What is referred to as the organized sequence of chemical reactions that are needed to extract the

chemical bond from energy supplying compounds?

- Metabolic pathways

How many ATPS can be produced from the reduction of NAD

- 2.5

In the central dogma, what is formed after the RNA is translated?

- Protein

What organic compound was formed from the experiment of Wohler?

- Urea

What enzyme was discovered by Neuberg?

- Carboxylase

Which of the following is an example of anabolic reaction?

- Synthesis of a polysaccharide from monosaccharide

Which of the following is an example of catabolic reaction?

- Hydrolysis of lipids to fatty acids

Which of the following is an example of catabolic reaction?

- None of the choices

Which of the following is an example of catabolic reaction?

- Both of the choices

Which of the following describes biochemistry?

- It describes the make-up of foods

Catabolic reaction often involve chemical reduction.

- False

All biomolecules undergo physical digestion in the mouth

- True

The metabolic pathway allows very large chemical bond energy releases that would be damaging to
cells.

- False
Movement of muscles, growth and development, and provision of energy are some examples of the
molecular physiology of the discussed biomolecules.

- True

Catabolism takes place to allow production of the energy required by different cells of the body.

- True

Where is the site of the absorption in the body?

- Small intestine

What reaction is shown by the conversion of fatty acids to the acetyl CoA?

- Catabolic

The uptake of iron by the bone marrow is and example of what biological process?

- Assimilation

What organ is responsible for biotransformation and metabolic degradation?

- Liver

What biomolecule will undergo chemical digestion in the mouth?

- Carbohydrates

Which between lipids and proteins will undergo physical digestion in the stomach?

- Both

What is the organ of the excretion for fiber?

- GIT

What form of digestion is shown when enzyme is required?

- Chemical digestion

What sugar is present in nucleic acid?

- Pentose

This is the energy used by all cells in the body

- ATP

Fat will be taken up mostly by _____

- Adipose tissues

What biomolecule contains the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.

- Proteins
Who is the proponent of lock and key theory?

- Emil Fischer

The formation of polypeptide from amino acids show what reaction?

- Anabolism

Which of the following is not a hormone?

- Amylase

What is the name of the cell part labelled as A?

- Cell membrane

What is the strongest layer of the cell part labelled as A?

- Mucopolysaccharide

What function of the cell part labelled as A is related with restrictions in the entry and exit of the
substance in and out the cell?

- Selective permeability

What is being synthesized in the cell part labelled as B?

- Proteins

How much % of RNA is present in the cell part labelled as B?

- 60
What is the name of the cell part labelled as C?

- Mitochondria

T or F. The cell part labeled as C is the only organelle that contains DNA.

- True

Where is cell part labelled as D found? (organ)

- Pancreas

What is the manufactured and transported in the cell part labelled as D?

- Proteins

What is the name of the cell part labelled as E?

- Nucleolus

What is being produced in the cell part labelled as E

- Ribosomes

T or F. the cell part labelled as F is where most chemical reaction occur

- True

Which of the different composition of cell part F has no storage form?

- Proteins

What is the name of the cell part labelled as G?

- Nucleus

Which of the structure of the cell part G separates the genetic material from cytoplasm?

- Nuclear envelope
- Nuclear membrane
- Nuclear envelop

T or F. the cell part labelled as H functions in cholesterol synthesis and breakdown, fat metabolism and
detoxification of alkaline metals.

- False

T or F. the cell part labelled as H metabolizes calcium.

- True

What is being synthesized by the cell part labelled as I?

- CH2O
- Large CH2O
 - Carbohydrates

T or F. the cell part labelled as I is a specialized portion of ER consisting of 3-20 flattened, membrane sacs
called cristae.

- False

What is proteolytic enzyme is present in the cell part labelled as J?

- Acid hydrolase

Which of the following best describes passive transport?

- It includes simple diffusion

- It displays movement against a concentration gradient
- It required carrier protein

What layer of the cell membrane is permeable to carbon dioxide and oxygen?

- Lipid bilayer

Which of the following will less likely passed through the cell membrane?

- Ionized substance

Which of the following shows a hypertonic solution?

- Osmosis of water from ICF to ECF

1. Diabetes
-metabolic acidosis

2. Brought about by antacid therapy

-metabolic alkalosis

3. Occurs in CNS depression

-respiratory Acidosis

4. Severe Diarrhea
-metabolic acidosis

5. Brought about by breathing difficulty

-respiratory acidosis

6. In a normal mixed diet, potentially basic substance are exceeded by potential acid content of the
other foods. The body therefore is forced to excrete large amount of acids
- both statements are correct
7. Carbonic acid is produced from the hydration of carbon dioxide. The enzyme carbonic anhydrase is
the one responsible for this reaction
-both statements are correct

8. Co2 is the main regulating the rate and depth of respiration. This controls how fast and deep
breathing is
-both statements are correct

9.The exchange of gases between the outside air, the blood and the different issues of the body, is
governed by the physical law of diffusion. Gas will flow from a lower to higher tension
-only the first statement is correct

10.An acid usually has low pH level whereas, base has high pH level. Blue litmus paper will turn to red
when added with acid
- both statements are correct

11.Law that governs the movement of gases in different tissues of the body
-diffusion

12.What will happen to the rate and depth of respiration when the Co2 concentration in the blood is
increased
-increased

13.What will happen to the rate and depth of respiration when the Co2 concentration in the blood is
increased
-lead to immediate elimination of Co2

14.The increase in pCo2 will decrease affinity of Hgb for oxygen in known as
-bohr’s effect

15.An increase in this form of Co2 in the blood will increase the pH
-carbonic acid

16.Which part of the hemoglobin reacts with Co2 to form carbamino compounds
-amino group as in protein

17.What should be the ratio between bicarbonate-carbonic acid in order to maintain the pH in the blood
-20:1

18.The first chloride shift is also known as

-hamburger’s phenomenon

19.The first chloride shift happens when this ion accumulates in the RBC
-bicarbonate

20.To which enzyme will the Mgb release the oxygen when oxygen supply becomes inadequate
-cytochrome oxidase

21.Accepts election pair

-Lewis theory
22.Accepts proton
- Bronsted Lowry

23.increases OH-concentration in aqueous solutions

-Arrhenius theory

24.Donates protons
- Bronsted Lowry

25.Donates election pairs

-Lewis theory

26.This is the major buffer of the extracellular fluid

-H2CO3
-bicarbonate

27.When we exercise, the body’s metabolism becomes more active, producing CO2 and H+ in the
muscles
-true

28.With strenuous exercise, the body generates lactic acid

-true

29.Low pO2 increase dissociation of oxyhemoglobin to Hgb and oxygen

-true

30.Low pH is more marked when there is relatively high pO2

-false

BIOCHEM

QUIZ 5 NUCLEIC ACID AND HEREDITY

1. What pentose sugar is present in DNA?

- DEOXYRIBOSE
2. What is the complementary base pair of ACA?
- TGT
3. This is the physical site of protein synthesis.
- RIBOSOME
4. What enzyme is necessary to reconstruct the DNA? (Write directly the name
of the enzyme, no need to start with the word enzyme)
- LIGASE
5. Give ONLY one stop codon.
- UAG
6. What pyrimidine base is present in DNA only.
- THYMINE
7. What test is used to determine if RNA is present in a sample?
- ORCINOL TEST
8. What will be formed from the hydrolysis of nucleoside?
- SUGAR AND NITROGENOUS BASE
 - BASE AND SUGAR
9. What is ACC when transcribed by the mRNA?
- UGG
10. This is the amino acid formed by the start codon which is AUG.
- METHIONINE
11. Involved in glycogen formation
- URACIL DERIVATIVES
12. Involved in energy transfer by acting as carriers
- ADENINE DERIVATIVES
13. Important in the synthesis of lecithin
- CYTOSINE DERIVATIVES
14. Associated with energy transfer in the conversion of glucose and galactose
- URACIL DERIVATIVES
15. Needed in the synthesis of cephalin
- CYTOSINE DERIVATIVES  
16. This is a type of mutation where one base in a DNA is replaced with a
different base.
- SUBSTITUTION
17. How is RNA different from DNA?
- ALL OF THE ITEMS GIVEN ARE CORRECT
- BY THE SUGAR PRESENT
- BY THE PYRIMIDINE BASE PRESENT
- BY THE STRUCTURE
18. A genetic disease whereby there is mutation on a gene in chromosome
19.
- Familial hypercholesterolenemia
19. What genetic disease results from low or abnormal production of
dystrophin?
- Muscular dystrophy
20. This is a type of RNA where the most number of nucleotides are
present.
- RRNA
21. This is a genetic disease characterized by deficiency of hexosaminidase
A resulting to accumulation of gangliosides.
- Tay-sach’s disease
22. Which of the following best explains the central dogma?
- The information encoded in the DNA is transcribed to RNA and then
translated to protein.
23. Each time the cell divides, an exact copy of the DNA of the parent cell
is needed for the new daughter cell. The information copied from a DNA
results to the production of amino acids during transcription.
- ONLY THE FIRST STATEMENT IS CORRECT
24. Nucleoproteins are acidic. This is due to the presence of the different
nitrogenous bases.
- ONLY THE FIRST STATEMENT IS CORRECT
 25. DNA viruses replicate in the host cytoplasm directly. They have very
high mutation because they lack the proofreading ability.
- ONLY THE FIRST STATEMENT IS CORRECT
26. Chargaff's rule state that the amount of adenine is always equal to
______.
- THYMINE
27. How many hydrogen bonds are there between guanine and cytosine? 
- 3
28. What enzyme cause the DNA helix to unwind?
- DNA HELICASE
29. Which enzyme uses a portion of the DNA to be used as a template
during protein synthesis?
- RNA POLYMERASE
30. Genetic engineering has the potential to change human beings'
appearance, adaptability, intelligence, character and behavior.
- TRUE

QUIZ 6 ENZYMOLOGY

1. These are metabolic regulators of chemical reaction.

- ACTIVATORS
2. What structure of protein is responsible for the sequencing of amino acids?
- PRIMARY STRUCTURE
3. These are non-protein biochemical which is usually derived from vitamins.
- COENZYMES
4. This is referred to at the site where transformation of substrate takes place.
- ACTIVE SITE
5. What is produced from the reaction between an enzyme and a substrate?
- PRODUCT
6. Apoenzyme + _________ = Holoenzyme
- COENZYME
7. What classification of enzyme catalyzes the transfer of a functional group
from one molecule to another? 
- TRANSFERASES
8. Enzymes are considered _________ due to the presence of amine and
carboxyl group.
- AMPHOTERIC
9. The splitting of molecules as catalyzed by hydrolase involves the addition of
____________ to break the bond.
- WATER
10. What enzymes functions in the rearrangement of one isomer to
another?
- ISOMERASES
11. Cholinesterase
- HYDROLASE
12. Transaminase
 - TRANSFERASE
13. Chymotrypsin
- HYDROLASE
14. Decarboxylase
- LYASE
15. Synthetase
- LIGASE
16. Hydrolase: glycosidase: amino acids
- THE COMBINATION IS CORRECT
17. Tyrosinosis: hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid oxygenase; alkaptonuria:
tyrosinase
- HOMOGENTISIC ACID OXYGENASE
18. Transferase: ACP; Hydrolase: ALP
- ornithine carbamyl transferase
19. Urease :urea :absolute specificity
- THE COMBINATION IS CORRECT
20. Maltase: Maltose; Fructose oxidase: fructose
- THE COMBINATION IS CORRECT
21. Kwashiorkor is brought about by deficiency of protein and calories.
- FALSE
22. If the catalytic activity of an enzyme on the substrate is fast, shorter
reaction time is required.
- TRUE
23. An increase in enzyme concentration results to an increase in the
reaction rate.
- TRUE
24. Product of reaction can also be an inhibitor.
- TRUE
25. Enzymes frequently appear in the serum after cellular injury,
degradation of cells or from storage areas.
- TRUE
26. What is the coenzyme form of B1?
- THIAMIN PYROPHOSPHATE
- TPP
27. What is the enzyme function of Riboflavin?
- REDUCTASE
28. Which among the different water-soluble vitamins (as coenzyme)
functions as hydrolase?
- VITAMIN C
- ASCORBIC ACID
29. What biomolecule is metabolized by pyridoxine?
- PROTEIN
- CHON
- PROTEINS
30. What is the coenzyme form of folate?
 - TETRAHYDROFOLATE

1. Molecules with diameter of <7 angstrom can easily pass-through animal membrane. Larger molecules
cannot pass through semi-permeable material
-both statements are correct

2.Phenolpthalein indicator is an indicator that is pink in alkaline solutions of about pH 10. It goes
colorless when the pH drops below pH8.3
- both statements are correct

3.All molecules and ions in the body fluid, including water molecules, are constant motion, each moves
its own separate way. This continual movement of molecules among each other in liquids or in gases is
called diffusion
- both statements are correct

4.RBR consist of an envelope and meshwork called stroma. The envelope behaves as permeable
membrane allowing the solvent and solutes to enter and leave the RBC
-only the first statement is correct

5.The maintenance of an optimum pH in the environment of an animal is vital to the life of an organism.
The control of pH essential for enzyme-catalyzed reactions is the function of buffers
- both statements are correct

6.A decline in the pH of the urine indicates a probable problem in the kidneys. This condition is known as
UTI
-neither of the statement is correct

7.Nucleic acids are the most fundamental constituent of a living cell. They generally serve as the store
bouses and carriers of genetic information
- both statements are correct

8.Acids react to methyl red by changing its color to yellow. Sprite will yield red color in methyl red
-only the second statement is correct

9.What component of RNA will give positive result to Bial-Orcinol test?

-pentose
-sugar
-ribose

10.If a substance is an acid, what color will be produced when it’s added with methyl red?
-red

11.What organ is expected to have numerous Golgi-bodies

-pancreas

12.Who was the first person to observe the random movement of small particles
-Robert Brown
13.What other substance was used in activity 2 that affected the rate of diffusion
-table sugar
-sugar
-sucrose

14.What type of solution is 10% NaCl solution

-Hypertonic

15.Hypotonic solution has ___ concentration than hypertonic solution

-lower
-lesser

16.Which between methyl red and methylene blue diffused slower in agar
-methylene blue

17.What nucleotide is specifically present in DNA only

-thymidylic acid

18.If 30% of DNA molecule is adenine, what is thymine

-30%

19.What reagent was used to test the presence of starch in dialysis

-betadine
-iodine solution
-lugol’s solution

20.What reagent is initially added to pyrimidine in Wheeler-Johnson test

-Bromine water

21.What color is produced as positive result of Wheeler-Johnson test

-purple
-violet

22.What chemical indicator will turn colorless when added to an acid

-phenolphthalein

23.What will be formed when the distillate was added with nitric acid and silver nitrate
-white precipitate

24.In diffusion through agar gel, which material/reagent will diffuse faster
-methyl red

25.Starch upon hydrolysis will initially yield dextrin. Further enzymatic hydrolysis will produce maltose
- both statements are correct

26.What product of fat hydrolysis will change the color of phenolphthalein indicator from pink to
colorless
-fatty acids

27.What product of starch hydrolysis change to red when added with iodine solution
-erythodextrin
28.This is the glycoprotein in saliva
-mucin

29. Chloride
-Conc. HNO3 & AgNO3

30. Sulfate
-Conc. HCl & BaCl2

31.Phospate
-NH4 molybdate

32.Reducing sugar is present in the saliva

-false

33.What reagent was used to test the pH of lipids in activity 7

-phenolphthalein indicator

34.The composition of saliva varies with the relative proportion of the secretions of the different glands
-true

35.Calcium
-NH4 oxalate

QUIZ 7

What substance activates chymotrypsinogen

- Trypsin

What enzyme works in hydrolyzing nucleic acids?

- Nucleodepolymerase

The presence of enzymes determines what factor affecting digestion?

- Primary factor

What cells secrete HCl?

- Parietal cells

This enzyme is capable of curdling milk and s commonly present in the GIT of infants.

- Rennin
- Chymosin

How much pancreatic juice can be secreted in a day?

- 500ml

Comparing saliva, gastric and pancreatic juice, which will have the highest percentage of water present?

- Saliva
Comparing saliva, gastric and pancreatic juice, which will have the lowest percentage of water present?

- Pancreatic juice

When mastication is employed, what form of digestion is described?

- Physical form

What condition is associated to hyperchloridia?

- Peprtic ulcer
- Cholecystitis

When saliva is active, what is its pH?

- 7-7.3
- 7 -7.3

What cell produces mucin in the mouth?

- Sublingual cell
- Sublingual gland
- Sublingual

What enzyme works against the amino group of the N-terminal?

- Amino peptidase
- Aminopeptidase

This is also known as diastase

- Pancreatic amylase

What is the most common inorganic constituent present in the stomach?

- Hydrochloric acid

What part of the salivary gland secretes ptyalin?

- Parotid
- Parotid gland

What is the product of protein digestion in the stomach?

- Small peptides

What is the product of the starch digestion in the stomach

- Maltose

Intestinal digestion includes the pancreas and bile since both are attached to the small intestine through
the ileum and jejenum.

- True
Primary factor of the digestion is more important than secondary factors.

- True

The HCl exerts germicidal action by killing microorganisms that can possibly inhibit digestion

- True

Chemical digestion happens only in the mouth.

- False

The hydrolysis of starch in the mouth produces maltose

- True