Prescotts Microbiology 10th Edition By Willey Sherwood Woolverton – Test Bank

Multiple Choice Questions

10. The net gain of ATP per molecule of glucose metabolized anaerobically via the Embden-Meyerhof pathway in prokaryotes is
    A. 2.
    B.  36.
    C.  38.
    D.  85.

11.  The net gain of ATP per molecule of glucose metabolized to pyruvate using Entner-Doudoroff pathway is
A.  4.
B.  2.
C.  1.
D.  0.

12. The pentose phosphate pathway produces
    A.CO₂.
    B. NADPH.
    C. glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.
    D. All of the choices are correct.

13. The synthesis of ATP from ADP and Pi, when coupled with an exergonic chemical reaction is called __________ phosphorylation.
    A.chemiosmotic
    B. oxidative
    C. substrate-level
    D. conformational change

14. The most common pathway for conversion of glucose to pyruvate is
    A.Entner-Doudoroff.
    B. Pentose phosphate.
    C. Embden-Meyerhoff.
    D. mixed acid fermentation.

15. The TCA cycle generates all of the following from each acetyl-CoA molecule oxidized except
A. three NADH molecules.
B. two CO₂ molecules.
C. one FADH₂ molecule.
D. two ATP or GTP molecules.

16. The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex oxidizes and cleaves pyruvate to form one CO₂ and
    A. lactate.
    B.  isocitric acid.
    C.  acetyl-CoA.
    D.  succinyl-CoA.