QUIZ ON DISACCHARIDE AND POLYSACCHARIDE

NAME: _______________________________ DATE:_____________

DR JEAN I. MAGLAQUE SCORE:_________

Choose the best answer by writing the letter of your choice before each number. Use capital letter only.

____1. The three categories of carbohydrates are:

a. Monosaccharide , disaccharide and polysaccharide
b. Starch, glycogen and cellulose
c. Glucose, fructose and galactose
d. No answer

____2. These are all properties of a disaccharide EXCEPT:

a. made up of two sugars
b. sucrose
c. 2 monosaccharides joined together dehydration synthesis
d. Glycogen

___3. Monosaccharide and disaccharide names end with which ending:

a. Ise b. ase c. ese d. ose

___4. C6H12O6 is the molecular formula for what carbohydrate?

a. Sucrose b. Glucose c. Fructose d. Both glucose and fructose

___5. What type of carbohydrate is this?

a. Polysaccharide b. disaccharide c. monosaccharide d. not a carbohydrate

___6. What type of carbohydrate is this?

a. Polysaccharide b. disaccharide c. monosaccharide d. not a carbohydrate

___7. What do starch, cellulose and glycogen all have in common?

a. they are all composed of glucose c. they are all monosaccharides
b. they are all used for energy d. they are all located in plants

___8. Which of the polysaccharides would be located in plants?

a. glycogen and cellulose c. cellulose and starch
b. starch and glycogen d. glucose and fructose
___9. Which of the polysaccharides has a structure with many branches going in various directions?

a. Cellulose b. glycogen c. starch d. glucose

___10. Which of the following polysaccharides is found in cell walls?

a. starch b. cellulose c. glycogen d. all of the above

___11. Where is glycogen stored?

a. plant roots and cell walls b. muscles c. liver d. liver and muscles

___12. Which polysaccharide is used for support, NOT energy?

a. Starch b. cellulose c. glycogen d. both starch and glycogen

___13.what is the other name for disaccharide?

a. Glucose b. galactose c. bivose d. lactose

___14. What is the name of the linkage used in joining simple sugars?
a. Radiography b. glycolysis c. glycosidic d. debisic

___15. Which of these is not a disaccharide? 

a. Maltose b. sucrose c. lactose d. galactose

___16. How many oxygen atoms are there in a disaccaharide? 

a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 22

___17. Which of these is not an enzyme? 

a. Sucrase b. glucose c. lactase d. maltase

____18. Which of these is a reducing disaccharide? 

a. Maltose b. glucose c. lactose d. sucrose

____19. Which of the following carbohydrates are used for energy?

a. Glycogen b. starch c. glucose d. all of the above
___20. Which of these is a non-reducing double sugar? 

a. Sucrose b. maltose c. lactose d. fructose

___21. What is a discaccharide?

a. Any kind of sugar with the formula Cx(H20)y
b. galactose
c. Two complex sugars joined through hydrolysis
d. Two simple sugars joined through dehydration synthesis

____22. Which of the following elements is NOT commonly found in carbohydrates, including
disaccharides?
a. Carbon b. hydrogen c. nitrogen d. oxygen

___23. Which of the following is NOT a disaccharide?

a. Lactase b. maltose c. sucrose d. lactose

____24. Maltose and Cellobiose are hydrolysis products of the polysaccharides, starch and
a. Cellulose b. glucose c. carbohydrates d. sucrose

___25. Aldohexose (Allose, Altrose, ________, Mannose, Gulose, Idose, Galactose, Talose)
a. Fructose b. carbohydrates c. sucrose d. glucose

___26. For example; milk sugar (lactose) is made from glucose and galactose whereas cane sugar
(sucrose) is made from glucose and ________.
a. Carbohydrates b. fructose c. fructolysis d. cellulose

___27. Ketohexose (Psicose, ________, Sorbose, Tagatose)

a. Glucose b. sucrose c. fructose c. fructolysis

___28. It is formed when two ________ are joined together and a molecule of water is removed.
a. Carbohydrates b. hexose c. monosaccharide d. glucose

___29. So, even if both component sugars are the same (e.g., ________), different bond combinations
(regiochemistry) and stereochemistry (alpha- or beta-) result in disaccharides that are
diastereoisomers with different chemical and physical properties
a. Fructose b. carbohydrates c. glucose d. sucrose
___30. The two ________ are bonded via a dehydration reaction (also called a condensation reaction or
dehydration synthesis) that leads to the loss of a molecule of water and formation of a glycosidic bond.
a. Carbohydrates b. monosaccharide c. hexose d. glucose

____31. 'Disaccharide' is one of the four chemical groupings of carbohydrates (________,

disaccharide, oligosaccharide, and polysaccharide).
a. Hexose b. glucose c. pentose d. monosaccharide

____32. Depending on the ________ constituents, disaccharides are sometimes crystalline, sometimes
water-soluble, and sometimes sweet-tasting and sticky-feeling.
a. Carbohydrates b. hexose c. monosaccharide d. glucose

____33. A disaccharide is the ________ formed when two monosaccharides undergo a condensation
reaction which involves the elimination of a small molecule, such as water, from the functional groups
only.
a. Carbohydrates b. glucose c. sucrose f. fructose

____34. What is a polysaccharide?

a. A six carbon
b. A chemical that provides both energy and structure to plants.
c. A long chain carbohydrates
d. A form of hydrolysis
____35. What does a linear polysaccharide do?

a. Provides a paste like substance to stick muscles together

b. Provides energy storage in the form of starch.
c. Is found in fungus and exoskeletons.
d. Is a polymer that only comes from animals

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