Mitosis and Membrane Test

Question #1 (1 point)
Which of the following is not a function performed by a membrane protein?
Hormone binding sites
Cell adhesion
Enzyme synthesis
Pumps for active transport

Question #2 (1 point)
The interior of the phospholipid bilayer is
hydrophobic.
composed of cholesterol.
hydrophilic.
water

Question #3 (1 point)
What do diffusion and osmosis have in common?
They only happen in living cells.
They require transport proteins in the membrane.
They are passive transport mechanisms.
Net movement of substances is against the concentration gradient.

Question #4 (1 point)
How do prokaryotic cells divide?
By mitosis
By meiosis
By budding
By binary fission

Question #5 (1 point)
Oxygen crosses a plasma membrane by
 osmosis.
active transport.
pinocytosis.
passive transport.

Question #6 (1 point)
The DNA of a particular cell is damaged, so that the cell continues to divide uncontro
Coronary heart disease
AIDS
Tumour formation
Down syndrome

Question #7 (1 point)
Which of these processes require mitosis?
Embryological development
Reducing surface area to volume ratio
Maintaining cell size
Cell growth

Question #8 (1 point)
What are the membrane structures that function in active transport?
A) peripheral proteins
B) carbohydrates
C) cholesterol
D) cytoskeleton filaments
E) integral proteins

Question #9 (1 point)
All of the following are functions of integral membrane proteins except
protein synthesis
active transport
 hormone reception.
cell adhesion.
cytoskeleton attachment.

Question #10 (1 point)

All of the following molecules are part of the cell membrane except
lipids
nucleic acids
proteins
phosphate group
steroids

Question #11 (1 point)

Which of the following processes includes all others?
osmosis
diffusion of a solute across a membrane
facilitated diffusion
passive transport
transport of an ion down its electrochemical gradient

Question #12 (1 point)

Glucose diffuses slowly through artificial phospholipid bilayers. The cells lining the sm
food into their glucose-poor cytoplasm. Using this information, which transport mech
simple diffusion
phagocytosis
active transport pumps
exocytosis
facilitated diffusion

Question #13 (1 point)

73) Endocytosis moves materials ________ a cell via ________.
 into; facilitated diffusion
into; membranous vesicles
into; a transport protein
out of; membranous vesicles

Question #14 (1 point)

What is a difference between a cell in the G1 phase and a cell in the G2 phase of the
cell cycle?
A cell in the G2 phase would be smaller than a cell in the G1 phase.
A cell in the G2 phase would have more mitochondria than a cell in the G1 phase.
A cell in the G1 phase would have more DNA in its chromosomes than a cell in the
G2 phase.
DNA replication occurs in the G1 phase but not in the G2 phase

Question #15 (1 point)

White blood cells engulf bacteria through what process?
exocytosis
phagocytosis
pinocytosis
osmosis

Question #16 (1 point)

During which phases of mitosis are chromosomes composed of two chromatids?
from interphase through anaphase
from G1 of interphase through metaphase
from metaphase through telophase
from anaphase through telophase
from G2 of interphase through metaphase

Question #17 (1 point)

During which phase in mitosis do centrioles begin to move apart in animal cells
Telophase
 Anaphase
Metaphase
Prophase

Question #18 (1 point)

During which phase of the cell cycle do chromosomes duplicate?
G1
S
G2
Mitosis

Question #19 (1 point)

What route is used to export proteins from the cell?
Golgi apparatus rough endoplasmic reticulum plasma membrane
Rough endoplasmic reticulum Golgi apparatus plasma membrane
Golgi apparatus lysosome rough endoplasmic reticulum
Rough endoplasmic reticulum lysosome Golgi apparatus

Question #20 (1 point)

What is the sequence of stages during the cell cycle?
G1 S G2 mitosis cytokinesis
mitosis G1 G2 cytokinesis S
G1 G2 S mitosis cytokinesis
G1 G2 mitosis cytokinesis S

Question #21 (1 point)

All of the following processes take material into cells except
pinocytosis.
endocytosis.
exocytosis.
active transport.
Question #22 (1 point)
The movement of a substance across a biological membrane against its concentration
gradient with the help of energy input is
diffusion.
active transport.
osmosis.
facilitated diffusion.
exocytosis.

Question #23 (1 point)

What does therapeutic cloning involve?
Developing genetically identical cultures of human cells for use in drug testing
Helping infertile couples to conceive by injecting the fathers sperm into the
mothers egg
Producing embryonic stem cells for medical use
Replacing a mutant allele in an embryo to prevent genetic disease

Question #24 (1 point)

Which of the following statements is correct about diffusion?
It is very rapid over long distances.
It requires an expenditure of energy by the cell.
It is a passive process in which molecules move from a region of higher
concentration to a region of lower concentration.
It is an active process in which molecules move from a region of lower
concentration to one of higher concentration.
It requires integral proteins in the cell membrane.

Question #25 (1 point)

Cells in the adrenal gland produce the hormone epinephrine and store it in vesicles.
To release epinephrine these vesicles are carried to the plasma membrane and fuse
with it. What process is occurring?
Expulsion
Exchange
 Excretion
Exocytosis

Question #26 (1 point)

When observing the behaviour of a vesicle in a cell, what identifies it as a vesicle onl
involved in exocytosis?
Adhesion between two lipid bilayers
Fusion of two membranes
Secretion of material
Invagination of a plasma membrane

Question #27 (1 point)

The selective permeability of biological membranes is dependent on which of the
following?
A) the type of transport proteins that are present in the membrane
B) the lipid bilayer being permeable to primarily small, nonpolar molecules
C) the types of carbohydrates on the surface of the membrane
D) A and B only
E) A, B, and C

Question #28 (1 point)

In a cell, what is the effect of a large surface area to volume ratio?
Slower rate of exchange of waste materials
Faster heat loss
Faster rate of mitosis
Slower intake of food

Question #29 (1 point)

Which of the following is a feature of exocytosis but not endocytosis?
Shape changes of a membrane
Vesicle formation
Use of ATP
 Secretion

Question #30 (1 point)

What happens during the G2 stage of interphase?
Homologous chromosomes pair
Synthesis of proteins
Homologous chromosomes separate
Replication of DNA

Question #31 (1 point)

During which phase of mitosis do the centromeres split apart, sister chromatids are
separated, and the two new chromosomes move to opposite poles of the cell.
Telophase
Anaphase
Interphases
Metaphase
Prophase

Question #32 (1 point)

Which of the following take(s) place during either interphase or mitosis in animal
cells?
I. Re-formation of nuclear membranes
II. Pairing of homologous chromosomes
III. DNA replication
I only
I and II only
II and III only
I and III only

Question #33 (1 point)

Which of the following types of molecules are the major structural components of the
cell membrane?
phospholipids and cellulose
 nucleic acids and proteins
phospholipids and proteins
proteins and cellulose
glycoproteins and cholesterol

Question #34 (1 point)

What membrane-surface molecules are thought to be most important as cells
recognize each other?
phospholipids
integral proteins
peripheral proteins
cholesterol
glycoproteins

Question #35 (1 point)

According to the fluid mosaic model of membrane structure, proteins of the
membrane are mostly
spread in a continuous layer over the inner and outer surfaces of the membrane.
confined to the hydrophobic core of the membrane.
embedded in a lipid bilayer.
randomly oriented in the membrane, with no fixed inside-outside polarity.

Question #36 (1 point)

What kinds of molecules pass through a cell membrane most easily?
large and hydrophobic
small and hydrophobic
large polar
ionic
monosaccharides such as glucose

Question #37 (1 point)

Celery stalks that are immersed in fresh water for several hours become stiff and
hard. Similar stalks left in a salt solution become limp and soft. From this we can
deduce that the cells of the celery stalks are
A) hypotonic to both fresh water and the salt solution.
B) hypertonic to both fresh water and the salt solution.
C) hypertonic to fresh water but hypotonic to the salt solution.
D) hypotonic to fresh water but hypertonic to the salt solution.
E) isotonic with fresh water but hypotonic to the salt solution.

Question #38 (1 point)

How can cells in a multicellular organism differentiate?
They express some of their genes but not others.
They all have a different genetic composition.
Different cells contain a different set of chromosomes.
Different cells do not have some of the genes.

Question #39 (1 point)

Which of the following does not occur during interphase?
Replication
Translation
Cytokinesis
An increase in the number of mitochondria

Question #40 (1 point)

The main difference(s) between facilitated diffusion and active transport is (are)
acilitated diffusion moves substances down their concentration gradient and active
transport moves them against their gradient.
facilitated diffusion does not rely on cellular energy and active transport does.
facilitated diffusion uses channel or carrier proteins and active transport does not.
A and B only
A, B, and C