Course Code and Name: BIO 

205 (General Biology I)        

Instructor:   Dr. Lakshmy Rajesh  

Revision - Chapter 6: A Tour of the Cell

1. A biologist is studying kidney tubules. She wants to examine the cells in question
that can be distinguished by external shape and 3-dimensional characteristics.
Which microscope should she choose for her study?
Light microscope
Scanning electron microscope
Transmission electron microscope

2. All of the following are part of a prokaryotic cell except

DNA
a cell wall.
a plasma membrane.
an endoplasmic reticulum.
3. Which type of organelle is primarily involved in the synthesis of oils, phospholipids,
and steroids?

Ribosome
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Lysosome
Mitochondrion
4. The liver is involved in detoxification of many poisons and drugs. Which of the
following structures is primarily involved in this process and therefore abundant in
liver cells?

Rough ER
Smooth ER
Golgi apparatus
Transport vesicles

5. Both lysosome and peroxisome main function are breaking large molecules down
into simpler ones.

True
False

6. Grana, thylakoids, and stroma are all components found in

Correct answers: chloroplast

7. Mitochondria are oxidative organelles; absorb nutrients that the cell has acquired

Yes
No
8. Lysosomes also use enzymes to recycle the cell’s own organelles and
macromolecules, a process called ----
Correct answers: autophagy

9. ----also called actin filaments, are the thinnest components

Microfilaments
Microtubules
Intermediate filaments
10. Plasmodesmata in plant cells are most similar in function to which of the
following structures in animal cells?

peroxisomes
desmosomes
gap junctions
 extracellular matrix
11. Microfilaments control the beating of cilia and flagella, locomotor appendages of
some cells

True
False
12. A ---- moves like a snake, driving a cell in the same direction as their axis

cilium
flagellum
13. Actin is the motor protein, which drives the bending movements of a cilium or
flagellum

True
False
14. ------ is a circular flow of cytoplasm within cells
Correct answers: Cytoplasmic streaming

15. ECM proteins bind to receptor proteins in the plasma membrane called

collagen
proteoglycans
integrins
fibronectin

16. ------ fasten cells together into strong sheets

Tight junctions
Gap junctions
Desmosomes

17. The ------ is an extracellular structure that distinguishes plant cells from animal
cells

nucleus
cell wall
 lysosomes

18. Pore complex is seen in rough endoplasmic reticulum

True
False
19. Ribosomes are particles made of ribosomal RNA and ----

protein
sugars
fats
20. ------ is like the post office or shipping and receiving department of a cell.

Mitochondria
Endoplasmic reticulum
Cytoplasm
Golgi apparatus