Biochemical Engineering Flashcards
Ozone is important to mankind because it
A. Releases hydrogen in the atmosphere
B. Creates a protective coverage against ultraviolet rays
C. maintains the temperature of the earth
D. releases oxygen in the air
B. Creates a protective coverage against ultraviolet rays
Ozone is all of the following except
A. Bleaching agent
B. Oxidizing agent
C. less soluble in water than oxygen
D. disinfectant
C. less soluble in water than oxygen
A coastal and marine water primary used for commercial and sustenance fishing
A. Class A
B. Class SA
C. Class SB
D. Class SC
C. Class SB
A surface water intended for waters having watersheds which are uninhabited and protected
A. Class AA
B. Class A
C. Class B
D. Class C
A. Class AA
A coastal water for coral reef packs and reserves as designated by law and concerned authorities.
A. Class AA
B. Class SA
C. Class SB
D. Class SC
B. Class SA
Alcoholic fermentation is caused by the interaction of
A. Sugar and acids
B. Sugar and carbon dioxide
C. sugar and yeasts
D. yeast and pectin
C. sugar and yeasts
The part of a cell that contains the chromosome is the
A. Polysomes
B. nucleolus
C. mitochondrion
D. nucleus
D. nucleus
Enzymes which catalyze the breaking or making of double bonds are called
A. Transferases
B. ligases
C. isomerases
D. lyases
D. lyases
A plant cell differs from an animal cell because it has
A. Nucleus
B. vacuoles
C. cellulose cell wall
D. definite shape
C. cellulose cell wall
Vitamin E is also known as
A. Calciferol
B. axerophthol
C. ascorbic acid
D. tocopherol
D. tocopherol
Micelles are ______.
A. Aggregates of amino acids
B. Drops of oil or dirt that surrounds the molecule
C. A tadpole shaped fatty acid
D. Cluster of soap molecules surrounding the dirt particle
D. Cluster of soap molecules surrounding the dirt particle
A diamond does not conduct electricity because:
A. Its structure is very compact
B. Only carbon atoms are present in its structure
C. there are no free electrons
D. it is crystalline in nature
B. Only carbon atoms are present in its structure
Vacuoles (in plant cells) _____.
A. Produce energy for the cell
B. Defend the cell
C. synthesize proteins
D. provide turgidity and rigidity to plant cells
D. provide turgidity and rigidity to plant cells
The organelle not present in animal cells is _____.
A. Plastid
B. centrosome
C. nucleus
D. mitochondria
A. Plastid
Exchange of gases in higher plants takes place through _____.
A. Lenticels
B. roots
C. stomata
D. stem
C. stomata
Photosynthesis is _____.
A. A catabolic reaction
B. An energy releasing reaction
C. an anabolic reaction
D. none of the above
C. an anabolic reaction
Auxins are:
A. Vitamins
B. enzymes
C. proteins
D. hormones
D. hormones
Lack of magnesium in plants _______________.
A. Causes young leaves to wilt
B. Increases starch production
C. cause leaves to turn dark green
D. reduces chlorophyll formation
D. reduces chlorophyll formation
The part of the digestive system where no digestion takes place is _____.
A. Mouth
B. esophagus
C. ileum
D. stomach
B. esophagus
Cramps are caused by heavy exercise resulting in the accumulation of _____.
A. Carbon dioxide
B. lactic acid
C. ethanol
D. heat
B. lactic acid
Which of the following are the stages of respiration in the correct order?
A. Gaseous transport, breathing, tissue respiration and cellular respiration
B. Breathing, gaseous transport, tissue respiration and cellular respiration
C. Breathing, gaseous transport, cellular respiration and tissue respiration
D. Breathing, tissue respiration, cellular respiration and gaseous transport
B. Breathing, gaseous transport, tissue respiration and cellular respiration
Adrenaline increases _____.
A. Heart rate
B. Amount of glucose in blood
C. blood pressure
D. all the above
D. all the above
All the energy that passes along a food chain comes originally from:
A. Oxygen
B. carbon dioxide
C. glucose
D. light
D. light
Which of the following is not a renewable source of energy?
A. Hydroelectric power
B. tidal power
C. coal
D. wave power
C. coal
Which gas is responsible for the depletion of ozone layer?
A. SO2
B. CFC
C. CO
D. NH3
B. CFC
Which of the following is made of protein and nucleic acid only?
A. Bacterium
B. Fern
C. Virus
D. Algae
C. Virus
Which of the following is a disaccharide?
A. Cellulose
B. Galactose
C. Maltose
D. Fructose
C. Maltose
Where does electron transport chain takes place?
A. Golgi apparatus
B. Cytoplasm
C. Mitochondria
D. Chloroplast
C. Mitochondria
Which of the followings is storage-food in animal cell?
A. Glucose
B. Starch
C. Glycogen
D. Cellulose
C. Glycogen
The finger like projections found in small intestine is called
A. Villi
B. Rugae
C. Alveoli
D. Ligament
A. Villi
Insulin is synthesized in ______.
A. Liver
B. Pancreas
C. Small intestine
D. Stomach
B. Pancreas
Which of the followings is a water-soluble vitamin?
A. Vitamin-A
B. Vitamin-E
C. Vitamin-D
D. Vitamin-C
D. Vitamin-C
Which of the followings is the major energy fuel for the brain?
A. Acetate
B. lactate
C. glucose
D. glycine
C. glucose
Dissolved pollutant gasses can form:
A. Ozone
B. Acid rain
C. Alkalii snow
D. Neutral hail
B. Acid rain
Which of these reactions in the atmosphere leads to acid rain?
A. Magnesium + oxygen → magnesium dioxide dioxide
B. Carbon dioxide + hydrogen → hydrogen carbonate
C. Sulphur + oxygen → sulphur dioxide
D. Sulphur dioxide + water → sulphuric acid
D. Sulphur dioxide + water → sulphuric acid
The ozone layer found high in the stratosphere:
A. Protects against the suns harmful UV rays
B. Can react with atmospheric pollutants to form smog
C. Is toxic to plants
D. Is capable of disintegrating fabric and rubber
A. Protects against the suns harmful UV rays
Holes in the ozone layer are thought to have been caused by:
A. Space exploration
B. CFC’s
C. Methane
D. Carbon dioxide
B. CFC’s
All proteins contain the
A. Same 20 amino acids
B. 300 Amino acids occurring in nature
C. Different amino acids
D. Only a few amino acids
A. Same 20 amino acids
The optically inactive amino acid is
A. Glycine
B. Serine
C. Threonine
D. Valine
A. Glycine
At neutral pH, a mixture of amino acids in solution would be predominantly:
A. Dipolar ions
B. Nonpolar molecules
C. Positive and monovalent
D. Hydrophobic
A. Dipolar ions
The true statement about solutions of amino acids at physiological pH is
A. All amino acids contains both positive and negative charges
B. All amino acids contain positively charged side chains
C. Some amino acids contain only positive charge
D. All amino acids contain negatively charged side chains
A. All amino acids contains both positive and negative charges
Sulphur containing amino acid is
A. Methionine
B. Leucine
C. Valine
D. Asparagine
A. Methionine
An example of sulphur containing amino acid is
A. 2-Amino-3-mercaptopropanoic
B. 2-Amino-3-hydroxypropanoic acid
C. 2-Amino-3-methylbutanoic acid
D. Amino acetic acid
A. 2-Amino-3-mercaptopropanoic
All the following are sulphur containing amino acids found in proteins except
A. Cysteine
B. Cystine
C. Methionine
D. Threonine
D. Threonine
An aromatic amino acid is
A. Lysine
B. Tyrosine
C. Taurine
D. Arginine
B. Tyrosine
Amino acid with side chain containing basic groups is
A. 2-Amino-5-guanidovaleric acid
B. 2-Amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid
C. 2-Pyrrolidine carboxylic acid
D. 2-Amino propanoic acid
A. 2-Amino-5-guanidovaleric acid
An example of α-amino acid not present in proteins but essential in mammalian metabolism is
A. 3-Amino-3-hydroxypropanoic acid
B. 2-Amino-4-mercaptobutanoic acid
C. 2-Amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid
D. 2-Amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid
B. 2-Amino-4-mercaptobutanoic acid
An essential amino acid in man is
A. Aspartate
B. Tyrosine
C. Methionine
D. Serine
C. Methionine
Non-essential amino acids
A. Are not components of tissue proteins
B. May be synthesized in the body from essential amino acids
C. Have no role in the metabolism
D. May be synthesized in the body in diseased states
B. May be synthesized in the body from essential amino acids
Which one of the following is semiessential amino acid for humans?
A. Valine
B. Arginine
C. Lysine
D. Tyrosine
B. Arginine
An example of polar amino acid is
A. Alanine
B. Leucine
C. Arginine
D. Valine
C. Arginine
The amino acid with a nonpolar side chain is
A. Serine
B. Valine
C. Asparagine
D. Threonine
B. Valine
A ketogenic amino acid is
A. Valine
B. Cysteine
C. Leucine
D. Threonine
C. Leucine
An amino acid that does not form an α-helix is
A. Valine
B. Proline
C. Tyrosine
D. Tryptophan
B. Proline
An amino acid not found in proteins is
A. β-Alanine
B. Proline
C. Lysine
D. Histidine
A. β-Alanine
In the activated sludge process for treating wastewater, the most important step is
A. Chemical precipitation
B. biological decomposition
C. chlorination
D. reverse osmosis
B. biological decomposition
Activated charcoal is used in water treatment primarily for
A. Pathogen removal
B. Organic materials removed
C. inorganic salt removal
D. filtering sediments
B. Organic materials removed
To remove nitrates and phosphates from water requires
A. Aeration
B. Secondary treatments
C. advanced treatments
D. an activated sludge process
C. advanced treatments
It is a form of carbon which is soft, black, slippery solid that has a metallic luster and conducts electricity.
A. graphite
B. diamond
C. buckiminsterfullerence
D. carbon black
A. graphite
It is formed which hydrocarbons such as methane are heated in a very limited supply of oxygen.
A. carbon black
B. charcoal
C. coke
D. coal
A. carbon black
In which stage of the cell division the chromosomes move from centre to pole of the spindle?
A. Metaphase
B. Anaphase
C. Telophase
D. Pro-metaphase
B. Anaphase
It is the attraction between like molecules.
A. absorption
B. diffusion
C. adhesion
D. cohesion
D. cohesion
The hydrate named as sodium carbonate decahydrate is commonly called
A. baking soda
B. washing soda
C. soda lime
D. caustic soda
B. washing soda
The product obtained by the fermentation of wet cellulose is
A. ethane
B. ethyne
C. methane
D. ethane
C. methane
Grain alcohol in United States is made
A. from coal
B. by fermenting starches and sugar
C. from vinegar
D. by fermenting acetic acid
B. by fermenting starches and sugar
Vodka that is 90 proof contains what percent of alcohol?
A. 9
B. 45
C. 90
D. 180
B. 45
The alcohol present in alcoholic beverages is
A. methyl alcohol
B. ethyl alcohol
C. denatured alcohol
D. wood alcohol
B. ethyl alcohol
Denatured alcohol refers to
A. any alcohol not produced by fermentation
B. grain alcohol that is highly taxed
C. ethyl alcohol that has been treated with something to make it unfit to drink
D. methanol
C. ethyl alcohol that has been treated with something to make it unfit to drink
A gene is a segment of a molecule of
A. DNA
B. mRNA
C. tRNA
D. protein
A. DNA
If a nucleic acid is completely hydrolyzed, which type of compound is not one of its products?
A. a base
B. a phosphoric acid
C. an amino acid
D. a sugar
C. an amino acid
Which set of bases does not usually form a base pair usually found in nucleic acid?
A. adenine-thymine
B. cytosine-guanine
C. uracil-thymine
D. adenine-uracil
C. uracil-thymine
Which contains the codon?
A. DNA
B. mRNA
C. tRNA
D. the protein molecule
B. mRNA
Which molecule carries the anticodon?
A. mRNA
B. tRNA
C. the ribosome
D. the protein molecule
B. tRNA
The gentic message is transcribed from DNA to
A. mRNA
B. tRNA
C. DNA
D. rRNA
A. mRNA
Base pairing is accompanied by
A. covalent bonding
B. hydrogen bonds
C. ionic bond
D. phosphate linkage
B. hydrogen bonds
When active protein synthesis is taking place in the cell, which material is not required at the ribosomes?
A. DNA
B. mRNA
C. tRNA
D. growing protein chain
A. DNA
Disposal of synthetic plastics is complicated by
A. the large volume of these materials that accumulate as trash
B. the non-biodegradable nature of most synthetic plastic
C. the toxicity of some gases produced when the materials are burned
D. all of the above are valid
D. all of the above are valid
The temperature at which a polymer changes from hard and brittle to rubbery and tough is called its
A. boiling point
B. melting point
C. glass transition temperature
D. thermosetting temperature
C. glass transition temperature
Petroleum is believed to have formed mostly from the anaerobic decomposition of buried
A. dinosaurs
B. fish
C. pine trees
D. plankton and algae
D. plankton and algae
The largest carbohydrates are called
A. polysaccharides
B. oligosaccharides
C. monosaccharides
D. disaccharides
A. polysaccharides
A 3-carbon monosaccharide is a
A. triose
B. tetrose
C. hexose
D. pentose
A. triose
Invert sugar consist of fructose and
A. maltose
B. lactose
C. sucrose
D. glucose
D. glucose
The most abundant organic substance found in nature is
A. starch
B. glycogen
C. cellulose
D. dextran
C. cellulose
Sugars in which the aldehyde group can be oxidized to a carboxylic acid group are called
A. glycosides
B. glucosides
C. reducing sugars
D. phosphate esters
C. reducing sugars
Natural monosaccharides have
A. the L configuration
B. the D configuration
C. an equal mixture of the D and L configurations
D. more of the L than D configuration
B. the D configuration
In most fatty acids, the carbons are arranged in a
A. ring
B. straight chain, with a carboxylic acid group in the middle
C. branched chains, with a carboxylic group at the center
D. straight chain, with a carboxylic acid group at one end
D. straight chain, with a carboxylic acid group at one end
A soap molecule
A. is nonpolar
B. is polar
C. has a nonpolar end and a polar end
D. becomes nonpolar in solution
C. has a nonpolar end and a polar end
The wax used to make dental impressions is
A. beeswax
B. cerumen
C. lanolin
D. camauba wax
A. beeswax
Which characteristics is not true for oils?
A. mostly vegetable origin
B. liquid at room temperature
C. saturated
D. high iodine number
C. saturated
Saponification is a reaction in which a tricylglycerol reacts with a strong base to form
A. glycerol and three soap molecules
B. glycerol and three water molecules
C. three fatty acid molecules and water
D. oleic aicd and water
A. glycerol and three soap molecules
Which fuciton does fat not perform?
A. reserve supply of energy
B. insulation against the cold
C. maintenance of stable pH in blood
D. protection of organs
C. maintenance of stable pH in blood
In active transport
A. no energy is expected
B. molecules are carried from a region of low concentration to one of greater concentration
C. only water molecules pass through the membrane
D. the process takes place as in diffusion
B. molecules are carried from a region of low concentration to one of greater concentration
Fats and oil are more formed when fatty acids react with
A. ammonia
B. phenol
C. glycerol
D. acetic acid
C. glycerol
It is linear polymer which maybe reversibly softened by heat and solidified by cooling
A. thermosets
B. thermoplastic
C. polymer
D. copolymer
B. thermoplastic
The inventor of PF plastic (bakelite)
A. Patrick
B. Carothers
C. Baekeland
D. Kienle
C. Baekeland
The general formula of PVC
A. (CH2CH2)n
B. (Cl2CCFCl)n
C. (CH2CHCl)n
D. (CF2CF2CF)n
C. (CH2CHCl)n
A hard amorphous transparent, brittle material produced by the fusion of silicates with basic compounds, such as carbonate and/or limestone
A. cement
B. clay
C. glass
D. granite
C. glass
Which characteristics is not true for oils?
A. mostly vegetable origin
B. liquid at room temperature
C. saturated
D. high iodine number
C. saturated
Carbonated water is made by dissolving CO2 in water at a
A. high temperature
B. temperature which is gradually increased
C. pressure lower than 1 atm
D. pressure greater than 1 atm
D. pressure greater than 1 atm
“Hard” water can be soften by
A. Letting the calcium or magnesium ions settle out
B. Passing it through an ion exchanger
C. chlorination
D. filtration
B. Passing it through an ion exchanger
In the fractional distillation of crude petroleum, gasoline is the fraction whose number of carbon in a molecule ranges from ____
A. C1-C4
B. C5-C10
C. C11-C18
D. C15-C18
B. C5-C10
What fraction of crude petroleum has 20 or more carbon atoms in a molecule?
A. kerosene
B. gas-oil
C. wax
D. residue
C. wax
What does the acronym DDT means?
A. dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane
B. difluorodiphenyltrimethyl ethane
C. difluoromethyl trichloro ethane
D. dichlorodimethyl-trichloroethane
A. dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane B.
DNA consist of alternating links of; (D=deoxyribose, R=ribose, and P=phosphate)
A. N bases and R
B. N bases and D
C. D and P
D. R and P
C. D and P