Quiz 1.

1330 sec 251 (correct answers are given at the end of page 2)
1. Cyto means; (55 answered this wrong)
A) sugar B) blood
C) inner
D) cell
2. What is true about the three domains; Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya? (23
answered wrong)

A) only Archaea are mainly unicellular

B) all three have a membrane bound nucleus in cells
C) all three are mainly multicellular
D) both Bacteria and Archaea are prokaryotic
3. Which of these is a feature that does NOT apply to all living organisms on
earth?
(87 answered wrong)

A) carry genetic material inside the cell

B) use energy to perform cellular functions
C) millions of cells make up the body
D) receive signals and respond to the environment
4. The figure represents the modern phylogenetic tree.
The arrow on this figure marks; (102 answered wrong)
A) the branch point where humans separated from
chimps
B) the first cell formed on earth
C) the evolution of the nucleus
D) the branching off of the domain Bacteria
5. A neutral sodium Atom has 11 electrons in the orbits. The atomic mass of
sodium is 23. How many neutrons are present in the sodium atom? (56
answered wrong)

A) 23

B) 11

C) 12

D) 34

6. The ability of carbon atom to share 4 valence electrons, makes it; (46
answered wrong)

A) the most electronegative atom on earth

B) the ideal atom to form many different molecules
C) vary similar to oxygen
D) form only polar covalent bonds
7. Which of these bonds is formed as a result of a polymerization reaction, also
known as a condensation or dehydration reaction? (157 answered wrong)
A) ionic bond between two ions
B) hydrogen bond between nitrogenous bases
C) glycosidic bond between two sugar units
D) disulphide bond between two amino acids
8. Amino acids are different from each other due to their differences in; (115
answered wrong)

A) amino groups
B) carboxyl groups
C) side R- groups
D) central carbon atoms
9. These are alpha helix and beta sheet structures. They are
__________________ structures, held by
___________________ bonds. (136 answered wrong)
A) tertiary, peptide
B) secondary, peptide
C) secondary, hydrogen
D) tertiary, disulphide
10. If you need to know if a certain nucleic acid is DNA or RNA, what would you
test for?
(77 answered wrong)

A) The presence of ribose or deoxyribose sugar

B) The ability to make hydrogen bonds between strands
C) The presence of 5 phosphate and 3 OH groups
D) The formation of phsphodiester bonds between nucleotides
11. Is this sequence part of DNA or RNA strand?
5 ATTGACGTTAAGCC 3
A) DNA

B) RNA

(41answered wrong)

C) could be either DNA or RNA

D) neither

12. The secondary structure of DNA is a; (88 answered wrong)

A) hairpin loop
B) anti-parallel double helix
C) alpha helix and beta sheet
D) branched chain
13. By definition, the difference between an oligosaccharide and a
polysaccharide is due to which of their properties? (60 answered wrong)
A) Arrangement of functional groups
B) Number of monosaccharide units
C) Number of carbons in the monosaccharide
D) Presence or absence of glycosidic bonds
14. A molecule can be generally called as a lipid if it is mainly; (36 answered
wrong)

A) hydrophobic and organic

B) hydrophillic
C) small and ionic
D) long

15. Highly hydrophilic head and highly hydrophobic tails make phospholipids;
(59 answered wrong)

A) ionic
B) soluble in water
C) amphipathic
D) unstable
1.D, 2. D,
A, 15. C

3. C, 4. D,

5. C, 6. B, 7. C

8. C, 9. C, 10. A,

11. A,

12. B,

13. B

14.