Ten people are sitting in a row.Their objective is to whisper a secret from one person to the next all the way down the row.The first person whispers the secret to the second person who passes the secret to the third person and so on.After whispering to the third person,the second person in the row notices the ninth person has fallen asleep in their chair,so she gets up,goes down the row and shakes person nine awake.This example is similar to ________.
A)allosteric control
B)positive cooperativity
C)feed-forward activation
D)negative modulation

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This example is similar to feed-forward activation, where the activity or response of one part of a pathway or system triggers the activation of the next part of the pathway or system. In this case, the second person in the row noticed that the ninth person had fallen asleep, and took action to wake them up in order for the secret to continue being whispered down the line.

Ten People Are Sitting in a Row