Cell Structure and Compartments MCQs

Biochemistry Objective Questions

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1. Which of the following two organelles look most alike structurally?

A. Nucleus and vesicle

B. Golgi apparatus and smooth endoplasmic reticulum ER

C. Vacuole and cytoskeleton

D. Lysosome and chloroplast

2. In terms of basic cell structure, what do an elephant and an oak tree have in common?

A. They both are eukaryotes

B. They both have a cell nucleus

C. They both have mitochondria

D. All of the above

3. Where in a eukaryotic cell, DNA can be found?

B. Mitochondrion

D. Both (a) and (b)

4. Which of the following structures is expected in a bacterium?

B. Plasma membrane

C. Golgi apparatus

D. Endoplasmic reticulum

5. Which of the following organelles is directly connected to the outer membrane of the nucleus in a eukaryotic cell?

A. Mitochondrion

C. Golgi apparatus

D. Endoplasmic reticulum

6. Microtubules, motor proteins, and actin filaments are all part of

A. the mechanism of photosynthesis that occurs in chloroplasts

B. the rough ER (endoplasmic reticulum) in prokaryotic cells

C. the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells

D. the process that moves small molecules across cell membranes

7. A certain cell organelle which is made of a double phospholipid bilayer that has many large pores in it, is most likely

A. the nuclear envelope

B. the plasma membrane

C. the mitochondrion

D. the cytoskeleton

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