WARDLAWS CONTEMPORARY NUTRITION
CHAPTER 16 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULLY VERIFIED
◉ A ________ is the simplest form of lipid; it is a carbon chain, flanked
by hydrogens, with an acid group at one end and a methyl group at
the other end.
A) Sterol
B) Fatty Acid
C) Glycerol
D) Triglyceride.
Answer: B) Fatty Acid
◉ A _______ is made up of a glycerol backbone attached to three fatty
acids
A) Lipoprotein
B) Chylomicron
C) Phospholipid
D) Triglyceride.
Answer: D) Triglyceride
,◉ An omega 3 fatty acid has ________ at the third carbon from the
methyl end.
A) Its first single bond
B) Its first double bond
C) an acid group
D) A phosphate group.
Answer: B) Its first double bond
◉ What are the three main elements that make up lipids
A) Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
B) Carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen
C) Calcium, phosphorus, and oxygen
D) Oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.
Answer: A) Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
◉ Sterols are similar to triglycerides in which of the following ways?
A) They have multiple rings in their structures
B) They contain glycerol
C) They contain three fatty acids
D) They do not dissolve in water.
Answer: D) They do not dissolve in water
,◉ Which of the following is an example of a phospholipid?
A) Lecithin
B) Alpha-linolenic Acid
C) Linoleic Acid
D) Prostaglandin.
Answer: A) Lecithin
◉ Which of the following describes the structure of a phospholipid?
A) Two fatty acids and one phosphate - containing group attached to
a glycerol backbone
B) Multiple rings made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and
phosphorus
C) Three fatty acids attached to a glycerol backbone
D) One fatty acid and two phosphate containing groups attached toa
glycerol backbone.
Answer: A) Two fatty acids and one phosphate - containing group
attached to a glycerol backbone
◉ A monosaturated fatty acid contains only one
A) carbon-carbon single bond
B) Carbon-carbon double bond
C) phosphate group
D) Hydrocarbon ring.
, Answer: B) Carbon-carbon double bond
◉ The majority of the lipids in foods and in the body are in the form
of
A) Sterols
B) Phospholipids
C) Triglycerides
D) free fatty acids.
Answer: C) triglycerides
◉ A _______ fatty acid has one double bond
A) Saturated
B) Hydrogenated
C) Monounsaturated
D) polyunsaturated.
Answer: C) monounsaturated
◉ A saturated fatty acid contains _____ double bonds
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2 to 12
D) 14 to 24.
CHAPTER 16 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULLY VERIFIED
◉ A ________ is the simplest form of lipid; it is a carbon chain, flanked
by hydrogens, with an acid group at one end and a methyl group at
the other end.
A) Sterol
B) Fatty Acid
C) Glycerol
D) Triglyceride.
Answer: B) Fatty Acid
◉ A _______ is made up of a glycerol backbone attached to three fatty
acids
A) Lipoprotein
B) Chylomicron
C) Phospholipid
D) Triglyceride.
Answer: D) Triglyceride
,◉ An omega 3 fatty acid has ________ at the third carbon from the
methyl end.
A) Its first single bond
B) Its first double bond
C) an acid group
D) A phosphate group.
Answer: B) Its first double bond
◉ What are the three main elements that make up lipids
A) Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
B) Carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen
C) Calcium, phosphorus, and oxygen
D) Oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.
Answer: A) Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
◉ Sterols are similar to triglycerides in which of the following ways?
A) They have multiple rings in their structures
B) They contain glycerol
C) They contain three fatty acids
D) They do not dissolve in water.
Answer: D) They do not dissolve in water
,◉ Which of the following is an example of a phospholipid?
A) Lecithin
B) Alpha-linolenic Acid
C) Linoleic Acid
D) Prostaglandin.
Answer: A) Lecithin
◉ Which of the following describes the structure of a phospholipid?
A) Two fatty acids and one phosphate - containing group attached to
a glycerol backbone
B) Multiple rings made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and
phosphorus
C) Three fatty acids attached to a glycerol backbone
D) One fatty acid and two phosphate containing groups attached toa
glycerol backbone.
Answer: A) Two fatty acids and one phosphate - containing group
attached to a glycerol backbone
◉ A monosaturated fatty acid contains only one
A) carbon-carbon single bond
B) Carbon-carbon double bond
C) phosphate group
D) Hydrocarbon ring.
, Answer: B) Carbon-carbon double bond
◉ The majority of the lipids in foods and in the body are in the form
of
A) Sterols
B) Phospholipids
C) Triglycerides
D) free fatty acids.
Answer: C) triglycerides
◉ A _______ fatty acid has one double bond
A) Saturated
B) Hydrogenated
C) Monounsaturated
D) polyunsaturated.
Answer: C) monounsaturated
◉ A saturated fatty acid contains _____ double bonds
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2 to 12
D) 14 to 24.
