E25 Project

Biotechnology EditionBy: Alan You and Keshav Rao

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Amino acids are the building blocks of which

of the following?

A: Carbohydrate

sB: Lipids

C: Proteins

B: Proteins

D: Fats


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The start codon, AUG, codes for which of the

following?

A: Tryptophan

B: Methionine

C: Seranine

B: Proteins

D: Valine


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DNA is transcribed in which of the following

directions?

A: 5’ to 3’ B: 3’ to 5’

C: 3’ to 6’

B: Proteins

D: 6’ to 3’


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Which of the following is not a component of

DNA?

A: Nucleotide Base B: Sugar

C: Ribosome

B: Proteins

D: Phosphate


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If all the following technologies worked in

theory, what would produce the least amount

of greenhouse gasses?

A: Sugarcane

B: Gasoline

C: Corn Ethanol

B: Proteins

D: Cellulosic Ethanol


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How many distinct regions does shRNA

have?

A: 2 B: 3

C: 4

B: Proteins

D: 5


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Which of the following is not differentiated from a

messenchymal adult stem cell?

A: Fibroblast

B: Cartilage

C: Hair

B: Proteins

D: Bone


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Which of the following represents equilibrium dissociation constant?

A: [Ab][Ag]/[Ab-

Ag]

B: [Ab-Ag]/[Ab]

[Ag]

C: [Ab][Ab-Ag]/[Ag]

B: Proteins

D: [Ab]/[Ag][Ab-Ag]


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Which of the following is not a phase in cell

proliferation?

A: Exponential

Phase

B: Lag Phase

C: Replication

Phase

B: Proteins

D:Stationary Phase


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During the process of a gene encoding a protein,

which occurs?

A: mRNA proteins

B: DNA transcribed to

mRNA

C: tRNA help structure protein

chain

B: Proteins

D: Ribosomes help with

replication


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Which step is not required to create a transgenic animal?

A: Insert transgene into

zygote

B: Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

C: Place cell within surrogate

mother

D: Surrogate mother gives birth to

transgenic amimal


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Which is the following is not a part of the current

functional technology used to produce

ethanol?

A: Corn kernels

B: Starch

C: Mash

B: Proteins

D: Slurry


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Which is not an advantage of polyclonal

antibodies?

A:Fast, scalable

manufacturing

B: Multiple binding sites on target antigen

C: Favored by FDA for purity

B: Proteins

D: Useful for diagnostics


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Using shotgun sequencing, what is the entire ssDNA sequence?

ATCGCA, GCATACT, ATCGCA

A: ATCGCATG B:ATCGGUA

C: ATCGCATACT

B: Proteins

D: GCATACTAC


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What type of vaccine is inactivated by formaldehyde?

B: Inactivated

C: Subunit

B: Proteins

D: Homologous

A: Attenuated

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