Chapter 6 Online quizzes

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Which Nobel Prize winning scientist provided a widely accepted, useful definition of natural products?

Friedrich Wohler correct incorrect

Albrecht Kossel correct incorrect

Károly Ereky correct incorrect

Alexander Fleming correct incorrect

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The chemotherapeutic drug Paclitaxel (trade name Taxol) was first discovered from which organism?

Saccharomyces cerevisiae correct incorrect

Streptomyces coelicolor correct incorrect

Noni fruit correct incorrect

Pacific Yew correct incorrect

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The protocol that incentivises conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources is named after which Japanese city?

Tokyo correct incorrect

Nagoya correct incorrect

Kyoto correct incorrect

Nagasaki correct incorrect

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Which of the following compounds is an example of a secondary metabolite?

Glycogen correct incorrect

ATP correct incorrect

Colchicine correct incorrect

Glycine correct incorrect

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Biotechnological methods that use bacteria to clean up sites that have been contaminated by industrial or manmade waste are termed:

Bioleaching correct incorrect

Biofortification correct incorrect

Biopiracy correct incorrect

Bioremediation correct incorrect

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Molecular biological methods used in gene cloning usually lead to:

Increase of the amount of DNA in the genome of an organism, but with no impact on its biology. correct incorrect

Addition (or removal) of DNA fragments in a genome that change the phenotype of the organism that is manipulated. correct incorrect

Decrease of the amount of DNA in the genome of an organism, but with no impact on its biology. correct incorrect

Changes to the phenotype of any organism without altering its genome. correct incorrect

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Which organism was first used to produce large quantities of the human hormone insulin?

Escherichia coli correct incorrect

Streptomyces coelicolor correct incorrect

Staphylococcus aureus correct incorrect

Arabidopsis thaliana correct incorrect

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Which description provides the best definition for the natural products known as anthocyanins?

Fat-soluble by-product from microbes produced during fermentation of foodstuffs correct incorrect

Water-soluble, normally found in the leaves, flowers, and fruit of plants correct incorrect

Fat-soluble, normally found in green leafy and orange/yellow vegetables and fruits correct incorrect

Water-soluble, found mainly in meats that are used for foods correct incorrect

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Which of the following anti-oxidants is found at increased levels in Beneforté broccoli, a form of "super broccoli" that has recently been developed?

Ascorbic acid correct incorrect

Anthocyanin correct incorrect

Glucoraphanin correct incorrect

Beta-carotene correct incorrect

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Which description provides the best definition for antibiotic resistance?

Disease-causing microorganisms are no longer affected by drugs used to treat them correct incorrect

Human cells become sensitive to drugs used to treat infectious diseases correct incorrect

Human cells become resistant to drugs used to treat infectious diseases correct incorrect

Human cells develop resistance to disease-causing microbes correct incorrect