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 dis dgenerally dcredited dwith dthe ddiscovery dof dcells?
a) Leeuwenhoek
b) Hooke
c) Schleiden
d) Schwann
e) Virchow
dANSWER
: db
Difficulty: dEasy
Learning dObjective: dLO d1.1 dIdentify dthe dthree dtenets dof dcell
dtheory.dSection dReference: dSection d1.1 dThe dDiscovery dof
dCells
5) Despite dbeing dcorrect dabout dthe dfirst dtwo dtenets dof dthe dCell dTheory, dSchleiden dand dSchwann
dmade danderror dabout danother dcentral dfeature dof dcells. dWhat dwas dtheir dmistaken dclaim?
a) They dbelieved dthat dall dcells dwere dsmaller dthan d2 dµ din ddiameter.
b) They dclaimed dthat dall dcells dwere dexactly dthe dsame din devery ddetail.
c) They ddescribed dcells das dimmortal.
d) They dagreed dthat dcells dcould darise dfrom dnoncellular dmaterials.
e) They dstated dthat dall dcells dhad dnuclei dthrough dtheir dentire dexistence.
ANSWER: dd
dDifficulty:
dMedium
Learning dObjective: dLO d1.1 dIdentify dthe dthree dtenets dof dcell dtheory.
Section dReference: dSection d1.1 dThe dDiscovery dof dCells
6) Which dof dthe dfollowing dcharacteristics dis dNOT da dbasic dproperty dof dcells?
a) Cells dcarry dout da dvariety dof demotional dreactions.
b) Cells dengage din dnumerous dmechanical dactivities.
c) Cells dgenerally drespond dto dstimuli.
d) Cells dare dcapable dof dself-regulation.
e) Cells devolve.
ANSWER: da
dDifficulty: dEasy
Learning dObjective: dLO d1.2 dExplain dthe dimportance dof dthe dfundamental dproperties dshared dby dall dcells.
Section dReference: dSection d1.2 dBasic dProperties dof dCells
7) Which dof dthe dfollowing dstatements daccurately dcharacterize dcells?