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Fermentation Kinetics
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Question
Fermentor should be filled with medium upto
Options
A. 65-70%
B. 70-75%
C. 75-80%
D. 80-85%
Correct Answer
75-80%
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1. Which of the following statements would be appropriate while comparing bubble column and air lift fermenter of the same size?
Options
A. The average bubble size is smaller in an airlift bioreactor
B. Oxygen transfer rate is higher in an airlift bioreactor
C. The surface area for gas exchange is higher in an airlift bioreactor
D. All of the above
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Correct Answer: All of the above
2. The air riser is located on the outside of the draft tube for the large-scale airlift bioreactors because of
Options
A. higher oxygen transfer rates
B. a small sparge ring
C. better heat transfer efficiencies
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: better heat transfer efficiencies
3. A culture in a closed vessel to which no additional medium is added and from which no waste products are removed is called a __________ culture.
Options
A. continuous
B. batch
C. fed-batch
D. semi continuous
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Correct Answer: batch
4. During the log phase cell numbers increase exponentially
Options
A. because cells produce enzymes
B. because cells do not have cell membranes
C. because cells are autocatalysts
D. because the rate of cell division increases exponentially
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Correct Answer: because cells are autocatalysts
5. The diameter of the baffles in a standard stirred tank bioreactor ranges from
Options
A. 1/10
th
- 1/12
th
of the tank diameter
B. 1/3
rd
- 1/4
th
of the tank diameter
C. 1/15
th
- 1/20
th
of the tank diameter
D. 1/20
th
- 1/25
th
of the tank diameter
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Correct Answer: 1/10
th
- 1/12
th
of the tank diameter
6. The contents in bubble column and air lift reactor are mixed through
Options
A. compressed air
B. a mechanical internal moving part
C. external pumping
D. any of these
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Correct Answer: compressed air
7. Chromatography is based on the
Options
A. different rate of movement of the solute in the column
B. separation of one solute from other constituents by being captured on the adsorbent
C. different rate of movement of the solvent in the column
D. any of the above
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Correct Answer: different rate of movement of the solute in the column
8. A common filter medium is the cloth filter generally made of
Options
A. canvas
B. synthetic fabrics
C. metal or glass fiber
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: all of these
9. The activated sludge process consists of returning a portion of the clarifier
Options
A. effluent water entering the reactor
B. influent water coming out of the reactor
C. influent water entering the reactor
D. effluent water coming out of the reactor
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Correct Answer: influent water entering the reactor
10. Functional groups of the nonessential amino acid residues that are suitable for the immobilization process are
Options
A. free ?-, ?- or ? carb oxyl groups
B. ? or ? amino groups
C. phenyl, hydroxyl, sulfhydryl or imidazole groups
D. all of the above
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Correct Answer: all of the above
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