CC6 06 Test Bank
CC6 06 Test Bank
CC6 06 Test Bank
Chapter 6
Multiple-Choice Questions
Answer: C
Topic: Opening Essay
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: E
Topic: Opening Essay
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: E
Topic: Opening Essay
Skill: Factual Recall
4) Which of the following statements regarding photosynthesis and cellular respiration is true?
A) Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts, and cellular respiration occurs in mitochondria.
B) Photosynthesis occurs in mitochondria, and cellular respiration occurs in chloroplasts.
C) Photosynthesis occurs in mitochondria and in chloroplasts.
D) Cellular respiration occurs in mitochondria and in chloroplasts.
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E) Neither cellular respiration nor photosynthesis occurs in either mitochondria or chloroplasts.
Answer: A
Topic: 6.1
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: A
Topic: 6.1
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
6) The processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are complementary. During these energy conversions, some
energy is
A) lost in the form of heat.
B) created in the form of heat.
C) used to create light.
D) destroyed when the chemical bonds of glucose are made.
E) saved in the chemical bonds of water, CO2 and O2.
Answer: A
Topic: 6.1
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: B
Topic: 6.2
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
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Answer: B
Topic: 6.2
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: B
Topic: 6.3
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
Answer: D
Topic: 6.3
Skill: Factual Recall
11) Which of the following statements about the energy yields from cellular respiration is true?
A) Cellular respiration is more efficient at harnessing energy from glucose than car engines are at harnessing energy from
gasoline.
B) Cellular respiration converts all of the energy in glucose into high-energy ATP bonds.
C) Cellular respiration converts the kinetic energy of glucose into chemical energy.
D) The heat produced during cellular respiration is only a tiny fraction of the chemical energy available in a glucose
molecule.
E) Most energy conversion systems are more efficient than cellular respiration.
Answer: A
Topic: 6.3
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
12) Humans use the calories they obtain from ________ as their source of energy.
A) food
B) water
C) sunlight
D) minerals
E) carbon dioxide
Answer: A
Topic: 6.4
Skill: Factual Recall
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13) Humans use about ________ of their daily calories for involuntary life-sustaining activities such as digestion,
circulation, and breathing.
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 75%
E) 90%
Answer: D
Topic: 6.4
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: C
Topic: 6.4
Skill: Factual Recall
15) The label on the box of breakfast cereal lists one serving as containing 200 calories per serving. How many calories are
actually in one serving?
A) 20
B) 2,000
C) 20,000
D) 200,000
E) 2,000,000
Answer: D
Topic: 6.4
Skill: Application
Answer: D
Topic: 6.5
Skill: Factual Recall
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D) protons from one molecule replace the electrons lost from another molecule.
E) the reduction of a substance does not need to be coupled to the oxidation of another substance.
Answer: C
Topic: 6.5
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: B
Topic: 6.5
Skill: Factual Recall
19) In biological systems, an important enzyme involved in the regulation of redox reactions is
A) glucose.
B) dehydrogenase.
C) oxygen.
D) water.
E) ATP.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.5
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: D
Topic: 6.5
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
21) During cellular respiration, electrons move through a series of electron carrier molecules. Which of the following
statements about this process is true?
A) The electrons move from carriers that have more affinity for them to carriers that have less affinity for them.
B) Molecular oxygen is eventually oxidized by the electrons to form water.
C) The electrons release large amounts of energy each time they are transferred from one carrier to another.
D) The carrier molecules are found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
E) Molecular oxygen is reduced when it accepts electrons and forms water.
Answer: E
Topic: 6.5
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Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: A
Topic: 6.5
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
23) Which of the following options lists the stages in cellular respiration in the correct order?
A) glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation
B) glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, and the citric acid cycle
C) the citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, and glycolysis
D) oxidative phosphorylation, glycolysis, and the citric acid cycle
E) oxidative phosphorylation, the citric acid cycle, and glycolysis
Answer: A
Topic: 6.6
Skill: Factual Recall
24) A drug is tested in the laboratory and is found to create holes in both mitochondrial membranes. Scientists suspect
that the drug will be harmful to human cells because it will inhibit
A) the citric acid cycle.
B) oxidative phosphorylation.
C) glycolysis.
D) the formation of alcohol.
E) the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation.
Answer: E
Topic: 6.6
Skill: Application
25) During which of the following phases of cellular respiration does substrate-level phosphorylation take place?
A) glycolysis
B) the citric acid cycle
C) "grooming" of pyruvate
D) oxidative phosphorylation
E) glycolysis and the citric acid cycle
Answer: E
Topic: 6.6
Skill: Factual Recall
26) Which of the following metabolic pathways is common in aerobic and anaerobic metabolism?
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A) the citric acid cycle
B) oxidative phosphorylation
C) chemiosmosis
D) glycolysis
E) electron transport chain
Answer: D
Topic: 6.7
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
Answer: C
Topic: 6.7
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: A
Topic: 6.7
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: C
Topic: 6.7
Skill: Factual Recall
30) A culture of bacteria growing aerobically is fed glucose containing radioactive carbon and is then examined. As the
bacteria metabolize the glucose, radioactivity will appear first in
A) carbon dioxide.
B) NADH.
C) glucose-6-phosphate.
D) pyruvate.
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E) ATP.
Answer: C
Topic: 6.7
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
Answer: B
Topic: 6.7
Skill: Factual Recall
32) Pyruvate
A) forms at the end of glycolysis.
B) is the molecule that starts the citric acid cycle.
C) is the end product of oxidative phosphorylation.
D) is the end product of chemiosmosis.
E) is a six-carbon molecule.
Answer: A
Topic: 6.8
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: A
Topic: 6.8
Skill: Factual Recall
34) Which of the following statements regarding the chemical grooming of pyruvate is false?
A) Two molecules of pyruvate are each converted into two-carbon molecules joined to a coenzyme A molecule.
B) Each pyruvate loses a carbon atom, which is released as CO2.
C) Two pyruvate molecules together contain less chemical energy than was found in the original glucose molecule.
D) The pyruvate molecules are oxidized and two NAD+ are reduced.
E) Each pyruvate molecule has a CO2 added and then joins with an NADH.
Answer: E
Topic: 6.8
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Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: C
Topic: 6.8
Skill: Factual Recall
36) The enzymes of the citric acid cycle are located in the
A) intermembrane space of the mitochondrion.
B) outer mitochondrial membrane.
C) mitochondrial matrix.
D) inner mitochondrial membrane.
E) matrix and inner mitochondrial membrane.
Answer: E
Topic: 6.9
Skill: Factual Recall
37) The end products of the citric acid cycle include all of the following except
A) CO2.
B) pyruvate.
C) ATP.
D) NADH.
E) FADH2.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.9
Skill: Factual Recall
38) The function of coenzyme A in the citric acid cycle is most like
A) a limousine driver dropping off a couple at the school prom.
B) a recycling company, collecting paper and using it to manufacture new products.
C) a hamster in its exercise wheel, running quickly but not getting anywhere.
D) a kid jumping up and down on a trampoline.
E) throwing a baited hook into a lake and catching a fish.
Answer: A
Topic: 6.9
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
39) A culture of bacteria growing aerobically is fed glucose containing radioactive carbon and is then examined. During
the citric acid cycle, radioactivity would first appear in
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A) NADH.
B) citrate.
C) FADH2.
D) oxaloacetic acid.
E) CoA.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.9
Skill: Application
40) At the end of the citric acid cycle, most of the energy remaining from the original glucose is stored in
A) CO2.
B) pyruvate.
C) ATP.
D) NADH.
E) FADH2.
Answer: D
Topic: 6.9
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
Answer: B
Topic: 6.10
Skill: Factual Recall
42) Which of the following statements about the inner mitochondrial membrane is false?
A) ATP synthase is associated with the inner mitochondrial membrane.
B) The inner mitochondrial membrane plays a role in the production of pyruvate.
C) Electron carriers are associated with the inner mitochondrial membrane.
D) The inner mitochondrial membrane is involved in chemiosmosis.
E) A gradient of H+ exists across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.10
Skill: Factual Recall
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D) carefully encloses the DNA housed within the mitochondrial matrix.
E) allows other ions (like Na+) to build up when H+ ions are not available.
Answer: C
Topic: 6.10
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
44) A mutant protist is found in which some mitochondria lack an inner mitochondrial membrane. Which of the following
pathways would be completely disrupted in these mitochondria?
A) oxidative phosphorylation
B) alcoholic fermentation
C) the citric acid cycle
D) glycolysis
E) biosynthesis
Answer: A
Topic: 6.10
Skill: Application
45) If you were able to stop the process of cellular respiration after completing electron transport but prior to
chemiosmosis, you would find the pH of a mitochondrion to be at its lowest
A) on the outer membrane.
B) on the inner membrane.
C) in the cytoplasm.
D) in the mitochondrial matrix.
E) in the intermembrane space.
Answer: E
Topic: 6.10
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
Answer: B
Topic: 6.10
Skill: Factual Recall
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Answer: A
Topic: 6.10
Skill: Factual Recall
48) Rotenone is a poison commonly added to insecticides. Insects exposed to rotenone will die because
A) they will no longer be able to perform anaerobic respiration.
B) high levels of fermentation products will build up in their bodies.
C) they will no longer be able to produce adequate amounts of ATP.
D) they will no longer be able to absorb water and will become dehydrated.
E) they will no longer be able to perform chemiosmosis.
Answer: C
Topic: 6.11
Skill: Application
Answer: B
Topic: 6.11
Skill: Factual Recall
50) Which of the following statements about the energy yield of aerobic respiration is false?
A) Less than 50% of the chemical energy available in glucose is converted to ATP energy.
B) Each FADH2 molecule yields 2 ATP molecules and each NADH molecule generates 3 ATP molecules.
C) Most of the ATP derived during aerobic respiration results from oxidative phosphorylation.
D) Oxidative phosphorylation resulting from 1 glucose molecule may yield 32—34 ATP molecules.
E) Glycolysis and the "grooming" of pyruvate together produce more NADH per glucose molecule than does the citric
acid cycle.
Answer: E
Topic: 6.12
Skill: Factual Recall
51) Each FADH2 yields a maximum of ________ ATP, and each NADH yields a maximum of ________ ATP as a result of
transferring pairs of electrons to the electron transport chain.
A) 3 . . . 2
B) 2 . . . 3
C) 3 . . . 3
D) 1 . . . 3
E) 3 . . . 1
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Answer: B
Topic: 6.12
Skill: Factual Recall
52) Glycolysis and the citric acid cycle must occur ________ time(s) per glucose molecule.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5
Answer: B
Topic: 6.12
Skill: Factual Recall
53) The energy yield from the complete aerobic breakdown of a single molecule of glucose
A) is equivalent to the yield from alcoholic fermentation.
B) is always 38 ATP.
C) increases as the supply of oxygen increases.
D) can vary with the mechanism used to shuttle NADH electrons into the mitochondrion.
E) is less than the yield from anaerobic respiration.
Answer: D
Topic: 6.12
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
54) Which of the following processes produces the most ATP per molecule of glucose oxidized?
A) aerobic respiration
B) anaerobic respiration
C) alcoholic fermentation
D) lactic acid fermentation
E) All produce approximately the same amount of ATP per molecule of glucose.
Answer: A
Topic: 6.13
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: C
Topic: 6.13
Skill: Factual Recall
56) When an organism such as a yeast lives by fermentation, it converts the pyruvate from glycolysis into a different
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compound, such as alcohol. Why doesn't it secrete the pyruvate directly?
A) The conversion yields one ATP per pyruvate molecule.
B) The conversion yields one NADH per pyruvate molecule.
C) The conversion yields one FADH2 per pyruvate molecule.
D) The conversion is needed to regenerate the NAD+ consumed during glycolysis.
E) A buildup of pyruvate in the surrounding environment would be too toxic.
Answer: D
Topic: 6.13
Skill: Factual Recall
57) Muscle soreness associated with strenuous exercise is at least partly due to
A) an excess of ATP that builds up during vigorous exercise.
B) the presence of lactate produced during fermentation in muscle cells.
C) the large amount of carbon dioxide that builds up in the muscle.
D) the accumulation of alcohol from anaerobic respiration.
E) the excess buildup of carbon monoxide due to inefficient respiration.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.13
Skill: Factual Recall
58) A child is born with a rare disease in which mitochondria are missing from skeletal muscle cells. However, the
muscles still function. Physicians find that
A) the muscles contain large amounts of lactate following even mild physical exercise.
B) the muscles contain large amounts of carbon dioxide following even mild physical exercise.
C) the muscles require extremely high levels of oxygen to function.
D) the muscle cells cannot split glucose to pyruvate.
E) the muscles require extremely large amounts of carbon dioxide to function.
Answer: A
Topic: 6.13
Skill: Application
59) Some friends are trying to make wine in their basement. They've added yeast to a sweet grape juice mixture and have
allowed the yeast to grow. After several days they find that sugar levels in the grape juice have dropped, but there's no
alcohol in the mixture. The most likely explanation is that
A) the mixture needs more sugar, because yeast need a lot of energy before they can begin to produce alcohol.
B) the mixture needs less oxygen, because yeast only produce alcohol in the absence of oxygen.
C) the mixture needs more oxygen, because yeast need oxygen to break down sugar and get enough energy to produce
alcohol.
D) the mixture needs less sugar, because high sugar concentrations stimulate cellular respiration, and alcohol is not a by-
product of cellular respiration.
E) the yeast used the alcohol as a carbon source.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.13
Skill: Application
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60) In yeast cells,
A) lactic acid is produced during anaerobic respiration.
B) lactic acid is produced during glycolysis.
C) alcohol is produced during the citric acid cycle.
D) alcohol is produced after glycolysis.
E) glucose is produced during photosynthesis.
Answer: D
Topic: 6.13
Skill: Factual Recall
61) Bacteria that are unable to survive in the presence of oxygen are called
A) obligate anaerobes.
B) obligate aerobes.
C) facultative anaerobes.
D) aerotolerant anaerobes.
E) microaerophiles.
Answer: A
Topic: 6.13
Skill: Factual Recall
62) Yeasts can produce ATP by either fermentation or oxidative phosphorylation; thus, they are
A) strict anaerobes.
B) strict aerobes.
C) facultative anaerobes.
D) facultative aerobes.
E) producers of lactic acid.
Answer: C
Topic: 6.13
Skill: Factual Recall
63) When did the level of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere become high enough to sustain aerobic respiration?
A) 1.0 billion years ago
B) 1.5 billion years ago
C) 2.5 billion years ago
D) 2.7 billion years ago
E) 3.5 billion years ago
Answer: D
Topic: 6.14-Evolution Connection
Skill: Factual Recall
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D) Glycolysis is considered to be an ancient metabolic system because it is the most efficient metabolic pathway for ATP
synthesis.
E) Glycolysis is considered to be an ancient metabolic system because glucose is the universal substrate for glycolysis.
Answer: D
Topic: 6.14-Evolution Connection
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
65) To obtain energy from starch and glycogen, the body must begin by
A) hydrolyzing the starch to glucose and the glycogen to amino acids.
B) hydrolyzing both starch and glycogen to glucose.
C) converting both starch and glycogen to fatty acids.
D) removing nitrogen atoms from both molecules.
E) removing one glucose at a time with a condensation reaction.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.15
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
66) When proteins are used as a source of energy for the body, the proteins
A) are converted into glucose molecules, which are fed into glycolysis.
B) are converted mainly into intermediates of glycolysis or the citric acid cycle.
C) are hydrolyzed to their constituent amino acids; electrons are stripped from the amino acids and passed to the electron
transport chain.
D) are hydrolyzed to glycerols and then converted to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, which is fed into glycolysis.
E) are hydrolyzed to fatty acids and converted to acetyl CoA, which enters the citric acid cycle.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.15
Skill: Factual Recall
67) When a cell uses fatty acid for aerobic respiration, it first hydrolyzes fats to
A) glycerol and amino acids.
B) glycerol and fatty acids.
C) fatty acids and sugars.
D) sugars and amino acids.
E) sugars and glycerol.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.15
Skill: Factual Recall
68) If you consume 1 g of each of the following, which will yield the most ATP?
A) fat
B) glucose
C) sucrose
D) protein
E) starch
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Answer: A
Topic: 6.15
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
Answer: D
Topic: 6.16
Skill: Factual Recall
70) Which of the following organisms can make organic molecules from water and carbon dioxide?
A) bear
B) mushroom
C) wheat
D) crayfish
E) honeybee
Answer: C
Topic: 6.16
Skill: Application
71) The conversion of CO2 and H2O into organic compounds using energy from light is called
A) glycolysis.
B) photosynthesis.
C) fermentation.
D) cellular respiration.
E) photorespiration.
Answer: B
Topic: 6.16
Skill: Factual Recall
72) The glycolytic pathway will ________ after a large meal and ________ during a long period of exercise.
A) speed up . . . speed up
B) slow down . . . slow down
C) slow down . . . speed up
D) speed up . . . slow down
E) not change . . . not change
Answer: C
Topic: 6.16
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Skill: Application
Art Questions
1)
Which step of the Krebs cycle requires both NAD+ and ADP as reactants?
A) step 1
B) step 2
C) step 3
D) step 4
E) step 5
Answer: C
Topic: 6.9
Skill: Application
2)
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Which H+ ion has just passed through the inner mitochondrial membrane by diffusion?
A) hydrogen ion A
B) hydrogen ion B
C) hydrogen ion C
D) hydrogen ion D
E) hydrogen ion E
Answer: E
Topic: 6.14
Skill: Application
Scenario Questions
After reading the following paragraph, answer the question(s) below.
As a scientist employed by the FDA, you've been asked to sit on a panel to evaluate a pharmaceutical company's
application for approval of a new weight loss drug called Fat Away. The company has submitted a report summarizing
the results of their animal and human testing. In the report, it was noted that Fat Away works by affecting the electron
transport chain. It decreases the synthesis of ATP by making the mitochondrial membrane permeable to H+ which allows
H+ to leak from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space. This effect leads to weight loss.
1) The method of weight loss described for Fat Away shows that the drug is acting as a metabolic
A) coenzyme.
B) feedback inhibitor.
C) oxygen carrier.
D) redox promoter.
E) uncoupler.
Answer: E
Topic: 6.10, 6.11
Skill: Factual Recall
Answer: A
Topic: 6.10, 6.11
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
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