Exam 3 UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Which comes immediately after S phase in the cell cycle?
a. mitosis
b. G2
c. G1
d. cytokinesis - CORRECT ANSWER - b. G2
Somatic cells have ______ set(s) of chromosomes
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 3 - CORRECT ANSWER - b. 2
Chromosomes are duplicated in ______ phase of cell cycle.
a. G2
b. M
c. S
d. G1 - CORRECT ANSWER - c. S
If you were given a slide and told that the cells on it were performing cytokinesis, how would
you tell if you had plant cells or animal cells?
a. Look for a cell plate or a cleavage furrow
b. Look for an intact or a dispersed nuclear membrane
c. Look for more or less layers in the cell wall
, d. Look for condensed or decondensed chromosomes - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Look for
a cell plate or a cleavage furrow
Binary fission is more like animal cell division than plant cell division because
a. bacteria and animals both have two copies of each chromosome, while plants have four.
b. bacteria and animals both pinch in to separate the cytoplasm into two pieces.
c. bacteria and animals have more organelles than plants.
d. bacteria and animals use microfilaments to divide the cell. - CORRECT ANSWER - b.
bacteria and animals both pinch in to separate the cytoplasm into two pieces.
A human cell containing autosomes and a Y chromosome is
a. a zygote.
b. a sperm.
c. a somatic cell of a male.
d. an egg. - CORRECT ANSWER - b. a sperm.
Privet shrubs and humans each have a diploid number of 46 chromosomes per cell. Why are the
two species so dissimilar?
a. Privets do not have sex chromosomes.
b. Human chromosomes have genes grouped together differently.
c. The two species have appreciably different genes.
d. Privet chromosomes undergo only mitosis. - CORRECT ANSWER - c. The two species
have appreciably different genes.
Image of the 46 human chromosomes arranged in pairs is called
a. karyotype
b. metaphase plate
c. homologous chromosomes
d. clone - CORRECT ANSWER - a. karotype