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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bioinformatics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the given statements is incorrect about Database Types? |
| A. | Relational databases are more useful in the development of biological databases |
| B. | The tables in relational database are carefully indexed and cross-referenced with each other, sometimes using additional tables, so that each item in the database has a unique set of identifying features |
| C. | The relational database orders data in tables made up of rows giving specific items in the database, and columns giving the features as attributes of those items |
| D. | The two principal types of DBs are the relational and object-oriented databases |
| Answer» B. The tables in relational database are carefully indexed and cross-referenced with each other, sometimes using additional tables, so that each item in the database has a unique set of identifying features | |
| 2. |
Each DNA or protein sequence database entry has much information, including ______ |
| A. | an assigned accession number(s) |
| B. | source organism |
| C. | name of locus |
| D. | reference number type(s) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
The FASTA format is readily converted into other formats and also is smaller and simpler. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 4. |
The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is the Object Management Group’s interface for objects. |
| A. | is the Object Management Group’s interface for objects.a) True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 5. |
The “from” programs convert sequence files from GCG format into the named format, and the “to” programs convert the alternative format into GCG format. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 6. |
WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_IS_AN_INCORRECT_STATEMENT??$ |
| A. | The last column contains the sequences themselves |
| B. | It is quite tough making an index of the information in each of these fields so that a search query can locate all the occurrences through the index |
| C. | If one imagines a large table with each sequence entry occupying one row, then each column will include one of the above types of information for each sequence, and each column is called a FIELD |
| D. | The DNA, protein, and reference databases have all been cross-referenced so that moving between them is readily accomplished |
| Answer» C. If one imagines a large table with each sequence entry occupying one row, then each column will include one of the above types of information for each sequence, and each column is called a FIELD | |
| 7. |
Which_of_the_given_statements_is_incorrect_about_Database_Types?$ |
| A. | Relational databases are more useful in the development of biological databases |
| B. | The tables in relational database are carefully indexed and cross-referenced with each other, sometimes using additional tables, so that each item in the database has a unique set of identifying features |
| C. | The relational database orders data in tables made up of rows giving specific items in the database, and columns giving the features as attributes of those items |
| D. | The two principal types of DBs are the relational and object-oriented databases |
| Answer» B. The tables in relational database are carefully indexed and cross-referenced with each other, sometimes using additional tables, so that each item in the database has a unique set of identifying features | |
| 8. |
Each DNA or protein sequence database entry has much information, including _____? |
| A. | an assigned accession number(s) |
| B. | source organism |
| C. | name of locus |
| D. | reference number type(s) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
The FASTA format is readily converted into other formats and also is smaller and simpler |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 10. |
The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is the Object Management Group’s interface for objects.$ |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 11. |
The “from” programs convert sequence files from GCG format into the named format, and the “to” programs convert the alternative format into GCG format.$ |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 12. |
Data files that have multiple sequences, such as those required for multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis using parsimony (PAUP), are not converted in READSEQ. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 13. |
Which of the given statements is incorrect about READSEQ? |
| A. | It is an extremely useful sequence formatting program developed by D. G. Gilbert at Indiana University, Bloomington |
| B. | It was developed at Indiana University, Bloomington |
| C. | It can recognize a DNA or protein sequence file in any of the formats |
| D. | It can recognize a DNA or protein sequence file in some particular formats |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
BL contains information about the block: xxx is the amino acids in the spaced triplet found by MOTIF upon which the block is based. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 15. |
which of the given statements is incorrect about Block multiple sequence alignment format? |
| A. | Identification starts contain a short identifier for the group of sequences from which the block was made and often is the original Prosite group ID |
| B. | The identifier is terminated by a comma, and “BLOCK” indicates the entry type |
| C. | AC contains the block number, a seven-character group number for sequences from which the block was made, followed by a letter (A–Z) indicating the order of the block in the sequences |
| D. | The block number is a 5-digit number preceded by BL (BLOCKS database) or PR (PRINTS database) |
| Answer» C. AC contains the block number, a seven-character group number for sequences from which the block was made, followed by a letter (A‚Äö√Ñ√∂‚àö√ë‚àö¬®Z) indicating the order of the block in the sequences | |