Cellular Biology

Princeton review questions:

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 4. Which of the following would most likely be the
diameter of a eukaryotic cell?

(A) 1.0 µm (B) 100 µm (C) 1000 µm (D) 1.0 nm

5.One difference between a plant cell and an

animal cell is

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(A) only plant cells have chloroplasts while only

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animal cells have mitochondria

(B) only plant cells have large vacuoles

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(C) only animal cells have nucleoli

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(D) only animal cells have plasma membranes
A (E) animal cells form a cleavage furrow when they
divide

6. All of the following are true of the electron

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microscope EXCEPT
Barron’s
(A) the resolution is greater than that using a light
Questions 1– 3: Choose from the terms below. microscope
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(B) the magnification can be greater than 100,000

(A) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum ×
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(C) living specimens can be studied in great detail
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(B) Nucleolus
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(D) a narrow beam of electrons forms an image

(C) Ribosomes (E) it takes hours to prepare a specimen for
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(D) Lysosomes
7. All of the following are correct about
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(E) Golgi apparatus prokaryotes EXCEPT

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(A) they have one chromosome

1. The site of protein production
(B) they contain ribosomes
2. Found in large quantities in white blood cells (C) they are smaller than eukaryotic cells
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and other phagocytosing cells (D) they can be either anaerobic or aerobic
(E) they contain small mitochondria
3. The site of RNA production
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8. The phase-contrast microscope

(A) uses a beam of electrons to form an image

(B) was developed by Robert Hooke
(C) was developed by Anton van Leeuwenhoek
(D) is commonly used to study genes
(E) is useful in examining unstained, living tissue
9. What would occur if a plant cell were placed
into a strong hypertonic solution?
(A) Nothing would happen because the cell wall
would prevent any movement of water or salt.
(B) It would shrink because water would flow
toward the more concentrated solution.
(C) It would swell because salt would flow into the
(C) are made of actin and help support the shape of
a cell
(D) are hollow tubes that make up cilia and
flagella
(E) are made of myosin and are key to skeletal
muscle contraction
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cell.
(D) It would shrink because water would flow into (A) configuration of microtubules in cilia and

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the cell. flagella
(E) It would swell because water and salt would (B) configuration of microtubules in centrioles and
flow down the gradient and into the cell. spindle fibers

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(C) configuration of microfilaments in cilia and
10. Which process requires energy? flagella

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(D) configuration of microfilaments in centrioles
(A) Passive diffusion and spindle fibers
(B) Facilitated diffusion of calcium through a (E) configuration of myosin filaments in skeletal
channel
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(C) Water flowing into a paramecium in a lake
(D) A contractile vacuole removing water from an 15. According to the theory of endosymbiosis,
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(E) Osmosis of water into a cell (A) autotrophic cells were the first to evolve
(B) heterotrophic cells were the first to evolve
(C) chloroplasts evolved from mitochondria
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11. The ability to respond to stimuli is

(D) mitochondria evolved from chloroplasts
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(A) called irritability (E) chloroplasts and mitochondria evolved when
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(B) called locomotion free-living prokaryotes permanently took up

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(C) characteristic of nerve cells only residence inside larger prokaryotic cells
(D) characteristic of multicellular organisms only
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16.The circle below indicates the position of the

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(E) regulation
letter X as seen in the field of your compound light
microscope. To get the letter X into the center of
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12. All of the following are true of the smooth

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the field, you would have to move the slide

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endoplasmic reticulum EXCEPT

(A) it connects the rough endoplasmic reticulum to

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the Golgi apparatus

(B) it detoxifies the cell
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(C) it synthesizes steroids

(D) it manufactures proteins
(E) it synthesizes lipids
(A) to the right and down
(B) to the left and up
13. Microtubules
(C) to the left and down
(A) form the cleavage furrow in a dividing cell (D) to the right and up
(B) enable an amoeba to send out a pseudopod (E) it depends on the brand of microscope
18. All of the following are correct about Important Practice questions
mitochondria EXCEPT
1. Which structure in a eukaryotic cell originated
(A) they are the site of cellular respiration from a prokaryotic cell?
(B) they contain their own DNA (A) Endoplasmic reticulum
(C) they are the site of photosynthesis (B) Golgi apparatus
(D) they can self-replicate (C) Mitochondrion
(E) they contain an outer double membrane (D) Lysosome
(E) Nucleus

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19. All of the following are correct about plant 2. If a cell produces a lot of protein, which of
cells EXCEPT the following organelles would be especially
numerous?

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(A) they usually contain one large vacuole (A) Nucleus
(B) Mitochondria
(B) lysosomes contain hydrolytic enzymes for

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(C) Microfilaments
intracellular digestion (D) Lysosomes
(C) they store pigments in chromoplasts (E) Ribosomes
(D) they may have secondary cell walls in addition
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to primary cell walls
(E) they have no centrioles are most probably which of the following?
(A) Protist cells
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(B) Fungal cells

20.Which of the following involves growing living (C) Bacterial cells
cells? (D) Plant cells
(E) Animal cells
(A) Freeze fracture
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(B) Freeze-etching 4. A prokaryotic cell has which of the following?

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(C) Cell fractionation (A) Centrioles
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(D) Tissue culture (B) Lysosomes

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(E) Apoptosis (C) Plasma membrane

(D) Mitochondria
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(E) Endoplasmic reticulum

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5. Which of the following organelles modifies and

packages for secretion the materials produced by
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the ribosomes?
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(A) The chloroplast

(B) The Golgi apparatus
(C) The nucleus
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(D) The nucleolus

(E) The mitochondrion
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6. The lysosome has a high content of

(A) enzymes
(B) cytochromes
(C) DNA
(D) chlorophyll
(E) ribosomes
7. The nucleolus functions in the production of 12. Both plants and animals are eukaryotes and
(A) Golgi apparatus therefore most cells in both plants and animals
(B) microtubules have:
(C) mitochondria (A) a nucleus and chloroplasts.
(D) ribosomes (B) a nucleus and mitochondria.
(E) endoplasmic reticulum (C) a nucleus and either mitochondria or
chloroplasts.
8. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells generally have
(D) a nucleus, a cell wall and mitochondria.
which of the following features in common?
(E) a nucleus, a cell wall and either

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(A) A membrane-bound nucleus
(B) A cell wall made of cellulose mitochondria or chloroplasts.

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(C) Ribosomes
(D) Flagella or cilia that contain microtubules 13. What ecological interaction between early
(E) Linear chromosomes made of DNA and eukaryotes and the prokaryote lineage resulted in
Protein mitochondria?

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(A) Competition
9. Structures found in the cells of both (B) Predation

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angiosperms and mammals are (C) Mutualism
(A) cell walls and cell membranes (D) Symbiosis
(B) centrioles and lysosomes (E) Parasitism
(C) chloroplasts and ribosomes
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(D) cell membranes and chromosomes 14. Prokaryotes differ from eukaryotes in that
(E) contractile vacuoles and leucoplasts prokaryotes
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(A) have only a nucleus, cell membrane, and

10. student using a light microscope observes a cytoplasm
cell and correctly decides that it is a plant cell
(B) have ribosomes and mitochondria
because
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(A) ribosomes are visible (C) have a true nucleus and may have a cell wall
(B) an endoplasmic reticulum can be seen (D) lack a true nucleus but may have a cell wall
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(C) a cell membrane is present (E) lack DNA but can synthesize proteins
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(D) it has a large central vacuole

(E) centrioles are present
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11. The organelle that is a major producer of ATP

and is found in both heterotrophs and
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autotrophs is the
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(A) chloroplast
(B) nucleus
(C) ribosome
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(D)Golgi apparatus
(E) Mitochondrion
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