Bio Informatics Interview Questions
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What does the ultrametric property of a tree tell us about the evolutionary process?

1991

What is the difference in terms of connectivity between a scale free network and random network?

1395

What two possibilities are there to describe how gene fragments may have evolved?

1717

Suppose you used the NCBI Blast server to look for a match to a fruit-fly gene. Suppose further that the best alignment contained this section of an alignment: Hit from database: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXNFSTSQ User sequence: SLEAEAAPASISPSNFSSSQ What do the Xs signify?

1497

Suppose the Blast search returned 100 hits. Of these, 17 were false positives and we knew that there were 165 sequences in the database which should have returned a hit with our sequence. How many false negatives were there, and what is the sensitivity and selectivity of Blast in this instance?

1832

If a match from a sequence database search is reported to have an E-value of 0.0, should it be considered highly insignificant or highly significant?

1 2771

What is the idea behind ?weighting? sequences in the package CLUSTAL W for multiple alignment? How are these weights calculated?

1529

When a bicycle is in motion, the force of friction exerted by the ground on the two wheels is such that it acts a) In the backward direction on the front wheel and in the forward direction on the rear wheel. (b) In the forward direction on the front wheel and in the backward direction on the rear wheel. (c) In the backward direction on both the front and rear wheels. (d) In the backward direction on both the front and rear wheels.

College School Exams Tests, IIM, IIT, JGK, Wipro,

8 28870

A certain radioactive element A, has a half life = t seconds. In (t/2) seconds the fraction of the initial quantity of the element so far decayed is nearly (a) 29% (b) 15% (c) 10% (d) 45%

Wipro,

1 9648

Which of the following plots would be a straight line ? (a) Logarithm of decay rate against logarithm of time (b) Logarithm of decay rate against logarithm of number of decaying nuclei (c) Decay rate against time (d) Number of decaying nuclei against time

Wipro,

1 4537

A radioactive element x has an atomic number of 100. It decays directly into an element y which decays directly into element z. In both processes a charged particle is emitted. Which of the following statements would be true? (a) y has an atomic number of 102 (b) y has an atomic number of 101 (c) z has an atomic number of 100 (d) z has an atomic number of 101

Wipro,

1 5177

If the sum of the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c=0 is equal to the sum of the squares of their reciprocals then a/c, b/a, c/b are in (a) AP (b) GP (c) HP (d) None of these

Wipro,

1 8619

A man speaks the truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports it to be a 6. What is the probability of it being a 6? (a) 3/8 (b) 5/8 (c) 3/4 (d) None of the above

HDFC, Microsoft, MNC, TCS, Wipro,

11 26312

If cos2A + cos2B + cos2C = 1 then ABC is a (a) Right angle triangle (b) Equilateral triangle (c) All the angles are acute (d) None of these

Wipro,

1 10112

Image of point (3,8) in the line x + 3y = 7 is (a) (-1,-4) (b) (-1,4) (c) (2,-4) (d) (-2,-4)

3i Infotech, Wipro,

1 8185


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What is the secondary structure of intron ?

1657


Have the proteins of a family generally acquired distinctive properties within each of these three kingdoms for ancient families that arose before bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes diverged?

612


can u give me an example of a project you were involved with that illustrates your interest and skills in bringing people together?

1599


How to caculate coordinates of each atoms on 3 D HP model?

1678


How to Insert Genomic DNA into yeast ?

1519






How do you customize database for blast?

602


Define perl and clustalW problem?

1984


Are all members of transporter families confined to a particular organelle or to the plasma membrane, or are some family members found throughout cellular compartments in eukaryotes?

578


How to Count number of nucleotide substitutions ?

1779


What is enzyme-ligand interaction?

1530


How to predict the function of a gene (product)?

1549


An electron is injected into a region of uniform magnetic flux density with the components of velocity parallel to and normal to the flux. What is the path of the electron?

1904


what is a qi number?

1824


What is computational biology?

563


Does multidrug resistance (mdr) arise by activation of stable genes encoding drug efflux pumps or by mutations of genes encoding other types of transporters in bacterial pathogens?

635