Question: For Wittgenstein, language:

Answer Choices:

A. reflects reality
B. creates reality
C. creates communities
D. divides communities

Answer: B – creates reality

 

Question: In order to be classified as an amino acid, an amino acid needs to have all but which of the following?

Answer Choices:

A. a sulfur atom
B. an amino functional group
C. a carboxyl functional group
D. an R group
E. a distinctive R group

Answer: A – a sulfur atom

 

Question: A side chain that has a negative charge is [Select], a side chain that does not have a charge but has an oxygen atom is [Select].

Answer Choices:

A. Answer 1: acidic
B. Answer 2: basic

Answer: A – Answer 1: acidic Answer 2: polar

 

Question: In order to form a polymer from monomers, [Select] occurs and the newly formed bond results in [Select]. In order to break a polymer into monomers, hydrolysis occurs and the broken bond is due to [Select].

Answer Choices:

A. Answer 1: a condensation reaction
B. Answer 2: the loss of a water molecule
C. Answer 3: hydrolysis
D. Answer 4: the addition of a water molecule

Answer: A – Answer 1: a condensation reaction B – Answer 2: the loss of a water molecule C – Answer 3: hydrolysis D – Answer 4: the addition of a water molecule

 

Question: A peptide chain has directionality. It begins from the [Select] and is called the [Select]. It ends at the carboxyl group and is called the [Select].

Answer Choices:

A. Answer 1: amino group
B. Answer 2: N-terminus
C. Answer 3: carboxyl group
D. Answer 4: C-terminus

Answer: A – Answer 1: amino group B – Answer 2: N-terminus C – Answer 3: carboxyl group D – Answer 4: C-terminus

 

Question: Insulin is made of two different polypeptides, the A chain and the B chain, interacting with each other by disulfide bridges. Therefore, the insulin protein has which of the following protein structures? (Check all that apply)

Answer Choices:

A. primary
B. secondary
C. tertiary
D. quaternary

Answer: A – primary B – secondary C – tertiary D – quaternary

 

Question: The α-helix and β-pleated sheet structures are held in place by [Select] bonds and are responsible for the [Select] structure of a protein.

Answer Choices:

Answer: Answer 1: hydrogen Answer 2: secondary

 

Question: A peptide bond is formed between two amino acids by __________.

Answer Choices:

A. dehydration synthesis
B. hydrolysis
C. hydrogen bonding

Answer: A – dehydration synthesis

 

Question: An individual that has two different alleles of a particular gene is said to be __________.

Answer Choices:

A. heterozygous
B. dihybrid
C. recessive
D. homozygous

Answer: A – heterozygous

 

Question: A gene that affects more than one trait is said to be __________.

Answer Choices:

A. heterozygous
B. wild type
C. pleiotropic
D. dominant

Answer: C – pleiotropic

 

Question: Genes located on a sex chromosome are said to be __________.

Answer Choices:

A. X-linked
B. autosomal
C. hemizygous
D. dominant
E. sex-linked

Answer: E – sex-linked

 

Question: When 2 genes are located on the same chromosome, close to one another, they are said to be __________.

Answer Choices:

A. polygenic
B. homologous
C. epistatic
D. allelic
E. linked

Answer: E – linked

 

Question: What was one of the British empiricists’ beliefs?

Answer Choices:

A. They attempted to explain the functioning of the mind according to Newton’s principles.
B. They verified the existence of divine intervention with sensory experience.
C. They believed that sensory experience distorts its truth.
D. They denied the existence of innate ideas.

Answer: D – They denied the existence of innate ideas.

 

Question: With regard to the mind-body relationship, Hobbes denied the existence of a nonmaterial mind; therefore, he was a(n) __________.

Answer Choices:

A. interactionist
B. epiphenomenalist
C. psychophysical parallelist
D. physical monist

Answer: D – physical monist

 

Question: Hobbes’ theory of human motivation was __________.

Answer Choices:

A. biological
B. based on the assumption that innate ideas exist
C. called physical monism
D. hedonistic

Answer: D – hedonistic

 

Question: For Hobbes, choice was:

Answer Choices:

A. unique to humans
B. nothing more than a verbal label
C. controlled by God
D. impossible without innate ideas of morality

Answer: B – nothing more than a verbal label