TEST BANK FOR

KARP’S CELL AND

MOLECULAR

BIOLOGY, 9TH

EDITION, GERALD

KARP, JANET

IWASA, WALLACE

MARSHALL

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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

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

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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

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.

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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

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

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