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Are you preparing for the MCAT and want to test your knowledge? This quiz contains three challenging questions designed to evaluate your understanding of critical concepts in medicine and biochemistry.

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A patient presents to the emergency room following an appendectomy. The erythema and constitutional symptoms (fevers, chills) make the physician concerned for infection. The results of the laboratory tests lead the physician to treat the wound by increasing the partial pressure of oxygen in the patient’s tissues. What type of bacteria infected the patient?

Obligate anaerobic bacteria

Obligate aerobic bacteria

Facultative aerobic bacteria

Facultative anaerobic bacteria

Functional groups dictate the reactivity of a molecule. For instance, a carboxylic group allows a molecule to participate in a dehydration reaction. Ketones are susceptible to nucleophilic addition reactions, which can result in alcohols, alkenes, and diols. Which of the following are not considered terminal functional groups?

I. Aldehydes

II. Ketones

III. Carboxylic groups

IV. Anhydrides

II and IV

II, III, and IV

Sickle cell disease is an inherited red blood cell disorder. Unfortunately, it can result in sickle cell crises, which may occur anywhere from several times a year to every few years. Formally, this is called vaso-occlusive crisis since the crisis stems from blocked, or occluded, blood vessels. Again, to the detriment of the patient, these episodes are extremely difficult to control pain wise. Ultimately, patients who present with this disease have a mutation in their hemoglobin gene which results in a:

Valine substituted for glutamic acid at position 6

Glycine substituted for glutamic acid at position 6

Glutamic acid substituted for valine at position 6

Glutamic acid substituted for glycine at position 6

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