Practice Questions Compiled from Past Tests and Study Books (Answers at the

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1. Which of the following cells has the same amount of DNA as a cell that is
undergoing metaphase of meiosis I? All cells are from the same individual,
and all cells have no genetic abnormalities.
a. A cell that is at metaphase of mitosis
b. A cell prior to DNA replication
c. A cell that has completed meiosis I, but not yet started meiosis II
d. One of the daughter cells produced by mitosis
e. A cell in anaphase of meiosis II
2. In what stage in the mitotic cell cycle do the sister chromatids part and move
to opposite ends of the cell?
a. Prophase
b. Metaphase
c. Anaphase
d. Telophase
e. Interphase
3. What statement about cytokinesis is correct?
a. Cytokinesis occurs during the G2 phase of the cell cycle
b. The cell plate is formed by the deposition of phospholipids along a
lignin backbone in the middle of the dividing cell
c. When mitotic cytokinesis is complete there are more sister chromatids
present in daughter cell compared to the parent cells
d. To divide cytoplasm between two daughter cells a cleavage furrow
forms in animal cell and a cell plate forms in plant cells
e. Cytokinesis occurs twice within one cycle of mitosis
4. Which of the following is true of a species that has a chromosome number of
2n=16?
a. The species is diploid with 32 chromosomes per cell
b. The species has 16 sets of chromosomes per cell
c. Each cell has 8 homologous pairs
d. During the S phase of the cell cycle there will be 32 separate
chromosomes
e. A gamete from this species has 4 chromosomes
5. Just as certain cells of the embryo are programmed to change shape or
location, others are programmed to die. The type of programmed cell death is
called:
a. Differentiation
b. Convergent extension
c. ZPA
d. Apoptosis
6. Which of the following does not occur by mitosis?
a. Growth
b. Production of gametes
c. Repair
d. Development in the embryo
7. In which stage of the life of a cell is nucleolus always visible?
a. Anaphase
b. Telophase

c. Cytokinesis
d. Interphase
8. If a cell has 24 chromosomes at the beginning or meiosis, how many
chromosomes will it have at the end of meiosis?
a. 6
b. 12
c. 24
d. 48
9. All of the following are rue of meiosis except:
a. Cross over occurs during prophase I
b. There is no replication of chromosomes between meiosis I and meiosis
II
c. In plants, spindle fibers are attached to the centriole
d. Synapsis occurs during prophase I
10.Homologous chromosomes separate during
a. Prophase I
b. Prophase II
c. Anaphase II
d. Anaphase I
11.Which of the following cells are permanently arrested in the G0 phase?
a. Bone marrow
b. Nerve cells
c. Cancer cells
d. Liver cells
12.Which is true of the cell cycle?
a. The timing of cell division is controlled by cyclins and CDKs
b. A characteristic of cancer cells is density dependent inhibition
c. The cell cycle is controlled solely by signals external to the cell
d. The cell cycle is controlled solely by internal signals
13.One of the differences between prokaryotic binary fission and eukaryotic
mitosis is that
a. Cytokinesis does not occur in prokaryotic cells
b. Mitosis involves microtubules composed of tubulin and actin
microfilaments, but no such molecules are involved in prokaryotic
binary fission
c. Mitosis occurs within the nucleus but binary fission does not
d. The duplicated single chromosome does not separate along a mitotic
spindle in prokaryotic cells
14.A cell in which of the following phases has the least amount of DNA?
a. G0
b. G2
c. Prophase
d. Metaphase
e. Anaphase
15.A cell that passes the restriction point in G1 will most likely
a. Undergo chromosome duplication
b. Have just completed cytokinesis
c. Continue to divide only if it is a cancer cell
d. Move into the G0 phase

Answers
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. D
8. B
9. C
10.D
11.B
12.A
13.D
14.A
15.A