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Test Bank - Karp's Cell and Molecular Biology, 9th Edition (Karp, 2020) Chapter 1-18 | All Chapters

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This document serves as a comprehensive assessment tool for the textbook by Gerald Karp, Janet Iwasa, and Wallace Marshall. It covers 18 chapters of advanced biological concepts, including the chemical basis of life, bioenergetics, gene expression, and specialized topics like cancer and the immune response. The bank includes various difficulty levels (Easy to Hard) and links questions to specific learning objectives and section references.

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

,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) WhoAAisAAgenerallyAAcreditedAAwithAAtheAAdiscoveryAAofAAcells?

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

ANSWER:

b

Difficulty:AAEasy
LearningAAObjective:AALOAA1.1AAIdentifyAAtheAAthreeAAtenetsAAofAAcellAAtheory.A A
SectionAAReference:AASectionAA1.1AATheAADiscoveryAAofAACells



5) DespiteAAbeingAAcorrectAAaboutAAtheAAfirstAAtwoAAtenetsAAofAAtheAACellAATheory,AASchleidenAAandAASchwannAAm
adeAAanA A errorAAaboutAAanotherAAcentralAAfeatureAAofAAcells.AAWhatAAwasAAtheirAAmistakenAAclaim?

a) TheyAAbelievedAAthatAAallAAcellsAAwereAAsmallerAAthanAA2AAµA A inAAdiameter.
b) TheyAAclaimedAAthatAAallAAcellsAAwereAAexactlyAAtheAAsameAAinAAeveryAAdetail.
c) TheyAAdescribedAAcellsAAasAAimmortal.
d) TheyAAagreedAAthatAAcellsAAcouldAAariseAAfromAAnoncellularAAmaterials.
e) TheyAAstatedAAthatAAallAAcellsAAhadAAnucleiAAthroughAAtheirAAentireAAexistence.

ANSWER: d

Difficulty:AAMedium
LearningAAObjective:AALOAA1.1AAIdentifyAAtheAAthreeAAtenetsAAofAAcellAAtheory.A A
SectionAAReference:AASectionAA1.1AATheAADiscoveryAAofAACells



6) WhichAAofAAtheAAfollowingAAcharacteristicsAAisAANOTAAaAAbasicAApropertyAAofAAcells?

a) CellsAAcarryAAoutAAaAAvarietyAAofAAemotionalAAreactions.
b) CellsAAengageAAinAAnumerousAAmechanicalAAactivities.
c) CellsAAgenerallyAArespondAAtoAAstimuli.
d) CellsAAareAAcapableAAofAAself-regulation.
e) CellsAAevolve.

ANSWER: a

Difficulty:AAEasy
LearningAAObjective:AALOAA1.2AAExplainAAtheAAimportanceAAofAAtheAAfundamentalAApropertiesAAsharedAAbyAAallAA
cells.A A SectionAAReference:AASectionAA1.2AABasicAAPropertiesAAofAACells



7) WhichAAofAAtheAAfollowingAAstatementsAAaccuratelyAAcharacterizeAAcells?

a) CellsAAareAAhighlyAAcomplexAAandAAorganized.
b) CellsAApossessAAaAAgeneticAAprogramAAandAAtheAAmeansAAtoAAuseAAit.

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