Transcription-Translation

[T-Infinite]

Hey, I was doing a practice exam and a question about Transcription/Translation came up. I kinda had trouble answering the question and gaining full marks for it. Could someone please provide an example of how to answer questions like that and make sure it's easy to understand and will help me gain full marks? Questions are normally something like..   "Describe the process of Transcription/Translation...."

[vox nihili]

Hey, I was doing a practice exam and a question about Transcription/Translation came up. I kinda had trouble answering the question and gaining full marks for it. Could someone please provide an example of how to answer questions like that and make sure it's easy to understand and will help me gain full marks? Questions are normally something like..   "Describe the process of Transcription/Translation...."

Pretty sure both were asked on last year's exam. The examiner's report will tell you exactly what you need to say. Unfortunately, it's a bit of guess work trying to work out where the marks will come from on an open ended question like that.

[Irving4Prez]

Translation:
- mRNA ribosomal complex is formed
- tRNA has an anti codon complementary to the mRNA's codon
- tRNA brings amino acids to the ribosome where they are bonded together into a sequence corresponding to the sequence of codons in the mRNA
- polypeptide is produced

From last year's VCAA unit 4 exam,

Transcription:

Three of
 DNA template strand copied
 RNA polymerase involved
 (pre)mRNA produced by complementary base pairing
 introns removed, or polyA tail or methyl cap added to (pre)mRNA.

Students gained full marks if they referred to mRNA as the final product via (pre)mRNA, or that the product was
mRNA.

[T-Infinite]

Translation:
- mRNA ribosomal complex is formed
- tRNA has an anti codon complementary to the mRNA's codon
- tRNA brings amino acids to the ribosome where they are bonded together into a sequence corresponding to the sequence of codons in the mRNA
- polypeptide is produced

From last year's VCAA unit 4 exam,

Transcription:

Three of
 DNA template strand copied
 RNA polymerase involved
 (pre)mRNA produced by complementary base pairing
 introns removed, or polyA tail or methyl cap added to (pre)mRNA.

Students gained full marks if they referred to mRNA as the final product via (pre)mRNA, or that the product was
mRNA.

Pretty sure both were asked on last year's exam. The examiner's report will tell you exactly what you need to say. Unfortunately, it's a bit of guess work trying to work out where the marks will come from on an open ended question like that.

Yeah, most of the time I know the information, but I kinda struggle to put that into an appropriate answer with all the key words!
By the way, for the exam.. is it okay to answer these types of questions in dot points? that way it's easier to include all the steps involved because answering these types of questions in a flowy paragraph with all the key terms can be so hard :/

[vox nihili]

Yeah, most of the time I know the information, but I kinda struggle to put that into an appropriate answer with all the key words!
By the way, for the exam.. is it okay to answer these types of questions in dot points? that way it's easier to include all the steps involved because answering these types of questions in a flowy paragraph with all the key terms can be so hard :/

In essence, it matters shit all how you structure your answers, provided the information is there. Dot points, essays, diagrams...smoke signals, do as you please (though I would suggest the last is probably going to lose you some marks )

[T-Infinite]

In essence, it matters shit all how you structure your answers, provided the information is there. Dot points, essays, diagrams...smoke signals, do as you please (though I would suggest the last is probably going to lose you some marks )

HAHAHAHHA! Smoke signals! >.< !
That reminds me of a friend who drew a giraffe on a test in class...... teacher gave him 1 bonus mark for.. creativity? LOL it was a biology test too.

So really, it doesn't matter how you answer it whether dot points/paragraphs/diagrams/essay, as long as you include all the required key terms and info ?

[vox nihili]

HAHAHAHHA! Smoke signals! >.< !
That reminds me of a friend who drew a giraffe on a test in class...... teacher gave him 1 bonus mark for.. creativity? LOL it was a biology test too.

So really, it doesn't matter how you answer it whether dot points/paragraphs/diagrams/essay, as long as you include all the required key terms and info ?

hahahah good work by them. The only stupid thing I've ever done like that was during a Spanish exam, wherein I couldn't remember the word for neck, so thought "fuck it.....el necko".

Exactly right. As long as you successfully give the information that they require, you'll be fine. They're testing your understanding, not your ability to structure answers. The idea of an exam is to assess your knowledge, so they actually prefer to write them so that there is less emphasis on exam techniques and more on content.