Question 1

Which cellular structure on the epithelial tissues of the respiratory tract is primarily responsible for the coordinated movement of mucus and other compounds along the surface of the epithelium?

Accepted Answer

Cilia

Question 2

A patient is lying on their back in a hospital bed. What is the anatomical term for this position?

Accepted Answer

Supine

Question 3

Which of the following organelles is involved primarily in catalyzing some cellular reactions and digesting unwanted cellular material?

Accepted Answer

Lysosome

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT an example of active transport?

Accepted Answer

Facilitated diffusion of $$Na^+$$ ions through a channel protein

Question 5

Which of the following statements about osmosis is correct?

Accepted Answer

Osmosis is the movement of water from a region of low solute concentration to high solute concentration across a semipermeable membrane

Question 6

Which of the following enzymes is responsible for separating the DNA strands during the process of replication?

Accepted Answer

Helicase

Question 7

A solution with a pH of 3 is considered:

Accepted Answer

A strong acid

Question 8

Which of the following is the correct order of structural organization from simplest to most complex?

Accepted Answer

Molecule $$\rightarrow$$ cell $$\rightarrow$$ tissue $$\rightarrow$$ organ $$\rightarrow$$ system $$\rightarrow$$ organism

Question 9

When cells are put into a solution and water seems to flow into the cells and they swell in volume, the solution could best be described as:

Accepted Answer

Hypotonic

Question 10

Which of the following subatomic particles is involved in bonding and is primarily responsible for changes in charge for a particular atom?

Accepted Answer

Electron

Question 11

Which of the following would be considered the monomer of a carbohydrate?

Accepted Answer

Monosaccharide

Question 12

Which of the following membrane-bound organelles has a double lipid bilayer?

Accepted Answer

Mitochondria

Question 13

A cell that is consuming large, foreign material (usually for the purpose of destroying it) is using a type of active transport called:

Accepted Answer

Phagocytosis

Question 14

Which of the following statements about DNA replication is correct?

Accepted Answer

DNA replication is semiconservative, meaning each new double-stranded copy is made up of 50% of the original DNA template

Question 15

Which of the following is most likely to require active transport across the plasma membrane?

Accepted Answer

Large, charged molecules like glucose

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a key feature of aqueous solutions?

Accepted Answer

Hydrophobic substances are evenly distributed throughout the entire solution

Question 17

Which of the following statements about protein synthesis is correct?

Accepted Answer

DNA $$\rightarrow$$ transcription $$\rightarrow$$ RNA $$\rightarrow$$ translation $$\rightarrow$$ protein

Question 18

A chemical reaction that results in the construction of a larger molecule from two smaller reactants would be described as:

Accepted Answer

Anabolic

Question 19

Which of the following nitrogenous bases would NOT be found in RNA?

Accepted Answer

Thymine

Question 20

By weight, which element is the most plentiful in the human body?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

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