6. Techniques

Bioinformatics — Quiz

Test your understanding of bioinformatics with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

In de novo genome assembly using de Bruijn graphs, what do nodes and edges represent?

Question 2

A sequencing read of length 100 bases is processed with k-mer size $k=25$. How many k-mers are generated from this read? Show your calculation.

Question 3

Which of the following best distinguishes de novo genome assembly from reference-guided assembly?

Question 4

In RNA-Seq library preparation, which step specifically enriches for mRNA transcripts compared to genomic DNA library prep?

Question 5

In a profile hidden Markov model (HMM) for protein domain detection, which set of states is foundational?
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