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AP Bio Topic 4.1-4.4

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All signals and receptors are the same in all cells.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

All cells have the same response to the same signal.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Adrenaline is released from your adrenal glands to affect various systems in the body. This is an example of ____ signaling.

a)

juxtacrine (direct cell to cell contact)

b)

endocrine (long distance)

c)

paracrine (short distance)

d)

autocrine (self-signaling)

4.

Which are two widely used second messengers in many signal transduction pathways? (choose both)

a)

cAMP

b)

G-protein

c)

Ca2+

d)

adrenaline/epinephrine

5.

What type of signaling is shown here?

a)

autocrine (self-signaling)

b)

juxtacrine (direct cell-to-cell contact)

c)

endocrine (long-distance)

d)

paracrine (short distance)

6.

What determines whether a signal molecule binds on the surface or enters the cell?

a)

size

b)

polarity

c)

ability to cross the membrane

d)

all of these

7.

Protein kinases can activate a protein by transferring a phosphate group to it. What is the benefit of pathways containing phosphorylation cascades with many kinases?

a)

they increase signal reception

b)

they create 2nd messengers

c)

they increase amplification of the response

d)

they terminate the signal transduction pathway

8.

Many cancer cells signal themselves to grow and divide. This is an example of ______ signaling.

a)

endocrine (long distance)

b)

autocrine (self-signaling)

c)

paracrine (short distance)

d)

hormone (long distance)

9.

After a cellular response is achieved, how is it terminated?

a)

the ligand and receptor separate

b)

block the transduction pathway

c)

the cell will keep responding

d)

send out a different signal

10.

Which of the following would NOT result in the inhibition of this pathway?

a)

A change in the shape of the receptor

b)

The presence of a competitive ligand

c)

Increase in hormone concentration

d)

Loss of second messenger production

11.

Which part of the signaling pathway could consist of protein modification, second messenger production, amplification or a phosphorylation cascade?

a)

Reception

b)

Transduction

c)

Response

d)

All of these

12.

The B-adrenergic receptor is important because...

a)

growth factor binds to it

b)

It produces a secondary messenger

c)

It is the ligand that activates the pathway

d)

It is the target molecule that stimulates gene expression

13.

If MNK1 remained in its active state permanently, what would be the result?

a)

c-Myc would be unable to translate growth genes

b)

Cell growth and division will stop

c)

The phosphorylation cascade will stop

d)

Cell division will increase, leading to tumor formation

14.

Which receptor is responsible for the signaling pathway that leads to apoptosis?

a)

Delta/Serrate/Lag-2

b)

Frizzled

c)

TGF-B RI/RII

d)

Ptch

15.

Complete the free response on the paper provided. Your score on the short answer will be doubled (score of 3= 6 points).

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