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ChapterK1.KCellularKBiology
MULTIPLEKCHOICE
1. AKstudentKisKobservingKaKcellKunderKtheKmicroscope.KItKisKobservedKtoKhaveKsupercoiledKDN
AKwithKhistones.KWhichKofKtheKfollowingKwouldKalsoKbeKobservedKbyKtheKstudent?
a. AKsingleKcircularKchromosome
b. AKnucleus
c. Free-floatingKnuclearKmaterial
d. NoKorganelles
ANS:KB
TheKcellKdescribedKisKaKeukaryoticKcell,KsoKitKhasKhistonesKandKaKsupercoiledKDNAKwithinKi
tsKnucleus;Kthus,KtheKnucleusKshouldKbeKobserved.
AKsingleKcircularKchromosomeKisKcharacteristicKofKprokaryoticKcells,KwhichKdoKnotKhaveKhistones.
Free-
floatingKnuclearKmaterialKdescribesKaKprokaryoticKcell,KwhichKwouldKnotKhaveKaKdistinctKnucleus.
EukaryoticKcellsKhaveKmembraneKboundedKcellularKcomponentsKcalledKorganelles.KNoKorganellesKdes
cribesKaKprokaryoticKcell.
2. AKnurseKisKinstructingKtheKstaffKaboutKcellularKfunctions.KWhichKcellularKfunctionKisKtheKnur
seKdescribingKwhenKanKisolatedKcellKabsorbsKoxygenKandKusesKitKtoKtransformKnutrientsKtoKener
gy?
a. MetabolicKabsorption
b. Communication
c. Secretion
d. Respiration
,ANS:KD
TheKabilityKofKtheKcellKtoKabsorbKoxygenKrefersKtoKtheKcellsKfunctionKofKrespiration.
TheKabilityKofKtheKcellKtoKfunctionKwithinKaKsocietyKofKcellsKrefersKtoKitsKfunctionKofKcommu
nication.
TheKabilityKofKtheKcellKtoKtakeKinKnutrientsKrefersKtoKtheKcellsKfunctionKofKmetabolicKabsorption.
TheKabilityKofKtheKcellKtoKsynthesizeKnewKsubstancesKandKsecreteKtheseKelsewhereKrefersKtoKtheKcel
lsKfunctionKofKsecretion.
3. AKeukaryoticKcellKisKundergoingKDNAKreplication.KInKwhichKregionKofKtheKcellKwouldKmostK
ofKtheKgeneticKinformationKbeKcontained?
a. Mitochondria
b. Ribosome
c. Nucleolus
d. Nucleus
ANS:KC
TheKregionKofKtheKcellKthatKcontainsKgeneticKmaterial,KincludingKaKlargeKamountKofKribonucleicKa
cid,KmostKofKtheKDNA,KandKDNA-bindingKproteins,KisKtheKnucleolus.
TheKmitochondriaKisKtheKsiteKofKcellularKrespiration.
TheKribosomesKareKinvolvedKinKmanufacturingKofKproteinsKwithinKtheKcell.
TheKnucleusKcontainsKtheKnucleolus,KandKitKisKtheKnucleolusKthatKcontainsKgeneticKmaterial.
4. TheKfluidKmosaicKmodelKforKbiologicKmembranesKdescribesKmembraneKbehavior.KAccordingKt
oKthisKmodel,KwhichKofKtheKfollowingKfloatKsinglyKorKasKaggregatesKinKtheKfluidKlipidKbilayer?
a. PeripheralKmembraneKproteins
b. IntegralKmembraneKproteins
, c. Glycoproteins
d. CellKadhesionKmolecules
ANS:KB
IntegralKmembraneKproteinsKfloatKfreelyKinKtheKfluidKlipidKbilayer.
PeripheralKmembraneKproteinsKareKnotKembeddedKinKtheKlayer,KbutKresideKatKtheKsurface.KGl
ycoproteinsKactK asKcellKsurfaceKmarkers.
CellKadhesionKmoleculesKareKonKtheKoutsideKofKtheKmembraneKandKallowKcellsKtoKhookKtogether.
5. WhichKofKtheKfollowingKcanKbindKtoKplasmaKmembraneKreceptors?
a. Oxygen
b. Ribosomes
c. AmphipathicKlipids
d. Ligands
ANS:KD
LigandsKareKspecificKmoleculesKthatKcanKbindKwithKreceptorsKonKtheKcellKmembrane.K
OxygenKmovesKbyKdiffusion;KitKdoesKnotKbindKtoKreceptors.
RibosomesKmakeKproteinsKandKareKnotKinvolvedKinKbindin
g.KAmphipathicKlipidsKareKaKportionKofKtheKcellKmembrane.
6. AKnurseKisKreviewingKaKreportKfromKaKpatientKwithKmetastaticKcancer.KWhatKfindingKwou
ldKsupportKtheKdiagnosisKofKmetastaticKcancer?KAlterationsKinKextracellularKmatrixKthatKincl
ude:
a. DecreasedKfibronectin
b. IncreasedKcollagen
c. DecreasedKelastin