Bioprocess Engineering Mid - II, November - 2014

1.Tissue culture requires precise control of
  • pH B
  • DO2 C
  • temperature
  • all
Answer: D
2.Plant cell contain ________ % of water than bacterial cells
  • Equal
  • lower
  • higher
  • unknown
Answer: C
3.Porous micro carrier increase available surface area for ______ cell growth
  • Anchorage dependent
  • Anchorage independent
  • both
  • none
Answer: A
4.The primary difference between plant cell and animal cell is
  • growth
  • reproduction
  • culture properties
  • all
Answer: B
5.Computational protein design algorithm seek to identify novel amino acid sequences that are ______ in energy when folded to the pre-specified target structure
  • high
  • low
  • moderate
  • unchanged
Answer: B
6.Production of secondary metabolites have been successfully cultivated in air-lift bioreactors for
  • Catharanthus roseus
  • Digitalis lanata
  • Lithospermum erythrorhizon
  • All of the above
Answer: D
7.In a well mixed bioreactor,there are no concentration gradients in
  • Gas phase
  • Liquid phase
  • Both gas and liquid phase
  • Solid slurry phase
Answer: B
8.Fats are metabolized in which part of animal cell organelle
  • Glyoxisomes
  • Peroxisomes
  • Ribosomes
  • Lysosomes
Answer: B
9.The production of pharmaceuticals by plant tissue culture offers a number of advantages such as
  • Cultivation under uncontrolled condition
  • Use of harmful herbicides
  • Control of supply of product independent of the availability of plant itself
  • Dependancy on climate
Answer: C
10.The study of targeted and purposeful alteration of metabolic pathways found in an organismin order to better understand cellular pathways
  • Biochemistry
  • Metabolomics
  • Metabolic Engineering
  • Biochemical engineering
Answer: C
11.The gram positive bacterium bacillus subtilis is the best studied bacterial alternative to ______
Answer: E. Coli
12.Taxol is used as _____________
Answer: Anti-cancer agent
13.The homogeneous populations that divide indefinitely as long as they are transferred to new dishes are called as _____________________
Answer: Tissue culture cell lines
14.Immobilized cell systems are advantageous when ______________ is possible
Answer: Continuous operation
15.The genetic principle of producing a genetically modified organism is to add new genetic material into an organism’s _______________________
Answer: Genome
16.Conversion of nitrite to nitrate is by ____________ bacteria
Answer: Nitrobacter
17.The main difference between a plant cell and animal cell is that animal cell lacks ______________
Answer: Cell wall
18.If basal medium and serum are the constituents present in the medium, then it is a ____________ type of medium.
Answer: Serum medium
19.____________ is a support matrix allowing for the growth of adherent cells in bioreactors.
Answer: Microcarrier
20.______________ bioreactor have been the most extensively used for cultivation of plant cells
Answer: Stirred tank bioreactors