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1. Cellulark foundations
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Inkakbacterialkcell,kthekDNAkiskinkthe:

A) cellkenvelope.
B) cellk membrane.
C) nucleoid.
D) nucleus.
E) ribosomes.

2. Cellulark foundations
Page:k 4 Difficulty:k 1 Ans:k E
Akmajorkchangekoccurringkinkthek evolutionkofkeukaryoteskfromkprokaryoteskwaskthekdevelop

A) DNA.
B) photosynthetic k capability.
C) plasmakmembranes.
D) ribosomes.
E) theknucleus.

3. Cellulark foundations
Page:k 4 Difficulty:k 1 Ans:k B
Inkeukaryotes,ktheknucleuskiskenclosedkbykak doublekmembranekcalledkthe:

A) cellk membrane.
B) nuclearkenvelope. @theb
C) nucleolus.
D) nucleoplasm.
E) nucleosome.

4. Cellulark foundations
Page:k4 Difficulty:k 1 Ans:kC
Thekdimensionskofklivingkcellskareklimited,konkthek lowerkendkbykthekminimumknumberk ofkbi
cessarykforkfunction,kandkonkthek upperkendkbykthekratek ofkdiffusionkofksolutesksuchkaskoxyg
Exceptkforkhighlykelongatedkcells,ktheykusuallykhaveklengthskandkdiameterskinkthek rangekof:

A) 0.1kµmktok10k µm.
B) 0.3kµmktok30k µm.
C) 0.3kµmktok100k µm.
D) 1kµmktok100k µm.

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5. Cellulark foundations
Page:k 5 Difficulty:k 2 Ans:k B
Thekbacteriumk E.kcolikrequiresksimplekorganickmoleculeskforkgrowthkandk energy—itkiskther

A) chemoautotroph.
B) chemoheterotroph.
C) lithotroph.
D) photoautotroph.
E) photoheterotroph.

6. Cellulark foundations
Page:k 10 Difficulty:k 2 Ans:k B
Whichkonekofkthekfollowingkhaskthek cellularkcomponentskarrangedkinkorderkofk increasingksi

A) Aminokacidk<kproteink<k mitochondrionk<kribosome
B) Aminokacidk<kproteink<kribosomek<kmitochondrion
C) Aminokacidk<kribosomek<kproteink<kmitochondrion
D) Proteink<kaminokacidk <k mitochondrionk<kribosome
E) Proteink<kribosomek<kmitochondrionk<kaminokacid

7. Cellulark foundations
Page:k 11 Difficulty:k 2 Ans:k A
Thekthree-
dimensionalkstructurekofkmacromoleculeskiskformedkandkmaintainedkprimarilykthroughkno
actions.k Whichkonekofkthekfollowingkisk notkconsideredkaknoncovalentkinteraction?

A) carbon-carbon k bonds
B) hydrogenkbonds
C) hydrophobickinteractions
D) ionickinteractions
E) vankderkWaalskinteractions

8. Chemicalkfoundations
Page:k 12 Difficulty:k 2 Ans:k E
Whichkonekofkthekfollowingkisk notkamongkthekfourk mostkabundantkelementskinklivingkorgan

A) Carbon
B) Hydrogen
C) Nitrogen
D) Oxygen
E) Phosphorus

9. Chemicalkfoundations
Page:k 13 Difficulty:k 1 Ans:k B
Thekfourkcovalentkbondskinkmethanek(CHk4)karekarrangedkaroundkcarbonktokgivekwhichkonek
gkgeometries?

, Chapterk 1k k Thek Foundationsk ofk Biochemistry



10. Chemicalkfoundations
Page:k 14 Difficulty:k 1 Ans:k B
Whatkfunctionalkgroupskarekpresentkonkthiskmolecule?




A) etherkandkaldehyde
B) hydroxylk andk aldehyde
C) hydroxylkandkcarboxylickacid
D) hydroxylk andk ester
E) hydroxylk andk ketone

11. Chemicalkfoundations
Page:k 16 Difficulty:k 1 Ans:k D
Thekmacromoleculeskthatkservekinkthekstoragek andktransmissionkofkgenetickinformationkare:

A) carbohydrates.
B) lipids.
C) membranes.
D) nucleickacids.
E) proteins.

12. Chemicalkfoundations
Page:k 17 Difficulty:k 1 Ans:k D
Stereoisomerskthatkareknonsuperimposablekmirrorkimageskofkeachkotherk arekknownkas:

A) anomers.
B) cis-transkisomers.
C) diastereoisomers.
D) enantiomers.
E) geometrick isomers.

13. Chemicalkfoundations
Page:k 20 Difficulty:k 3 Ans:k E
Thekenzymekfumarasekcatalyzeskthek reversiblekhydrationkofkfumarickacidktokl-
malate,k butkitkwillknotkcatalyzekthekhydrationkofkmaleickacid,kthekciskisomerkofkfumarickac
xamplekof:

A) biologicalkactivity.
B) chiralkactivity.
C) racemization.
D) stereoisomerization.
E) stereospecificity.