GENETICS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1. True (mark A) or false (mark B): Both animals and
plants are eukaryotes.
A
2. Animals are _______.
a. Prokaryotic
b.Eukaryotic
c.Neither eukaryotic nor prokaryotic
d.Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic
B
3.Most animals are primarily composed of
__________.
a.Haploid cells
b.Somatic cells
c.Gametes
B
4.A genome is ___________. SG1 #5
a.The information needed to make a single protein
b.The total collection of proteins needed to make an
organism
c.A chromosome
d.The total collection of genetic information in an
organism
D
5.Gene expression is the transmission of information
from _______ ultimately to ________, which is visible
,in the ___________.
a.Chromosome, gene, genotype
b.Gene, chromosome, phenotype
c.DNA sequence, amino
acid sequence, genotype
d.DNA sequence, amino acid sequence, phenotype
D
6. A _______ encodes for a single protein. Different
versions of this (i.e. the word in the first blank) are
called _______.
a. Chromosome, gene
b.Chromosome, heterozygous
c. Chromosome, allele
d.Gene, allele
e.Gene, chromosome
D
7.Exact copies of chromosomes made prior to cells
dividing are called _________.
a.Sister chromatids
b.Homologous chromosomes
c.Base pairs
d.Centromeres
e.Alleles
A
8.Compared to eukaryotic cell division, prokaryotic
cell division _________.
a.Is slow
b.Is less complicated
c.Requires the replication of more chromosomes
d.Requires organelle replication
e.More than one of the above
,B
9.Which of the following is/are true of asexual
reproduction?
a.Parent's genome is the same as offspring's
b.Occurs by binary fission in bacteria
c.Involves only one parental cell
d.All of the above
e.Only some of the above
D
10.Which of the following is FALSE regarding
Interphase?
a.It involves DNA synthesis
b.It includes G0
c.It includes G1
d.It includes G2
e.All of the above are true
B
11.Sister chromatids ___________. SG1 #11
a.Are always present in diploid cells
b.Are only present in dividing cells
B
12.Homologous chromosomes are present in
___________. SG1 #11, 14, 16
a.Nondividing somatic cells
b.Dividing somatic cells
c.Gametes
d.All of the above
e.Two of the above
E
13.Which of the following indicates the correct order
of these events?
, a.Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
A
14.Mitosis results in daughter cells ____________.
SG1 #14, 19
a. With the same genetic content as the parent
b.With the same genetic content as each other (i.e. all
the daughter cells have the same genetic content)
c.That are diploid cells if the parent is diploid.
d.All of the above
e.Only some of the above
D
15.Cleavage furrows occur __________. SG1 #15
a.In dividing plant cells
b.When nuclei dividec.During animal cytokinesis
d.During prophase
e.More than one of the above
C
16.Centrosomes separate poles of the cell to make the
spindle during ______.SG1 #14
a.Prometaphase
b.Metaphase
c.Prophase
d.Anaphase
e.Telophase and Cytokinesis
A
17.Microtubules _______________. SG #1, 14b
a.Attach to chromosomes via the kinetochore protein
b.Attach to the plasma membrane
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1. True (mark A) or false (mark B): Both animals and
plants are eukaryotes.
A
2. Animals are _______.
a. Prokaryotic
b.Eukaryotic
c.Neither eukaryotic nor prokaryotic
d.Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic
B
3.Most animals are primarily composed of
__________.
a.Haploid cells
b.Somatic cells
c.Gametes
B
4.A genome is ___________. SG1 #5
a.The information needed to make a single protein
b.The total collection of proteins needed to make an
organism
c.A chromosome
d.The total collection of genetic information in an
organism
D
5.Gene expression is the transmission of information
from _______ ultimately to ________, which is visible
,in the ___________.
a.Chromosome, gene, genotype
b.Gene, chromosome, phenotype
c.DNA sequence, amino
acid sequence, genotype
d.DNA sequence, amino acid sequence, phenotype
D
6. A _______ encodes for a single protein. Different
versions of this (i.e. the word in the first blank) are
called _______.
a. Chromosome, gene
b.Chromosome, heterozygous
c. Chromosome, allele
d.Gene, allele
e.Gene, chromosome
D
7.Exact copies of chromosomes made prior to cells
dividing are called _________.
a.Sister chromatids
b.Homologous chromosomes
c.Base pairs
d.Centromeres
e.Alleles
A
8.Compared to eukaryotic cell division, prokaryotic
cell division _________.
a.Is slow
b.Is less complicated
c.Requires the replication of more chromosomes
d.Requires organelle replication
e.More than one of the above
,B
9.Which of the following is/are true of asexual
reproduction?
a.Parent's genome is the same as offspring's
b.Occurs by binary fission in bacteria
c.Involves only one parental cell
d.All of the above
e.Only some of the above
D
10.Which of the following is FALSE regarding
Interphase?
a.It involves DNA synthesis
b.It includes G0
c.It includes G1
d.It includes G2
e.All of the above are true
B
11.Sister chromatids ___________. SG1 #11
a.Are always present in diploid cells
b.Are only present in dividing cells
B
12.Homologous chromosomes are present in
___________. SG1 #11, 14, 16
a.Nondividing somatic cells
b.Dividing somatic cells
c.Gametes
d.All of the above
e.Two of the above
E
13.Which of the following indicates the correct order
of these events?
, a.Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
A
14.Mitosis results in daughter cells ____________.
SG1 #14, 19
a. With the same genetic content as the parent
b.With the same genetic content as each other (i.e. all
the daughter cells have the same genetic content)
c.That are diploid cells if the parent is diploid.
d.All of the above
e.Only some of the above
D
15.Cleavage furrows occur __________. SG1 #15
a.In dividing plant cells
b.When nuclei dividec.During animal cytokinesis
d.During prophase
e.More than one of the above
C
16.Centrosomes separate poles of the cell to make the
spindle during ______.SG1 #14
a.Prometaphase
b.Metaphase
c.Prophase
d.Anaphase
e.Telophase and Cytokinesis
A
17.Microtubules _______________. SG #1, 14b
a.Attach to chromosomes via the kinetochore protein
b.Attach to the plasma membrane
