Subjective Biochemistry Exam
This is something I cooked up to relieve anger over an exam for a "certain" statistics course at a "certain" university on top of a "certain" mountain. OK, you might be able to guess the university and the mountain but the rest must remain a secret. Anyway, I feel it's unfair for professors to ask vague questions and expect a precise answer - often in an exam there are a whole host of truly correct answers, only one of which is "correct" as far as the prof is concerned. The idea of this mock exam was to illustate that point.
Subjective Biochemistry Exam
A protein has a MW of 148 kDa. This is:
a) fucking huge
b) pretty damn big
c) It's big, but I've got something that's bigger
d) itsy-bitsy
e) Since when does size matter?
(Circle ALL correct answers)
The company Advanced Cell Technologies has:
a) cloned a human embryo
b) claimed to have cloned a human embryo
c) hard to say ... but what do I know?
d) gotten a lot of people really, really worked up
The Human Genome Project is:
a) done
b) mostly done
c) done ... but my dog ate it
d) a political movement for more realistic garden ornaments
An ant can lift ten times it's own weight.
a) "Holy shit, that's amazing!"
b) *yawn*
c) It's not that much, when you really think about it
d) What else is on?
e) Remember that weight is related to the cube of body length, whereas - hey where are you going?
(Circle ALL correct answers)
Craig Ventor is:
a) The CEO of Celera Genomics
b) some guy who would have kicked the crap out of the HGP if he'd been given the chance
c) A "total square" ... you can't like, own, the human genome, man!
d) All of the above
Who of the following has made the greatest contribution to the general public's understanding of the structure and function of DNA?
a) James Watson
b) Francis Crick
c) Maurice Wilkins
d) Rosalind Franklin
e) O.J. Simpson