BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach

Chapter 8: The Cell Cycle

Chapter Test

1.
The cell cycle in all eukaryotes ____.
A)uses mitosis and meiosis.
B)uses similar proteins.
C)varies depending on whether the organism is a plant or an animal.
D)varies depending on the function of the cell.
2.
What is the period between cell divisions?
A)metaphase
B)restriction point
C)interphase
D)cytokinesis
3.
What is one reason that brain or spinal injuries cannot often be repaired?
A)Mature nerve cells remain in G1.
B)Mature nerve cells remain in G0.
C)Mature nerve cells can only be repaired with stem cells.
D)Mature nerve cells pass through mitosis too rapidly to divide.
4.
Which of the following is a correct pairing of the nucleotide bases?
A)A with T, and C with G
B)A with G, and C with T
C)A with C, and T with G
D)A with P, and C with T
5.
What is the result of semiconservative DNA replication?
A)Replication that results in a new double helix of DNA in which one half of each strand is old DNA, and the other half is new DNA.
B)Replication that occurs only in completely mature cells and ensures that no duplication errors occur.
C)Replication in which each new double helix has one strand of new DNA and one strand of old DNA.
D)Replication that takes half the time to create two new DNA strands.
6.
When a replication error occurs, the process by which the DNA polymerase repairs the damage is known as ____.
A)replication repair
B)mutagenic repair
C)excision repair
D)chromosome segregation and excision
7.
The chromosome pictured here is ready for ____.

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A)chromosome separation
B)kinetochore
C)chromosome combination
D)telophase
8.
At the end of cytokinesis, the daughter cells enter ____.
A)G1
B)G2
C)G0
D)S
9.
What proteins regulate the progress of the cell cycle?
A)cyclins
B)myosins
C)cytokins
D)actins
10.
What do checkpoint controls in multicellular eukaryotes do?
A)They prevent cells from entering the G0 stage.
B)They detect DNA damage and destroy the damaged cells.
C)They speed up the cell cycle to repair damaged cells.
D)They stop the cell cycle until damage or mistakes can be repaired.
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