FINAL TERM EXAMINATION: FUNDAMETALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY

Instructions: PICK the questions that you think will serve better on your current understanding of
the concepts under Human Nutrition and Metabolism. Each question earns you 10 points each.
Try and accumulate at least 100 points to pass. 200 is considered PERFECT. You may use
drawing, illustrations, or plain sentence explanation. Good luck.
1. Name the two types of metabolism and distinguish
between them.
2. Why must energy in nutrient molecules be transferred
to ATP?
3. What is glycolysis? How much energy is transferred to
ATP through this process?
4. What happens to a nutrient molecule as it proceeds
through the citric acid cycle?
5. What is the purpose of the electron transport system?
6. Why might a cell switch to the anaerobic pathway as its
major source of usable energy?
7. What is meant by the term oxygen debt?
8. Distinguish between glycogenesis and glycogenolysis.
Under what circumstances might each occur?
9. List three of the hormones that affect glucose metabolism.
10. In what forms are lipids transported to cells?
11. How can glycerol and fatty acids enter the citric acid
cycle?
12. Which fatty acids cannot be made by the body?
13. What is meant by the term essential amino acid?
14. What happens when an amino acid is deaminated?
15. What is the purpose of the process of amino acid
deamination?
16. What is meant by the term nitrogen balance?
17. What is a vitamin?
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18. List two functions of minerals in the body.

19. Give one of the two ways in which metabolic rates can be
expressed.
20. Name three of the factors that infl uence basal metabolic
rate.
21. Distinguish between basal metabolic rate and total
metabolic rate.
22. In which division of the brain would you fi nd the control
centers for regulating food intake?