BIOLOGY 1201 EXAM 1 2026 MOCK PAPER
COMPREHENSIVE NOTES AND ANALYSIS
◉ Non-covalent bonds stabilize all levels of protein structure except:
a. quaternary structure
b. secondary structure
c. tertiary structure
d. folded structure
e. primary structure.
Answer: Primary structure
◉ Which of the following is found only in DNA and not RNA?
a. adenine
b. uracil
c. guanine
d. thymine
e. cytosine.
Answer: Thymine
◉ What is the most common monosaccharide on the planet?
a. glucose
,b. aldose
c. fructose
d. saccharide
e. sucrose.
Answer: Glucose
◉ Which of the following is always charged?
a. phospholipid
b. fat
c. steroid
d. triglyceride
e. all of these are charged.
Answer: Phospholipid
◉ Adding a biological molecule to water will lower the pH if it has a
lot of which functional groups?
a. carboxyl
b. carbonyl
c. sulfhydryl
d. methyl
e. amino.
,Answer: Carboxyl If you move all the elements around in a molecule,
but you do not add or subtract anything, you have created:
◉ If you move all the elements around in a molecule, but you do not
add or subtract anything, you have created:
a. an isotope
b. an enantiomer
c. a steroid
d. a functional group
e. an isomer.
Answer: Isomer
◉ A hydrocarbon is a high energy molecule because:
a. it is composed solely of hydrogens and carbons
b. it is highly charged
c. it is highly hydrophobic
d. breaking C-H and C-C bonds releases lots of energy
e. hydrogen is a high energy fuel.
Answer: Breaking C-H and C-C bonds releases lots of energy
◉ Amino acids and nucleic acids have been found on meteorites,
how did they get there?
, a. all of the answers are correct
b. from breakdown of living organisms
c. from natural processes, similar to the Miller-Urey experiment
d. from enantiomer interconversion, similar to albuterol and
ibuprofen synthesis
e. from human contamination of the meteorites.
Answer: From natural processes, similar to the Miller-Urey
experiment
◉ Which functional group is *least* soluble in water?
a. amino
b. carbonyl
c. methyl
d. carboxyl
e. phosphate.
Answer: Methyl
◉ Why does the oxygen in water have a partial negative charge?
Select one:
a. Because oxygen is normally charged in elemental form
b. Because of the hydrogen bonding between water molecules
COMPREHENSIVE NOTES AND ANALYSIS
◉ Non-covalent bonds stabilize all levels of protein structure except:
a. quaternary structure
b. secondary structure
c. tertiary structure
d. folded structure
e. primary structure.
Answer: Primary structure
◉ Which of the following is found only in DNA and not RNA?
a. adenine
b. uracil
c. guanine
d. thymine
e. cytosine.
Answer: Thymine
◉ What is the most common monosaccharide on the planet?
a. glucose
,b. aldose
c. fructose
d. saccharide
e. sucrose.
Answer: Glucose
◉ Which of the following is always charged?
a. phospholipid
b. fat
c. steroid
d. triglyceride
e. all of these are charged.
Answer: Phospholipid
◉ Adding a biological molecule to water will lower the pH if it has a
lot of which functional groups?
a. carboxyl
b. carbonyl
c. sulfhydryl
d. methyl
e. amino.
,Answer: Carboxyl If you move all the elements around in a molecule,
but you do not add or subtract anything, you have created:
◉ If you move all the elements around in a molecule, but you do not
add or subtract anything, you have created:
a. an isotope
b. an enantiomer
c. a steroid
d. a functional group
e. an isomer.
Answer: Isomer
◉ A hydrocarbon is a high energy molecule because:
a. it is composed solely of hydrogens and carbons
b. it is highly charged
c. it is highly hydrophobic
d. breaking C-H and C-C bonds releases lots of energy
e. hydrogen is a high energy fuel.
Answer: Breaking C-H and C-C bonds releases lots of energy
◉ Amino acids and nucleic acids have been found on meteorites,
how did they get there?
, a. all of the answers are correct
b. from breakdown of living organisms
c. from natural processes, similar to the Miller-Urey experiment
d. from enantiomer interconversion, similar to albuterol and
ibuprofen synthesis
e. from human contamination of the meteorites.
Answer: From natural processes, similar to the Miller-Urey
experiment
◉ Which functional group is *least* soluble in water?
a. amino
b. carbonyl
c. methyl
d. carboxyl
e. phosphate.
Answer: Methyl
◉ Why does the oxygen in water have a partial negative charge?
Select one:
a. Because oxygen is normally charged in elemental form
b. Because of the hydrogen bonding between water molecules
