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- Question
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is being grown in a chemostat converts glucose to biomass, ethanol, glycerol and carbon dioxide. At steady state, the concentration of glucose, biomass, ethanol and glycerol will
Options- A. decrease with time
- B. increase with time
- C. be constant
- D. change randomly with time
- Correct Answer
- be constant
- 1. Which of the following is considered as a disadvantage to the adsorption method of immobilization?
Options- A. It is possible to separate and purify the enzymes while being immobilized
- B. The enzymes are not usually deactivated by adsorption
- C. The adsorption is a reversible process
- D. State of immobilization is very sensitive to solution pH, ionic strength and temperature Discuss
- 2. Which of the following statements is not true?
Options- A. Enzymes are proteins that bind to specific substrates and increase the velocity of reactions involving those substrates
- B. Enzymes function by overcoming the activation energy barrier of a reaction
- C. Enzymes make thermodynamically favorable reactions to proceed; they cannot make unfavorable reactions to occur
- D. Enzymes only function when they are in intact cells Discuss
- 3. A viscoelastic fluid is one in which the viscosity
Options- A. is constant regardless of the stirrer speed or mixing time
- B. changes during mixing but returns to its original state after mixing
- C. increases with increasing stirrer speed
- D. decreases with increasing stirrer speed Discuss
- 4. An allosteric inhibitor of an enzyme usually
Options- A. participates in feedback regulation
- B. denatures the enzyme
- C. is a hydrophobic compound
- D. causes the enzyme to work faster Discuss
- 5. Juice clarification extraction is facilitated by using
Options- A. cellulases
- B. amylase
- C. inulinase
- D. lactase Discuss
- 6. Chemostats work on the principle of
Options- A. maintaining constant volume of culture medium
- B. maintaining continuous flow of nutrients
- C. maintaining uniform nutrients concentration
- D. operating at higher pressure Discuss
- 7. In a plug flow reactor, the highest concentration of substrates is exposed to the cells that
Options- A. are near the effluent or exit of the reactor
- B. are in the mid way along the reactor
- C. are located near entrance of feed
- D. are near the wall of the reactor Discuss
- 8. The continuous cultures are not widely used in industry because
Options- A. they are not suited for the production of secondary metabolites
- B. contamination or mutation can have a disastrous effect on the operation
- C. the government will not approve the licensing of pharmaceuticals produced in continuous cultures
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 9. Transient flow range of mixing speed is obtained for
Options- A. Rei<10
- B. 10<Rei<104
- C. Rei>104
- D. None of these Discuss
- 10. Henry's law relates
Options- A. the partial pressure of oxygen and the saturation concentration of oxygen in the liquid
- B. the oxygen transfer rate and the bubble size
- C. the oxygen transfer rate and the temperature
- D. the oxygen transfer rate to the partial pressure of oxygen in the liquid Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: State of immobilization is very sensitive to solution pH, ionic strength and temperature
Correct Answer: Enzymes only function when they are in intact cells
Correct Answer: changes during mixing but returns to its original state after mixing
Correct Answer: participates in feedback regulation
Correct Answer: cellulases
Correct Answer: maintaining uniform nutrients concentration
Correct Answer: are located near entrance of feed
Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: 10<Rei<104
Correct Answer: the partial pressure of oxygen and the saturation concentration of oxygen in the liquid
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