Test Bank for Neuroscience 6th Edition by Dale Purves
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Neuroscience, Sixth Edition WQ WQ
Purves • Augustine • Fitzpatrick • Hall • LaMantia • Mooney • Platt • White
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Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System WQ WQ WQ WQ WQ
Multiple Choice WQ
1. Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
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a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding DNA WQ
e. Regulatory DNA WQ
Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics Bloom’
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s Level: 2. Understanding
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2. Genomics is the analysis of WQ WQ WQ WQ
a. coding DNA sequences for a species.
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b. regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism and a species.
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c. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for a species.
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d. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism.
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e. coding and regulatory DNA of an individual organism or a species.
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Answer: e
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics Bloom’
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s Level: 1. Remembering
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3. Which of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to make
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observations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
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a. Articulation of the neuron doctrine WQ WQ WQ WQ
b. Identifying the organelle later called the Golgi apparatus
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c. Development of a staining method based on impregnation with silver salts
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d. Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
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e. Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell communication
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Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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4. The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine was(were)
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a. Camillo Golgi. WQ
b. Santiago Ramón y Cajal. WQ WQ WQ
c. Charles Sherrington. WQ
d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
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,e. Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
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Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering WQ WQ WQ
5. Which function is a characteristic primarily of neurons only, and not glia?
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a. Transmits action potentials WQ WQ
b. Supports electrical signals WQ WQ
c. Repairs the nervous system WQ WQ WQ
d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
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e. Produces myelin WQ
Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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6. In which part of a neuron would most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?
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a. Postsynaptic terminal WQ
b. Presynaptic terminal WQ
c. Axon
d. Cell body WQ
e. Dendrite
Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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7. Which intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and exocytosis
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underlying synaptic communication?
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a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic reticulum WQ
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi apparatus WQ
e. Nucleus
Answer:
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c
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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8. Most neurons have WQ WQ
a. one axon hillock (initial segment).
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b. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments).
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c. one dendrite.
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d. one axon hillock (initial segment) and one dendrite.
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e. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments) and one dendrite.
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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom WQ WQ WQ
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, 9. Which statement best describes the function of a neuron with multiple, highly
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branched dendrites and one axon?
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a. It passes information directly to multiple neurons.
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b. It cannot integrate information from multiple neurons.
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c. It receives information from only one other neuron.
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d. It integrates information from many neurons.
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e. The information it receives will not be relayed.
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Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’ WQ WQ WQ
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10. Which statement best describes most neurons?
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a. They receive information via axons.
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b. They transmit information to other cells via dendrites.
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c. They are polarized. WQ WQ
d. They conduct signals bidirectionally.
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e. They transmit electrical signals via cytoplasmic continuity.
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Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’ WQ WQ WQ
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11. Compared with projection neurons, axons of local circuit neurons (interneurons)
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a. are longer. WQ
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e. reach more postsynaptic neurons.
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Answer: b
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Textbook Reference: Neurons WQ WQ
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding WQ WQ WQ
12. An action potential is a(n)
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change in the electrical potential across the nerve cell membrane.
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a. single
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c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
Answer: b
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Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom WQ WQ WQ
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13. The part of a synapse to which the contents of synaptic vesicles bind is called the
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a. presynaptic terminal. WQ
b. synaptic ending. WQ
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FULL TEST BANK
TEST BANK
, Test Bank WQ
to accompany WQ
Neuroscience, Sixth Edition WQ WQ
Purves • Augustine • Fitzpatrick • Hall • LaMantia • Mooney • Platt • White
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Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System WQ WQ WQ WQ WQ
Multiple Choice WQ
1. Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
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a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding DNA WQ
e. Regulatory DNA WQ
Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics Bloom’
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s Level: 2. Understanding
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2. Genomics is the analysis of WQ WQ WQ WQ
a. coding DNA sequences for a species.
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b. regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism and a species.
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c. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for a species.
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d. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism.
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e. coding and regulatory DNA of an individual organism or a species.
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Answer: e
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics Bloom’
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s Level: 1. Remembering
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3. Which of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to make
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observations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
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a. Articulation of the neuron doctrine WQ WQ WQ WQ
b. Identifying the organelle later called the Golgi apparatus
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c. Development of a staining method based on impregnation with silver salts
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d. Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
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e. Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell communication
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Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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4. The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine was(were)
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a. Camillo Golgi. WQ
b. Santiago Ramón y Cajal. WQ WQ WQ
c. Charles Sherrington. WQ
d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
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,e. Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
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Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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5. Which function is a characteristic primarily of neurons only, and not glia?
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a. Transmits action potentials WQ WQ
b. Supports electrical signals WQ WQ
c. Repairs the nervous system WQ WQ WQ
d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
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e. Produces myelin WQ
Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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6. In which part of a neuron would most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?
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a. Postsynaptic terminal WQ
b. Presynaptic terminal WQ
c. Axon
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e. Dendrite
Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering WQ WQ WQ
7. Which intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and exocytosis
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underlying synaptic communication?
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a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic reticulum WQ
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi apparatus WQ
e. Nucleus
Answer:
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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8. Most neurons have WQ WQ
a. one axon hillock (initial segment).
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b. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments).
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c. one dendrite.
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d. one axon hillock (initial segment) and one dendrite.
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e. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments) and one dendrite.
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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom WQ WQ WQ
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, 9. Which statement best describes the function of a neuron with multiple, highly
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branched dendrites and one axon?
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a. It passes information directly to multiple neurons.
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b. It cannot integrate information from multiple neurons.
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c. It receives information from only one other neuron.
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d. It integrates information from many neurons.
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e. The information it receives will not be relayed.
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Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’ WQ WQ WQ
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10. Which statement best describes most neurons?
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a. They receive information via axons.
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b. They transmit information to other cells via dendrites.
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c. They are polarized. WQ WQ
d. They conduct signals bidirectionally.
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e. They transmit electrical signals via cytoplasmic continuity.
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Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’ WQ WQ WQ
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11. Compared with projection neurons, axons of local circuit neurons (interneurons)
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a. are longer. WQ
b. are shorter. WQ
c. have more synapses. WQ WQ
d. have more branches. WQ WQ
e. reach more postsynaptic neurons.
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Textbook Reference: Neurons WQ WQ
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding WQ WQ WQ
12. An action potential is a(n)
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change in the electrical potential across the nerve cell membrane.
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a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
Answer: b
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Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom WQ WQ WQ
’s Level: 1. Remembering
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13. The part of a synapse to which the contents of synaptic vesicles bind is called the
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a. presynaptic terminal. WQ
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