1. Which of the following is made up of the condensation of -glucose monomers?

A. Sucrose
B. Cellulose
C. Starch
D. Glycogen
2. The following is the formula for an amino acid.

This amino acid is

I Hydrophilic
II Acidic
III Negatively charged
IV Insoluble in water
A. I only
B. I and II
C. I, II and III
D. II, III and IV
1 Which molecule is made up of or contains
glucose molecules?
A Fructose
B Cellulose
C Ribonucleic acid
D Deoxyribonucleic acid
2 Which of the following contributes to
the secondary structure of a protein?
A Peptide bond
B Hydrogen bond
C van der Waals force
D Hydrophobic interaction
3 Which statement best explains the
polarity of water?
A The angle between hydrogen atoms
is 104.3.

B Oxygen is more electronegative than

hydrogen.
C Hydrogen is covalently bonded to
oxygen to form water.
D Polar compounds with partial charges
tend to dissolve in water.

4 Which statement is not true of doublestranded

DNA molecules?
A Adenine pairs with thymine and
guanine pairs with cytosine.
B The nitrogenous bases hold both
strands by a single hydrogen bond.
C During DNA replication, a new
strand is synthesised from 5' to 3'
direction.
D The sugar phosphate backbone of
the polynucleotide is on the outside
of the helix.

5. A common feature of starch and glycogen is that molecules of both.

A. Are water soluble polysaccharides
B. contain repeated monomers of glucose and and galactose
C. are important structural components of plant cell walls
D. Are polymers of glucose

6. Which of the following reaction transforms amino acids in protein?

A. Phosphorylation
B. Condensation
C. Deamination
D. Denaturation

ESSAY
1. A) with reference to suitable examples explain the meaning and importance
of the four structures of protein (12 marks)
b) list three functions of proteins in living organisms (3 marks)

2. which type of bond maintains the secondary protein structure?

A. Disulphide
B. Ester
C. Hydrogen
D. Peptide
3. Which of the following characteristics of proteins, enables it to act as a pH
buffer?
A. Proteins are linked by peptide bonds
B. Proteins have primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures
C. Proteins are colloid
D. Proteins have carboxyl and amino groups
4. A polypeptide chain has backbone of atoms in the regular sequence of
A. - C-C-C-N
B. C-C-N-C
C. N-H-C-C
D. C-O-C-N
5. Which of the following proteins have a secondary structure?
I.
Fibroin
II.
Haemoglobin
III.
Keratin
IV.
Myoglobin
A. III only
B. IV only
C. I and III
D. II and III
6. Which of the following are the properties of water?
Specific heat
Latent heat of Surface
capacity
vapourisation tension
A Low
High
Low
B Low
Low
High
C High
High
Low
D High
High
High
7. Sucrose solution cannot change Benedicts solution into brick-red precipitate
because it
A. Contain a glycosidic bond
B. Is a disaccharide
C. Contains a hydroxyl group

D. Does not contain a free carbonyl group

8. Which of the following is not a difference between carbohydrates and
triglycerides?
A
B
C

Carbohydrates
Polysaccharides are long
chain polymers
Examples of esters

Larger proportion of
oxygen to hydrogen
D Many are soluble in
water

Triglycerides
Do not form long chain
polymers
Examples of ketones
or aldehydes
Small proportion of
oxygen to hydrogen
Do not dissolve in water

9. Which proteins has a -pleated sheet structure?

A. Keratin
B. Collagen
C. Fibroin
D. Myoglobin