Explore topic-wise MCQs in Bioinformatics.

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1.

These limitations of the Zuker method and other methods have been largely overcome by using an algorithm originally described by Waterman and Byers (1985) for finding sequence alignments within a certain range of the optimal one by modifications of the trace-back procedure used in dynamic programming.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
2.

A limitation of the Zuker method and other methods (Nakaya et al. 1995) for computing suboptimal RNA structures is that they do not compute all the structures within a given energy range of the minimum free-energy structure.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
3.

Three scores, Pnum (i), Hnum (i,j), and Ssum, have been derived to assist with a determination of the reliability of a secondary structure prediction for a particular base i or a base pair i,j. Which of the following is not a correct regarding Ssum?

A. is also called as ss-count
B. is the number of foldings in which base i is single-stranded divided by m, the number of folding
C. is the number of foldings in which base i is single-stranded multiplied by m, the number of folding
D. gives the probability that base i is single-stranded
Answer» D. gives the probability that base i is single-stranded
4.

Three scores, Pnum (i), Hnum (i,j), and Ssum, have been derived to assist with a determination of the reliability of a secondary structure prediction for a particular base i or a base pair i,j. Which of the following is not a correct regarding Hnum?

A. is the sum of Pnum(i) and Pnum(j) -1
B. is the sum of Pnum(i) and Pnum(j) + 1
C. is the total number of dots in the ith row and jth column
D. represents the total number of base pairs with the ith or jth base in the predicted structures
Answer» C. is the total number of dots in the ith row and jth column
5.

Three scores, Pnum (i), Hnum (i,j), and Ssum, have been derived to assist with a determination of the reliability of a secondary structure prediction for a particular base i or a base pair i,j. Which of the following is not a correct regarding Pnum?

A. is the total number of energy dots regardless of color in the i th row and i th column of the energy dot plot
B. is the total number of energy dots considering the color in the ith row and ith column of the energy dot plot
C. represents in an unfiltered dot plot
D. represents the number of base pairs
Answer» C. represents in an unfiltered dot plot
6.

In the programs related to FOLD, All complementary base pairs can be sampled in a fashion to determine which are present in a suboptimal structure.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
7.

In the programs related to FOLD, the second region, the ________ region, is used to calculate the energy of the ________ structure.

A. included, most likely
B. included, best
C. excluded, least likely
D. excluded, best
Answer» E.