Sample Questions for BIO 2000 Term Exam 1

1) About twenty-five of the ninety-two natural elements are known to be essential to life.
Which four of these twenty-five elements make up approximately 96 percent of living
matter?
A) carbon, sodium, hydrogen, nitrogen
B) carbon, oxygen, phosphorus, hydrogen
C) oxygen, hydrogen, calcium, nitrogen
D) carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen
2) If you change the number of neutrons in an atom, you create _____.
A) a cation
B) an anion
C) an isotope
D) a different element
3) In a single molecule of water, two hydrogen atoms are bonded to a single oxygen atom
by _____.
A) hydrogen bonds
B) nonpolar covalent bonds
C) polar covalent bonds
D) ionic bonds
4) Which of the following correctly describes all chemical equilibrium?
A) Forward and reverse reactions continue with no net effect on the
concentrations of the reactants and products.
B) Concentrations of products are higher than the concentrations of the
reactants.
C) There are equal concentrations of products and reactants while
forward and reverse reactions continue.
D) There are equal concentrations of reactants and products, and
the reactions have stopped.

5) Use the following information when answering the corresponding

question.

Rhodopsins are light-sensitive molecules composed of a protein

(opsin) and retinal (derivative of vitamin A). Opsin is a membrane
protein with several -helical segments that loop back and forth
through the plasma membrane. There are two classes of
rhodopsins. According to Oded Beje, one class has relatively slow
dynamics (a photocycle of approximately 0.5 second) and is well
suited for light detection. The second class has faster dynamics (a
photocycle of approximately 0.02 seconds) and is well suited for
chemiosmosis: pumping of protons or chloride ions across cell
membranes. Oded Beje was the first, in September 2000, to report
on a rhodopsin (proteorhodopsin) found in the domain Bacteria.
Proteorhodopsin consists of a single polypeptide chain. What is the
highest level of structure found in this protein?
A) primary
quaternary

B) secondary

C) tertiary

D)

6) Which of the following statements best summarizes the differences

between DNA and RNA?
A) DNA encodes hereditary information, whereas RNA does not.
B) The bases in DNA contain sugars, whereas the bases in RNA do not
contain sugar.
C) DNA nucleotides contain a different sugar than RNA nucleotides.
D) DNA contains the base uracil, whereas RNA contains the base
thymine.
7) If one strand of a DNA molecule has the sequence of bases
5'ATTGGCCA3', the other complementary strand would have the
sequence _____.
A) 5'TAACCGGT3'
B) 5'TGGCCAAT3'
C) 3'UAACCGGU5'
D) 5'UGGCCAAU3'