BCH2333 - Final Exam Practice Exam

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BCH2333 - FINAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz 1 1. Given the image below, indicate the covalent bond a. None of the above b. Bond 1 and Bond 2 c. Unable to determine d. Bond 1 e. Bond 2 2. Given the image below, indicate the intermolecular bond a. None of the above b. Bond 1 and Bond 2 c. Unable to determine d. Bond 1 e. Bond 2
3. If the pH of a voledronic acid solution is 4.3, and the voledronate concentration is 4mM, what is the concentration of voledronic acid? (pKa = 5.0) a. 1.4 b. 379.5 c. 185.2 d. 20 e. 0.5 4. Which of the following statements about compartmentation is FALSE? a. High concentrations of biomolecules can be maintained locally as a result of compartmentation b. By decreasing environmental variability in microdomain, compartmentation promotes a life c. Microdomains form through self-assembly processes, partitioning the cell into compartments d. Compartmentation is necessary to promote the mixing of cellular components with the bulk environment e. Chemical evolution would not possible without compartmentation 5. The original bond energy of a dipole-induced dipole interaction is 3 kJ/mole. If the bonding partners change their bond radius by 3.2, what is the new bond energy? a. 20.31 b. 0.24 c. 0.61 d. 0.01 e. 6.37 6. Match the chemical structure to the functional group name provided. 5 3 1
4 6 2 a. Ester 1 b. Amide 2 c. Thiol 3 d. Disulfide 4 e. Phosphodiester 5 f. Amine 6 7. Which of the following indicates an equivalence point of the titration given in the image below? a. Point 1 b. Region 1 c. Point 2 d. Region 2 e. None of the features indicated
8. Which of the following indicates a midpoint of the titration given in the image? a. Region 2 b. Point 1 c. Point 2 d. Region 1 e. None of the features indicated 9. The optimal bond distance in charge-charge interactions is determined by the sum of the kinetic energies of attraction and repulsion. a. True b. False 10. Propionic acid is provided (pKa = 2.0) to make a 0.1 M buffer at pH = 2.0. What is the ratio of proprionate:proprionic acid (round to the nearest whole number): ___1___ What volume of a 1M solution of proprionic acid is required to make 1 L of buffer (answer in mL, rounded to the nearest whole number): ___10___ 11. The Miller-Urey experiment was conducted in order to a. simulate gas exchange from plants that promote life on Earth b. simulate the surface of a meteorite c. show that the elevated temperature of primordial Earth initiated life d. demonstrate that life began with the help of lightning as a source of energy e. demonstrate that buildings block of the life needed oxygen to form 12. Which of the following statements regarding hydrogen bonding is FALSE?
a. H-bonding is one of the most important non-covalent bonds in biochemistry b. H-bonds occur in assemblies of proteins where individual supramolecular structure undergo intermolecular interactions c. The linear overlap of the anti-bonding orbital of the acceptor lone pair electrons and the bonding orbital of the donor H is critical to an H-bond d. In a H-bond, the donor is a weak acid and the acceptor is a weak base e. While an individual H-bond is moderately strong, the presence of groups of H-bonds contributes to the stability of large biomolecular structures 13. Which of the following statements about the Hydrophobic effect is FALSE? a. The formation of a bilayer vesicle from amphiphiles in water results in polar headgroups facing towards the aqueous phase b. Clathrate result in ice-like water, resulting in Δ S>0 c. Reducing the surface area of a clathrate results in an increase in entropy d. The hydrophobic effect is a driving force for biochemical self-assembly e. The hydrophobic effect is driven by the solvent and is considered a non-covalent intermolecular interaction 14. What non-covalent interaction(s) is/are most likely to occur between water and water? a. Hydrogen bonding and dipole-dipole b. Dipole-dipole c. Hydrogen bonding d. Charge-charge e. Charge-dipole 15. Given that the concentration of the hydroxy anion is 10 -2 M, what is the pH of the resulting solution? a. 12 b. 2 c. 6 d. 9 e. 4 16. According to the deprotonation reaction shown below, which of the carboxylic acid species (1 to 4) would you expect to be the least acidic?
a. 2 b. 3 c. The pKa is equivalent for all carboxylic acids shown d. 1 e. 4 17. According to the deprotonation reaction shown below, which of the carboxylic acid species (1 to 4) would you expect to have the highest pKa?
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