Biochemistry Questions and Answers – Solute Transport across Membranes

This set of Biochemistry Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Solute Transport across Membranes”.

1. Erythrocyte glucose transporter is an example of ____________
a) Ion driven active transport
b) Facilitated diffusion
c) Active transport
d) Simple diffusion
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Answer: b
Explanation: Transportation is facilitated by carrier proteins.

2. Which out of the following is not mediated transport?
a) Facilitated diffusion
b) Primary active transport
c) Secondary active transport
d) Simple diffusion
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Answer: d
Explanation: Simple diffusion is not mediated transport.

3. Na+ glucose transporter is an example of ____________
a) Symport
b) Antiport
c) Facilitated diffusion
d) ATP driven active transport
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Answer: a
Explanation: Substrates are moved in the same direction across the membrane.
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4. Which of the following is energy independent?
a) Active transport
b) Primary active transport
c) Secondary active transport
d) Passive transport
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Answer: d
Explanation: Active transport is ATP dependent.

5. Semipermeable membrane allows ____________
a) Solute to pass
b) Solution to pass
c) Solvent to pass
d) Proteins to pass
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Answer: c
Explanation: Semipermeable membrane allows solvent to pass.
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6. When does saturation occur?
a) When molecules are moved by the use of vesicles
b) When the energy from a high-energy bond is required to move molecules
c) When a group of carrier proteins is operating at its maximum rate
d) When a carrier molecule has the ability to transport only one molecule or a group of closely related molecules
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Answer: c
Explanation: When a group of carrier proteins is operating at its maximum rate saturation occurs.

7. In which of the following means of transport a cell expels large molecules out of it?
a) Phagocytosis
b) Exocytosis
c) Endocytosis
d) Diffusion
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Answer: b
Explanation: In exocytosis, a cell expels large molecules out of it.
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8. HCO3 – Cl transporter is an example of ____________
a) Uniport
b) Antiport
c) Symport
d) Facilitated diffusion
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Answer: b
Explanation: Substrates are moved in the opposite direction.

9. Which of the following transports only one kind of substrate?
a) Uniport carriers
b) Symport carriers
c) Antiport carriers
d) Membrane proteins
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Answer: a
Explanation: Symport carriers move two or more substrates in the same direction across the membrane.
Antiport carriers move substrates in the opposite direction.
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10. Which of the following induces conformational change in protein?
a) Uniport
b) Symport
c) Antiport
d) Facilitated diffusion
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Answer: d
Explanation: Facilitated diffusion induces a conformational change in protein.

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