Chapter 6 Self Quiz: Chromosomes and Cell Division

  1. Mitosis matching exercise
  2. Prophase matching exercise
  3. Metaphase matching exercise
  4. Anaphase matching exercise
  5. Mitosis/meiosis comparison exercise
  6. A prokaryotic cell has ________ DNA and undergoes ________ reproduction.
    1. circular, sexual (wrong)
    2. circular, asexual (correct)
    3. linear, sexual (wrong)
    4. linear, asexual (wrong)
    5. helical, transsexual (wrong)
      Hint
  7. A chromosome may consist of two sister ________ held together by a centromere.
    1. chromatids (correct)
    2. strands (wrong)
    3. promoters (wrong)
    4. ribosomes (wrong)
    5. nuclei (wrong)
      Hint
  8. Human somatic cells have ________ chromosomes.
    1. 2 (wrong)
    2. 22 (wrong)
    3. 23 (wrong)
    4. 44 (wrong)
    5. 46 (correct)
      Hint
  9. Which of the following represents the correct order of the phases of the cell cycle?
    1. G1 -> S -> M -> G2 (wrong)
    2. G1 -> M -> G2 -> S (wrong)
    3. G1 -> G2 -> S -> M (wrong)
    4. G1 -> G2 -> M -> S (wrong)
    5. G1 -> S -> G2 -> M (correct)
      Hint
  10. In mitosis, prophase is followed by
    1. anaphase (wrong)
    2. telophase (wrong)
    3. metaphase (correct)
    4. interphase (wrong)
    5. cytokinesis (wrong)
      Hint
  11. The cytoplasm divides in two during the ________ phase of the cell cycle.
    1. anaphase (wrong)
    2. telophase (wrong)
    3. cytokinesis (correct)
    4. metaphase (wrong)
    5. prophase (wrong)
      Hint
  12. A human cell can briefly possess 92 chromosomes during ________ of mitosis.
    1. prophase (wrong)
    2. anaphase (correct)
    3. metaphase (wrong)
    4. telophase (wrong)
    5. cytokinesis (wrong)
      Hint
  13. This diagram illustrates ________ of mitosis.
    1. anaphase (wrong)
    2. telophase (correct)
    3. cytokinesis (wrong)
    4. metaphase (wrong)
    5. prophase (wrong)
      Hint
  14. Which phase of mitosis is associated with chromosomes aligned along the center of the cell?
    1. interphase (wrong)
    2. prophase (wrong)
    3. metaphase (correct)
    4. anaphase (wrong)
    5. telophase (wrong)
      Hint
  15. During prophase of mitosis, the spindle forms and is made of
    1. microtubules (correct)
    2. membranes (wrong)
    3. cellulose (wrong)
    4. lipids (wrong)
    5. DNA (wrong)
      Hint
  16. ________ is the reduction division where the daughter cells become haploid.
    1. Meiosis I (correct)
    2. Meiosis II (wrong)
    3. Mitosis (wrong)
    4. Metaphase I (wrong)
    5. Metaphase II (wrong)
      Hint
  17. Homologous chromosomes separate during
    1. anaphase II of meiosis (wrong)
    2. anaphase of mitosis (wrong)
    3. prophase of mitosis (wrong)
    4. anaphase I of meiosis (correct)
    5. prophase I of meiosis (wrong)
      Hint
  18. This diagram illustrates
    1. prophase of mitosis (wrong)
    2. prophase I of meiosis (wrong)
    3. prophase II of meiosis (correct)
    4. metaphase I of meiosis (wrong)
    5. metaphase II of meiosis (wrong)
      Hint
  19. In spermatogenesis, meiosis I produces
    1. 2 haploid secondary spermatocytes (correct)
    2. 2 diploid secondary spermatocytes (wrong)
    3. 4 haploid spermatids (wrong)
    4. 2 haploid primary spermatocytes (wrong)
    5. 4 diploid primary spermatocytes (wrong)
      Hint
  20. Female meiosis in humans produces
    1. 1 egg and 3 secondary oocytes (wrong)
    2. 4 eggs (wrong)
    3. 4 sperm (wrong)
    4. 4 primary oocytes (wrong)
    5. 1 ovum and polar bodies (correct)
      Hint
  21. Synapsis results in ________ during prophase I.
    1. mitosis (wrong)
    2. cytokinesis (wrong)
    3. fertilization (wrong)
    4. independent assortment (wrong)
    5. crossing over (correct)
      Hint
  22. Nondisjunction can occur in
    1. meiosis I only (wrong)
    2. meiosis II only (wrong)
    3. mitosis only (wrong)
    4. cytokinesis only (wrong)
    5. meiosis I or meiosis II (correct)
      Hint
  23. Which is the result of nondisjunction of the X chromosome?
    1. Down syndrome (wrong)
    2. XX male (wrong)
    3. Turner syndrome (X_) (correct)
    4. XYY male (wrong)
    5. XY female (wrong)
      Hint
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