Test bank Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease 14th Edition Cohen Hull

Chapter 3: Cells and Their Functions Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.         Which of the following is not part of the cell?

2.         Which of the following is not part of the plasma membrane?

3.         Which of the following is not a function of the cell membrane?

4.         Tissue typing uses information

5.         Which organelles can be called the “digestive bags” of the cell?

6.         What are the protein factories of the cell?

7.         Which are small fingerlike projections on the plasma membrane that increase the cell’s ability to absorb substances?

8.         Which structure makes new membranes for the cell?

9.         Which organelle has a subunit made of RNA?

10.       Which of the following are called the “power plants” of the cell?

11.       Which are rod-shaped structures that are important in cell division?

12.       Which structure has ribosomes attached to it and helps transport proteins throughout the cell?

ANS:   A                   PTS:   1                     DIF:

Memorization REF:  MCS: 48        TOP:   Endoplasmic reticulum

13.       Which organelle consists of tiny flattened sacs that help process and package chemicals in the cell?

14.       Cellular respiration occurs in which organelle?

15.       Which are extremely fine hairlike structures on the surface of the cell?

16.       Only about half the population has which of the following organelles?

D.                                                                  The entire population has all of the above organelles.

17.       What is the process by which substances scatter themselves evenly throughout an available space?

18.       What is the movement of water from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration through a selectively permeable membrane?

ANS:   A                   PTS:   1                     DIF:

Memorization REF:  MCS: 54        TOP:   Osmosis and dialysis

19.       What is the movement of water and solutes through a membrane because of hydrostatic pressure?

20.       Because of specific base pairing, if one side of the DNA molecule has the nucleotide sequence of adenine – guanine – adenine – cytosine – thymine, the other side would be

ANS:   C                   PTS:   1                     DIF:    Synthesis       REF:   MCS: 60

TOP:   DNA molecule and genetic information

21.       If the DNA code is adenine – thymine – guanine, the messenger

RNA sequence would be

ANS:   D                   PTS:   1                     DIF:    Synthesis       REF:   MCS: 59

TOP:   Transcription

22.       If the messenger RNA code is adenine – uracil – cytosine, the transfer RNA bringing the amino acid would have which code?

23.       During which phase of mitosis does a cleavage furrow begin to appear?

24.       During which phase of mitosis are chromosomes aligned in the center of the cell?

25.       DNA replication occurs during which phase?

26.       Chromatin becomes “organized” during which phase of mitosis?

27.       During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes move to opposite sides of the cell?

ANS:   A                   PTS:   1                     DIF: Memorization REF:  MCS: 60        TOP:   Anaphase

28.       During which phase of mitosis do two nuclei appear and the chromosomes become less distinct?

29.       Which organelle contains its own DNA molecule?

30.       Which structure programs the formation of ribosomes?

31.       Which process does not rely on active transport?

32.       A codon consists of which number of nucleotides?

33.       Which term refers to an increase in cell size?

34.       Which term refers to an increase in the number of cells?

TRUE/FALSE

1.         The fluid inside the cell is called interstitial fluid.

2.         Both phospholipids and cholesterol are important parts of the cell membrane.

ANS:   T                    PTS:   1                     DIF: Memorization REF:  MCS: 45        TOP:   Plasma

membrane

3.         One function of the cell membrane is to identify the cell as belonging to a particular individual.

4.         The term organelle refers to proteins that are embedded in the cell membrane.

ANS:   F REF:          PTS:   1                     DIF:    Memorization

MCS: 46                    TOP:   Cytoplasm 

cell.

5.         One of the jobs of the Golgi apparatus is to make new membranes for the

ANS:   F REF:          PTS:   1                     DIF:    Memorization