ANSI 3423 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Eukaryote.
Answer: Eu: "good" or "normal"; -karyote: "nut" or "kernel"; Origin:
"kernel" refers to the appearance of the nucleus within the cell.
●● Prokaryote.
Answer: Pro: "before"; -karyote: "nut" or "kernel"; Origin: means
"before a nucleus" referring to the fact that bacteria don't have a nucleus.
●● Euploid.
Answer: Eu: "good" or "normal"; -ploid: "fold" or "copies"; Origin:
means "normal copy number of chromosomes in a cell."
●● Aneuploid.
Answer: An-: "not"; -eu-: "normal" or "good"; -ploid: "copy"; Origin:
literally means "not normal copy number."
●● Polyploid.
Answer: Poly: "many"; -ploid: "fold" or "copies"; Origin: refers to a cell
that has more than two copies of chromosomes.
, ●● Euchromatin.
Answer: Eu: "good" or "normal"; -chromatin: "color"; Origin: refers to
the areas of the chromosome where genes are located.
●● Heterochromatin.
Answer: Hetero: "other"; -chromatin: "color"; Origin: refers to the areas
of the chromosome that don't have many expressed genes.
●● Constitutive Heterochromatin.
Answer: Constitutive: comes from the word for "set"; Heterochromatin:
"Other chromosome areas"; Origin: referring to a type of
heterochromatin that is always condensed.
●● Facultative Heterochromatin.
Answer: Facultative: comes from the word for "having the ability to
choose"; Heterochromatin: "other chromosome areas"; Origin: referring
to the type of heterochromatin that can be condensed or relaxed.
●● Centromere.
Answer: Centro: "center"; -mere: "part"; Origin: literally the "center
part" of a chromosome.
●● Acrocentric.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Eukaryote.
Answer: Eu: "good" or "normal"; -karyote: "nut" or "kernel"; Origin:
"kernel" refers to the appearance of the nucleus within the cell.
●● Prokaryote.
Answer: Pro: "before"; -karyote: "nut" or "kernel"; Origin: means
"before a nucleus" referring to the fact that bacteria don't have a nucleus.
●● Euploid.
Answer: Eu: "good" or "normal"; -ploid: "fold" or "copies"; Origin:
means "normal copy number of chromosomes in a cell."
●● Aneuploid.
Answer: An-: "not"; -eu-: "normal" or "good"; -ploid: "copy"; Origin:
literally means "not normal copy number."
●● Polyploid.
Answer: Poly: "many"; -ploid: "fold" or "copies"; Origin: refers to a cell
that has more than two copies of chromosomes.
, ●● Euchromatin.
Answer: Eu: "good" or "normal"; -chromatin: "color"; Origin: refers to
the areas of the chromosome where genes are located.
●● Heterochromatin.
Answer: Hetero: "other"; -chromatin: "color"; Origin: refers to the areas
of the chromosome that don't have many expressed genes.
●● Constitutive Heterochromatin.
Answer: Constitutive: comes from the word for "set"; Heterochromatin:
"Other chromosome areas"; Origin: referring to a type of
heterochromatin that is always condensed.
●● Facultative Heterochromatin.
Answer: Facultative: comes from the word for "having the ability to
choose"; Heterochromatin: "other chromosome areas"; Origin: referring
to the type of heterochromatin that can be condensed or relaxed.
●● Centromere.
Answer: Centro: "center"; -mere: "part"; Origin: literally the "center
part" of a chromosome.
●● Acrocentric.
