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Course Title: Karp9e
Chapter Number: 1
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
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,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: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory.
Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells
5) Despite being correct about the first two tenets of the Cell Theory, Schleiden and Schwann
made an error about another central feature of cells. What was their mistaken claim?
a) They believed that all cells were smaller than 2 µ in diameter.
b) They claimed that all cells were exactly the same in every detail.
c) They described cells as immortal.
d) They agreed that cells could arise from noncellular materials.
e) They stated that all cells had nuclei through their entire existence.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory.
Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells
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,6) Which of the following characteristics is NOT a basic property of cells?
a) Cells carry out a variety of emotional reactions.
b) Cells engage in numerous mechanical activities.
c) Cells generally respond to stimuli.
d) Cells are capable of self-regulation.
e) Cells evolve.
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
7) Which of the following statements accurately characterize cells?
a) Cells are highly complex and organized.
b) Cells possess a genetic program and the means to use it.
c) Cells are capable of producing more of themselves.
d) Cells acquire and utilize energy.
e) All choices are correct.
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
8) The first culture of human cells was begun by George and Martha Gey of Johns Hopkins
University in 1951. The cells were obtained from a malignant tumor and named ______ cells
after the donor, _________.
a) MaLe, Mary Leeds
b) HeLa, Henrietta Lacks
c) Roberts, John Roberts
d) MaLe, Martin Lewis
e) HeLa, Helen Lassiter
Answer: b
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,Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
9) Cells grown in culture, outside the body are described as cells grown ________.
a) in vivo
b) live
c) in vitro
d) in culturo
e) vivacious
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
10) A high powered microscope that allows cellular organelles to be examined in great detail is
called ___________.
a) a refractive microscope
b) an electron microscope
c) a fluorescence microscope
d) a scanning tunneling microscope
e) a confocal laser scanning microscope
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
11) Which list shows the correct order for cellular complexity from largest to smallest units?
a) organelles, polymers, atoms, complexes, molecules
b) organelles, complexes, polymers, molecules, atoms
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,c) organelles, molecules, complexes, atoms, polymers
d) organelles, atoms, molecules, complexes, polymers
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
12) The apical ends of intestinal cells face the intestinal channel and have long processes that
facilitate the absorption of nutrients. What is the name of these processes and what cytoskeletal
element forms their internal skeleton?
a) microvilli, microtubules
b) villi, microtubules
c) microvilli, actin filaments
d) villi, actin filaments
e) microvilli, intermediate filaments
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
13) Virtually all chemical changes that take place in cells require ________, molecules that
greatly increase the rate at which a chemical reaction occurs.
a) DNAs
b) carbohydrates
c) ligands
d) enzymes
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
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,14) You are conducting an experiment by trying to reproduce the work performed in 1891 by
Hans Driesch, a German embryologist. Working with a fertilized sea urchin egg, you allow it to
complete the first cell division after fertilization. You then carefully separate the two cells of the
embryo and allow their development to continue. Based on Driesch's experiment, which result
below would you expect to happen?
a) Both of the cells will die.
b) Both of the cells will develop into complete and normal embryos.
c) One cell will develop into a normal, though smaller, embryo; the other dies.
d) One cell will develop into half an embryo; the other will develop into the other half of the
embryo.
e) One cell will develop into a defective embryo and the other will die.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
15) The original cell which arose billions of years ago is referred to by some evolutionary
biologists as the __________.
a) first universal common ancestor
b) last universal common ancestor
c) evolutionary tree root
d) evolutionary shrub
e) first eukaryote
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
16) What characteristics distinguish prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
a) Eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles; prokaryotes do not.
b) Prokaryotes have relatively little DNA; eukaryotes generally have much more.
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,c) Eukaryotic chromosomes are linear; prokaryotic chromosomes are circular.
d) Eukaryotic DNA is usually heavily associated with protein to form a nucleoprotein complex
called chromatin, which is not seen in prokaryotic genetic material.
e) All of these are correct.
Answer: e
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
17) Which of the following are NOT considered to belong to the Archaea?
a) Methanogens
b) Halophiles
c) Acidophiles
d) Thermophiles
e) Eubacteria
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
18) Which of the following are considered to be eukaryotes?
a) amoebae
b) yeast
c) holly
d) starfish
e) all choices are eukaryotic
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
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, 19) The genetic material of a prokaryotic cell is present in the _________, a poorly defined
region of the cell that lacks a boundary membrane to separate it from the surrounding cytoplasm.
a) nucleus
b) chromatic region
c) nucleoid
d) pharmacopeia
e) genetome
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
20) Some bacteria can pass a piece of DNA from a donor bacterial cell to a recipient bacterial
cell through a structure called a pilus. What is this process called?
a) confirmation
b) transduction
c) transformation
d) conjugation
e) fission
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
21) Cyanobacteria are capable of photosynthesis, but many of them also convert nitrogen gas
into reduced forms of nitrogen (such as ammonia) that can be used by cells in the synthesis of
nitrogen-containing organic compounds, including amino acids and nucleotides. This process is
called ______.
a) nitrogen fixation
b) denitrification
c) nitrification
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,Package Title: Test Bank
Course Title: Karp9e
Chapter Number: 1
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
Page 1
,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: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory.
Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells
5) Despite being correct about the first two tenets of the Cell Theory, Schleiden and Schwann
made an error about another central feature of cells. What was their mistaken claim?
a) They believed that all cells were smaller than 2 µ in diameter.
b) They claimed that all cells were exactly the same in every detail.
c) They described cells as immortal.
d) They agreed that cells could arise from noncellular materials.
e) They stated that all cells had nuclei through their entire existence.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory.
Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells
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,6) Which of the following characteristics is NOT a basic property of cells?
a) Cells carry out a variety of emotional reactions.
b) Cells engage in numerous mechanical activities.
c) Cells generally respond to stimuli.
d) Cells are capable of self-regulation.
e) Cells evolve.
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
7) Which of the following statements accurately characterize cells?
a) Cells are highly complex and organized.
b) Cells possess a genetic program and the means to use it.
c) Cells are capable of producing more of themselves.
d) Cells acquire and utilize energy.
e) All choices are correct.
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
8) The first culture of human cells was begun by George and Martha Gey of Johns Hopkins
University in 1951. The cells were obtained from a malignant tumor and named ______ cells
after the donor, _________.
a) MaLe, Mary Leeds
b) HeLa, Henrietta Lacks
c) Roberts, John Roberts
d) MaLe, Martin Lewis
e) HeLa, Helen Lassiter
Answer: b
Page 3
,Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
9) Cells grown in culture, outside the body are described as cells grown ________.
a) in vivo
b) live
c) in vitro
d) in culturo
e) vivacious
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
10) A high powered microscope that allows cellular organelles to be examined in great detail is
called ___________.
a) a refractive microscope
b) an electron microscope
c) a fluorescence microscope
d) a scanning tunneling microscope
e) a confocal laser scanning microscope
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
11) Which list shows the correct order for cellular complexity from largest to smallest units?
a) organelles, polymers, atoms, complexes, molecules
b) organelles, complexes, polymers, molecules, atoms
Page 4
,c) organelles, molecules, complexes, atoms, polymers
d) organelles, atoms, molecules, complexes, polymers
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
12) The apical ends of intestinal cells face the intestinal channel and have long processes that
facilitate the absorption of nutrients. What is the name of these processes and what cytoskeletal
element forms their internal skeleton?
a) microvilli, microtubules
b) villi, microtubules
c) microvilli, actin filaments
d) villi, actin filaments
e) microvilli, intermediate filaments
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
13) Virtually all chemical changes that take place in cells require ________, molecules that
greatly increase the rate at which a chemical reaction occurs.
a) DNAs
b) carbohydrates
c) ligands
d) enzymes
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
Page 5
,14) You are conducting an experiment by trying to reproduce the work performed in 1891 by
Hans Driesch, a German embryologist. Working with a fertilized sea urchin egg, you allow it to
complete the first cell division after fertilization. You then carefully separate the two cells of the
embryo and allow their development to continue. Based on Driesch's experiment, which result
below would you expect to happen?
a) Both of the cells will die.
b) Both of the cells will develop into complete and normal embryos.
c) One cell will develop into a normal, though smaller, embryo; the other dies.
d) One cell will develop into half an embryo; the other will develop into the other half of the
embryo.
e) One cell will develop into a defective embryo and the other will die.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
15) The original cell which arose billions of years ago is referred to by some evolutionary
biologists as the __________.
a) first universal common ancestor
b) last universal common ancestor
c) evolutionary tree root
d) evolutionary shrub
e) first eukaryote
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain the importance of the fundamental properties shared by all
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.2 Basic Properties of Cells
16) What characteristics distinguish prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
a) Eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles; prokaryotes do not.
b) Prokaryotes have relatively little DNA; eukaryotes generally have much more.
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,c) Eukaryotic chromosomes are linear; prokaryotic chromosomes are circular.
d) Eukaryotic DNA is usually heavily associated with protein to form a nucleoprotein complex
called chromatin, which is not seen in prokaryotic genetic material.
e) All of these are correct.
Answer: e
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
17) Which of the following are NOT considered to belong to the Archaea?
a) Methanogens
b) Halophiles
c) Acidophiles
d) Thermophiles
e) Eubacteria
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
18) Which of the following are considered to be eukaryotes?
a) amoebae
b) yeast
c) holly
d) starfish
e) all choices are eukaryotic
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
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, 19) The genetic material of a prokaryotic cell is present in the _________, a poorly defined
region of the cell that lacks a boundary membrane to separate it from the surrounding cytoplasm.
a) nucleus
b) chromatic region
c) nucleoid
d) pharmacopeia
e) genetome
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
20) Some bacteria can pass a piece of DNA from a donor bacterial cell to a recipient bacterial
cell through a structure called a pilus. What is this process called?
a) confirmation
b) transduction
c) transformation
d) conjugation
e) fission
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Compare the structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
Section Reference: Section 1.3 Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells
21) Cyanobacteria are capable of photosynthesis, but many of them also convert nitrogen gas
into reduced forms of nitrogen (such as ammonia) that can be used by cells in the synthesis of
nitrogen-containing organic compounds, including amino acids and nucleotides. This process is
called ______.
a) nitrogen fixation
b) denitrification
c) nitrification
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