BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
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Your Exam Plug
, a large molecule that consists of many repeating structural units is called a - Answer: polymer
each unit molecule that comes together to form a polymer is called a - Answer: monomer
the main advantage associated with ceramics compared to metals is - Answer: corrosion
resistance
what all polymers have in common is the type of bond which holds their monomers together.
what type of bond is this? - Answer: a covalent bond
there are two types of polymerization, the first being addition, which of these is a requirement
of monomers in order to undergo addition polymerization? - Answer: the presence of a carbon
to carbon double bond
as mentioned earlier, there are two main types of polymerization, the second of which is
condensation polymerization. during a condensation polymerization reaction, many monomers
join together. what is lost when two monomers join together via a condensation reaction? -
Answer: water
proteins (polypeptides) and carbohydrates (polysaccharides) are both polymers. true or false,
the third of the major biological molecules, the lipids, cannot be described as polymers. -
Answer: true
still on biological molecules, the incredible length of these polymers (sometimes tens of
thousands of monomers) often results in the formation of a tertiary, 3-D structure. an example
of this is in globular proteins. which of these is NOT a force of attraction which usually acts
between the different sections of the polypeptide chain of a globular protein? - Answer:
metallic bonds
Which of the following structures represents a polyamide? - Answer: [-NH-CO-R-]
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
Your Exam Plug
, a large molecule that consists of many repeating structural units is called a - Answer: polymer
each unit molecule that comes together to form a polymer is called a - Answer: monomer
the main advantage associated with ceramics compared to metals is - Answer: corrosion
resistance
what all polymers have in common is the type of bond which holds their monomers together.
what type of bond is this? - Answer: a covalent bond
there are two types of polymerization, the first being addition, which of these is a requirement
of monomers in order to undergo addition polymerization? - Answer: the presence of a carbon
to carbon double bond
as mentioned earlier, there are two main types of polymerization, the second of which is
condensation polymerization. during a condensation polymerization reaction, many monomers
join together. what is lost when two monomers join together via a condensation reaction? -
Answer: water
proteins (polypeptides) and carbohydrates (polysaccharides) are both polymers. true or false,
the third of the major biological molecules, the lipids, cannot be described as polymers. -
Answer: true
still on biological molecules, the incredible length of these polymers (sometimes tens of
thousands of monomers) often results in the formation of a tertiary, 3-D structure. an example
of this is in globular proteins. which of these is NOT a force of attraction which usually acts
between the different sections of the polypeptide chain of a globular protein? - Answer:
metallic bonds
Which of the following structures represents a polyamide? - Answer: [-NH-CO-R-]
