Explore topic-wise MCQs in Bioinformatics.

This section includes 3 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 following about the Gibbs sampler is untrue?

A. It is a statistical method for finding motifs in sequences
B. It is dissimilar to the principle of the EM method
C. It searches for the statistically most probable motifs
D. It can find the optimal width and number of given motifs in each sequence
Answer» C. It searches for the statistically most probable motifs
Discussion
2.

Which of the following about MEME is untrue?

A. It is a Web resource for performing local MSAs (Multiple Sequence Alignment) by the above expectation maximization method is the program MEME
B. It stands for Multiple EM for Motif Elicitation
C. It was developed at developed at the University of California at San Diego Supercomputing Center
D. The Web page has multiple versions for searching blocks by an EM algorithm
Answer» E.
Discussion
3.

An alternative method is to produce an odds scoring matrix calculated by dividing each base frequency by the background frequency of that base.

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