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Khan Academy Carbohydrates Questions 6.

Which of the following ketoses contain


the same number of carbons as
1. Imagine that samples of each of the glucose?
following carbohydrates were given a +1
charge through bombardment with A. Mannose
electrons, and then put through a mass B. Sucrose
spectrometer. Which carbohydrate C. Fructose
molecule would you predict to have the D. Galactose
smallest measured deflection?
7. Which of the following molecules is the
A. Glucose aldose form of fructose?
B. Mannose
C. Galactose A. Sucrose
D. Sucrose B. Galactose
C. Glucose
2. Which of the following describes the D. Lactose
relationship between the straight chain
forms of D-glucose and D-galactose, 8. Cleavage of two unknown disaccharides
given that they are non-cyclic molecules is shown by infrared spectroscopy to
that differ only in stereochemical result in 4 individual monosaccharide
configuration at the fourth carbon? molecules, 2 with ketone functionality,
and 2 with aldehyde functionality. Based
A. They are meso-compounds on this data, what is the identity of the
B. They are epimers two unknowns?
C. They are anomers
D. They are enantiomers A. Lactose, maltose
B. Lactose, sucrose
3. Which of the following molecules is a C. Sucrose, sucrose
furanose in its cyclical form? D. Maltose, maltose

A. Sucrose 9. An enzyme known to catalyze the


B. Mannose cleavage of disaccharides is added to a
C. Fructose pure sample of an unknown
D. Lactose carbohydrate. Infrared spectroscopy on
the resulting solution reveals the
4. Which of the following carbohydrates presence of two separate peaks
does not contain at least one glycosidic between 1760cm−1 and 1665cm-
linkage? 1. Based solely on this data, which of
the following molecules most likely
A. Sucrose made up the original pure sample
B. Amylose (assume that after cleavage by the
C. Lactose enzyme, all carbohydrates are in their
D. Mannose straight chain forms)?

A. Maltose
5. The straight chain form of glucose
B. Lactose
differs from the straight chain form of
C. Fructose
fructose in which of the following ways?
D. Sucrose
A. Units of unsaturation
B. Number of carbon atoms
C. Number of hydroxyl groups
D. Type of carbonyl functional group
10. A glycogen polymer and an amylopectin
polymer, each containing 100
monosaccharide subunits, are cleaved
completely by an enzyme. How many
individual glucose molecules are
created during this process?

A. 25
B. 50
C. 100
D. 200
Khan Academy Carbohydrates Answers

1. D
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. D
10. D

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