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3. In a lipid bilayer, ___________ fatty acid tails face each other within the bilayer and form
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a region that excludes water.
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A. hypertonic
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D. hydrophilic
E. hydrophobic
4. A key discovery that weakened the Davson-Danielli sandwich model of cell
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A. membrane proteins form a solid sheet on either side of the phospholipid bilayer.
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5. Who proposed the fluid mosaic model of cell membrane structure in 1972?
A. Davson and Singer
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7. In the experiment in which Frye and Edidin fused the plasma membranes of a mouse
and a human cell, what happened to the membrane proteins?
A. They formed a spherical structure.
B. They formed a bilayer.
C. They moved laterally across the cell surface.
D. They flip-flopped from one layer to the other.
E. They reacted with cholesterol molecules on the membrane surface.
8. Vegetable oil is different from animal fat in that the phospholipids in vegetable oil have
fatty acid tails that:
A. solidify at room temperature.
B. lack double bonds.
C. are saturated.
D. interact via van der Waals forces.
E. bend.
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9. Cholesterol within membranes functions as a(n) ____________ through its interactions
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with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts of phospholipids.
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A. water blocker
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B. pH buffer
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temperature controller
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10. Integral proteins:
A. are weakly bound to the surface of the membrane.
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14. Proteins that are destined to become associated with the inner surface of the plasma
membrane are:
A. manufactured in the same way as protein hormones.
B. manufactured in the same way as proteins destined to become external peripheral
proteins.
C. made on free ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
D. made on ribosomes located on the rough endoplasmic reticulum.
E. transported to the plasma membrane within a secretory vesicle.
15. Which of the following statements explaining the differences in number and types of
peripheral proteins found on the inner and outer surfaces of cell membranes is correct?
A. The functions of the membrane differ on the inside and outside of the cell.
B. Not all proteins can pass through the membrane and, thus, more accumulate on
the inside.
C. Proteins on the outside of the membrane are synthesized at a slower rate than
proteins on the inside of the membrane.
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D. Proteins on the outside of membrane are made extracellularly and are unable to
penetrate the phospholipid bilayer and enter the cell.
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E. The external peripheral proteins are weakly attached to the membrane and are
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readily washed away.
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16. Biological membranes are normally permeable to:
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large, hydrophilic molecules.
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B. small, hydrophilic molecules.
C. large, hydrophobic molecules.
D. small, hydrophobic molecules.
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E. None of these.
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17. Which of the following molecules is least likely to cross a cellular membrane by simple
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diffusion?
A. carbon dioxide
B. nitrogen
C. oxygen
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D. potassium ion
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E. water
18. An ABC transporter:
A. is a type of water channel.
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20. A bottle of perfume is opened on the opposite side of the room and within minutes you
begin to smell the perfume. This phenomenon is a classic example of:
A. dialysis.
B. osmosis.
C. active transport.
D. facilitated diffusion.
E. simple diffusion.
21. Simple diffusion may involve the movement of ______________________ through the
plasma membrane down a concentration gradient.
A. small polar molecules
B. small nonpolar molecules
C. large polar molecules
D. large nonpolar molecules
E. water
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22. Which of the following membrane activities does NOT require the expenditure of energy
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by the cell?
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A. active transport
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B. osmosis
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C. endocytosis
D.
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exocytosis
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23. If the concentration of solutes in a cell is less than the concentration of solutes in the
surrounding fluid, then the extracellular fluid is said to be:
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A. hypertonic.
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B. hypotonic.
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C. isotonic.
D. stable.
E. amphipathic.
24. The higher the concentration of solute in a solution, the _________ the effective water
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A. lower; lower
B. lower; higher
C. higher; higher
D. higher; lower
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26, 27. Use the figure to answer the corresponding questions.
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E. These red blood cells have
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shrunken in response to a
hypotonic external solution.
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27. Which of the following statements about the red blood cells in Figure A is true?
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A. There has been no net water movement.
B. There has been a net flow of water out of the cell.
C. There has been a net flow of water into the cell.
D. Pinocytosis has occurred.
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28. A patient who has had a severe hemorrhage accidentally receives a large transfusion of
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distilled water directly into a major blood vessel. You would expect this mistake to:
A. have no unfavorable effect as long as the water is free of bacteria.
B. have serious, perhaps fatal consequences because there would be too much fluid
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to pump.
C. have serious, perhaps fatal consequences because the red blood cells could
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shrink.
D. have serious, perhaps fatal consequences because the red blood cells could swell
and burst.
E. have no serious effect because the kidney could quickly eliminate excess water.
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A. remain unchanged.
B. undergo lysis.
C. undergo plasmolysis.
D. swell slightly.
E. become crenated.
30. Penicillin is toxic to certain dividing bacterial cells because it prevents cell wall
formation, causing the cells to burst. This indicates that the bacteria live in:
A. a hypotonic medium.
B. a hypertonic medium.
C. an isotonic medium.
D. a medium with a higher osmotic pressure than the cell.
E. Both a hypertonic medium and a medium with a higher osmotic pressure than the
cell.
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31. A wilted flower placed in a vase of water for several hours became stiff and stood erect.
When it was placed in a salt solution, it wilted. From this information we can say that
the cells of the flower are:
A. hypotonic to both fresh water and the salt solution.
B. hypertonic to both the 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 to fresh water but hypotonic to the salt solution.
32. Facilitated diffusion:
A. requires a transmembrane protein.
B. requires ATP.
C. can move molecules against a concentration gradient.
D. is typically used to transport small nonpolar molecules.
E. All of these.
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33. Which of the following are forms of carrier-mediated transport?
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A. Facilitated diffusion only
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B. Carrier-mediated active transport only
C. Osmosis only
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Facilitated diffusion, carrier-mediated active transport, and osmosis
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34. Although glucose molecules constantly diffuse into a cell along their concentration
gradient, equilibrium is never reached and glucose continues to enter the cell. This is a
direct result of:
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36. A bacterium containing sodium ions at a concentration of 0.1 mM lives in a pond that
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contains sodium ions at 0.005 mM. Evidently, sodium ions are entering the cell by:
A. active transport.
B. endocytosis.
C. diffusion.
D. facilitated diffusion.
E. osmosis.
37. Which of the following describes how facilitated diffusion is powered?
A. Facilitated diffusion is free of cost.
B. Energy is required to do the work of establishing and maintaining a concentration
gradient.
C. ATP is required directly.
D. Both A and B. E. A, B, and C.
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38. Which of the following statements about the sodium-potassium pump is true?
A. It transports hydrogen ions out of the cell.
B. It transports 3 sodium ions out of the cell in exchange for 2 potassium ions.
C. It transports 2 sodium ions out of the cell in exchange for 2 potassium ions.
D. It transports 2 sodium ions out of the cell in exchange for 3 potassium ions.
E. It transports water directly out of the cell.
39. In the mechanism of action of a proton pump, the role of ATP is to:
A. cause a proton to bind to a carbohydrate.
B. cause a cell to take up protons by endocytosis.
C. cause a cell to release protons by exocytosis.
D. transfer protons to the inside of a cell.
E. transfer protons to the outside of a cell.
40. In the cotransport of glucose and sodium ions:
A. glucose molecules are transported down their concentration gradient.
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B. sodium ions are transported down their concentration gradient.
C. the transport of glucose powers the transport of sodium.
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D. ATP causes a conformational change in the carrier protein.
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E. an antiport carrier protein is involved.
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41. A human white blood cell engulfs a bacterial cell by:
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A. carrier-mediated facilitated diffusion.
B. exocytosis.
C. phagocytosis.
D. pinocytosis.
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42. A person has a genetic disease that prevents the phospholipids in the plasma
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membrane of the white blood cells from freely fusing with the other membranes within
the cell. How would this disease affect phagocytosis?
A. Lysosomes would not be formed.
B. Facilitated diffusion would not occur.
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45, 46. Use the figure to answer the corresponding questions.
A. facilitated diffusion.
B. pinocytosis.
C. cotransport.
D. lysis.
E. exocytosis.
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D. carbon dioxide.
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E. bacteria.
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47. In cells that are constantly involved in secretion, an equivalent amount of membrane
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must be returned to the interior of the cell for each vesicle that fuses with the plasma
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membrane; if this does not occur, then what would happen?
A. The ratio of cell surface would decrease, compared to cell volume.
B. The cell surface would shrivel.
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49. Plasmodesmata of plant cells are functionally equivalent to ____________ of
animal cells.
A. gap junctions
B. dermatomes
C. tight junctions
D. cell surface receptors
E. microvillus
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