Biology for engineers and other non-biologists

Assignment 2 (Week 2) answer key

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1. Function of a protein depends on

(a) Its structure

(b) Its external environment
(c) Its amino sequence
(d) All of the above

2. Following are the four basic biomolecules

(a) Protein, starch, fatty acid and ATP

(b) Protein, carbohydrate, lipid and nucleic acid
(c) Amino acid, fatty acid, phosphate, ribose
(d) Enzyme, fatty acid, sugars, ATP

3. Which of the following is the common feature between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

a) Presence of nucleus
b) Presence of organelles
c) Presence of plasma membrane
d) Replication by sexual reproduction

4. Enzymes are used in which of the following industries

(a) Meat industry

(b) Plastic industry
(c) Baking industry
(d) All of the above

5. Sickle cell anemia is characterized by

(a) Sickle shaped lung cells

(b) Defective oxygen transport in blood
(c) Replacement of all glutamate residues by valine
(d) All of the above
6. Which of the following statements about Prokaryotes is true?

a) They do not have organelles

b) They reproduce sexually
c) They are diploids
d) All of the above

7. Which property of water allows insects such as mosquitoes and the water strider to ‘walk’
on water?

(a) Its ability to naturally exist in all three states of matter

(b) High specific heat
(c) High surface tension
(d) Higher density of water than ice

8. Base pairing in DNA is as follows

(a) Adenine – Guanine; Thymine – Cytosine

(b) Adenine – Uracil; Thymine – Cytosine
(c) Adenine – Thymine; Cytosine – Guanine
(d) Adenine – Uracil; Guanine – Cytosine

9. Which of the following statements about the lipid bilayer of membrane is true

(a) It discourages the passive movement of molecules across it

(b) Forms a cell envelope
(c) Acts as an effective barrier separating the intracellular compartment from the
extracellular medium
(d) All of the above

10. Why are viruses “obligatory parasites”?

a) Because they can be crystallized

b) Because they definitely have to infect another organism to replicate
c) Because they are smaller than bacteria
d) Because they can be seen only through an electron microscope