Fundamental Bioinformatics Quiz for Biotechnology

A quick eight-question assessment covering core computational methods applied to biotech research.

bioinformaticscomputational biologysequence analysisdata mininggenomics basicsDNA alignmentgene annotationbiotech tools
Difficulty:EASY

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CategoryBiotechnology
DifficultyEASY
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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

  1. 1

    Which algorithm is most commonly used to find regions of similarity between two protein sequences?

    Question 1
  2. 2

    In a FASTA file, the line that starts with a greater-than sign (>) indicates what?

    Question 2
  3. 3

    What does the term read depth refer to in next-generation sequencing data?

    Question 3
  4. 4

    Which file format stores the alignment of multiple DNA sequences along with gap characters?

    Question 4
  5. 5

    A basic step in gene prediction involves locating which feature in the DNA?

    Question 5
  6. 6

    Which public database provides reference genomes for a wide range of organisms?

    Question 6
  7. 7

    When converting protein sequences to a numerical representation for machine learning, which method assigns a unique integer to each amino acid?

    Question 7
  8. 8

    In a phylogenetic tree, the length of a branch typically reflects what?

    Question 8

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