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  • Question
  • In anaerobic respiration, the final electron acceptor can be


  • Options
  • A. oxygen
  • B. nitrate
  • C. pyruvate
  • D. acetyl-CoA

  • Correct Answer
  • nitrate 


  • Energy Release and Conservation problems


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    • 1. In lactic acid fermentation, the final electron acceptor would be

    • Options
    • A. fructose
    • B. pyruvate
    • C. glucose
    • D. acetyl-CoA
    • Discuss
    • 2. How many oxygen molecules are required in the fermentation of one molecule of glucose to ethanol and CO2?

    • Options
    • A. 0 
    • B. 1
    • C. 2
    • D. 36
    • Discuss
    • 3. The amount of ATP produced by a cell from glucose when metabolizing it by fermentation means is

    • Options
    • A. greater than by aerobic metabolism
    • B. lesser than by aerobic metabolism
    • C. exactly or approximately equal to by aerobic metabolism
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Glucose can be broken down to pyruvate by

    • Options
    • A. Entner-Doudoroff pathway
    • B. tricarboxylic acid cycle
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. The ability of CTP to bind to aspartate carbamoyltransferase and shut down the synthesis of more CTP is an example of

    • Options
    • A. enzyme induction
    • B. enzyme repression
    • C. feedback inhibition of enzyme activity
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Before most molecules can enter the Krebs citric acid cycle, they must be converted to

    • Options
    • A. citric acid
    • B. oxaloacetic acid
    • C. NADH or FADH
    • D. acetyl-CoA
    • Discuss
    • 7. In cellular metabolism, O2 is used

    • Options
    • A. to provide electrons for photophosphorylation
    • B. in glycolysis
    • C. as a terminal electron acceptor
    • D. in the Krebs cycle
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which one of the following is produced in the greatest numbers during one turn of the Krebs cycle?

    • Options
    • A. NADH
    • B. Acetyl-CoA
    • C. FADH2
    • D. ATP
    • Discuss
    • 9. Organisms can synthesize ATP by oxidative phosphorylation when they

    • Options
    • A. ferment
    • B. oxidize glucose to pyruvate
    • C. pass electrons from the oxidation of chlorophyll through an electron transport system
    • D. pass electrons to oxygen through an electron transport system containing cytochromes
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which one of the following is not produced in any of the steps of glycolysis?

    • Options
    • A. NAD+
    • B. NADH
    • C. ADP
    • D. ATP
    • Discuss


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