Self Quiz
What did one cell say to his sister cell when she stepped in his toe?
Mitosis
Test your knowledge with these questions. Check your answers on the bottom of the page.
Trick Question: Are mitosis and meiosis the same?
a. Yes
b. No
1) What is a checkpoint stage during interphase that most specialized nerve cells are found?
a. M
b. G2
c. S
d. Go
2) Which of the following are NOT important to happen before a eukayotic cell can divide?
a. Growth and increase volume of cell
b. Crossing over of chromosomes
c. Reproduction of organelles within cell
d. Replication of genetic material
3) Provide two methods into preventing cancer cells from dividing and spreading throughout the body.
4) All of the following occur during mitosis EXCEPT
a. Crossing over between homologous chromosomes
b. Formation of spindle fibers
c. Number of chromosomes are identical after cytokineses
5) Which are not apart of interphase?
a. Go phase
b. S phase
c. M phase
d. G2 phase
6) The name of the cell cycle involving nuclear division is
a. Interphase
b. Mitosis
c. Prophase
d. Metaphase
7) The name of the cell cycle in which the cell grows and prepares for cellular division is\
a. Interphase
b. Mitosis
c. Prophase
d. Metaphase
8) Cells spend majority of the time in which phase?
a. Telophase
b. Prometaphase
c. Prophase
d. Interphase
9) In this phase, chromatin condenses into discrete chromosomes. Nuclear envelope breaks down and spindles form at opposite poles of cell.
a. Anaphase
b. Prophase
c. Interphase
d. Prometaphase
10) Which type of cell division is responsible for the repairing of your skin due to heavy sunburn?
a. Meiosis
b. Mitosis
c. Both a and b
11) What structure dissolves so that the sister chromatids can move to opposite ends of the cell during cell division?
a. Chromosome
b. Centromere
c. Sister chromatids
d. Allele
12) In phase would you see chromosomes consisting of two chromatids within the nucleus?
a. Prometaphase
b. Metaphase
c. Prophase
d. Interphase
13) Which is not related to mitosis?
a. Growth in height
b. Hair growth
c. Growth of a fetus within a womb
d. Production of sperm and egg
14) A protein called p53 can keep cells from dividing. To prevent cell division, this protein most likely stops
a. Meiosis
b. Mutation
c. Mitosis
d. Respiration
15) Cleavage furrows form in which type of cells?
a. Plant
b. Bacterial
c. Animal
d. All of the above
16) Which of the following products is NOT made during interphase?
a. Proteins
b. Organelles
c. RNA
d. Cell plate
17) Which of the following does NOT occur during the mitosis phase?
a. Replication of DNA
b. Formation of spindle fibers
c. Chromosomes condense
d. Separation of sister chromatids
18) What is the correct order of mitosis?
a. Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase
b. Telophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase
c. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,, Telophase
d. Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase, Prophase
19) Sister chromatids separate during anaphase, resulting in ____haploid daughter cells in meiosis and____diploid daughter cells in mitosis.
a. 6,3
b. 1,2
c. 4,2
d. 4,4
a. Yes
b. No
1) What is a checkpoint stage during interphase that most specialized nerve cells are found?
a. M
b. G2
c. S
d. Go
2) Which of the following are NOT important to happen before a eukayotic cell can divide?
a. Growth and increase volume of cell
b. Crossing over of chromosomes
c. Reproduction of organelles within cell
d. Replication of genetic material
3) Provide two methods into preventing cancer cells from dividing and spreading throughout the body.
4) All of the following occur during mitosis EXCEPT
a. Crossing over between homologous chromosomes
b. Formation of spindle fibers
c. Number of chromosomes are identical after cytokineses
5) Which are not apart of interphase?
a. Go phase
b. S phase
c. M phase
d. G2 phase
6) The name of the cell cycle involving nuclear division is
a. Interphase
b. Mitosis
c. Prophase
d. Metaphase
7) The name of the cell cycle in which the cell grows and prepares for cellular division is\
a. Interphase
b. Mitosis
c. Prophase
d. Metaphase
8) Cells spend majority of the time in which phase?
a. Telophase
b. Prometaphase
c. Prophase
d. Interphase
9) In this phase, chromatin condenses into discrete chromosomes. Nuclear envelope breaks down and spindles form at opposite poles of cell.
a. Anaphase
b. Prophase
c. Interphase
d. Prometaphase
10) Which type of cell division is responsible for the repairing of your skin due to heavy sunburn?
a. Meiosis
b. Mitosis
c. Both a and b
11) What structure dissolves so that the sister chromatids can move to opposite ends of the cell during cell division?
a. Chromosome
b. Centromere
c. Sister chromatids
d. Allele
12) In phase would you see chromosomes consisting of two chromatids within the nucleus?
a. Prometaphase
b. Metaphase
c. Prophase
d. Interphase
13) Which is not related to mitosis?
a. Growth in height
b. Hair growth
c. Growth of a fetus within a womb
d. Production of sperm and egg
14) A protein called p53 can keep cells from dividing. To prevent cell division, this protein most likely stops
a. Meiosis
b. Mutation
c. Mitosis
d. Respiration
15) Cleavage furrows form in which type of cells?
a. Plant
b. Bacterial
c. Animal
d. All of the above
16) Which of the following products is NOT made during interphase?
a. Proteins
b. Organelles
c. RNA
d. Cell plate
17) Which of the following does NOT occur during the mitosis phase?
a. Replication of DNA
b. Formation of spindle fibers
c. Chromosomes condense
d. Separation of sister chromatids
18) What is the correct order of mitosis?
a. Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase
b. Telophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase
c. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,, Telophase
d. Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase, Prophase
19) Sister chromatids separate during anaphase, resulting in ____haploid daughter cells in meiosis and____diploid daughter cells in mitosis.
a. 6,3
b. 1,2
c. 4,2
d. 4,4
ANSWERS
TQ) b 10) b
1) d 11) b
2) b 12) c
3) Change environment around cells;
Inhibit DNA replication;
Increase proteases to degrade cyclin;
inhibit tolmerase activity
13) d
4) a 14) c
5) c 15) c
6) b 16) d
7) a 17) a
8) d 18) c
9) b 19) c
TQ) b 10) b
1) d 11) b
2) b 12) c
3) Change environment around cells;
Inhibit DNA replication;
Increase proteases to degrade cyclin;
inhibit tolmerase activity
13) d
4) a 14) c
5) c 15) c
6) b 16) d
7) a 17) a
8) d 18) c
9) b 19) c