Q1. Where would we anticipate the most active cell cycling?
A. nerve cells
B. skeletal muscle cells
C. bone marrow stem cells generating blood cells
D. All cells cycle at similar general rate
E. If the cell is in interphase
Q2. Synthesis of DNA:
A. Takes place throughout prophase.
B. Takes place throughout anaphase.
C. Takes place throughout all phases of meiosis.
D. Takes place throughout interphase.
E. Is essential to mitosis however not to meiosis.
Q3. The best characterization of apoptosis is:
A. Unwanted, unexpected death of a cell.
B. Cell death is a normal result of a cell living long adequate to eventually be killed by accident.
C. Killer cells approach a healthy cell and find out when it will die.
D. Cell death as the outcome of preprogrammed internal cell events.
E. Cell death that negatively influences the organism.
Q4. Chromosomes:
A. Have numbers which rise with evolution; primitive organisms have few, advanced have numerous.
B. Comprises of coiled and condensed chromatin.
C. Take place in full haploid pairs (2n) or single diploid strands (n).
D. Are inherited by each parent contributing the homologous pairs.
E. All the above are true.
Q5. If DNA is coiled on histones and twisted to short condensed strands, it is termed as:
A. Chromosomes.
B. Chromatin.
C. Centrioles.
D. Genes.
E. Nucleosomes.