BIOL107 – Cell and Molecular Biology

Biochemistry Quiz
Caraga State University

Quiz Answers

1. Water has the highest percent composition of all organic molecules present in a bacterial cell.
o True
o False
2. Adhesion and cohesiveness are two (2) essential emergent properties of water responsible for
the movement of water molecules in the xylem of the giant red woods.
o True
o False
3. Ethanol has a higher specific heat and rate of heat of vaporization compared to water.
o True
o False
4. All helix rotations of DNAs are right rotation except for Z DNA.
o True
o False
5. During translation, segments of RNA molecules may form RNA-DNA hybrid.
o True
o False
6. Which of the ff. molecule/s do/es not belong in the group?
o Glycerol
o Nucleotides
o Monosaccharides
o RNA
7. All elements are present in the structures of the four (4) types of biomolecules except_____.
o O
o H
o C
o N
8. The biomolecule that comprised the major component of the cell membrane.
o Lipids
o Nucleic acid
o Carbohydrate
o Protein
9. Which molecule plays a central part in energy-transfer reactions?
o Nucleotide
o Nucleoside
o Amino acid
o DNA
10. All components of a nucleotide except ______.
o Phosphate
o Sugar
o Base
 o Carboxyl group
11. The molecule that is present in a nucleotide and nucleic acid but absent in a nucleoside is
_______.
o Nitrogenous base
o 5-C sugar
o Phosphate group
o Pyrimidines
12. All are pyrimidines except ______.
o Thymine
o Guanine
o Uracil
o Cytosine
13. How many base pairs are there in a single complete turn of the double helix structure of a C
DNA?
o 11
o 10
o 9.33
o 12
14. What is the biologically dominant DNA configuration?
o B DNA
o Z DNA
o A DNA
o C DNA
15. This refers to the single stranded of nucleotides followed downstream by its reverse
complements.
o Mirror repeat
o Inverted repeats
o Palindrome
o Both B&C

16. IDENTIFY THIS MOLECULE

ANSWER: Amino Acid

17. IDENTIFY THIS MOLECULE

 ANSWER: ATP
18. HOW MANY W ATER MOLECULES ARE THERE?

ANSWER : 5

19. IDENTIFY THE COMMON NAME OF THE MOLECULE SHADED WITH GRAY

ANSWER #19 : THYMINE

20. The image show has a segment of what type of genetic material?

ANSWER #20: DNA