Draft talk:Deoxyribonucleic acids/Quiz

Astonishingly bad
This is bad, I have no idea what the questions even mean - "Pure deoxyribonucleic acid involves no doing apart from itself", "The purpose of deoxyribonucleic acid is to describe natural processes or phenomena for the first time." And what has proof of concept got to do with a quiz on DNA? Shouldn't someone check if they are grammatical or make sense before putting this quiz up? Hzh (discuss • contribs) 22:03, 1 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Actually "proof of concept" is involved and has been since DNA was discovered. And, it does make sense. Did you try to answer the question? Did you get the right answer? --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 00:35, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Given that I have a PhD in biochemistry, I should know the answer, but I have no idea what some of the questions are asking, therefore it is pointless to answer. Write a quiz that someone can understand, and in grammatical English. Proof of concept is simply that, a proof of concept. It is a general idea, and has no greater relevance to DNA than astrophysics or quantum mechanics. Everything about the quiz is wrong, from the way it is written, to the understanding.  You either say "DNA is made up of" or "DNA stands for", not "DNA is made with". Similarly "a sugar-polyphosphate chain is the backbone of DNA" should be written as "a sugar-polyphosphate chain forms the backbone of DNA", etc.  Hzh (discuss • contribs) 15:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Congratulations on the PhD in biochemistry. Thank you for commenting on the quiz. I worded the questions the way they are and stated what was stated deliberately. Feel free to try the quiz again. There's more there than you are reading into it so far. Reviewing the lecture may also help and perhaps proof of concept. Welcome to Wikiversity. Feel free to write your own version of "Deoxyribonucleic acids" as a different resource. If you like, a suggested title can be Biochemistry/Deoxyribonucleic acids, or Deoxyribonucleic acids/Biochemistry, perhaps depending on your emphasis. There can be as many learning resources on DNA as there are contributors. Mine as you will read is written from an hypothesis. Wikiversity is not Wikipedia! Enjoy learning by doing! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 23:33, 2 November 2015 (UTC)