Crowe & Bradshaw: Chemistry for the Biosciences 3e

Chapter 10: Multiple choice questions

Instructions
Answer the following questions and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Question 1

Carbohydrates are polymers of which of the following class of biological molecule?

a) Amino acids
b) Lipids
c) Nucleotides
d) Sugars

Question 2

Only one amino acid has two identical groups attached to its central carbon atom. Which of the following amino acids is it?

a) Alanine
b) Valine
c) Glycine
d) Cysteine

Question 3

In nature, glucose mostly exists in the cyclic (rather than linear) form. True or false?

a) True
b) False

Question 4

Which of the following terms correctly describes a compound featuring more than one double bond?

a) Saturated
b) Polyunsaturated
c) Monounsaturated

Question 5

Which one of the following compounds forms the 'backbone' of fats and oils?

a) Glycerol
b) Glucose
c) Palmitic acid
d) An amino alcohol

Question 6

Triacylglycerols featuring fatty acids with unsaturated carbon chains are most likely to be solids at room temperature. True or false?

a) True
b) False

Question 7
 Which one of the following nucleotide bases is not found in RNA?

a) Adenine
b) Thymine
c) Guanine
d) Cytosine

Question 8

The nucleotides in DNA and RNA have three components: a sugar group, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate group. Adjacent nucleotides in a
nucleic acid are joined by a phosphodiester bond. This bond links the phosphate group of one nucleotide to which one of the following
components of a neighbouring nucleotide?

a) Sugar
b) Base
c) Phosphate group

Question 9

Which one of the following amino acids is unlikely to be found in an alpha-helix?

a) Leucine
b) Methionine
c) Glutamine
d) Proline

Question 10

Both DNA and RNA can form double helices. True or false?

a) True
b) False

Question 11

Which one of the following statements best explains why the carbohydrates amylose and glycogen have different structures?

a) They are composed of different sugar monomers

b) One of them contains subunits that adopt a linear structure; the other contains subunits that adopt a cyclic structure
c) One is a saturated compound; the other is unsaturated
d) In each case, the bonds joining the sugar monomers attach to different positions within the monomers

Question 12

A single polypeptide chain can only exhibit a single type of secondary structure. True or false?

a) True
b) False

Question 13

Which of the following statements about disulfide bonds are true? Select any that apply.

a) The disulfide bond is an ionic bond.

b) Disulfide bonds can be intramolecular, but not intermolecular.
c) Disulfide bonds occur in both polypeptides and nucleic acids.
d) Disulfide bonds are stronger than hydrogen bonds.
e) Disulfide bonds confer structural stability upon the molecules in which they form.

Question 14
 Which two of the following amino acid residues favour the occurrence of a -turn?

a) Glutamic acid
b) Serine
c) Glycine
d) Tryptophan
e) Proline

Question 15

A beta-barrel is an example of what level of structure?

a) Primary structure
b) Secondary structure
c) Tertiary structure
d) Quaternary structure

Question 16

Two strands of a -sheet are joined by a structure that is given which of the following names?

a) -bend
b) -turn
c) -loop
d) -hairpin
e) -corner

Question 17

A polypeptide containing disulfide bonds is likely to be rich in which of the following amino acids?

a) Alanine
b) Valine
c) Glycine
d) Cysteine
e) Proline

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