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Enzymes BC MCQ

General Properties of Enzymes


1. Enzymes are biological catalysts that:
a) Start chemical reactions
b) Are consumed during the reaction
c) Increase the reaction rate without being consumed
d) Decrease the stability of substrates

Answer: c

General properties of enzymes

• They are protein catalysts


• They increase the rate of a chemical reaction
• They are not consumed during the reaction
• They are larger than substrate molecules
• They contain an active site and catalytic site/s

2. Which of the following are protein catalysts?


a) Hormones
b) Enzymes
c) RNA molecules
d) Antibodies

Answer: b
3. Enzymes are primarily made up of:
a) Carbohydrates
b) Lipids
c) Proteins
d) Nucleic acids

Answer: c

4. The active site of an enzyme is:


a) The site where products are released
b) A specific groove where the substrate binds
c) A location for enzyme storage
d) Responsible for enzyme inhibition

Answer: b

5. Enzyme specificity is due to:


a) Complementary active site and substrate structures
b) High temperatures
c) The presence of water molecules
d) Non-protein cofactors

Answer: a

Classification of Enzymes
6. Intracellular enzymes function:
a) Only outside the cell
b) Inside specific organelles
c) Within the bloodstream
d) Independently of substrate concentration

Answer: b

7. Which of the following is an extracellular enzyme?


a) Glycolysis enzymes
b) Pepsin
c) ATP synthase
d) Alcohol dehydrogenase

Answer: b

Mechanism of Enzyme Action


8. Enzymes lower the activation energy by:
a) Raising substrate energy
b) Changing the equilibrium of the reaction
c) Providing an alternative low-energy pathway
d) Consuming energy from reactants

Answer: c
9. The transition state in an enzymatic reaction is:
a) The final product state
b) The highest energy state between reactants and products
c) The lowest energy state
d) Irrelevant to enzyme function

Answer: b

10. The role of the catalytic site within an enzyme is to:


a) Bind the substrate
b) Facilitate chemical reactions
c) Block unwanted substrates
d) Denature proteins

Answer: b

Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity


11. Which factor does not directly affect enzyme activity?
a) Temperature
b) pH
c) Substrate concentration
d) Light intensity
Answer: d

12. Denaturation of an enzyme occurs when:


a) The enzyme becomes more active
b) Environmental conditions alter its structure
c) Enzyme-substrate binding increases
d) Product concentration decreases

Answer: b

13. Optimal pH for most enzymes is:


a) Neutral
b) Highly acidic
c) Highly alkaline
d) Random for each reaction

Answer: a

14. Increasing temperature beyond the enzyme's optimal range


leads to:
a) Increased activity
b) Denaturation
c) Substrate inhibition
d) Reversible inhibition

Answer: b
Michaelis-Menten Kinetics
15. The Michaelis constant (Km) represents:
a) The maximum velocity of the reaction
b) Substrate concentration at half Vmax
c) Enzyme concentration
d) Product concentration at equilibrium

Answer: b

16. An enzyme with a lower Km has:


a) Higher substrate affinity
b) Lower substrate affinity
c) Higher reaction velocity
d) Lower reaction velocity

Answer: a

17. If enzyme concentration is halved, the reaction rate will:


a) Remain constant
b) Double
c) Be halved
d) Decrease exponentially

Answer: c
Enzyme Efficiency
18. Enzymes increase reaction rates by factors of:
a) 10–100 times
b) 10³–10⁸ times
c) 10¹–10² times
d) 10⁵–10¹⁰ times

Answer: b

19. Holoenzymes consist of:


a) Protein part only
b) Protein and non-protein components
c) Non-protein components only
d) Coenzymes only

Answer: b

20. The non-protein part of an enzyme can be:


a) Only a metal ion
b) Either a metal ion or an organic molecule
c) A substrate
d) Water molecules

Answer: b
Holoenzyme = Apo enzyme + Nonprotein part ( metal ion -
cofactor Cl- of amylase or organic molecule -coenzyme

Coenzyme ==

1) transiently bound cosubstrate e.g. NAD+, FAD


2) permanently bound prosthetic group biotin of carboxylase
enzymes

Specificity
21. Enzymes with absolute substrate specificity:
a) Act on a group of substrates
b) Act on only one specific substrate
c) Catalyze a range of reactions
d) Bind randomly to any molecule

Answer: b

Substrate specificity

absolute substrate specificity - act on only one substrate

relative substrate specificity - act on structurally related


substrates

22. Which enzyme converts glucose to glucose-6-phosphate?


a) Hexokinase
b) Alcohol dehydrogenase
c) Sucrase
d) Pepsin
Answer: a

Cofactors and Coenzymes


23. NAD+ is derived from:
a) Vitamin B1
b) Vitamin B3
c) Vitamin C
d) Vitamin D
Answer: b

24. FAD is derived from:


a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin B2
c) Vitamin K
d) Vitamin B6
Answer: b

Applications
25. Proteolytic enzymes are synthesized as inactive forms called:
a) Cofactors
b) Zymogens
c) Prosthetic groups
d) Substrates
Answer: b

26. Pepsinogen, an inactive enzyme form, is activated to:


a) Amylase
b) Pepsin
c) Sucrase
d) Trypsin
Answer: b

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