What Occurs When an Inducer Is Added to an Environment

Multiple Choice

What occurs when an inducer is added to an environment containing an organism with a metabolic pathway controlled by a repressor?

A) The inducer combines with the repressor and inactivates the pathway.
B) The inducer combines with the repressor and activates the pathway.
C) The inducer does not combine with, but functions as a chaperone molecule for, the enzyme- substrate complex.
D) The inducer combines with the substrate and blocks induction.