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Self-Quiz



 This activity contains 19 questions.

Question 1.
A nucleotide is made of what?

a. bases
b. base sequence
c. phosphate ester
d. sugar
e. peptide

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Question 2.
A protein is a natural polymer of what type of monomer unit?

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Question 3.
All but one of the following molecules will give a single absorbance peak in 1H NMR spectroscopy. Which molecule will give two absorbance peaks?

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Question 4.
How can you use infrared data to confirm that a substance is CH3CH2CH2CH2OH?

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Question 5.
How do bacteria become resistant to penicillin?

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Question 6.
How is penicillin used as a medicine?

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Question 7.
How many of the hydrogens in propionic acid,

, will react with NaOH?

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Question 8.
What are the major products when an excess of CH3CH3 reacts with chlorine?

a. ClCH2CH2Cl
b. CH3CH2Cl
c. HCl
d. H2

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Question 9.
What are the possible products when p-chlorotoluene is singly nitrated?

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Question 10.
What carries all the information needed for the correct construction of a protein?

a. DNA
b. mRNA
c. tRNA
d. peptides

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Question 11.
What do serotonin agonists do?

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Question 12.
What is the coiled nature of a polypeptide sequence called?

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Question 13.
What products are formed when oxygen reacts with methane?

a. CO2
b. CH2O
c. H2O
d. H2O2

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Question 14.
What would be a feature of an SN1 reaction?

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Question 15.
When a molecule absorbs the energy of ultraviolet light, where does most of the energy go?

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Question 16.
Which of the following are carbohydrates?

a. nucleic acids
b. polyhydroxy ketones
c. disaccharides
d. aldoses
e. triglycerides

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Question 17.
Which of the following are lipids?

a. sex hormones
b. alkanes
c. fats
d. carbon tetrachloride
e. vitamin A

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Question 18.
Which of the following compounds is aliphatic?

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Question 19.
Which of the following is a D-pentose?

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