BIOLOGY 1201 EXAM 2 COMPREHENSIVE
TEST PAPER WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Which of the following is a characteristic of anaphase?
a. chromosomes attach to the spindle
b. sister chromatids are pulled apart
c. formation of the spindle
d. formation of the centromere
e. all of the above
Answer: b. sister chromatids are pulled apart
◉ If you can see the spindle forming and see the DNA partially
condensed, it must be:
a. interphase
b. prophase
c. metaphase
d. anaphase
e. telophase
Answer: b. prophase
◉ Which of the following is NOT a part of the mitotic spindle?
a. microtubules
b. asters
,c. centrosomes
d. tubulin
e. these are all elements of the mitotic spindle
Answer: e. these are all elements of the mitotic spindle
◉ DNA is replicated during:
a. the beginning of mitosis
b. G2 phase but before mitosis begins
c. G1 phase
d. mitotic phase
e. none of the above
Answer: e. none of the above
◉ Which of the following statements is correct?
a. the kinetochore attaches the centromere to the spindle
b. the centromere attaches the kinetochore to the spindle
c. the kinetochore attaches the centrosome to the spindle
d. the centrosome attaches the centromere to the spindle
e. the genome attaches the chromosome to the gamete
Answer: a. the kinetochore attaches the centromere to the spindle
◉ Kinetochores move chromosomes on the spindle by:
a. sliding alone the spindle
, b. being pulled by the spindle microtubules as they become
shortened
c. chewing up the spindle microtubules
d. repeatedly dissociating and rebinding to the spindle further
down
e. one-dimensional directed diffusion
Answer: c. chewing up the spindle microtubules
◉ Which of the following is a part of binary fission?
a. dissolving the nuclear envelope
b. cytokinesis
c. spindle formation
d. DNA condensation
e. all of the above
Answer: b. cytokinesis
◉ If you combine cyclin + cyclin dependent kinase, you get:
a. MPF (maturation promoting factor)
b. a two-protein complex
c. permission to go past G2 phase
d. permission to begin mitosis
e. all of the above
Answer: e. all of the above
TEST PAPER WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Which of the following is a characteristic of anaphase?
a. chromosomes attach to the spindle
b. sister chromatids are pulled apart
c. formation of the spindle
d. formation of the centromere
e. all of the above
Answer: b. sister chromatids are pulled apart
◉ If you can see the spindle forming and see the DNA partially
condensed, it must be:
a. interphase
b. prophase
c. metaphase
d. anaphase
e. telophase
Answer: b. prophase
◉ Which of the following is NOT a part of the mitotic spindle?
a. microtubules
b. asters
,c. centrosomes
d. tubulin
e. these are all elements of the mitotic spindle
Answer: e. these are all elements of the mitotic spindle
◉ DNA is replicated during:
a. the beginning of mitosis
b. G2 phase but before mitosis begins
c. G1 phase
d. mitotic phase
e. none of the above
Answer: e. none of the above
◉ Which of the following statements is correct?
a. the kinetochore attaches the centromere to the spindle
b. the centromere attaches the kinetochore to the spindle
c. the kinetochore attaches the centrosome to the spindle
d. the centrosome attaches the centromere to the spindle
e. the genome attaches the chromosome to the gamete
Answer: a. the kinetochore attaches the centromere to the spindle
◉ Kinetochores move chromosomes on the spindle by:
a. sliding alone the spindle
, b. being pulled by the spindle microtubules as they become
shortened
c. chewing up the spindle microtubules
d. repeatedly dissociating and rebinding to the spindle further
down
e. one-dimensional directed diffusion
Answer: c. chewing up the spindle microtubules
◉ Which of the following is a part of binary fission?
a. dissolving the nuclear envelope
b. cytokinesis
c. spindle formation
d. DNA condensation
e. all of the above
Answer: b. cytokinesis
◉ If you combine cyclin + cyclin dependent kinase, you get:
a. MPF (maturation promoting factor)
b. a two-protein complex
c. permission to go past G2 phase
d. permission to begin mitosis
e. all of the above
Answer: e. all of the above
