Date | May 2018 | Marks available | 2 | Reference code | 18M.3.sl.TZ2.19 |
Level | SL | Paper | 3 | Time zone | TZ2 |
Command term | Distinguish | Question number | 19 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
Antiviral medications such as zanamivir (Relenza) are commonly available for consumer use.
Identify the names of two functional groups present in zanamivir using section 37 of the data booklet.
Distinguish between bacteria and viruses.
Markscheme
Any two of:
hydroxyl
carboxyl/carbonyl
ether
amido/carbonyl
Accept “alcohol/hydroxy” for “hydroxyl”, “carboxylic acid” for “carboxyl” and “amide/carboxamide” for “amido”.
Accept “amino/amine” OR “imine/imino” but these are not correct as they are part of the guanidino group.
Accept “alkenyl/alkene/carbon to carbon double bond” but not “C=C” OR “carbon double bond”.
Accept “carbonyl” only once.
Accept “heterocyclic ring” for “ether”.
[2 marks]
Any two of:
bacteria perform living functions «on their own» AND viruses do not «without host cell»
bacteria have cell walls AND viruses do not
OR
bacteria do not have a capsid AND viruses do
bacteria larger than viruses
bacteria reproduce by fission/budding AND viruses reproduce within a living host cell
Accept examples of living functionsexcretion, reproduction etc for M1.
Accept “bacteria have flagella/cytoplasm/ribosome AND virus can have head/protein tail/double stranded RNA/single stranded DNA”.
Accept other specific structural differences for M2.
Accept “asexual reproduction for bacteria” for M4.
[2 marks]