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  • Question
  • The highly folded membranes found in such eukaryotic organelles as mitochondria and chloroplasts


  • Options
  • A. increase the surface area where key chemical processes can occur
  • B. help the cell against physical damage
  • C. make it possible to package large amounts of DNA within the cell
  • D. assist with cell movement

  • Correct Answer
  • increase the surface area where key chemical processes can occur 


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    • 1. More ATP is manufactured during __________ than at any other time in all of cellular metabolism.

    • Options
    • A. fermentation
    • B. glycolysis
    • C. the light reactions of photosynthesis
    • D. oxidative phosphorylation
    • Discuss
    • 2. What bands will be observed in a cesium chloride gradient after two rounds of replication?

    • Options
    • A. One light, one medium and one heavy band
    • B. One light and one medium band
    • C. One medium band
    • D. One medium and one heavy band
    • Discuss
    • 3. Hydrolysis of lactose yields

    • Options
    • A. galactose and fructose
    • B. galactose and glucose
    • C. glucose and fructose
    • D. fructose and galactose
    • Discuss
    • 4. In eukaryotes, there are three different RNA polymerases. The RNA polymerase responsible for transcription of mRNA is

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    • A. RNA polymerase I
    • B. RNA polymerase II
    • C. RNA polymerase III
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. The function of the sigma factor of RNA polymerase is to

    • Options
    • A. assure that transcription begins at the proper point
    • B. assure that transcription ends at the proper point
    • C. assure that translation begins at the proper point
    • D. assure that translation ends at the proper point
    • Discuss
    • 6. Acyl carrier protein (ACP) plays an important role in the biosynthesis of

    • Options
    • A. fatty acids
    • B. amino acids
    • C. sugars
    • D. carbohydrates
    • Discuss
    • 7. What is the concentration, in moles/liter, of the hydrogen ion, if pH of a solution is 7?

    • Options
    • A. 7
    • B. 7 x 10-7
    • C. 5 x 10-7
    • D. 1 x 10-7
    • Discuss
    • 8. From a single molecule of DNA, PCR can make

    • Options
    • A. one additional copy
    • B. hundreds of copies
    • C. thousands of copies
    • D. millions of copies
    • Discuss
    • 9. If the F and Y angles of each peptide unit in a protein are known, which of the following may also be determined?

    • Options
    • A. Complete secondary structure
    • B. Complete tertiary structure
    • C. Complete quaternary structure
    • D. Thermodynamic stability
    • Discuss
    • 10. Plant transformation can be obtained by

    • Options
    • A. combining plant and animal cells in culture
    • B. shooting DNA into plant cells with a gun
    • C. using the E. coli bacterium to infect plant roots
    • D. infecting plants with a tobacco mosaic virus
    • Discuss


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