Biotechnology

Bioinformatics Foundations Quiz

A straightforward 8-question assessment on core bioinformatics concepts and tools.

#computational biology#genomics#sequence analysis#biological databases#beginner#biotech fundamentals#alignment tools#data interpretation

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

1
In bioinformatics, what is the primary purpose of a sequence alignment?
Question 1
2
What type of biological database would you most likely query to find the nucleotide sequence of a specific gene?
Question 2
3
Which of these file formats is commonly used to store multiple sequence alignments?
Question 3
4
What does the 'BLAST' tool primarily allow a researcher to do?
Question 4
5
The process of identifying the locations of genes and other functional elements within a raw DNA sequence is known as:
Question 5
6
A 'FASTA' file typically contains what?
Question 6
7
Which computational activity is a key part of 'de novo' genome assembly?
Question 7
8
What is a major function of the Protein Data Bank (PDB)?
Question 8