This document contains a series of multiple choice questions about basic concepts in microbiology and DNA replication. The questions cover topics like bacterial transformation, bacteriophages, early experiments demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material, requirements for a molecule to be the genetic material, the location of DNA in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and the main enzyme involved in DNA replication.

1. Week 2 Warm-Ups
1. The process by which one strain of bacterium is apparently changed into another strain is
called…
a. transcription
b. transformation
c. duplication
d. replication
2. Bacteriophages are…
a. a form of bacteria
b. coils of DNA
c. enzymes
d. viruses
3. Which of the following researchers used radioactive markers in experiments to show that DNA
was the genetic material in cells?
a. Frederick Griffith
b. Oswald Avery
c. Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
d. James Watson and Francis Crick
4. Before DNA could definitively be shown to be the genetic material in cells, scientists had to
show that it could…
a. tolerate high temperatures
b. carry and make copies of information
c. be modified in response to environmental conditions
d. be broken down into small units
1. In prokaryotes, DNA molecules are located in the…
a. nucleus
b. ribosomes
c. cytoplasm
d. histones
2. In eukaryotes, nearly all the DNA is found in the…
a. nucleus
b. ribosomes
c. cytoplasm
d. histones
3. The main enzyme involved in linking individual nucleotides into DNA molecule is…
a. DNA protease
b. ribose
c. carbohydrates
d. DNA polymerase

2. 4. The diagram below shows the process of DNA…
a. replication
b. digestion
c. transformation
d. transpiration