Test Bank for Karp’s Cell and Molecular Biology 9th Edition Karp

Test Bank: Karp’s Cell and Molecular Biology, 9th Edition, Gerald Karp, Janet Iwasa, Wallace Marshall

Table of Contents 

1 Introduction to the Study of Cell and Molecular Biology
2 The Chemical Basis of Life
3 Bioenergetics, Enzymes, and Metabolism
4 The Structure and Function of the Plasma Membrane
5 Aerobic Respiration and the Mitochondrion
6 Photosynthesis and the Chloroplast
7 Interactions Between Cells and Their Environment
8 Cytoplasmic Membrane Systems: Structure, Function, and Membrane Trafficking
9 The Cytoskeleton and Cell Motility
10 The Nature of the Gene and the Genome
11 The Central Dogma: DNA to RNA to Protein 
12 Control of Gene Expression
13 DNA Replication and Repair
14 Cell Division
15 Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction: Communication between Cells
16 Cancer 
17 The Immune Response
18 Techniques in Cell and Molecular Biology

Ch. 1 Sample 

Package Title: Test Bank

Course Title: Karp9e

Chapter Number: 1

Question Type: Multiple Choice

1) Who was the first person to name what he thought were single cells?

a)   Leeuwenhoek

b)  Hooke

c)   Schleiden

d)  Schwann

e)   Virchow

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory.

Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells

2) The first compound light microscopes were constructed by the end of the sixteenth century.  What characteristic defines a compound microscope?

a)   It has a moveable stage.

b)  It has multiple lenses.

c)   Its lens is double the size of simple microscopes.

d)  The lens has two different colors.

e)   It has two different light sources.

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory.

Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells

3) Who was the first scientist to examine and describe living cells?

a)   Leeuwenhoek

b)  Hooke

c)   Schleiden

d)  Schwann

e)   Virchow

Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory. Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells

4) Who is generally credited with the discovery of cells?

a)   Leeuwenhoek

b)  Hooke

c)   Schleiden

d)  Schwann

e)   Virchow

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory. Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells

5) Despite being correct about the first two tenets of the Cell Theory, Schleiden and Schwann made an error about another central feature of cells. What was their mistaken claim?

a)   They believed that all cells were smaller than 2 µ in diameter.

b)  They claimed that all cells were exactly the same in every detail.

c)   They described cells as immortal.

d)  They agreed that cells could arise from noncellular materials.

e)   They stated that all cells had nuclei through their entire existence.

Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory. Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells

6) Which of the following characteristics is NOT a basic property of cells?

a)   Cells carry out a variety of emotional reactions.

b)  Cells engage in numerous mechanical activities.

c)   Cells generally respond to stimuli.

d)  Cells are capable of self-regulation.

e)   Cells evolve.

Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all cells. Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells

7) Which of the following statements accurately characterize cells?

a)   Cells are highly complex and organized.

b)  Cells possess a genetic program and the means to use it.

c)   Cells are capable of producing more of themselves.

d)  Cells acquire and utilize energy.

e)   All choices are correct.

Answer: e

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all cells. Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells

8) The first culture of human cells was begun by George and Martha Gey of Johns Hopkins University in 1951. The cells were obtained from a malignant tumor and named ______ cells after the donor, _________.

a)   MaLe, Mary Leeds

b)  HeLa, Henrietta Lacks

c)   Roberts, John Roberts

d)  MaLe, Martin Lewis

e)   HeLa, Helen Lassiter

Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all cells. Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells

9) Cells grown in culture, outside the body are described as cells grown ________.

a)   in vivo

b)  live

c)   in vitro

d)  in culturo

e)   vivacious

Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all cells. Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells

Answer: a, b

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: LO 1.4 Distinguish the structures and functions of viruses and viroids. Section Reference: Section 1.4 Viruses and Viroids

87) Which abilities/characteristics are thought to have been possessed by LECA (last eukaryotic common ancestor) but NOT by FECA (first eukaryotic common ancestor)? (Select all correct choices)

a)   ability to synthesize internal membranes

b)  phagocytic ability

c)   ability to splice introns

d)  development of meiosis

e)   possession of mitochondria

Answer: c, d, e

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.4 Distinguish the structures and functions of viruses and viroids. Section Reference: Section 1.4 Viruses and Viroids

88) Which abilities/characteristics are thought to have been possessed by both LECA (last eukaryotic common ancestor) and by FECA (first eukaryotic common ancestor)? (Select all correct choices)

a)   ability to synthesize internal membranes

b)  phagocytic ability

c)   ability to splice introns

d)  development of meiosis

e)   possession of mitochondria

Answer: a, b

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.4 Distinguish the structures and functions of viruses and viroids. Section Reference: Section 1.4 Viruses and Viroids

89) Gene transfer from one organism to another within the same generation of cells is termed _____________.  (Select all correct choices)

a)   parental gene transfer

b)  horizontal gene transfer

c)   vertical gene transfer

d)  lateral gene transfer

e)   endosymbiont gene transfer

Answer: b, d

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.4 Distinguish the structures and functions of viruses and viroids. Section Reference: Section 1.4 Viruses and Viroids

90) Examples of the types of informational gene which provide accurate phylogenetic relationship determinations include: (Select all correct choices)

a)   ribosomal RNA genes

b)  genes encoding cell membrane signal proteins

c)   DNA polymerase genes

d)  transfer RNA genes

e)   genes encoding metabolic activities

Answer: a, c, d

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: LO 1.4 Distinguish the structures and functions of viruses and viroids. Section Reference: Section 1.4 Viruses and Viroids

91) Which of these are viable suggestions to explain the mixed character of the eukaryotic genome? (Select all correct choices)

a)   an archaebacterial cell fused with a eubacterial cell and the genomes integrated

b)  eubacterial genes migrated from chloroplasts and mitochondria to become nuclear genes

c)   eukaryotic genes migrated from chloroplasts and mitochondria to become nuclear genes

d)  eukaryotic cells evolved from archaebacterial ancestors and then picked up eubacterial genes

e)   archaebacterial genes migrated from chloroplasts and mitochondria to become nuclear genes

Answer: a, b, d

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: LO 1.4 Distinguish the structures and functions of viruses and viroids.

Section Reference: Section 1.4 Viruses and Viroids

92) A typical example of a colonial organism is: (Select all correct choices)

a)   plasmodial slime mold

b)  Volvox

c)   Dictyostelium

d)  Gonium

e)   Pleodornium

Answer: a, c

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.5 Differentiate a colony of individual single-celled organisms from a multicellular organism.

Section Reference: Section 1.5 Green Cells: Volvox, an Experiment in Multicellularity

93) What materials are found in fully artificial organs? (Select all correct choices)

a)   plastics

b)  ceramics

c)   electronics

d)  heavy metals

e)   recombinant cells

Answer: a, c

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.6 Describe how tissue engineering can create cell-based replacement organs. Section Reference: Section 1.6 Engineering Linkage: Tissue Engineering

94) What materials are being researched in constructing cell-based replacement organs? (Select all correct choices)

a)  plastic 3-D scaffolds

b)  tissue cells from the patient requiring the organ replacementc) collagen fibrils

d)  electronics

e)   blood cells from the patient requiring the organ replacement

Answer: a, b, c, e

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.6 Describe how tissue engineering can create cell-based replacement organs. Section Reference: Section 1.6 Engineering Linkage: Tissue Engineering

95) Scaffolds for tissue engineering need to be porous because: (Select all correct choices)

a)   this creates more surface area for cell adhesion

b)  this will allow access for electronic circuitry to be connected to cells in the replacement organ

c)   nutrient and waste diffusion will be more effective

d)  the scaffold will be more rigid and strong

e)   the scaffold will be more likely to be accepted by the immune defenses of the body

Answer: a, c

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.6 Describe how tissue engineering can create cell-based replacement organs. Section Reference: Section 1.6 Engineering Linkage: Tissue Engineering

96) How have scientists attempted to create a porous scaffold for tissue engineering? (Select all correct choices)

a)   through a process known as electrospinning

b)  by using spider web silk

c)   by use of ultraviolet light-induced degradation of plastics

d)  by electron bombardment of plastics

e)   by forcing gases through a liquid matrix material

Answer: a, e

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.6 Describe how tissue engineering can create cell-based replacement organs. Section Reference: Section 1.6 Engineering Linkage: Tissue Engineering

97) Viable adult stem cells have been located in _________________ tissue. (Select all correct choices)

a)   muscle

b)  nervous

c)   bone marrow

d)  fat

e)   dead

Answer: a, b, c, d

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells

98) Types of stem cells include: (Select all correct choices)

a)   adult stem cells

b)  undifferentiated embryonic stem cells

c)   induced pluripotent stem cells

d)  undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells

e)   induced adult stem cells

Answer: a, b, c

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells

99) Likely potential benefits from research using induced pluripotent stem cells include: (Select all correct choices)

a)  advances in individualized cell replacement therapies

b)  creating cells with disease specific phenotypes to better understand some clinical conditionsc) creating designer drugs for treating disease

d)  advances in gene therapy

e)   advances in bacteriophage therapy

Answer: a, b

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells

100) Risks associated with embryonic stem cell therapies include: (Select all correct choices)

a)   development of cancer

b)  immunological rejection of transplants created for unrelated organ recipients

c)   development of teratomas

d)  complications with the use of non-human biological materials

e)   competition with the technology used in employing induced pluripotent stem cell technology

Answer: b, c, d

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells