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‘Laboratory work using computers and associated web based analysis generally online’ is referred as
[A]
dry lab
[B]
web lab
[C]
wet lab
[D]
insilico
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‘Laboratory work using computers and computer generated models generally offline’ is referred as
[A]
dry lab
[B]
web lab
[C]
wet lab
[D]
insilico
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‘Laboratory work using chemicals, drugs etc using water’ is referred as
[A]
dry lab
[B]
web lab
[C]
wet lab
[D]
insilico
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The term used to refer something ‘performed on computer or computer simulation”
[A]
dry lab
[B]
web lab
[C]
invitro
[D]
insilico
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The first published completed gene sequence was of
[A]
M 13 phage
[B]
T 4 phage
[C]
f X174
[D]
lambda phage
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Step wise method for solving problems in computer science is called
[A]
flowchart
[B]
sequential design
[C]
procedure
[D]
algorithm
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Margaret Dayhoff developed the first protein sequence database called
[A]
SWISS PROT
[B]
PDB
[C]
Atlas of protein sequence and structure
[D]
Protein sequence databank
Answer: Atlas of protein sequence and structure
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The term bioinformatics was coined by
[A]
J D Watson
[B]
Margaret Dayhoff
[C]
Pauline Hogeweg
[D]
Frederic Sanger
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PRINTS are software used for
[A]
detection of genes from genome sequence
[B]
detection of tRNA genes
[C]
prediction of function of a new gene
[D]
Identification of functional domains/motifs of proteins
Answer: Identification of functional domains/motifs of proteins
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Phylogenetic relationship can be shown by
[A]
Dendrogram
[B]
Gene Bank
[C]
Data retrieving tool
[D]
Data search tool
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BLOSUM matrices are used for
[A]
Multiple sequence alignment
[B]
Pair wise sequence alignment
[C]
Phylogenetic analysis
[D]
All of the above
Answer: Pair wise sequence alignment
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SWISS PORT is related to
[A]
Portable data
[B]
Swiss Bank data
[C]
Sequence data bank
[D]
Sequence sequence data
Answer: Sequence data bank
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BLAST programme is used in
[A]
DNA sequencing
[B]
Amino acid sequencing
[C]
DNA bar coding
[D]
Bioinformatics
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A data base of current sequence map of the human genome is called
[A]
OMIM
[B]
HGMD
[C]
Golden path
[D]
GeneCards
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Operating system is
[A]
A collection of hardware components
[B]
A collection of input-output devices
[C]
A collection of software routines
[D]
All of the above
Answer: A collection of software routines
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Which of the following is a nucleotide sequence data base?
[A]
EMBL
[B]
SWISS PROT
[C]
PROSITE
[D]
TREMBL
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A single piece of information in a database is called
[A]
File
[B]
Field
[C]
Record
[D]
Data set
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Many scientists are very interested in studying mitochondrial DNA because it
[A]
is only present in vertebrates closely related to humans.
[B]
replicates by synthesizing an mRNA that then acts as a DNA polymerase.
[C]
contains over 50% of the genes in the human genome.
[D]
mutates rapidly and allows us to study evolution over short time scales.
Answer: mutates rapidly and allows us to study evolution over short time scales.
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Your TA tells you to go to the NCBI Human Genome page. What does she probably want you to do?
[A]
Determine what genes are around ‘your’ protein’s gene on its chromosome.
[B]
Identify a DNA sequence and see if it came from a human.
[C]
Look up papers about diseases caused by abnormalities in a certain protein.
[D]
Look at colorful, rotating, 3-D pictures of the tertiary structure of a protein.
Answer: Determine what genes are around ‘your’ protein’s gene on its chromosome.
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You see that your lab partner is staring at a colorful Swiss-Prot page. He’s probably trying to
[A]
translate a DNA segment into protein.
[B]
find out structural and functional information about a protein he’s identified.
[C]
determine how many harmful mutations have been reported in a certain gene.
[D]
identify an amino acid sequence.
Answer: find out structural and functional information about a protein he’s identified.
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