch migration at higher rates than does Rec-A? | 
| A. | Rec-B | 
| B. | Rec-C | 
| C. | Rec-D | 
| D. | Ruv-A and Ruv-B | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. | Which of the following occurs between particular short sequences present on otherwise dissimilar parental molecules? | 
| A. | Homologous genetic recombination | 
| B. | Site specific recombination | 
| C. | Non-homologous recombination | 
| D. | Replicative recombination | 
| Answer» C. Non-homologous recombination | |
| 11. | Which of the following process generates a new copy of the transposable element at a new location of DNA? | 
| A. | Homologous genetic recombination | 
| B. | Site specific recombination | 
| C. | Non-homologous recombination | 
| D. | Replicative recombination | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. | Which of the following process occurs in regions where no large –scale sequence similarity is apparent?$ | 
| A. | Homologous genetic recombination | 
| B. | Site specific recombination | 
| C. | Non-homologous recombination | 
| D. | Replicative recombination | 
| Answer» D. Replicative recombination | |
| 13. | Which of the following process occurs between DNA molecules of very similar sequences? | 
| A. | Homologous genetic recombination | 
| B. | Site specific recombination | 
| C. | Non-homologous recombination | 
| D. | Replicative recombination | 
| Answer» B. Site specific recombination | |
| 14. | Which of the following involves remarkable capacity of short segment of DNA to move from one place to another? | 
| A. | DNA transposition | 
| B. | DNA replication | 
| C. | Translation | 
| D. | Transcription | 
| Answer» B. DNA replication | |