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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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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3. Na⁺ glucose transporter is an example of ____________
a) Symport
b) Antiport
c) Facilitated diffusion
d) ATP driven active transport
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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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5. Semipermeable membrane allows ____________
a) Solute to pass
b) Solution to pass
c) Solvent to pass
d) Proteins 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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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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8. HCO₃^– – Cl^– transporter is an example of ____________
a) Uniport
b) Antiport
c) Symport
d) Facilitated diffusion
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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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10. Which of the following induces conformational change in protein?
a) Uniport
b) Symport
c) Antiport
d) Facilitated diffusion
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