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January 2023 term · Big Data and Biological Networks · BSBT4002

Big Data and Biological Networks Quiz 1: 26 February 2023, Set QPE3 (January 2023 term)

The IIT Madras BS Big Data and Biological Networks (Big Data and Biological Networks) Quiz 1 paper sat on 26 Feb 2023, in the January 2023 term, set QPE3: 32 questions for 50 marks in 120 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.

Questions
32
Marks
50
Duration
120 min
MCQ
21
MSQ
11

Updated

Official paper: IIT M DEGREE AN4 EXAM QPE4 26 Feb 2023 · No negative marking.

Question 1

+1 markOne correct option

What kind of functional genomics approach would you choose if you are interested in the study of how histone methylation regulates gene expression?

  1. A

    RNA-Seq

  2. B

    Transcriptomics

  3. C

    Epigenomics

  4. D

    Metabolomics

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Correct answer

  • C

    Epigenomics

Question 2

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Which one of the following is untrue about DNA sequencing methods?

  1. A

    Purified fragments of DNA cut from plasmid/phage clones or amplified bypolymerase chain reaction (PCR)

  2. B

    Clones of DNA fragments are denatured to single strands, and one of thestrands is hybridized to an oligonucleotide primer

  3. C

    Reverse transcriptase is used to create DNA fragments during DNAsequencing

  4. D

    New strands of DNA are synthesized from the end of the primer

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Correct answer

  • C

    Reverse transcriptase is used to create DNA fragments during DNAsequencing

Question 3

+1 markOne correct option

A major design consideration in a microarray experiment is the incorporation of replicates. Which one of the following statements is most appropriate in stating the consequence(s) of not including replicates in your experiment?

  1. A

    The number of false-positive errors in detecting differentially expressed geneswill increase

  2. B

    The number of false-negative errors in detecting differentially expressedgenes will increase

  3. C

    No statistical analysis of the significance of the observed changes will bepossible

  4. D

    All of these

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  • D

    All of these

Question 4

+1 markOne correct option

Imagine you are designing an experiment to measure gene expression in the blood of patients who have been treated with a new drug. You want to measure expression of all genes in the genome and may want to use the data to identify novel transcripts (e.g. miRNAs) in the future. Which method would you choose?

  1. A

    Real-time PCR

  2. B

    ChiP-seq

  3. C

    Microarray analysis

  4. D

    RNA-seq

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Correct answer

  • D

    RNA-seq

Question 5

+1 markOne correct option

In a RNA-seq experiment, which file contains raw sequence data?

  1. A

    SAM file

  2. B

    BAM file

  3. C

    FASTQ file

  4. D

    CRAM file

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Correct answer

  • C

    FASTQ file

Question 6

+1 markOne correct option

Which one of the following is most appropriate option?

  1. A

    Frameshift mutation involves the insertion or deletion of a single base in aDNA molecule

  2. B

    Mutagen is a substance or energy form that can cause a mutation in DNA

  3. C

    Point Mutation involves substitution of a single nucleotide in a DNA molecule

  4. D

    Frameshift mutation involves the insertion or deletion of a single base in aDNA molecule, Mutagen is a substance or energy form that can cause a mutation in DNA andPoint Mutation involves substitution of a single nucleotide in a DNA molecule

  5. E

    None of these

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Correct answer

  • D

    Frameshift mutation involves the insertion or deletion of a single base in aDNA molecule, Mutagen is a substance or energy form that can cause a mutation in DNA andPoint Mutation involves substitution of a single nucleotide in a DNA molecule

Question 7

+1 markOne correct option

In a DNA molecule, which molecules make up the backbone of the double helix?

  1. A

    Single nucleotides

  2. B

    Joined sugar and phosphates

  3. C

    Joined nitrogenous base and phosphates

  4. D

    Paired nucleotides

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Correct answer

  • B

    Joined sugar and phosphates

Question 8

+1 markOne correct option

Which of the following accounts for the inability of dideoxynucleotide triphosphates (ddNTPs) to further polymerize in Sanger DNA sequencing?

  1. A

    Lack of a hydroxyl group on the 2' carbon

  2. B

    Lack of a hydroxyl group on the 3' carbon

  3. C

    Lack of a triphosphate moiety on the 5' carbon

  4. D

    Presence of a hydroxyl group on the 3' carbon

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Correct answer

  • B

    Lack of a hydroxyl group on the 3' carbon

Question 9

+1 markOne correct option

A connected graph is said to have an Eulerian path if it has zero or two vertices with odd degrees. Given the degree distribution of the two connected graphs, Graph-A and Graph-B, find if any of the graphs has the Eulerian path.

A connected graph is said to have an Eulerian path if it has zero or two vertices with odd degrees. Given the degree distribution of the two connected graphs, Graph-A and Graph-B, find if any of the graphs has the Eulerian path.

  1. A

    Only Graph A

  2. B

    Only Graph B

  3. C

    Both Graph A and Graph B

  4. D

    Neither of them

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Correct answer

  • A

    Only Graph A

Question 10

+1 markOne correct option

What value of p for an Erdos-Renyi network G(n,p), would generate a random network comparable to a regular lattice with n=25 and k=3?

  1. A

    0.125

  2. B

    0.25

  3. C

    0.40

  4. D

    0.50

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Correct answer

  • B

    0.25

Question 11

+1 markOne correct option

Let ‘A’ denote the adjacency matrix of a graph, and ‘n’ denote the number of non-zero elements in ‘A’. Which one of the following is true?

  1. A

    If A represents an undirected graph, then n is always an even number

  2. B

    If A represents a directed graph, then n is always an even number

  3. C

    If self-loops are allowed, then n is always an even number

  4. D

    In a weighted graph, the sum of all the elements in A equals n

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Correct answer

  • A

    If A represents an undirected graph, then n is always an even number

Question 12

+1 markOne correct option

Density of the below-given graph is:

Density of the below-given graph is:

  1. A

    0.52

  2. B

    0.7

  3. C

    0.43

  4. D

    0.23

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Correct answer

  • C

    0.43

Question 13

+1 markOne correct option

Which of the following are true about the regular graph?

  1. A

    It is a connected graph

  2. B

    The degree distribution of the graph follows the binomial distribution

  3. C

    The clustering coefficient is the same for all the nodes

  4. D

    The number of neighbours for all the nodes remains the same

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Correct answer

  • D

    The number of neighbours for all the nodes remains the same

Question 14

+1 markOne correct option

There are four connected components in a graph of 10 nodes. The number of nodes in each of them is 2,2,3 and 3. What is the minimum number of possible edges in the graph?

  1. A

    3

  2. B

    10

  3. C

    8

  4. D

    6

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Correct answer

  • D

    6

Question 15

+1 markOne correct option

How many edges does a complete bipartite graph with 10 nodes (each group have 5 nodes) have?

  1. A

    45

  2. B

    55

  3. C

    35

  4. D

    25

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Correct answer

  • D

    25

Question 16

+1 markOne correct option

If a graph has 25 vertices and a minimum degree of 5, what is the maximum number of edges it can have?

  1. A

    300

  2. B

    400

  3. C

    100

  4. D

    200

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Correct answer

  • A

    300

Question 17

+1 markOne correct option

In the preferential attachment model, new incoming node would attach to the nodes 1,2,3,4 in the network below with the following probabilities:

In the preferential attachment model, new incoming node would attach to the nodes 1,2,3,4 in the network below with the following probabilities:

  1. A

    1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4

  2. B

    3/4, 2/4, 2/4, 1/4

  3. C

    1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8

  4. D

    3/8, 2/8, 2/8, 1/8

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Correct answer

  • D

    3/8, 2/8, 2/8, 1/8

Question 18

+1 markOne correct option

In a graph of 23 nodes and 50 edges, the average degree is:

  1. A

    2.17

  2. B

    4.35

  3. C

    0.92

  4. D

    1.24

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Correct answer

  • B

    4.35

Question 19

+1 markOne correct option
  1. A

    (1,2)

  2. B

    (1,2), (2,1), (1,1), (2,2)

  3. C

    (1,2), (1,1), (2,2)

  4. D

    (1,2), (2,1)

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Correct answer

  • B

    (1,2), (2,1), (1,1), (2,2)

Question 20

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Through proteomics studies, which of the following research-questions can be addressed. Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Is the abundance of the tumour suppressor p-53 affected by growth of ahuman cell line in the presence of penicillin?

  2. B

    Which genes are upregulated in response to lower temperatures in a cultureof S. cerevisiae?

  3. C

    Which proteins are localised to the Golgi apparatus in mouse liverhepatocytes?

  4. D

    Which SNPs are associated with Breast Cancer?

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Correct answers

  • A

    Is the abundance of the tumour suppressor p-53 affected by growth of ahuman cell line in the presence of penicillin?

  • C

    Which proteins are localised to the Golgi apparatus in mouse liverhepatocytes?

Question 21

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following are the application of metabolomics. Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Identification of disease biomarkers

  2. B

    Mass production of essential proteins and metabolites

  3. C

    Determination of SNPs associated with a disease

  4. D

    To study gene-expression pattern in a context-specific manner

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Correct answers

  • A

    Identification of disease biomarkers

  • B

    Mass production of essential proteins and metabolites

Question 22

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following are true for Illumina sequencing? Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Sequence a single DNA fragment at a time

  2. B

    Short fragment reads (100-150 bp) are ligated to the flow cell surface

  3. C

    Ability to sequence hundreds to thousands of genes or gene regionssimultaneously

  4. D

    None of these

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Correct answers

  • B

    Short fragment reads (100-150 bp) are ligated to the flow cell surface

  • C

    Ability to sequence hundreds to thousands of genes or gene regionssimultaneously

Question 23

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Let ‘A’ be the adjacency matrix of a fully connected bi-partite graph with seven nodes. Five nodes belong to one group, and the other two belong to the other. The matrix ‘A’ has rows and columns arranged so that the first five rows (and columns) denote the nodes from one particular group. Let n be the number of non-zero elements in the graph. Which of the following are true? Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    The maximum value of n is 20

  2. B

    n is always an even number

  3. C

    The number of non-zero elements in A[:5 , :5] is 10

  4. D

    The minimum value of n is 10

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Correct answers

  • A

    The maximum value of n is 20

  • B

    n is always an even number

Question 24

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following are not an example of a biological network? Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Metabolic network

  2. B

    Citation network from a biological journal

  3. C

    Signaling network

  4. D

    People from a Facebook group “Big data in biology”

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Correct answers

  • B

    Citation network from a biological journal

  • D

    People from a Facebook group “Big data in biology”

Question 25

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following are true statements. Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Number of parameters required for generating a Erdos-Renyi graph is 2

  2. B

    Number of parameters required for generating a Watts-Strogatz graph is 3

  3. C

    Number of parameters required for generating a power-law graph is 1

  4. D

    Neither of them are correct

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Correct answers

  • A

    Number of parameters required for generating a Erdos-Renyi graph is 2

  • B

    Number of parameters required for generating a Watts-Strogatz graph is 3

  • C

    Number of parameters required for generating a power-law graph is 1

Question 26

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following are true about the Watts-Strogatz network? Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    It can capture the degree distribution of the real-world network

  2. B

    It can capture the small-world properties of the real-world network

  3. C

    It has a long-tail degree distribution

  4. D

    It can capture the characteristic path length of the real-world network

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  • B

    It can capture the small-world properties of the real-world network

  • D

    It can capture the characteristic path length of the real-world network

Question 27

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following are true for RNA-seq studies? Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Bulk RNA-seq captures only an “average” of the expression profiles ofthousands of cells

  2. B

    Single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) allows the capture of individual measurementsacross dozens and up to thousands of single cells

  3. C

    RNA transcripts generated are identical across all the cell-types.

  4. D

    Post-translational modifications can be studied using RNA-seq approach.

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Correct answers

  • A

    Bulk RNA-seq captures only an “average” of the expression profiles ofthousands of cells

  • B

    Single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) allows the capture of individual measurementsacross dozens and up to thousands of single cells

Question 28

+3 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following are correct for Multi-omics studies? Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    It combines genomic data with data from other modalities such astranscriptomics, epigenetics, and proteomics

  2. B

    It enables a more comprehensive understanding of molecular changescontributing to normal development, cellular response, and disease

  3. C

    It focuses on one aspect of the biological system

  4. D

    It allows the systematic understanding of information flow across differentomics layers

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Correct answers

  • A

    It combines genomic data with data from other modalities such astranscriptomics, epigenetics, and proteomics

  • B

    It enables a more comprehensive understanding of molecular changescontributing to normal development, cellular response, and disease

  • D

    It allows the systematic understanding of information flow across differentomics layers

Question 29

+3 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following are true about GWAS studies? Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    GWAS test hundreds of thousands of genetic variants across many genomes tofind those statistically associated with a specific trait or disease

  2. B

    GWAS can be used to predict an individual’s risk for physical and mentaldisease based on their genetic profile

  3. C

    If a variant is found to be associated with a trait, it means that a variant in thatgenomic region may cause a difference in the trait

  4. D

    If a variant is found to be associated with a trait, it means that a variant in thatgenomic region certainly causes a difference in the trait

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Correct answers

  • A

    GWAS test hundreds of thousands of genetic variants across many genomes tofind those statistically associated with a specific trait or disease

  • B

    GWAS can be used to predict an individual’s risk for physical and mentaldisease based on their genetic profile

  • C

    If a variant is found to be associated with a trait, it means that a variant in thatgenomic region may cause a difference in the trait

Question 30

+3 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following are true statements. Select all the correct options.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Nanopore is long read sequencing technique, whereas, Illumina sequencing isshort read sequencing technique.

  2. B

    Nanopore has 99% accuracy whereas Illumina has 92-95% accuracy

  3. C

    Nanopore sequencing technology uses change in current in protein nanoporewhen DNA is passed through it

  4. D

    Illumina sequencing uses reversible dye terminator technology to detect thesequence of DNA molecules

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Correct answers

  • A

    Nanopore is long read sequencing technique, whereas, Illumina sequencing isshort read sequencing technique.

  • C

    Nanopore sequencing technology uses change in current in protein nanoporewhen DNA is passed through it

  • D

    Illumina sequencing uses reversible dye terminator technology to detect thesequence of DNA molecules

Question 31

+3 marksOne correct option

Calculate the betweenness centrality of node ‘3’ in the given below network.

Calculate the betweenness centrality of node ‘3’ in the given below network.

  1. A

    0.597

  2. B

    0.041

  3. C

    0.055

  4. D

    0.122

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Correct answer

  • A

    0.597

Question 32

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The average clustering coefficient of the given network is

The average clustering coefficient of the given network is

  1. A

    0.66

  2. B

    0.33

  3. C

    0.86

  4. D

    0.46

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Correct answer

  • B

    0.33