Microbial Genetics problems
- 1. Which of the following is used for determining the location of specific genes within the genome?
Options- A. Genomics
- B. Annotation
- C. Cloning
- D. Proteomics Discuss
Correct Answer: Annotation
- 2. Why the bacterium Treponema pallidum is difficult to culture?
Options- A. Because it requires a great deal of water to reproduce
- B. Because it is unable to use carbohydrates as an energy source
- C. Because it lacks the genes needed for TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation
- D. Because it requires extremely low temperature at which water freezes Discuss
Correct Answer: Because it lacks the genes needed for TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation
- 3. The flow of genetic material in microbial cells usually takes place from
Options- A. RNA through DNA to proteins
- B. proteins through RNA to DNA
- C. DNA through RNA to proteins
- D. none of these Discuss
Correct Answer: DNA through RNA to proteins
- 4. Which of the following is the study of the molecular organization of genomes, their information content and the gene products they encode?
Options- A. Genetics
- B. Ergonomics
- C. Genomics
- D. Bioinformatics Discuss
Correct Answer: Genomics
- 5. The physical nature of genomes is studied under
Options- A. structural genomics
- B. comparative genomics
- C. proteo genomics
- D. functional genomics Discuss
Correct Answer: structural genomics
- 6. Which of the following organisms has the smallest genome?
Options- A. H. influenzae
- B. M. genitalium
- C. M. tuberculosis
- D. None of these Discuss
Correct Answer: M. genitalium
- 7. Which of the following is concerned with the management and analysis of biological data using computers?
Options- A. Bio-physics
- B. Bioinformatics
- C. Genomics
- D. Biomechanics Discuss
Correct Answer: Bioinformatics
- 8. Why Deinococcus radiodurans is able to survive massive exposure to radiation?
Options- A. Because it produces a thick shell which acts as a shield from the radiation
- B. Because it has unique DNA repair mechanisms
- C. Because its cellwall contains radioactive elements
- D. Because it has many copies of genes encoding DNA repair Discuss
Correct Answer: Because it has many copies of genes encoding DNA repair
- 9. Proteomics is
Options- A. the study of algal genomes
- B. a branch of quantum physics dealing with proteins
- C. the study of formation of lipo-protein in animals
- D. the study of the entire collection of proteins expressed by an organism Discuss
Correct Answer: the study of the entire collection of proteins expressed by an organism
- 10. Studies of similarities and differences among the genomes of multiple organisms is carried out in
Options- A. comparative genomics
- B. proteomics
- C. functional genomics
- D. structural genomics Discuss
Correct Answer: comparative genomics
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