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Clements and Patton
Exam II
October 6th, 2025
Print Name (as it appears on brightspace)
VU net ID (should have letters and sometimes numbers but not all numbers)
Honor code Signature Pledge
1. Read all questions carefully.
2. Do NOT open the exam until you are told to do so.
3. You will have 50 minutes to complete this exam.
4. Failure to close your exam at the end of 50 minutes will result in a reduction of
points.
5. Each multiple-choice question has a single best answer.
6. Use only the space provided for short answer questions
7. Good luck!
, Multiple choice – 2 pts each
*Write the answer in the box given below with a single letter, DO NOT just circle your
preferred choice.
1.) Living cells expose phosphatidyl serine (PS) much more frequently on the cytosolic side
and it is rarely found on the extracellular side. What enzyme is used in this movement?
Is it a passive or active process?
A. Flippase/Active
B. Flippase/Passive
C. Scramblase/Active
D. Scramblase/Passive
Answer:
A
2.) You find a protein that is being targeted to the thylakoid lumen of the chloroplast with a
mutation in the TIC complex. What compartment of the chloroplast would this protein
end up in?
A.) None, it would be in the cytosol
B.) Intermembrane Space (IMS)
C.) Stroma
D.) Thylakoid Membrane
E.) Thylakoid Lumen
Answer:
B
3.) If C4 plants were grown in the presence of radiolabeled CO2, radioactivity would NOT be
seen in what product. Here, only the oxygen is radiolabeled.
A. Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP)
B. Rubisco
C. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (GAP)
D. Oxaloacetate
E. Malate
Answer:
B
BSCI 1510 Exam II Questions and Answers (Verified
Answers) | Vanderbilt University | Latest (2026/2027) Updated
Version
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS:
❖BSCI 1510 Exam II
❖Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
❖Vanderbilt University
❖Latest (2026/2027) Updated Version
❖100% Guaranteed Pass
, BSCI 1510-02
Clements and Patton
Exam II
October 6th, 2025
Print Name (as it appears on brightspace)
VU net ID (should have letters and sometimes numbers but not all numbers)
Honor code Signature Pledge
1. Read all questions carefully.
2. Do NOT open the exam until you are told to do so.
3. You will have 50 minutes to complete this exam.
4. Failure to close your exam at the end of 50 minutes will result in a reduction of
points.
5. Each multiple-choice question has a single best answer.
6. Use only the space provided for short answer questions
7. Good luck!
, Multiple choice – 2 pts each
*Write the answer in the box given below with a single letter, DO NOT just circle your
preferred choice.
1.) Living cells expose phosphatidyl serine (PS) much more frequently on the cytosolic side
and it is rarely found on the extracellular side. What enzyme is used in this movement?
Is it a passive or active process?
A. Flippase/Active
B. Flippase/Passive
C. Scramblase/Active
D. Scramblase/Passive
Answer:
A
2.) You find a protein that is being targeted to the thylakoid lumen of the chloroplast with a
mutation in the TIC complex. What compartment of the chloroplast would this protein
end up in?
A.) None, it would be in the cytosol
B.) Intermembrane Space (IMS)
C.) Stroma
D.) Thylakoid Membrane
E.) Thylakoid Lumen
Answer:
B
3.) If C4 plants were grown in the presence of radiolabeled CO2, radioactivity would NOT be
seen in what product. Here, only the oxygen is radiolabeled.
A. Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP)
B. Rubisco
C. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (GAP)
D. Oxaloacetate
E. Malate
Answer:
B
