Lipid Test

1.
A lipid is any substance of biochemical origin that is ;

a. Soluble in water but insoluble in nonpolar solvents.
b. Insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar solvents.
c. Solvents in both water and nonpolar solvents.
d. No correct answer
2. Which of the following is not a biochemical function classification for lipids?
a. Membrane lipid
b. Messenger lipid
c. Emulsification lipid
d. No correct answer
3. The saponifiable /nonsaponifiable classification system for lipids is based on;
a. Lipid behavior in acidic solution
b. Lipid behavior in basic solution
c. Ability of lipids to react with alcohols
d. No correct response
4. Which of the following statements concerning fatty acids is correct?
a. They are naturally occurring dicarboxylic acids.
b. They are rarely found in the free state in nature
c. They almost always contain an odd number of carbon atoms.
d. No correct response
5. The double bond present in a monounsaturated fatty acid almost always;
a. Is in a cis configuration
b. Involves the second carbon from the carboxyl end of the carbon chain.
c. Involves the second carbon from the methyl end of the carbon chain
d. All of the above
6. In which of the following pairs of fatty acids does the first listed acid have a lower
melting point than the second listed acid?
a. 16:0 acid and 16:1 acid
b. 18:2 acid and 18:0 acid
c. 18:2 acid and 18:3 acid
d. None of the above
7. How many structural subunits are present in block diagram for a triacylglycerol?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. none of the above
8. How many ester linkages are present in a triacylglycerol molecule?
a. 0
b. 2
c. 4
9. How many different simple triacylglycerides molecules can be produced that include
glycerol, stearic acid, and palmitic acid as part of their structure?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
10. How many different mixed triacylglycerides molecules can be produced that include
glycerol, stearic acid, and palmitic acid as part of their structure?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
11. Which of the following is a distinguishing characteristic between fats and oils?
a. physical state at room temperature
b. number of structural subunits present
c. number of fatty acid residues present
d. all of the above
12. Unsaturated fatty acid residues are structural components of ;
a. both fats and oil
b. fats but not oils
c. oils but not fats
d. no correct response
13. In terms of human body response to dietary fat, which of the following is considered to
be good fat?
a. saturated fat
b. monounsaturated fat
c. polyunsaturated fat
d. all of the above
14. Linolenic acid and linoleic acid, the essential fatty acid are respectively,
a. 16:1 and 18: 1 fatty acids
b. 18.1 and 18: 2 fatty acids
c. 18:2 and 18: 3 fatty acids
15. Which of the following are the expected products when a fat undergoes saponification?
a. glycerol and fatty acids
b. glycerol and fatty acids salts
c. fatty acid and fatty acid salts
d. all of the above
16. The effect of partial hydrogenation of a fat or oil is which of the following types of
triacylglycerol reactions?
a. decrease in the degree of fatty acid unsaturation
b. decrease in melting point of the fat or oil
c. increase in the number of fatty acid residues present in a molecule
17. In the oxidation of fats and oils, which structural part of the molecule is attacked by the
oxidizing agent?
a. carbon – carbon double bonds
b. carbon- carbon single bonds
c. ester linkages
d. all of the above
18. Based on biological function, phospholipid are classified as
a. energy storage lipids
b. membrane lipids
c. messenger lipids
19. Which of the following types of lipids contain both ester and amide linkages?
a. triacylglycerols
b. sphingophospholipids
c. glycerophospholipid
20. Which of the following statement about the molecule sphingosine is correct ?
a. two amino group and one hydroxyl group present
b. two hydroxyl groups and one amino group are present
c. two hydroxyl groups and two amino group are present
21. In terms of the head and two tails model for phospholipids.
a. both tails are hydrophilic
b. both tails are hydrophilic
c. one tail hydrophilic and the other hydrophobic
22. When the head and two tails structural model is applied to a sphingophospholipid, the
two tails are;
a.both fatty acid residues
b. a fatty acid residue and phosphate group
c. the phosphate group and the glycerol backbone
23. The number of building blocks present in sphingoglycolipid in which a single
monosaccharide unit is present is ;
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 0
24. Which of the following types of membrane lipids has a steroid structure?
a. cholesterol
b. sphingoglycolipids
c. sphingophospholipid
25. Which of the following statements concerning cholesterol is correct?
a. an alcohol functional group is present in ikts structure.
b. the lipoprotein HDL distributes cholesterol to various parts of human body.
c. the cholesterol associated with LDL is often called good cholesterol
d. all of the above
26-30 Discuss the absorption of chylomicrons to HDL (high density lipoprotein) in the body.

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A lipid is any substance of biochemical origin that is ;

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