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Question 2
Which lipid is found in egg yolks and soybeans and is used as an emulsifying agent in ice cream?
Question 3
Which of the statements concerning the lipid bilayer of cell membranes is INCORRECT?
Correct Answer: The lipid bilayer consists of two identical layers of phospholipids.
Question 4
Which steroid is responsible for both the successful initiation and completion of pregnancy?
Question 5
Consider the compound represented below. Which of the following best describes it?
Correct Answer: It is an unsaturated fatty acid.
Question 6
Testosterone, cholesterol, and progesterone are all classi ed as steroids because they contain
the steroid nucleus. Which of the following compounds would also be classi ed as a steroid?
Question 7
The ingredients on a box of cupcakes lists partially hydrogenated soybean oil. Partial
hydrogenation of soybean oil has what e[ect?
Correct
Answer: It decreases the percentage of unsaturation present in the fatty acid side
chains.
Question 8
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Question 10
How does the melting point of an unsaturated fatty acid compare to that of a saturated fatty acid
with an equal number of carbon atoms?
Correct
Answer: The melting point of the unsaturated fatty acid will be lower than that of the
saturated fatty acid.
Question 11
Cyclooxygenase catalyzes the conversion of arachidonic acid into PGH 2. What drug inhibits this
enzyme?
Correct Answer: aspirin
Question 12
Which of the following substances do not contribute to the structure of biological membranes?
Question 13
Question 14
Which of the following is a synthetic steroid hormone that can be taken orally for birth control?
Question 15
Correct Answer: The carbon chain in a fatty acid may be branched or unbranched.
Question 16
How can the structure and composition of biological membranes be best described?
Question 17
Evaluate the following statement: The terpene structure shown is a hydrolysable lipid.
Correct Answer: False, because alcohol and aldehyde moieties are not hydrolysable.
Question 19
Question 20
How does the proportion of saturation and unsaturation in membrane lipids aect the uidity of the
cell membrane?
Correct
Answer: Membrane Tuidity increases with an increase in the percentage of
unsaturation.
Question 21
Sphingomyelins are a type of sphingolipid, cell membrane lipids that contain sphingosine, an
18-carbon amino alcohol, as the backbone of the structure. What type of bond joins the fatty
acid portion of the sphingomyelin molecule to the sphingosine backbone?
Question 22
When palmitic acid, a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid, reacts with a 30-carbon unbranched
alcohol, a wax is formed. What is the structure of this wax?
Correct Answer:
Question 23
Which steroid is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and many skin
conditions?
Correct Answer: cortisone
Question 24
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Correct Answer: B
Question 27
What is the IUPAC name of the carboxylic acid formed by the hydrogenation of oleic acid ( cis-9-
octadecenoic acid)?
Question 28
Which class of human plasma lipoproteins binds triglycerides synthesized in the liver and
carries them to adipose for storage?
Correct Answer: very low density lipoproteins (VLDL)
Question 29
Question 30
Which class of lipoprotein is bound to plasma cholesterol and transports it from the peripheral
tissues to the liver?
Correct Answer: high density lipoproteins (HDL)
Question 31
What is the starting material for the synthesis of steroids in the body?
Question 32
Which of the following fatty acids would be classi ed as an omega-6 fatty acid?
Question 34
Dietary fats and oils are structurally both triglycerides, but fats are solids and oils are liquids at
room temperature. Which of the following best describes the reason for their diIerence in physical
state?
Correct
Answer: Oils contain a higher percentage of unsaturation in their fatty acid R groups
than fats do.
Question 35
What highly unsaturated fatty acid and precursor to many prostaglandins, is synthesized from the
fatty acid linoleic acid in the body?
Question 36
Which of the following hormone-like molecules is NOT produced from arachidonic acid?
Question 37
What is the common name for the fatty acid with the condensed structure shown below?
CH 3(CH 2) 10COOH
Question 38
Which type of lipid always contains the carbon skeleton structure shown?
Question 39
Correct
Answer: Lipids are structurally diverse biomolecules that are soluble in nonpolar solvents
and insoluble in water.
Question 40
What type of lipid is formed in the reaction between a long-chain alcohol and a fatty acid?
Question 41
Cetyl palmitate is a component of spermaceti wax, isolated from the heads of sperm whales, and
used in cosmetics. In which solvent would cetyl palmitate be expected to have the greatest
solubility?
Question 42
Saponi cation of the triglyceride shown below produces soap. What is the structure of the
soap?
Correct Answer:
Question 43
When three fatty acids react with glycerol, a lipid known as a triglyceride is formed. How are the
fatty acids bonded to glycerol?
Correct Answer: by ester bonds
Question 44
Painful menstruation may be the result of an excess of which of the following eicosanoids?
Question 45
What process converts an unsaturated fatty acid into a saturated fatty acid?
Question 46
The structure of a phosphoglyceride is shown below. Phosphoglycerides can interact with both
water and other lipids, and are therefore well suited for their role in the lipid bilayer of cell
membranes. Which of the following best explains this behavior?
Correct Answer: Phosphoglycerides contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions.
Question 47
What is the name of the product that results from the hydrogenation reaction below?
Question 48
Which eicosanoids produced by white blood cells can cause bronchial constriction?
Question 49
Which kind of eicosanoids is thought to promote certain aspects of the inammatory response?
Question 50
Question 51
Which of the following best describes the composition of the carbon chain in a saturated fatty
acid?
Question 53
Question 54
High levels of one class of human plasma lipoprotein are thought to reduce the incidence of
atherosclerosis. Which class is this?
Correct Answer: HDL
Question 55
What is the product that results upon complete hydrogenation of the fatty acid shown?
Correct Answer:
Question 56
Question 57
A tube of lipstick lists capric triglyceride among its ingredients. Capric triglyceride is a simple
triglyceride containing capric acid, a 10-carbon saturated fatty acid. What is the structure of
capric triglyceride?
Correct Answer:
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Question 58
Glycolipids contain what type of compound joined to the lipid portion of the molecule?
Question 59
Question 60
What is the general term for lipids synthesized from isoprene units?
Question 61
Which lipid hormones allow tissues of the body to communicate with one another?
Question 62
Which of the following leads to an increase in the melting point of a fatty acid?
Question 63
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Question 66
Which class of human plasma lipoproteins carries triglycerides from the intestine to other
tissues?
Correct Answer: chylomicrons
Question 67
What two products are formed in the reaction between a fatty acid and an alcohol?
Question 68
Question 69
Which class of lipoprotein carries cholesterol to peripheral tissues and helps regulate
cholesterol levels in those tissues?
Question 70
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