AAMC Sample

Question 1

theory by emile durkheim and talcott parsons

Answer 1

functionalism

Question 2

theory by karl marx and max weber

Answer 2

conflict theory

Question 3

theory by Cooley and Mead

Answer 3

symbolic interactionism

Question 4

what are the requirements of a stereocenter?

Answer 4

carbon must be bonded to 4 separate compounds which does not include lone pairs. Does not include nitrogens (based on AAMC)

Question 5

when does precipitation occur (based on concentrations and ksp)

Answer 5

when the concentrations of the products > Ksp
(Ip > Ksp)

equation will shift left and cause precipitation.

Question 6

where do electric field lines point?

Answer 6

toward the negative charge

Question 7

an acid that weakly conducts electricity is a ____ acid

Answer 7

weak

Question 8

triacyl glycerol is same as

Answer 8

triglyceride

Question 9

what is the general structure and function of a prostaglandin?

Answer 9

structure: 2 tails attached to a ring structure (one tail is an actual carboxylic acid)
function: inflammation, blood flow, and formation of blood clots

Question 10

reducing sugars have a ____ group which allows them to _____ and be a ____ sugar

Answer 10

hemiacetal
open their ring and mutarotate
reducing

Question 11

if neither of the reactants are chiral, how does a chiral product form?

Answer 11

the enzyme is chiral

Question 12

what is the Pka for a hydroxyl group in big compound?

Answer 12

very high (not likely to happen)

Question 13

carboxylate

Answer 13

carboxylic acid anion

Question 14

1 electron or 1 eV equals _____

Answer 14

charge of an electron

Question 15

retrograde transport

Answer 15

going from the golgi to the E

Normal transport goes from the ER to the golgi and then it is shipped to where it is necessary.

Question 16

can mouse antibodies be used in humans?

Answer 16

yes they can but after repeated use the human immune system will begin to moount a response

Question 17

do bacteria have membrane bound organelles?

Answer 17

no

Question 18

discuss bacteria and alternate splicing

Answer 18

does not occur.

Question 19

what makes for a better primer

Answer 19

higher GC content and C or G at the 5’ and 3’ ends/

Question 20

at low substrate concentration, is vmax or Km more important

Answer 20

km is more important becuase vmax will probably not be reached anyways.

Question 21

how many ATP produced by perfect glycolysis and citric acid and oxidative phosphorylation under aerobic conditions?

Answer 21

38 ATP

Question 22

what type of filaments are actin filaments?

Answer 22

microtubule

Question 23

what type of organism is a paramecium?

Answer 23

eukaryote

Question 24

plastid

Answer 24

Plastids are double-membrane organelles which are found in the cells of plants and algae. Plastids are responsible for manufacturing and storing of food. These often contain pigments that are used in photosynthesis and different types of pigments that can change the colour of the cell.

Question 25

what does proline disrupt

Answer 25

alpha helices

Question 26

endonuclease vs. exonuclease

Answer 26

An endonuclease is a group of enzymes that cleave the phosphodiester bond present within a polynucleotide chain. Exonucleases are enzymes that cleave DNA sequences in a polynucleotide chain from either the 5’ or 3’ end one at a time. Endonucleases cleave the nucleotide sequence from the middle.

Question 27

episome

Answer 27

An episome is a portion of genetic material that can exist independent of the main body of genetic material (called the chromosome) at some times, while at other times is able to integrate into the chromosome. Examples of episomes include insertion sequences and transposons. Viruses are another example of an episome.

Question 28

phonological loop

Answer 28

The phonological loop is a component of working memory model that deals with auditory information. It is subdivided into the phonological store (which holds words we hear) and the articulatory process (which allows us to repeat words in a loop)

Question 29

visuospatial sketchpad

Answer 29

working memory, spatial memory of things, working with them in space

Question 30

social reproduction

Answer 30

the perpetuation of inequalities through social institutions such as school or the economy.

Question 31

latent learning

Answer 31

knowledge that is learned that only becomes clear when there is an incentive to display it.

Question 32

semi-periphery countries are ____

Answer 32

industrializing

still dependent on core countries but slowly gaining their own independence

Question 33

second-order stimulus

Answer 33

In classical conditioning, second-order conditioning or higher-order conditioning is a form of learning in which a stimulus is first made meaningful or consequential for an organism through an initial step of learning, and then that stimulus is used as a basis for learning about some new stimulus.