Cell Biology - Division C Answer

Sheet
University of Texas-Austin Invitational October
30, 2021

Written by Sameer Rajesh (UC Berkeley), Sophia Velasco (University of Florida)

Instructions and Clarifications:

- You have 50 minutes to finish this exam. There are no stations.
- This exam accounts for 100% of the event score.
- Each team may use one 8.5” x 11” sheet of paper (for online exams, this can be in digital
format) and two nonprogrammable calculators
- Please read the detailed instructions below and make sure to follow them

Instructions: Please read

- Many FRQ questions may have a particular designated answer format–please follow this format! If
you do not, you will not be awarded points. Examples follow:
• Do not explain answers unless asked to explain (less reading for graders)
• When asked to explain an answer, limit responses to between 1 and 3 sentences. Overly
long "essays" which fail to capture the essence of the problem and answer will be
penalized–there is no benefit to you writing every detail you can think of, only mention
the most salient aspects of the situation. Answers do not need to be grammatically correct
or in full sentences, they just need to be comprehensible.

- The exam and image are a class set. Please do not make any marks on them. If you do make a
mark, please let the proctor know—you will not face any penalties in this case. If you fail to let
the proctor know and the markings remain for the following time block, your team may face score
penalties.
- All answers must be on this answer sheet. Any answer that is not on the answer sheet will not be
considered for grading

Feel free to reach out regarding any questions, comments or concerns about the test or answer
key, as well as any feedback you may have, to sameer.rajesh6626@berkeley.edu.
 Multiple Choice
1. (1 point) 2. (1 point) 3. (1 point)

4. (1 point) 5. (1 point) 6. (1 point)

7. (1 point) 8. (1 point) 9. (1 point)

10. (1 point) 11. (1 point)

Diagram Based Short Response

Figure D+E (Circle choices for MC/TF questions)
12. (1 point)

13. (1 point) A. Yes B. No 14. (1 point) A. T B. F

15. (2 points)
Figure F

16. (a) (1 point) B: (b) (1 point) C:

17. (2 points) A. T B. F

18. (2 points) 19. (2 points) 20. (2 points)

Figure G

21. (1 point) 22. (2 points) 23. (2 points)

24. (1 point) 25. (4 points)

Figure H

26. (1 point) 27. (2 points) 28. (8 points)

29. (2 points) 30. (2 points) 31. (2 points)

True/False
32. (1 point) A. T B. F 33. (1 point) A. T B. F 34. (1 point) A. T B. F

35. (1 point) A. T B. F 36. (1 point) A. T B. F 37. (1 point) A. T B. F

38. (1 point) A. T B. F

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 Free Response
39. Timescales of Cellular Trafficking.
(a) (1 point)
(b) (2 points)

(c) (2 points)

(d) (5 points)

40. The EGF Receptor

(a) (1 point)
(b) (1 point)
(c) (2 points)

(d) (2 points)
(e) (3 points)

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 (f) (3 points)

(g) (8 points)

41. Metabolism in cancerous tissue

(a) (2 points) (b) (2 points) (c) (2 points)

(d) (3 points)

(e) (3 points)

(f) (6 points)

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42. Designing a multifaceted cellular signaling system
(a) (2 points)

(b) (4 points)

(c) (1 point)
(d) (5 points)

(e) (3 points)

(f) (4 points)

(g) (3 points)

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