Bioinformatics and Biosensors MCQs

Question 1

Several major international databases for application to genomics and proteomics have been established as mirror site under the

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NJVM

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NDMC

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NCERT

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NBDC

Question 2

ESTs are

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mRNA

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Recombinant DNA

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cDNA

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rRNA

Question 3

The translated genes of genomes that encode proteins are referred to as

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The open reading frame

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Introns

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Codons

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Pseudogenes

Question 4

Who first developed the DNA sequencing approach using dideoxynucleoside in DNA synthesis?

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Sanger

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Pauling

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Watson

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None of these

Question 5

Labelling a stretch of DNA according to its function is called

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Annotation

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Recombinant DNA technology

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Functional analysis

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Screening

Question 6

Which of the following is mismatched

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None of the above

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SSS - Sequence Search Services

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MSA - Multiple Sequence Alignment

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BSA - Biological Sequence Analysis

Question 7

To best understand the function of a gene; analysis is often most useful at

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Protein level

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rRNA level

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ERNA level

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None of these

Question 8

Which is wrong?

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None of these

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GDB - The Genome Database Bank

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HGMD - The Human Gene Mutation Database

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MGI - More Genome Informatics

Question 9

The first bioinformatics database was created by

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Dayhoff

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Richard Durbin

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Michael J. Down

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Pearson