BSC 2010C Sample test questions: Test 2

These questions will be similar to the ones on the second lecture test (chapters 3 & 4).
1).  Which polysaccharide is used for energy storage in plants?
     a) glycogen      b) chitin      c) glucose      d) starch


2).  Write down the molecular formula of glyceraldehyde : _______________


3).  Roughly how wide are microtubules ?
     a) 7 micrometers          b) 25 micrometers
     c) 7 nanometers           d) 25 nanometers


4).  Which face of the Golgi body dispatches chemicals ?  ________ face 


5).  What two functional groups dissolve well in water ?	
     a) hydroxyl and carboxyl       b) carboxyl and amino
     c) amino and phosphate         d) hydroxyl and phosphate


6).  The hydrogen bonds that form when a protein folds into a certain shape are the:
     a) primary structure        b) secondary structure
     c) tertiary structure       d) quaternary structure


7).  Which organelle produces new membrane ?  _______________________



8).  Which of the following bases are found only in DNA ?
     a) cytosine      b) adenine      c) thymine      d) uracil


9).  What are two advantages of light microscopes:

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10). Monosaccharides and some disaccharides react with:
     a) Barfoed’s reagent              b) Brown’s reagent
     c) Benedict’s reagent             d) Benetton’s reagent


11). What are two characteristic of prokaryotic cells?

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12). How many carbon rings are there in a steroid ? 
     a) 6        b) 3        c) 5        d) 8        e) 4


13). What do ribosomes contain ?
     a) DNA + protein           b) RNA + protein
     c) DNA, RNA + protein      d) protein + phospholipid


14). Give two examples of drugs which exist as isomers: ____________________


15). Which functional group contains nitrogen? ______________________


16). Which molecule listed below contains a phosphate group?
     a) fatty acid   b) DNA   c) alcohol   d) amino acid


17). A hydrocarbon with three carbon atoms and one double bond is called:
     a) butene     b) propane     c) propene     d) butane


18). Which fatal disease is caused by the lysosomes not working?

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19). What does "ER" stand for? (No, not Emergency room!)

     ________________________   _________________________


20). What is the name for the liquid part of a chloroplast?
	a) grana       b) cytoplasm      c) vacuole      d) stroma


21). What is meant by "polymer"? _______________________________________


22). Which type of isomers are mirror-images of each other?
     a) geometric      b) structural     c) functional     d) enantiomers


23). List the five chemical elements that are found in nucleic acids:
     _______________________________________________________________________


24). What is the function of the cell wall?
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25). What are two differences between RNA and DNA?
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