Self Quiz for DNA Replication in Prokaryotic Cells

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these question.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.

1. Briefly describe the process of DNA replication. (ans)

2. State what enzyme carries out the following functions during DNA replication.

a. Unwinds the helical DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds between complementary bases. (ans)
b. Synthesizes a short RNA primer at the beginning of each origin of replication. (ans)
c. Adds DNA nucleotides to the RNA primer. (ans)
d. Digests away the RNA primer and replaces the RNA nucleotides of the primer with the proper DNA nucleotides. (ans)
e. Links the DNA fragments of the lagging strand together. (ans)

3. The DNA strand replicated in short fragments called Okazaki fragments is called the:

a. lagging strand (ans)
b. leading strand (ans)

• RETURN TO "DNA REPLICATION IN PROKARYOTIC CELLS"
• RETURN TO UNIT 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS