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,Package Title: Test BankCourse Title: Karp7e
Chapter Number: 1
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) Who was the first person to describe living single cells?
a) Leeuwenhoek
b) Hooke
c) Schleiden
d) Schwann
e) Virchow
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Discuss the major discoveries 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 is a compound microscope?
a) It has a moveable stage.
b) It has two lenses.
c) Its lens is double the size of the original microscopes.
d) The lens has two different colors.
e) They have two different light sources.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Discuss the major discoveries of cell theory.
Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells
3) Which of the following is a tenet of the Cell Theory?
1) All organisms are composed of one or more cells.
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,2) The cell is the structural unit of life.
3) Cells can arise only by division from a preexisting cell.
4) Cells divide only by fission.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: e
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Discuss the major discoveries 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 Discuss the major discoveries 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 error?
a) They stated 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 stated that all cells were immortal.
d) They both agreed that cells could arise from noncellular materials.
e) They claimed that all cells had nuclei through their entire existence.
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, Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Discuss the major discoveries of cell theory.
Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells
6) Which of the following characteristics is(are) 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 1.1 Discuss the major discoveries of cell theory.
Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells
7) Which of the following characteristics is(are) a basic property of 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 of these are correct.
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Discuss the major discoveries of cell theory.
Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells
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