Multipleg Choiceg Questions
1. Cellularg foundations
Pages:g3-4g Difficulty:g1 Ans:gC
Ingagbacterialgcell,gthegDNAgisgingthe:
A) cellgenvelope.
B) cellg membrane.
C) nucleoid.
D) nucleus.
E) ribosomes.
2. Cellularg foundations
Page:g 4 Difficulty:g 1 Ans:g E
Agmajorgchangegoccurringgingtheg evolutiongofgeukaryotesgfromgprokaryotesgwasgthegdeve
A) DNA.
B) photosynthetic g capability.
C) plasmagmembranes.
D) ribosomes.
E) thegnucleus.
3. Cellularg foundations
Page:g 4 Difficulty:g 1 Ans:g B
Ingeukaryotes,gthegnucleusgisgenclosedgbygag doublegmembranegcalledgthe:
A) cellg membrane.
B) nucleargenvelope. @theb
C) nucleolus.
D) nucleoplasm.
E) nucleosome.
4. Cellularg foundations
Page:g4 Difficulty:g 1 Ans:gC
Thegdimensionsgofglivinggcellsgareglimited,gongtheg lowergendgbygthegminimumgnumberg o
gnecessarygforgfunction,gandgongtheg uppergendgbygthegrateg ofgdiffusiongofgsolutesgsuchga
Exceptgforghighlygelongatedgcells,gtheygusuallyghaveglengthsgandgdiametersgingtheg rangeg
A) 0.1gµmgtog10g µm.
B) 0.3gµmgtog30g µm.
C) 0.3gµmgtog100g µm.
D) 1gµmgtog100g µm.
,2 Chapterg 1g g Theg Foundationsg
y
5. Cellularg foundations
Page:g 5 Difficulty:g 2 Ans:g B
ThegbacteriumgE.gcoligrequiresgsimplegorganicgmoleculesgforggrowthgandg energy—itgisgth
A) chemoautotroph.
B) chemoheterotroph.
C) lithotroph.
D) photoautotroph.
E) photoheterotroph.
6. Cellularg foundations
Page:g 10 Difficulty:g 2 Ans:g B
Whichgonegofgthegfollowingghasgthegcellulargcomponentsgarrangedgingordergofg increasing
A) Aminogacidg<gproteing<g mitochondriong<gribosome
B) Aminogacidg<gproteing<g ribosomeg<gmitochondrion
C) Aminogacidg<gribosomeg<g proteing<gmitochondrion
D) Proteing<gaminogacidg<g mitochondriong<gribosome
E) Proteing<gribosomeg<gmitochondriong<gaminogacid
7. Cellularg foundations
Page:g 11 Difficulty:g 2 Ans:g A
Thegthree-
dimensionalgstructuregofgmacromoleculesgisgformedgandgmaintainedgprimarilygthroughgn
teractions.g Whichgonegofgthegfollowinggisg notgconsideredgagnoncovalentginteraction?
A) carbon-carbon g bonds
B) hydrogengbonds
C) hydrophobicginteractions
D) ionicginteractions
E) vangdergWaalsginteractions
8. Chemicalgfoundations
Page:g 12 Difficulty:g 2 Ans:g E
Whichgonegofgthegfollowinggisg notgamonggthegfourg mostgabundantgelementsginglivinggorg
A) Carbon
B) Hydrogen
C) Nitrogen
D) Oxygen
E) Phosphorus
9. Chemicalgfoundations
Page:g 13 Difficulty:g 1 Ans:g B
Thegfourgcovalentgbondsgingmethaneg(CHg4)garegarrangedgaroundgcarbongtoggivegwhichgo
wingggeometries?
, Chapterg 1g g Theg Foundationsg ofg Biochemistr
y
10. Chemicalgfoundations
Page:g 14 Difficulty:g 1 Ans:g B
Whatgfunctionalggroupsgaregpresentgongthisgmolecule?
A) ethergandgaldehyde
B) hydroxylg andg aldehyde
C) hydroxylgandgcarboxylicgacid
D) hydroxylg andg ester
E) hydroxylg andg ketone
11. Chemicalgfoundations
Page:g 16 Difficulty:g 1 Ans:g D
Thegmacromoleculesgthatgservegingthegstorageg andgtransmissiongofggeneticginformationga
A) carbohydrates.
B) lipids.
C) membranes.
D) nucleicgacids.
E) proteins.
12. Chemicalgfoundations
Page:g 17 Difficulty:g 1 Ans:g D
Stereoisomersgthatgaregnonsuperimposablegmirrorgimagesgofgeachgotherg aregknowngas:
A) anomers.
B) cis-transgisomers.
C) diastereoisomers.
D) enantiomers.
E) geometricg isomers.
13. Chemicalgfoundations
Page:g 20 Difficulty:g 3 Ans:g E
Thegenzymegfumarasegcatalyzesgtheg reversibleghydrationgofgfumaricgacidgtogl-
malate,g butgitgwillgnotgcatalyzegtheghydrationgofgmaleicgacid,gthegcisgisomergofgfumaric
angexamplegof:
A) biologicalgactivity.
B) chiralgactivity.
C) racemization.
D) stereoisomerization.
E) stereospecificity.