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Prelim Cytogenetics

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the father of Modern Genetics?

a)

Friedrich Mischer

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Robert Hooke

2.

Who explored fatigue in neural cells of cat

a)

Murray Barr

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Waardenburg

d)

Walther Flemming

3.

What are the basic building blocks of life? It also stores DNA

a)

Chroma

b)

Cells

c)

DNA

d)

Chromosomes

4.

He said that Males have 47 chromosomes and Females have 48

a)

Theophilus Painter

b)

Alexander Von Winiwarter

c)

Willam Henry Sutton

d)

Walther Flemming

5.

Who discovered the DNA?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Walther Flemming

c)

Friedrich Mischer

d)

Willam Henry Sutton

6.

Who discovered the DNA?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Walther Flemming

c)

Friedrich Mischer

d)

Willam Henry Sutton

7.

Gregor Mendel described the factors that are transmitted from parents to offspring. Today, the factors are now called ____________

a)

Genes

b)

Traits

c)

Chromosomes

d)

DNA

8.

Who published the first illustration of Human Chromosome?

a)

Friedrich Mischer

b)

Alexander von Winiwarter

c)

Walther Flemming

d)

Gregor Mendel

9.

Who stated that Human Diploid chromosome number is 46?

a)

Joe Hin Tjio & Albert Levan

b)

Waardenburg

c)

Lejuene

d)

Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer Hartz

10.

Who studied the meiotic chromosomes from the testicles of men?

a)

Theophilus Painter

b)

William Henry Sutton

c)

Waardenburg

d)

Lejuene

11.

Who reported that human diploid number is 48?

a)

Theophilus Painter

b)

William Henry Sutton

c)

Murray Barr

d)

Lejuene

12.

A syndrome where there is an extracopy of chromosome 21

a)

Turner syndrome

b)

Klinefelter syndrome

c)

Down syndrome

d)

Patau syndrome

13.

A syndrome where there are only 45 chromosomes. There is only a single chromosome on the X sex chromosome.

a)

Turner's syndrome

b)

Klinfelter syndrome

c)

Jacobs and Strong syndrome

d)

Edwards syndrome

14.

A syndrome where there is an extra X chromosome making it XXY

a)

Turner's syndrome

b)

Klinefelter syndrome

c)

Edward's syndrome

d)

Jacob and strong syndrome

15.

It means there is an extra copy of chromosome.

a)

Trisomy

b)

Tetrasomy

c)

Monosomy

d)

Quadrasomy

16.

Also known as Trisomy 13

a)

Downs Syndrome

b)

Klinefelter syndrome

c)

Patau syndrome

d)

Edwards syndrome

17.

Also known as Trisomy 18

a)

Down syndrome

b)

Klinefelter syndrome

c)

Patau syndrome

d)

Edward syndrome

18.

Also known as Cat's cry

a)

Cri du cry

b)

Cry du cri

c)

Cri da chat

d)

Cri du chat

19.

Diploid chromosomes have how many chromosomes?

a)

23

b)

47

c)

46

d)

25

20.

Haploid chromosomes have how many chromosomes?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

47

d)

25

21.

It is used to stop cell division and can also be used as a gout medicine

a)

Phytohematogglutinin

b)

Methanol

c)

Acetic Acid

d)

Colchicine

22.

It shows a photograph of all the chromosomes

a)

ECG

b)

Cell

c)

Karyogram

d)

Karyotype

23.

It is used to spread chromosomes

a)

Methanol

b)

KCl

c)

Colchicine

d)

Colcenoid

24.

A type of abnormality where the number of chromosome is not divisible by the haploid number

a)

Aneuploidy

b)

Polyploidy

c)

Hypodiploid

d)

Hyperdiploid

25.

A type of abnormality where the chromosome number is higher than the diploid number and a multiple of the haploid number

a)

Aneuploidy

b)

Polyploidy

c)

Hypodiploid

d)

Hyperdiploid

26.

An abnormality where there are 45 chromosomes

a)

Trisomy

b)

Monosomy

c)

Hyperdiploid

d)

Hypodiploid

27.

An abnormality where there are 47 chromosomes

a)

Trisomy

b)

Monosomy

c)

Hyperdiploid

d)

Hypodiploid

28.

P arm of the chromosome is called

a)

long

b)

Short

c)

Wide

d)

narrow

29.

Q arm of the chromosome is called

a)

long

b)

short

c)

wide

d)

narrow

30.

Which is an example of a genotype

a)

Bb

b)

Blue eyes

31.

Which is an example of a phenotype

a)

Bb

b)

Blue eyes

32.

How many chromosomes does a human meiotic cell have?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

13

d)

45

33.

How many pairs of chromosomes does a human mitotic cell have?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

13

d)

47

34.

Example/s of Purine

a)

Cytosine

b)

Guanine

c)

Adenine

d)

Thymine

35.

Example/s of a Pyrimidine

a)

Cytosine

b)

Guanine

c)

Adenine

d)

Thymine

36.

The enzyme that produce the helix strand

a)

Catalase

b)

Enzymase

c)

Helicase

d)

Topoisomerase

37.

A protein that stabilizes the opened helix

a)

SSB

b)

PBB

c)

NBB

d)

TBB

38.

A sequence of RNA nucleotide created by the Primase

a)

DNA primer

b)

tRNA primer

c)

mRNA primer

d)

RNA primer

39.

A nitrogenous base that can only be seen in RNA strand

a)

Adenine

b)

Cytosine

c)

Uracil

d)

Thymine

40.

Leading strand _______

Lagging strand _______

a)

5' 3' & 3' 5'

b)

3' 5' & 5' 3'

41.

Basic structural unit of chromatin

a)

Chromosome

b)

Nucleosome

c)

Chromatid

42.

Composed of 6 nucleosomes

a)

Chromosome

b)

Nucleosome

c)

Solenoid

d)

Chromatin

43.

It can only be found in Acrocentric chromosomes

a)

Nuclear Organizer region

b)

Telomere

c)

Centromere

d)

Centriole

44.

Does acrosome chromosomes still have telomere one one side?

a)

Yes

b)

No

45.

A type of chromatin that is active in the replication or cell division

a)

Euchromatin

b)

Heterochromatin

46.

Called the physical end of chromosomes

a)

Centromere

b)

Nuclear Organizer Region

c)

Telomere

d)

Chromatid

47.

The largest group of chromosome

a)

Group A

b)

Group B

c)

Group G

48.

A cell division that produces 2 diploid cells

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

49.

Short sequences of Nucleotides

a)

Nucleosome

b)

Chromosome

c)

Okazaki Fragments

d)

Ozaka Fragments

50.

Used as a signal to stop the transcription of mRNA

a)

Stop Codan

b)

Stop Cadon

c)

Stop Codon