Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!breakr.enet.dec.com!mikkelson From: mikkelson@breakr.enet.dec.com (snopes) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Quiz time Message-ID: <1991Apr24.134105.25827@pa.dec.com> Date: 24 Apr 91 13:34:45 GMT Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Organization: Anodyne Systems, Inc. Lines: 37 On a recent midterm for an introductory-level biology class, there were a few questions that I felt had better answers than the ones the instructor considered "correct". No amount of persuading or reasoning would make him change his grading, but for my own satisfaction I'd like to see how others would answer these simple multiple-choice questions: A "high-energy bond" a) absorbs a large amount of free energy when the phosphate group is attached during hydrolysis. b) is formed when ATP is hydrolyzed to ADP and one phosphate group c) is usually found in each glucose molecule; that is why glucose is chosen as the starting point for glycolysis. d) none of the above When NAD combines with hydrogen, the NAD is a) reduced b) oxidized c) phosphorylated d) denatured e) none of these The oxygen released in photosynthesis comes from a) carbon dioxide b) glucose c) ribulose biphosphate d) water e) atmospheric oxygen Which of the following has the most energy? a) AMP b) ADP c) ATP d) glucose e) NADPH +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | NOTE: No part of this signature may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced | into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means | (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without prior | written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in | critical articles and reviews. | * David Mikkelson Digital Equipment Corporation, Culver City, CA USA * +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+