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Synthesis Session - Module 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Insulin is a hormone and its production mechanism is coded in our DNA." This is an example of a/an:

a)

Discovery

b)

Invention

c)

Technology

2.

"Bacteria-produced insulin can be used by Type II Diabetes patients." This best illustrates a/an:

a)

Discovery

b)

Invention

c)

Technology

3.

Which experiment proved that DNA is the genetic material in cells?

a)

Frederick Griffith's Transformation Experiment

b)

Avery, Macleod, and McCarty's Transformation Experiment

c)

Hershey and Chase's Bacteriophage Experiment

d)

Rosalind Franklin's X-ray of DNA

4.

Man's oldest industrial organism is:

a)

Lactobacillus bulgaricus

b)

Bacillus thuringiensis

c)

Staphylococcus aureus

d)

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

5.

Which of the following did not directly contribute to the establishment of the Cell Theory?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Rudolf Virchow

d)

Theodor Schwann

6.

Which of the following characteristics cannot be used to distinguish prokaryotic cells from eukaryotic cells?

a)

presence of membrane-bound organelles

b)

presence of nucleus

c)

cell size

d)

DNA configuration

7.

Which of the following structures can only be found in prokaryotes and not in eukaryotic cells?

a)

Plasmids

b)

Cell membranes

c)

Cell walls

d)

Flagella

8.

Cells that have cell walls made up of chitin, are not photosynthetic, and are non-motile are most likely from Kingdom:

a)

Protista

b)

Fungi

c)

Plantae

d)

Animalia

9.

Most of the time, a cell's DNA is in which level of organization?

a)

chromatid

b)

looped domain

c)

solenoid fiber

d)

chromatin

10.

At which stage in mitosis can you clearly observe the cleavage furrow or the cell plate?

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

11.

At which stage of meiosis can you best observe homologous pairs or tetrads?

a)

Interphase

b)

Prophase I

c)

Prophase II

d)

Metaphase II

12.

Which of the cells below undergoes meiosis?

a)

Skin cells

b)

Sperm cells

c)

Liver cells

d)

Brain cells

13.

How many unique daughter cells are formed after oogenesis is completed?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

14.

Which of the following sex chromosome groups denotes a biologically female individual?

a)

XXY

b)

XY

c)

XO

15.

When an individual has an extra chromosome copy, it is referred to as a:

a)

monosomy

b)

trisomy

c)

tetraploidy

d)

octoploidy