HESI A2 BIO EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 1
HESI A2 HESI BIO.
1. Which of the following is not true of mitosis?
A. Mitosis produces daughter cells
B. Mitosis has five main stages
C. Mitosis can only be done by haploids
D. Following mitosis, daughter cells are identical to parent cells
2. In meiosis, the chromosome number is reduced from:
A. 46 to 23
B. 46 to 33
C. 28 to 14
D. 24 to 12
3. Cellular respiration takes place in which of the following?
A. Golgi apparatus
B. Mitochondrion
C. Chloroplast
D. Ribosome
4. Which of the following is the term used to represent two alleles that are the same
type?
A. Homosynchronous
B. Hypersynchronous
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,C. Heterozygous
D. Homozygous
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The Punnett square shows that one parent carries the recessive gene for a cleft chin
(c) while the other parent does not.
5. What percentage of the parents' offspring is predicted to have a cleft chin?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 0%
D. 75%
6. Which of the following options identifies the products of cell respiration?
A. Water, carbon dioxide, and oxygen
B. Glucose and oxygen
C. Water, carbon dioxide, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
D. Water, glucose, and oxygen
7. Which stage of mitosis is occurring when the nuclear envelope begins to
disappear and the chromosomes begin to attach to the spindle that is forming along
the axis of the cell?
A. Prometaphase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
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ANSWERS 1
HESI A2 HESI BIO.
1. Which of the following is not true of mitosis?
A. Mitosis produces daughter cells
B. Mitosis has five main stages
C. Mitosis can only be done by haploids
D. Following mitosis, daughter cells are identical to parent cells
2. In meiosis, the chromosome number is reduced from:
A. 46 to 23
B. 46 to 33
C. 28 to 14
D. 24 to 12
3. Cellular respiration takes place in which of the following?
A. Golgi apparatus
B. Mitochondrion
C. Chloroplast
D. Ribosome
4. Which of the following is the term used to represent two alleles that are the same
type?
A. Homosynchronous
B. Hypersynchronous
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,C. Heterozygous
D. Homozygous
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, 2
The Punnett square shows that one parent carries the recessive gene for a cleft chin
(c) while the other parent does not.
5. What percentage of the parents' offspring is predicted to have a cleft chin?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 0%
D. 75%
6. Which of the following options identifies the products of cell respiration?
A. Water, carbon dioxide, and oxygen
B. Glucose and oxygen
C. Water, carbon dioxide, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
D. Water, glucose, and oxygen
7. Which stage of mitosis is occurring when the nuclear envelope begins to
disappear and the chromosomes begin to attach to the spindle that is forming along
the axis of the cell?
A. Prometaphase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
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