Multiple Choice:
1. The architecture of cell surfaces can be viewed in the most detail
using a _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
scanning electron microscope
transmission electron microscope
microscope and fluorescent dyes
light microscope
2. What are the limits on which maximum cell size depends?
a.
b.
c.
d.
amount of DNA in the nucleus
number of surrounding cells
surface to volume ratio
the number of organelles
3. To enter or leave any cell, substances must pass through proteins
embedded in _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
a ribosome
a microtubule
the golgi body
the plasma membrane
4. Phospholipid bilayer membranes are semipermeable. Which of the
following can move across the membrane without assistance?
a.
b.
c.
d.
glucose
oxygen
starch
hydrogen
5. Which of the following structures is/are found in prokaryotic cells?
a.
b.
c.
d.
ribosomes
mitochondria
endoplasmic reticulum
nucleus
6. Bacterial cells are prokaryotic; unlike a typical eukaryotic cell, they
_____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
have more internal membranous compartments
lack a plasma membrane
have a smaller nucleus
lack a nucleus
7. A certain cell has a dense nucleoid region, ribosomes, but no
membrane-enclosed organelles. Based on this information, it could
be _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
a Paramecium
a grasshopper cell
an archea bacteria
a yeast cell (fungus)
8. Which of the following are found in prokaryotic cells?
a.
b.
c.
d.
ribosomes
golgi bodies
mitochondria
endomembrane systems
9. Which of the following would be found in the cytoplasm of a
eukaryotic cell?
a.
b.
c.
d.
nucleolus
flagella
extracellular matrix
centrioles
10.The nucleolus _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
contains the hereditary blueprint of the cell
manufactures ribosomes
organizes the spindle fibers for cell division
modifies substances made on the endoplasmic reticulum
11.Most of the DNA in a eukaryotic cell is in the _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
nucleolus
mitochondria
endomembrane system
nucleus
12. What molecule is allowed to leave the nucleus through the nuclear
pores?
a.
b.
c.
d.
chromatin
protein
mRNA
DNA
13. Digestive cells produce many enzymes that break down ingested food.
These cells have a large number of ribosomes _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
on the rough ER
on the smooth ER
in the cytoplasm
on the golgi body
14. The rough endoplasmic reticulum is considered to be in which general
functional category of organelle?
a.
b.
c.
d.
support between cells
energy processing
breakdown
manufacturing
15. Pancreatic cells secrete lots of proteins. With this in mind, which of the
following organelles would be especially abundant in pancreatic cells?
a.
b.
c.
d.
lysosomes
smooth ER
microfilaments
rough ER