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This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Protein Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The standard genetic code is almost universal? |
| A. | False |
| B. | True |
| Answer» C. | |
| 2. |
What are the codons that specify the same amino acid called? |
| A. | Stop codons |
| B. | Start codons |
| C. | Acronyms |
| D. | Synonyms |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Which of the following codons are known as non-sense codons? |
| A. | UGA only |
| B. | UAG only |
| C. | UAA only |
| D. | UGA, UAG, and UAA |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Which amino acid does AUG code for? |
| A. | Cysteine |
| B. | Valine |
| C. | Glycine |
| D. | Methionine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
The genetic code has no punctuation to indicate the reading frame; instead, the nucleotide sequence is read sequentially, triplet by triplet? |
| A. | False |
| B. | True |
| Answer» C. | |
| 6. |
Which of the following mutation is known as frameshift mutation? |
| A. | All mutations |
| B. | Only the deletion of single nucleotide |
| C. | Only addition of a single nucleotide |
| D. | Both addition and deletion of single nucleotide |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Which of the following gives the correct characteristics of the genetic code? |
| A. | Duplet, overlapping, and degenerate |
| B. | Duplet, non-overlapping, and degenerate |
| C. | Triplet, overlapping, and degenerate |
| D. | Triplet, non-overlapping, degenerate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
The triplet code allows many amino acids to be specified by more than one codon. Such a code is said to be degenerate? |
| A. | False |
| B. | True |
| Answer» C. | |
| 9. |
If a codon contains four bases, then how many possible codons can be formed utilizing the four most commonly occurring bases? |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 64 |
| C. | 704 |
| D. | 256 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
What is a codon? |
| A. | A single base necessary to specify a single amino acid |
| B. | A group of two bases necessary to specify a single amino acid |
| C. | A group of three bases necessary to specify a single amino acid |
| D. | A group of several bases necessary to specify a single amino acid. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
What is the genetic code? |
| A. | Code of enzymatic analysis of genes |
| B. | Code of genome sequencing |
| C. | The message stored in proteins for the synthesis of DNA |
| D. | The message stored in DNA for the synthesis of proteins |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Who proposed the central dogma? |
| A. | Louis Pasteur |
| B. | Gregor Mendel |
| C. | Francis Collins |
| D. | Francis Crick |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Which of the following is the correct sequence of central dogma? |
| A. | Protein RNA DNA |
| B. | RNA protein DNA |
| C. | DNA protein RNA |
| D. | DNA RNA protein |
| Answer» E. | |