Cell Biology Quiz PDF

1. What is the process that brings materials into the cell using vesicles? (Answer: Endocytosis) a) Exocytosis b) Endocytosis c) Phagocytosis d) Pinocytosis 2. Which type of endocytosis is known as \"cell eating\"? (Answer: Phagocytosis) a) Pinocytosis b) Exocytosis c) Phagocytosis d)...

1. What is the process that brings materials into the cell using vesicles? (Answer: Endocytosis) a) Exocytosis b) Endocytosis c) Phagocytosis d) Pinocytosis 2. Which type of endocytosis is known as \"cell eating\"? (Answer: Phagocytosis) a) Pinocytosis b) Exocytosis c) Phagocytosis d) Cytoplasm 3. What is the function of the cytoplasm? (Answer: Give cell shape and hold organelles in place) a) Houses DNA b) Produces ATP c) Digests foreign material d) Give cell shape and hold organelles in place 4. Where is the nucleus typically located in a cell? (Answer: Center of the cell) a) Edge of the cell b) Center of the cell c) Inside the mitochondria d) On the cell surface 5. What is the function of nuclear pores? (Answer: Where materials pass in and out of the nucleus) a) Produce ribosomes b) Synthesize lipids c) Where materials pass in and out of the nucleus d) Digest foreign material 6. What are chromosomes made of? (Answer: DNA and proteins) a) Only DNA b) Only proteins c) DNA and proteins d) RNA and lipids 7. What is the function of the nucleolus? (Answer: Produce ribosomes) a) Houses DNA b) Produce ribosomes c) Synthesize lipids d) Package proteins 8. Which organelle is the site of lipid synthesis? (Answer: Smooth endoplasmic reticulum) a) Rough endoplasmic reticulum b) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum c) Golgi apparatus d) Mitochondria 9. What is the function of the Golgi apparatus? (Answer: Collect, sort, package, and distribute proteins and lipids) a) Produce ATP b) Digest foreign material c) Collect, sort, package, and distribute proteins and lipids d) Produce ribosomes 10. Which organelle contains enzymes that digest foreign material? (Answer: Lysosome) a) Ribosome b) Mitochondria c) Lysosome d) Golgi apparatus 11. What is the main function of mitochondria? (Answer: Produces ATP) a) Houses DNA b) Produces ATP c) Synthesizes lipids d) Digests foreign material 12. What is the characteristic of cilia? (Answer: Many per cell) a) One per cell b) Many per cell c) Shorter than microvilli d) Located inside the nucleus 13. How many flagella are typically found on a cell? (Answer: 1 per cell) a) Many per cell b) 1 per cell c) None d) Varies depending on cell type 14. What is the function of microvilli? (Answer: Increase surface area) a) Move the cell b) Produce ATP c) Increase surface area d) Digest foreign material 15. What is the cytoskeleton? (Answer: Cell\'s framework made of proteins) a) Outer membrane of the cell b) Cell\'s framework made of proteins c) Liquid inside the cell d) Genetic material of the cell 16. Which type of cytoskeleton component has the largest diameter? (Answer: Microtubules) a) Microtubules b) Intermediate filaments c) Microfilaments d) All have the same diameter 17. What is the function of intermediate filaments? (Answer: Maintain cell shape) a) Provide structural support b) Maintain cell shape c) Involved in cell movement d) Form cilia and flagella 18. Which cytoskeleton component is involved in cell movement? (Answer: Microfilaments) a) Microtubules b) Intermediate filaments c) Microfilaments d) All of the above 19. What process carries materials out of the cell using vesicles? (Answer: Exocytosis) a) Endocytosis b) Phagocytosis c) Pinocytosis d) Exocytosis 20. Which organelle is responsible for producing ribosomes? (Answer: Nucleolus) a) Mitochondria b) Golgi apparatus c) Nucleolus d) Lysosome 21. What determines a cell\'s characteristics? A) The type of proteins produced (Correct) B) The size of the cell C) The number of organelles D) The amount of cytoplasm 22. Where is DNA located in a eukaryotic cell? A) Cytoplasm B) Mitochondria C) Nucleus (Correct) D) Ribosomes 23. What is the composition of DNA? A) Amino acids B) Nucleotides (Correct) C) Lipids D) Carbohydrates 24. Which sugar is found in DNA? A) Ribose B) Glucose C) Fructose D) Deoxyribose (Correct) 25. What are the three stages in the flow of genetic information (Central Dogma)? A) Replication, Transcription, Translation (Correct) B) Mitosis, Meiosis, Cytokinesis C) G1, S, G2 D) Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase 26. Where does transcription occur? A) Ribosomes B) Nucleus (Correct) C) Mitochondria D) Endoplasmic reticulum 27. What is produced during transcription? A) DNA B) Proteins C) mRNA (Correct) D) tRNA 28. What are codons? A) Enzymes that regulate chemical reactions B) Set of three nucleotide bases that code for a particular amino acid (Correct) C) Proteins that direct gene expression D) Structures that hold chromatids together 29. Where does translation occur? A) Nucleus B) Mitochondria C) Ribosomes (Correct) D) Golgi apparatus