The scientist would expect the length of the molecule that is translated into a protein to be A - VCE - SSCE Biology - Question 4 - 2022 - Paper 1

To determine the expected length of the molecule that is translated into a protein, we can use the fact that one amino acid corresponds to three bases in the genetic code. Assuming the question implies a certain number of amino acids in the protein, we can calculate the number of bases as follows:

If a protein has, for instance, 80 amino acids, the length of the corresponding DNA molecule would be:
$ext{Length} = ext{Number of amino acids} imes 3$
$ext{Length} = 80 imes 3 = 240 ext{ bases}$

Thus, the expected length would be 240 bases, corresponding to answer A.