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.
Whatcharacteristic 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 is generally credited with the discovery of cells?
, a) Leeuwenhoek
b) Hooke
c) Schleiden
d) Schwann
e) Virchow
ANSWER:
L
L b
Difficulty: LEasy
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Ltheory.LSection LReference: LSection L1.1 LThe LDiscovery Lof LCells
5) Despite Lbeing Lcorrect Labout Lthe Lfirst Ltwo Ltenets Lof Lthe LCell LTheory, LSchleiden Land LSchwann Lmade
LanLerror Labout Lanother Lcentral Lfeature Lof Lcells. LWhat Lwas Ltheir Lmistaken Lclaim?
a) They Lbelieved Lthat Lall Lcells Lwere Lsmaller Lthan L2 Lµ Lin Ldiameter.
b) They Lclaimed Lthat Lall Lcells Lwere Lexactly Lthe Lsame Lin Levery Ldetail.
c) They Ldescribed Lcells Las Limmortal.
d) They Lagreed Lthat Lcells Lcould Larise Lfrom Lnoncellular Lmaterials.
e) They Lstated Lthat Lall Lcells Lhad Lnuclei Lthrough Ltheir Lentire Lexistence.
ANSWER: Ld
Difficulty:LMedium
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Learning LObjective: LLO L1.1 LIdentify Lthe Lthree Ltenets Lof Lcell Ltheory.
Section LReference: LSection L1.1 LThe LDiscovery Lof LCells
6) Which Lof Lthe Lfollowing Lcharacteristics Lis LNOT La Lbasic Lproperty Lof Lcells?
a) Cells Lcarry Lout La Lvariety Lof Lemotional Lreactions.
b) Cells Lengage Lin Lnumerous Lmechanical Lactivities.
c) Cells Lgenerally Lrespond Lto Lstimuli.
d) Cells Lare Lcapable Lof Lself-regulation.
e) Cells Levolve.
ANSWER: La
Difficulty: LEasy
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Learning LObjective: LLO L1.2 LExplain Lthe Limportance Lof Lthe Lfundamental Lproperties Lshared Lby Lall Lcells.
Section LReference: LSection L1.2 LBasic LProperties Lof LCells
7) Which Lof Lthe Lfollowing Lstatements Laccurately Lcharacterize Lcells?
a) Cells Lare Lhighly Lcomplex Land Lorganized.
b) Cells Lpossess La Lgenetic Lprogram Land Lthe Lmeans Lto Luse Lit.
c) Cells Lare Lcapable Lof Lproducing Lmore Lof Lthemselves.