BIOCHEM

Each end of the DNA double helix contains a 5' end at one strand and the 3' end on the other strand.
This describes what characteristic of the DNA structure?
Answer
Base pairing
Complementary
Antiparallel
Semiconservative replication
Generation of glucose from non-carbohydrate sources
Answer
Glycolysis
Gluconeogenesis
Glucogenesis
b-oxidation
"Which of the following is the central hub in the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and amino
acids?"
Answer
Glycolysis
PPP
b-oxidation
Citric acid cycle
Serotonin is synthesized from from this amino acid
Answer
Tyrosine
Tryptophan
Threonine
Serine
This refers to the coding regions that alternate with coding regions in the polypeptide sequence.
Answer
Exon
Intron
Promoter
Repressor
What test is used to differentiate galactose and lactose?
Answer
Barfoed's test
Benedict's test
Seliwanoff's test
Iodine test
"Myoglobin and Hemoglobin possess cyclic tetrapyrole, heme, as a prosthetic group. Which ion is
found centrally located in the heme?"
Answer

Mg
Al
Ca
Fe
These are alcohols with CPPP nucleus
Answer
Fixed oil and fats
Waxes
Sterols
Lipids
How many hydrogen bonds are formed between Adenine and Thymine?
Answer
One
Two
Three
None
alpha-naphthol reaction is also known as

Answer
Molisch test
Ninhydrin test
Phenylhydrazine test
Fehling's test

Which of the following is not a pyrimidine base?

Answer
Adenine
Uracil
Thymine
Cytosine
Which of the following is a fibrous protein?
Answer
Hemoglobin
Actin
Elastin
Myosin
What strong acid is used in Salkowski's test for cholesterol?
Answer
Sulfuric acid
Nitric acid
Hydorchloric acid

Perchloric acid
Study of chemical processes in living organism at the molecular level
Answer
Biology
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Biological Metabolism
These are esters of fatty acids and glycerol
Answer
Fixed oil and fats
Waxes
Sterols
Lipids
"Which of the following molecule enhances the conversion of of Fructose-6-phosphate to Fructose1,6-bisphosphate?"
Answer
AMP
ATP
Citrate
Hexokinase
What type of glycosidic bond joins the dimers of glucose to form maltose?
Answer
"?-1,4"
"?-1,2"
"b-1,4"
"b-1,2"
It is considered as the workbench of protein synthesis inhibitors in the subcellular world
Answer
Mitochondria
Ribosomes
DNA
Cell wall
This type of mutation occurs when the codon containing the changed base may still code for the
same amino acid
Answer
Nonsense mutation
Missense mutation
Silent mutation
Transitional mutation
This is the continuous production of ketone bodies
Answer
Ketonuria

Ketonemia
Ketosis
Ketoacidosis
Which of the following is a point mutation?
Answer
Insertion
Deletion
Transition
AOTA
What is the visible result in ninhydrin test?
Answer
Red
Yellow
Violet
Blue
This is the complete reduction product of oxygen
Answer
Hydrogen peroxide
Hydroxyl radicals
Superoxide anions
Water
"Nucleoproteins, lipoproteins and glycoproteins are classified under what type of protein?"
Answer
Simple
Conjugated
Complex
Structural
Where does digestion of carbohydrates begins?
Answer
Stomach
Small Intestine
Esophagus
Mouth
Pepsinogen is a/an
Answer
Apoenzyme
Holoenzyme
Cofactor
Zymogen
Which of the following enzymes is used to bypass the PFK reaction?
Answer
Pyruvate carboxylase

PEP carboxylase
Fructose bisphosphonate
Glucose-6-phosphatase
What is the simplest of all the amino acids?
Answer
Threonine
Tyrosine
Glycine
Histamine
The state of high serum levels acetoacetic and b-hydroxybutyric acid
Answer
Ketonuria
Ketonemia
Ketosis
Ketoacidosis
How many ATPs are produced from Glucose to Fructose-6-Phosphate?
Answer
0
1
2
3
Random coils and triple helices are examples to what protein structure?
Answer
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
The citric acid cycle is
Answer
Anabolic
Catabolic
Amphibolic
NOTA
alpha-amylase cleaves amylose to

Answer
Maltose and maltotriose
Glucose and glucotriose
Fructose and maltose
Xylose and fructose

Which carbon in the sugars is responsible for the difference between the two nucleic acids?

Answer
Carbon 1
Carbon 2
Carbon 3
Carbon 4
Which of the following is an oxidation-reduction process?
Answer
Conversion of DHP to GAP
"Glyceralddehyde-3-phosphate to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate"
PEP to Pyruvate
Glucose to Glucose-6-phosphate
Which of the following structures is/are present in the nucleus?
Answer
Nuclear membrane
Nucleoli
Chromatin
AOTA
This is a differentiating test for aldose and ketose sugars
Answer
Barfoed's test
Benedict's test
Seliwanoff's test
Iodine test
The site for citric acid cycle
Answer
Mitochondria
Ribosomes
Nucleus
Cytosol
Which of the following energy producing reaction occurs in the cytoplasm?
Answer
Citric acid cycle
b-oxidation
Glycolysis
PPP
What metal is synergistic with Vitamin D?
Answer
Iron
Calcium
Selenium
Copper
Hopkin's Cole test is used to identify which amino acid?

Answer
Threonine
Tyrosine
Tryptophan
Serine
This test specifically detest the presence of arginine
Answer
Schiff's test
Sakaguchi test
Biuret test
Ninhydrin test
This refers to aldose-ketose interconversion
Answer
Tautomerization
Mutarotation
Isomerism
Conjugation
These cells in the body lack mitochondria thus rendering them incapable of TCA
Answer
Platelets
Neurons
Erythrocytes
Leukocytes
This enzyme is responsible for removing the RNA primer oon the DNA
Answer
Exonuclease
DNA ligase
RNA polymerase
DNA polymerase
Which of the following amino acid has an imino group?
Answer
Phenylalanine
Proline
Tyrosine
Threonine
"Wermicke-Korsakoff syndrome is presented as acute confusion, ataxia, and ophtalmoplegia can be
treated with which of the following?"
Answer
Riboflavin
Ascorbic acid
Thiamine
Panthothenic acid

What enzyme catalyzes the conversion of Acetyl-CoA and Oxaloacetate to citrate?

Answer
Citrate synthase
Isocitrate dehydrogenase
Fumarase
Malate dehydrogenase
Which of the following is responsible for the acidic character of nucliec acids?
Answer
Phosphate group
Nucleotides
Nitrogenous bases
Nucleic acids are not acids
The following base pairs forms the major groove
Answer
Adenine-Thymine
Cytosine-Guanine
Adenine-Guanine
Cytosine-Thymine

Question 1
1 out of 1 points

Each end of the DNA double helix contains a 5' end at one strand and the 3' end
on the other strand. This describes what characteristic of the DNA structure?
Answer
Correct Answer:

Antiparallel

Question 2
0 out of 1 points

Generation of glucose from non-carbohydrate sources

Answer
Correct Answer:

Gluconeogenesis

Question 3
1 out of 1 points

"Which of the following is the central hub in the metabolism of carbohydrates,

lipids, and amino acids?"
Answer
Correct Answer:

Citric acid cycle

Question 4
0 out of 1 points

Serotonin is synthesized from from this amino acid

Answer
Correct Answer:

Tryptophan

Question 5
0 out of 1 points

This refers to the coding regions that alternate with coding regions in the
polypeptide sequence.
Answer
Correct Answer:

Exon

Question 6
0 out of 1 points

What test is used to differentiate galactose and lactose?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Barfoed's test

Question 7
1 out of 1 points

"Myoglobin and Hemoglobin possess cyclic tetrapyrole, heme, as a prosthetic

group. Which ion is found centrally located in the heme?"
Answer
Correct Answer:

Fe

Question 8
1 out of 1 points

These are alcohols with CPPP nucleus

Answer
Correct Answer:

Sterols

Question 9
1 out of 1 points

How many hydrogen bonds are formed between Adenine and Thymine?
Answer

Correct Answer:

Two

Question 10
1 out of 1 points

alpha-naphthol reaction is also known as

Answer
Correct Answer:

Molisch test

Question 11
0 out of 1 points

Which of the following is not a pyrimidine base?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Adenine

Question 12
0 out of 1 points

Which of the following is a fibrous protein?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Elastin

Question 13
0 out of 1 points

What strong acid is used in Salkowski's test for cholesterol?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Sulfuric acid

Question 14
1 out of 1 points

Study of chemical processes in living organism at the molecular level

Answer
Correct Answer:

Biochemistry

Question 15
0 out of 1 points

These are esters of fatty acids and glycerol

Answer
Correct Answer:

Fixed oil and fats

Question 16
0 out of 1 points

"Which of the following molecule enhances the conversion of of Fructose-6phosphate to Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate?"

Answer
Correct Answer:

AMP

Question 17
0 out of 1 points

What type of glycosidic bond joins the dimers of glucose to form maltose?
Answer
Correct Answer:

"?-1,4"

Question 18
1 out of 1 points

It is considered as the workbench of protein synthesis inhibitors in the subcellular

world
Answer
Correct Answer:

Ribosomes

Question 19
0 out of 1 points

This type of mutation occurs when the codon containing the changed base may
still code for the same amino acid
Answer
Correct Answer:

Silent mutation

Question 20
0 out of 1 points

This is the continuous production of ketone bodies

Answer
Correct Answer:

Ketosis

Question 21
0 out of 1 points

Which of the following is a point mutation?

Answer
Correct Answer:

AOTA

Question 22
1 out of 1 points

What is the visible result in ninhydrin test?

Answer

Correct Answer:

Violet

Question 23
0 out of 1 points

This is the complete reduction product of oxygen

Answer
Correct Answer:

Water

Question 24
1 out of 1 points

"Nucleoproteins, lipoproteins and glycoproteins are classified under what type of

protein?"
Answer
Correct Answer:

Conjugated

Question 25
1 out of 1 points

Where does digestion of carbohydrates begins?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Mouth

Question 26
0 out of 1 points

Pepsinogen is a/an
Answer
Correct Answer:

Zymogen

Question 27
0 out of 1 points

Which of the following enzymes is used to bypass the PFK reaction?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Fructose bisphosphonate

Question 28
0 out of 1 points

What is the simplest of all the amino acids?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Glycine

Question 29
1 out of 1 points

The state of high serum levels acetoacetic and b-hydroxybutyric acid

Answer
Correct Answer:

Ketonemia

Question 30
0 out of 1 points

How many ATPs are produced from Glucose to Fructose-6-Phosphate?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Question 31
0 out of 1 points

Random coils and triple helices are examples to what protein structure?
Answer
Correct Answer:

Secondary

Question 32
0 out of 1 points

The citric acid cycle is

Answer
Correct Answer:

Amphibolic

Question 33
0 out of 1 points

alpha-amylase cleaves amylose to

Answer
Correct Answer:

Maltose and maltotriose

Question 34
0 out of 1 points

Which carbon in the sugars is responsible for the difference between the two
nucleic acids?
Answer
Correct Answer:

Carbon 2

Question 35
0 out of 1 points

Which of the following is an oxidation-reduction process?

Answer

Correct Answer:

"Glyceralddehyde-3-phosphate to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate"

Question 36
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following structures is/are present in the nucleus?

Answer
Correct Answer:

AOTA

Question 37
0 out of 1 points

This is a differentiating test for aldose and ketose sugars

Answer
Correct Answer:

Seliwanoff's test

Question 38
0 out of 1 points

The site for citric acid cycle

Answer
Correct Answer:

Mitochondria

Question 39
0 out of 1 points

Which of the following energy producing reaction occurs in the cytoplasm?

Answer
Correct Answer:

PPP

Question 40
1 out of 1 points

What metal is synergistic with Vitamin D?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Calcium

Question 41
1 out of 1 points

Hopkin's Cole test is used to identify which amino acid?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Tryptophan

Question 42
1 out of 1 points

This test specifically detest the presence of arginine

Answer
Correct Answer:

Sakaguchi test

Question 43
1 out of 1 points

This refers to aldose-ketose interconversion

Answer
Correct Answer:

Tautomerization

Question 44
0 out of 1 points

These cells in the body lack mitochondria thus rendering them incapable of TCA
Answer
Correct Answer:

Erythrocytes

Question 45
0 out of 1 points

This enzyme is responsible for removing the RNA primer on the DNA
Answer
Correct Answer:

DNA polymerase

Question 46
0 out of 1 points

Which of the following amino acid has an imino group?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Proline

Question 47
0 out of 1 points

"Wermicke-Korsakoff syndrome is presented as acute confusion, ataxia, and

ophtalmoplegia can be treated with which of the following?"
Answer
Correct Answer:

Thiamine

Question 48
0 out of 1 points

What enzyme catalyzes the conversion of Acetyl-CoA and Oxaloacetate to citrate?

Answer
Correct Answer:

Citrate synthase

Question 49
0 out of 1 points

Which of the following is responsible for the acidic character of nucliec acids?
Answer
Correct Answer:

Phosphate group

Question 50
0 out of 1 points

The following base pairs forms the major groove

Answer
Correct Answer:

Cytosine-Guanine