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Quiz 1 Carbohydrates

1. Carbohydrates are inorganic compounds made up of


a. Carbon and hydrogen
b. Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
c. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitogen
d. Carbon and oxygen
2. The most common monomer of carbohydrates is
a. Nucleotides
b. Glucose
c. Amino acids
d. Maltose
3. The minimum number of carbon in a monosaccharide is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
4. Two monosaccharide units are joined by
a. Peptide bond
b. Hydrogen bond
c. Phosphodiester bond
d. Glycosidic bond
5. Which of the following is not a polysaccharide?
a. Starch
b. Cellulose
c. Glycogen
d. lactose
6. Which of the following compounds is both an aldose and a hexose?
a. c.
b. d.

7. Which of the following structures is that of an L-monosaccharide?


a. c.

b. d.

8. Which of the following structures represents a -monosaccharide?


a. c.

b. d.

9. Which of the following monosaccharides has an open chain form that is a ketose?
a. c.

b. d.

10. Which of the following structures is a representation of a cyclic form of D-glucose?


a. c.

b. d.

11. In which of the following pairs or carbohydrates are both members of the pair disaccharides?
a. allose and idose
b. lactose and arabinose
c. sucrose and maltose
d. cellobiose and cellulose

12.Which of the following substances will produce both glucose and fructose when hydrolyzed?
a. lactose
b. maltose
b sucrose
d. glycogen

13. The major structural difference between cellulose and starch is found in the
a. identity of the monosaccharide units present
b. ring size of the monosaccharide units present
c. linkages between the monosaccharide units present
d. handedness of the monosaccharide units present

14. In which of the following polysaccharides are all glycosidic linkages of the â (1 4) type?
a. starch
b. cellulose
c. glycogen
d. amylopectin

15. Which of the following statements concerning carbohydrates is correct?


a. They are the most abundant type of biochemical substance in the human body.
b. They are all polyhydroxy aldehydes, polyhydroxyketones, or substances that yield
such upon hydrolysis.
c. They can exist in left-handed and right-handed forms, with the left-handed form
being dominant in nature.
d. They all have a sweet taste and therefore are also called sugars.
16. Which of the following monosaccharides are aldohexoses?
a. glucose
b. fructose
c. ribose
d. all of the above

17. In which of the following disaccharides is a  (1  4) glycosidic linkage present?


a. lactose
b. sucrose
c. maltose
d. All of the above

18. In which of the following pairs of carbohydrates are both members of the pair polysaccharides?
a. cellulose and cellobiose
b. starch and glycogen
c. amylose and lactose
d. more than one correct response
e. no correct response
NUMERIC RESPONSE

Use the following to answer the questions below:

For each of the compound characterizations, select from the response list an appropriate
structural formula. Responses may be used more than once or need not be used at all.

19. An achiral compound


20. A chiral compound with one chiral center
21. A chiral compound with two chiral centers
22. Eight stereoisomers exist for this compound.

Use the following to answer the questions below:

For each of the stereochemical descriptions, select from the response list an appropriate set
of structural formulas. Responses may be used more than once or need not be used at all.
23. Enantiomers
24. Mirror images

Use the following to answer the questions below:

For each of the disaccharides or polysaccharides, select from the response list the correct
hydrolysis products. Responses may be used more than once or need not be used at all.

a) glucose only
b) glucose and galactose
c) glucose and fructose
d) glucose and ribose
25. Sucrose
26. Lactose
27. Cellulose
28. Starch
29. Glycogen
30. Which of the following is the structure of D-glucose?

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