PENN FOSTER 986718 GENETICS STUDY GUIDE

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Individual Assignment: Genetics 986718
1. Autosomes are _______ chromosomes.
A. abnormal
B. nonsex
C. homologous
D. haploid

2. From the cross Aa Aa, the probability of producing a homozygous dominant offspring is
A. 50%.
B. 75%.
C. 25%.
D. 100%.
3. The two types of cell cycle genes that, if mutated, cause cancer cells to divide uncontrollably
are called
tumor suppressor genes and
A. proto-oncogenes.
B. cancer genes.
C. telomeres.
D. growth factors.
4. The goal of _______ is to use cells and tissues to treat human illnesses or injuries.
A. gene therapy
B. therapeutic cloning
C. reproductive cloning
D. clone therapy
5. Which of the following best defines nondisjunction?
A. Repetitive replications of the same piece of a chromosome
B. Complete exchange of chromosome pieces
C. Loss of a piece of a chromosome
D. Failure of chromosome pairs to separate
6. A parent with type AB blood could not produce a child with type
A. B.
B. O.
C. AB.
D. A.
7. Which one of the following is a characteristic of cancer cells?
A. They have a specialized structure and function.
B. They result in uncontrolled growth.
C. They cant travel to other parts of the body.
D. Theyre usually either nerve cells or cardiac muscle cells.
8. Which of the following processes occurs during meiosis and not mitosis?
A. Crossing-over
B. Crossing-under
C. Cytokinesis
D. Cytogenesis

9. Which one of the following phrases best describes the human karyotype?
A. Sex chromosomes along with 23 pairs of autosomes
B. X and Y chromosomes and 22 pairs of autosomes
C. 46 pairs of autosomes
D. One pair of sex chromosomes and 22 pairs of autosomes
10. The phase of cell division in which chromosomes align on the spindle equator halfway
between the
spindle poles is
A. prophase.
B. anaphase.
C. telophase.
D. metaphase.
11. If a piece of DNA breaks off from a chromosome and attaches itself to a nonhomologous
chromosome
at another location, what type of change has occurred?
A. Duplication
B. Translocation
C. Inversion
D. Deletion
12. When you notice that someone has unusually blue eyes, youve noticed their
A. hybridization.
B. genotype.
C. allele.
D. phenotype.
13. Which one of the following strands of DNA is the complement strand to
C-C-A-T-C-G?
A. G-G-A-T-G-C
B. T-T-G-C-T-A
C. A-A-C-G-A-T
D. G-G-T-A-G-C
14. If a cell has 18 chromosomes, how many chromosomes would each daughter cell have after
mitosis?
A. 9
B. The number cant be determined.
C. 18
D. 36

15. Two organisms, each with the genotypes TtGg, mate. The chance of producing an offspring
that has
the dominant phenotype for height (T) and the recessive phenotype for color (g) is
A. 9/16.
B. 7/16.
C. 3/16.
D. 11/16.
16. A woman who isnt colorblind but has an allele for color blindness reproduces with a man
who has
normal vision. What is the chance that theyll have a colorblind daughter?
A. 100%
B. 0%
C. 25%
D. 50%
17. Which of these is true of meiosis?
A. 2n n
B. n n
C. 2n 2n
D. n 2n
18. _______ have the potential to develop and specialize into any cell type, which means theyre
A. adult stem cells; totipotent.
B. embryonic stem cells; totipotent.
C. embryonic stem cells; multipotent.
D. adult stem cells; multipotent.
19. Which of the following is an example of an X-linked recessive disorder?
A. Huntington disease
B. Methemoglobinemia
C. Color blindness
D. Sickle cell disease
20. How does mitosis in plant cells differ from that in animal cells?
A. Animal cells lack a cell plate.
B. Plant cells lack spindle fibers.
C. Animal cells lack cytokinesis.
D. Plant cells lack centrioles.