Fundamentals of Bioinformatics – Easy Quiz

Test your basic knowledge of computational biology with nine multiple‑choice questions covering DNA, proteins, and common tools.

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

  1. 1

    Which file format is commonly used to store raw reads from a high‑throughput sequencer?

    Question 1
  2. 2

    What does the acronym BLAST stand for in the context of searching biological databases?

    Question 2
  3. 3

    In a multiple sequence alignment, which symbol typically indicates a fully conserved residue across all sequences?

    Question 3
  4. 4

    Which algorithm is designed to find the optimal global alignment between two sequences?

    Question 4
  5. 5

    What type of data does a phylogenetic tree most directly represent?

    Question 5
  6. 6

    Which of the following is a public repository for protein structures?

    Question 6
  7. 7

    When converting a protein sequence to its corresponding DNA coding strand, which codon would encode the amino acid lysine?

    Question 7
  8. 8

    Which software tool is frequently used for aligning short reads to a reference genome?

    Question 8
  9. 9

    In the context of RNA‑seq data, what does TPM stand for?

    Question 9

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