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Organic Compounds - General Characteristics

Test Description: Organic Compounds / Biological Macromolecules

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Which of the following best describes the function of nucleic acids?

Aprotective coatings, insulation, long term energy storage Bstorage and release of energy for cellular metabolism Cstructure and cell metabolism Dstorage of genetic information

2) An example of a nucleic acid includes

ADNA BRNA Cenzymes DDNA and RNA

3) Which of the following is NOT a class of organic compounds?

Aproteins Bwater Clipids Dsaccharides

4) ORDER the indicators for the following organic compounds: proteins, lipids, simple sugars, and complex sugars

ABenedict's solution, brown paper bag, Biuret's reagent, Lugol's iodine BBiuret's reagent, brown paper bag test, Lugol's iodine, Benedict's solution CBiuret's reagent, Sudan IV, Benedict's solution, Lugol's iodine DBiuret's reagent, Lugol's iodine, Benedict's solution, brown paper bag

5) Which class of organic compounds is insoluble in water and can be saturated or unsaturated?

Anucleic acids Bproteins Ccarbohydrates Dlipids

6) Which of the following is characteristic of organic compounds?

Acarbon-based Bsmall and carbon-based Clarge and carbon-based Dlarge

7) Amino acids are the monomers of what class of organic compounds?

Acarbohydrates Blipids Cnucleic acids Dproteins

8) What general name is given to the small repeating units that make up polymers?

Aunomers Bsingulars Cnone of the above Dmonomers

9) Enzymes belong to what class of organic compounds?

Aproteins Bnucleic acids Ccarbohydrates Dlipids

10) structure : proteins ::

Amonosaccharides : carbohydrates Bgenetic code: nucleotides Cinsulation: lipids Dbiological catalysts : proteins

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