QUIZ #4

A chromosome with a centrally located centromere is called:

• Submetacentric

• Telocentric

• Metacentric

• Acrocentric

A chromosome with a centromere slightly off-center is:

• Telocentric

• Metacentric

• Acrocentric

• Submetacentric

A chromosome with the centromere near one end is:

• Telocentric

• Submetacentric

• Acrocentric

• Metacentric

A chromosome with the centromere at the terminal end is:

• Acrocentric

• Telocentric

• Submetacentric

• Metacentric

Which chromosome type has arms of equal length?

• Submetacentric

• Metacentric

• Telocentric

• Acrocentric

Which type of chromosome has a very small p arm and a long q arm?

• Metacentric

• Acrocentric

• Submetacentric

• Telocentric

Which human chromosomes are acrocentric?

• Chromosomes 1–4

• Chromosomes 13, 14, 15, 21, and 22

• X and Y chromosomes

• Chromosomes 16–20

The short arm of a chromosome is called the:

• p arm

• q arm

• s arm

• t arm

The long arm of a chromosome is known as the:

• q arm

• p arm

• r arm

• l arm

In humans, telocentric chromosomes are:

• Found in all cells

• Found in sperm cells only

• Absent

• Found in mitochondrial DNA