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A.2.3. Passive Transport Systems MCQs

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

A.2.3. Passive Transport Systems

1. Which of the following transport systems require energy?


a) Diffusion
b) Facilitated diffusion
c) Exocytosis
d) Osmosis
e) Filtration

2. The rate at which diffusion takes place is determined by the following


conditions EXCEPT:
a) the temperature
b) the concentration difference
c) the distance for diffusion
d) the size of the area of diffusion
e) the direction of the diffusion

3. At what temperature is diffusion (=Brownian motion) fully stopped?


a) 0oC
b) 0oF
c) -100oK
d) -100oF
e) 0oK

4. What is the major difference between diffusion and facilitated diffusion?


a) Requires energy
b) Does not require energy
c) Only operates into a cell
d) Operates across a cell membrane
e) Requires a specific carrier

5. What is the major difference between diffusion and osmosis?


a) Osmosis requires energy
b) Osmosis does not require energy
c) Diffusion does not require energy
d) Osmosis transports water while diffusion transports solute
e) Osmosis transports solute while diffusion transports water

6. What is the major difference between filtration and osmosis?


a) Filtration requires energy
b) Osmosis requires energy
c) Osmosis transports water while filtration does not
d) Filtration transports water due to a pressure difference
e) Osmosis transports water due to a pressure difference

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7. What is a semi-permeable membrane?


a) A membrane that is permeable for a solute but not for water
b) A membrane that is permeable for water but not for a solute
c) A membrane that is permeable depending on an external stimuli
d) A membrane that is permeable in one direction but not in the other
direction
e) A membrane that is permeable for a particular solute

8. What is a hypotonic solution?


a) An external solution with a higher concentration than inside a cell
b) An external solution with a lower concentration than inside a cell
c) An external solution with the same concentration as inside the cell
d) An external solution of 0.9% NaCl.
e) An internal solution with 0.9% NaCl.

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Answers:

1. c.
2. e.
3. e.
4. e.
5. d.
6. d.
7. b.
8. b.

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