1. Introduction to Bioinformatics
QUIZ
Dr. Etienne Z. GNIMPIEBA
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2. Summary
1. Bioinformatics fundamentals
2. Career
3. Applications
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3. 1. Bioinformatics fundamentals
Quiz
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4. “Biotechnology is Any technological application that
uses________________, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or
modify products or processes for specific use.”
Clinics
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Computer Science
Economy
Biological Systems
Statistics
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5. Fill the blank box in the figure
Systems Biology
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Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
Chemistry
Agriculture
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6. What is Bioinformatics?
Computer science applications for
biology
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Biology and Informatics
Biotechnology subdomain
All of the above
None
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7. What does this image
represent?
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Protein Model
Interactions of approximately 70
metabolites
Interactions of approximately 100
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8. Bioinformatics challenges are:
Development of new research interest on DNA
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Accumulating mass of data
Biological systems complexity
All of the above
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9. Which gives a correct list of
bioinformatics' topics
Computational biology, economy, molecular
evolution
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Genome sequence, protein
sequence, autonomyGenome sequence, protein
sequence, database
Biotechnology, computer science
None
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10. What is central molecular
dogma?
An enzyme mechanism
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An explanation of the flow of genetic information
within a biological system
Biological system method
The cells found in the hollow part of some
bones
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11. 2. Bioinformatics Applications
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12. What is the goal of
Bioinformatics?
To make models
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To help Biologist’s with their
research
To make processing tools
Connect the core uses and tools with the surrounding
disciplines.
To close the gap between biology and computer
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CORE
Tool
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Tools
Tool
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ToolsTools
Tools
Tool
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Tool
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Ad Hoc Interface
Ad Hoc Interface
AdHocInterface
AdHocInterface
Biology
Computer
Science
Molecular
Nutrition
Pharma-
cology
MedicineEcology

13. What is Data Manipulation?
The storage of information
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The collection of information
The analysis of information
The creation of information
All of the above
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14. Which of these is an example of a
Data Manipulation tool?
BioExtract Server
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KEGG
BRENDA
Virtual Cell
DNA Microarray
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15. Which of these is an example of a
Data Manipulation tool?
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An example of a data manipulation
model
Model demonstrating how to
perform a PCR
Methods for solving complex systems biology
questions
Model demonstrating how to perform a DNA Microarray
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Biological question
Differentially expressed genes
Sample class prediction etc.
Testing
Biological verification
and interpretation
Microarray experiment
Estimation
Experimental design
Image analysis
Normalization
Clustering Discrimination

16. What are the two origins for
models in Bioinformatics?
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Analyzing data, or analyzing systems and
interactions
Analyzing data, or PCR testing
Analyzing systems, or interactions, or lab experiments
Analyzing Systems Biology processes, or lab
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17. The E Cell is an example of
what?
A Google App Tool
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Data Manipulation
Tool
Bioinformatics Model
Another subset of the Virtual Cell
A helpful learning image
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18. What does this model
represent?
HIV Spread
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Cancer Tumor
Flu Spread
Google Body Browser App
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19. 3. Bioinformatics Career Quiz
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20. Who can become a
bioinformatician?
Anyone who has graduated high school
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Someone with an initial background in Biology
Someone with an initial background in Computer
Science
Both above answers
Anyone who has graduated college
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21. Where can someone find a
Bioinformatics Job?
All of the above
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State and Federal Agencies
Research Institutions
Universities
Pharmaceutical Companies
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22. What does a bioinformatician
do?
All of the above
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Modeling and simulation
Pharmacogenomics
Sequence Assembly
DNA computing
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23. What skill does someone NOT
need to become a
bioinformatician?
Skills for data analysis, storage, and retrieval
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How to perform DNA Microarrays and PCRs
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Database administration and programming skills
Biologist and computers scientists
Genomic sequence analysis

24. What does this image
represent?
None of the above
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Data Manipulation
Tool
An example of a
Bioinformatics Model
The different bioinformatics careers
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• Cloud
• Databank
• Database
• Data designer
• Information manipulation
• Create/collect information
• Statistic analysis
• Date inference, learning
• Model from data
• Model from SB
• Large scale model
Modeling & learning SB
Informatics
Data manipulation
Bio/life