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Test Bank - Karp's Cell and Molecular Biology, 9e (Karp, 2020)
Package Title: Test Bank
Course Title: Karp9e
Chapter Number: 1
Chapter 01
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
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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
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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
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TestXV BankX V-XV Karp'sXVCellXVandX VMolecularXV Biology,XV 9eXV (Karp,XV 2020)
Difficulty:X V Medium
LearningXVObjective:XVLOXV1.2XVExplainXVtheXVimportanceXVofXVtheXVfundamentalXVpropertiesXVshare
dXVbyXVallX V cells.
SectionXV Reference:XV SectionXV 1.2XV BasicXV PropertiesXV ofXV Cells
9) CellsXV grownXV inXVculture,XV outsideXVtheXVbodyXVareXVdescribedXVasXVcellsXV grownXV .
a) inXVvivo
b) live
c) inXVvitro
d) inXVculturo
e) vivacious
Answer:XVcX V Diffic
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LearningXVObjective:XVLOXV1.2XVExplainXVtheXVimportanceXVofXVtheXVfundamentalXVpropertiesXVshare
dXVbyXVallX V cells.
SectionXV Reference:XV SectionXV 1.2XV BasicXV PropertiesXV ofXV Cells
10) AXVhighXVpoweredXVmicroscopeXVthatXVallowsXVcellularXVorganellesXVtoXVbeXVexaminedXVinXVgre
atXVdetailXVisX V calledXV .
a) aXVrefractiveXV microscope
b) anXVelectronXV microscope
c) aXV fluorescenceXV microscope
d) aXVscanningXV tunnelingXV microscope
e) aXVconfocalXVlaserXVscanningXVmicrosc
opeX V Answer:XVb
Difficulty:X V Easy
LearningXVObjective:XVLOXV1.2XVExplainXVtheXVimportanceXVofXVtheXVfundamentalXVpropertiesXVshare
dXVbyXVallX V cells.
SectionXV Reference:XV SectionXV 1.2XV BasicXV PropertiesXV ofXV Cells
11) WhichXV listXV showsXV theXVcorrectXV orderXV forXVcellularXV complexityXV fromXV largestXV toXV smallestXV unit
s?
a) organelles,X V polymers,X V atoms,X V complexes,X V molecules
b) organelles,X V complexes,X V polymers,X V molecules,X V atoms
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Test Bank - Karp's Cell and Molecular Biology, 9e (Karp, 2020)
Package Title: Test Bank
Course Title: Karp9e
Chapter Number: 1
Chapter 01
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
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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
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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
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TestXV BankX V-XV Karp'sXVCellXVandX VMolecularXV Biology,XV 9eXV (Karp,XV 2020)
Difficulty:X V Medium
LearningXVObjective:XVLOXV1.2XVExplainXVtheXVimportanceXVofXVtheXVfundamentalXVpropertiesXVshare
dXVbyXVallX V cells.
SectionXV Reference:XV SectionXV 1.2XV BasicXV PropertiesXV ofXV Cells
9) CellsXV grownXV inXVculture,XV outsideXVtheXVbodyXVareXVdescribedXVasXVcellsXV grownXV .
a) inXVvivo
b) live
c) inXVvitro
d) inXVculturo
e) vivacious
Answer:XVcX V Diffic
ulty:XVMedium
LearningXVObjective:XVLOXV1.2XVExplainXVtheXVimportanceXVofXVtheXVfundamentalXVpropertiesXVshare
dXVbyXVallX V cells.
SectionXV Reference:XV SectionXV 1.2XV BasicXV PropertiesXV ofXV Cells
10) AXVhighXVpoweredXVmicroscopeXVthatXVallowsXVcellularXVorganellesXVtoXVbeXVexaminedXVinXVgre
atXVdetailXVisX V calledXV .
a) aXVrefractiveXV microscope
b) anXVelectronXV microscope
c) aXV fluorescenceXV microscope
d) aXVscanningXV tunnelingXV microscope
e) aXVconfocalXVlaserXVscanningXVmicrosc
opeX V Answer:XVb
Difficulty:X V Easy
LearningXVObjective:XVLOXV1.2XVExplainXVtheXVimportanceXVofXVtheXVfundamentalXVpropertiesXVshare
dXVbyXVallX V cells.
SectionXV Reference:XV SectionXV 1.2XV BasicXV PropertiesXV ofXV Cells
11) WhichXV listXV showsXV theXVcorrectXV orderXV forXVcellularXV complexityXV fromXV largestXV toXV smallestXV unit
s?
a) organelles,X V polymers,X V atoms,X V complexes,X V molecules
b) organelles,X V complexes,X V polymers,X V molecules,X V atoms
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