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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the correct chromosomal condition at prometaphase of mitosis?
E
B
C
D
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the correct chromosomal condition for one daughter nucleus at telophase of mitosis?
E
B
C
D
- 3. Multiple Choice
One difference between cancer cells and normal cells is that cancer cells
are unable to synthesize DNA.
are affected by density-dependent inhibition.
are arrested at the S phase of the cell cycle.
continue to divide even if they are tightly packed together
- 4. Multiple Choice
What stages of mitosis are presented in the images?
prophase I , metaphase
telophase , anaphase
prometaphase , anaphase
prophase, prometaphase
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following images represent a stage that does not belong to mitosis?
A
B
C
D
- 6. Multiple Choice
Identify the stages of meiosis presented in the images.
Metaphase I, Prophase II
Metaphase II, Prophase I
Cytokinesis, Telophase
Metaphase, Prophase I
- 7. Multiple Choice
During which of the following processes do sister chromatids separate from each other?
during meiosis I only
during meiosis II only
during both mitosis and meiosis II
during both mitosis and meiosis I
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes each daughter cell after telophase of meiosis I?
Cells are haploid, each with a single chromatid.
Cells are diploid, each with two chromatids.
Cells are haploid, each with two chromatids.
Cells are diploid, each with a single chromatid.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Cell A has 1/2 as much DNA as cells B, C, and D in a mitotically active tissue. Cell A is in
G2
prophase
G1
metaphase
- 10. Multiple Choice
What happens to a healthy cell if it does not receive the go-ahead signal to continue dividing?
The cell will trigger apoptosis
The cell will exit the cell cycle and go into G0
The cell will continue into the G1 phase of interphase
The cell will become cancerous
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT an "external" factor that can influence cell division?
Presence of growth factors
Density-dependent inhibition
Presence of growing actin protein
Anchorage dependence
- 12. Multiple Choice
Vinblastine, a chemotherapeutic drug, interferes with microtubules assembly, its action must be
myosin denaturation and inhibition of cleavage furrow
disruption of mitotic spindle formation
suppression of cyclin production
inhibition of DNA synthesis
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is true of a species that has a chromosome number of 2n = 16?
A gamete from this species has four chromosomes
The species has 16 sets of chromosomes per cell
The species is diploid with 32 chromosomes per cell
Each diploid cell has 8 homologous pairs of chromosomes
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following processes occurs in meiosis but not in mitosis?
chromosome replication
condensation of chromosomes
synapsis of chromosomes
alignment of chromosomes at the equator
- 15. Multiple Choice
At the beginning of meiosis II, which is a correct description of a cell's genetic content?
Same genes as another cell formed from the same M1 event
1/4 the DNA and 1/2 the chromosomes as the parental cell
1/2 the chromosomes but twice the DNA of the parent cell
1/2 the amount of DNA as the cell that began meiosis
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which diagram represents anaphase I of meiosis for a single pair of homologous chromosomes?
I
V
II
IV
- 17. Multiple Choice
Starting with a fertilized egg, 6 cell divisions would produce an embryo with how many cells?
64
16
32
12
- 18. Multiple Choice
The nuclear envelope has to disappear to permit which of the following events?
separation of the centrosomes
attachment of microtubules to kinetochores
DNA synthesis
condensation of the chromosomes
- 19. Multiple Choice
You see a cell plate forming across the middle of a cell between two new nuclei. This cell is
a plant cell in metaphase.
a bacterial cell dividing.
a plant cell in the process of cytokinesis.
an animal cell in the process of cytokinesis.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is correct in comparing sexual and asexual reproduction?
In asexual reproduction, offspring are produced by fertilization without meiosis.
Asexual reproduction, but not sexual reproduction, is characteristic of only plants and fungi.
In sexual reproduction, parents transmit half of their genes to each offspring.
Asexual reproduction produces only haploid offspring
- 21. Multiple Choice
Independent assortment of chromosomes is a result of which of the following processes?
diverse combination of alleles that is found within any chromosome
random way each pair of homologous chromosomes lines up at the metaphase plate during meiosis I
random distribution of the sister chromatids to the 2 daughter cells in anaphase
random combinations of eggs and sperm during fertilization
- 22. Multiple Choice
Asexual reproduction occurs during which of the following processes?
fertilization
the exchange of chromosomes between organisms of different species
meiosis
mitosis
- 23. Multiple Choice
Meiosis II is similar to mitosis in that
sister chromatids separate during anaphase
DNA replicates before the division
homologous chromosomes synapse
the daughter cells are diploid
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following do homologous chromosomes of a pair have in common?
length, centromere position, and staining pattern only
length and position of the centromere only
length, centromere position, staining pattern, and traits encoded by genes
They have nothing in common except that they are X-shaped
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