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Test Bank for Karp’s Cell and Molecular Biology,
9th Edition, Gerald Karp, Janet Iwasa
Chapters 1 - 18

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

,Package Title: Test Bank
Course Title: Karp9e
Chapter Number: 1

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Cell and Molecular Biology
Karp’s Cell and Molecular Biology, 9th Edition

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 mis mgenerally mcredited mwith mthe mdiscovery mof mcells?

a) Leeuwenhoek
b) Hooke
c) Schleiden
d) Schwann
e) Virchow

ANSWER
m




: mb

Difficulty: mEasy
Learning mObjective: mLO m1.1 mIdentify mthe mthree mtenets mof mcell
mtheory.m
Section mReference: mSection m1.1 mThe mDiscovery mof mCells



5) Despite mbeing mcorrect mabout mthe mfirst mtwo mtenets mof mthe mCell mTheory, mSchleiden mand mSchwann
mmade manmerror mabout manother mcentral mfeature mof mcells. mWhat mwas mtheir mmistaken mclaim?

a) They mbelieved mthat mall mcells mwere msmaller mthan m2 mµ min mdiameter.
b) They mclaimed mthat mall mcells mwere mexactly mthe msame min mevery mdetail.
c) They mdescribed mcells mas mimmortal.
d) They magreed mthat mcells mcould marise mfrom mnoncellular mmaterials.
e) They mstated mthat mall mcells mhad mnuclei mthrough mtheir mentire mexistence.

ANSWER: md

mDifficulty:

Medium
m

Learning mObjective: mLO m1.1 mIdentify mthe mthree mtenets mof mcell mtheory.
Section mReference: mSection m1.1 mThe mDiscovery mof mCells



6) Which mof mthe mfollowing mcharacteristics mis mNOT ma mbasic mproperty mof mcells?

a) Cells mcarry mout ma mvariety mof memotional mreactions.
b) Cells mengage min mnumerous mmechanical mactivities.
c) Cells mgenerally mrespond mto mstimuli.
d) Cells mare mcapable mof mself-regulation.
e) Cells mevolve.

ANSWER: ma

mDifficulty: mEasy
Learning mObjective: mLO m1.2 mExplain mthe mimportance mof mthe mfundamental mproperties mshared mby mall mcells.
Section mReference: mSection m1.2 mBasic mProperties mof mCells



7) Which mof mthe mfollowing mstatements maccurately mcharacterize mcells?

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