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SUMMATIVE TEST
CELL DIVISION
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I. Multiple Choices: Write the letter of the correct answer before each number.
1. Which of the following events happen during interphase of cell cycle?
A. DNA replication
B. Spindle formation
C. Cleavage furrow formation
D. Separation of sister chromatids
2. Which of the following stages of mitosis sister chromatids line up in the middle of
the cell?
A. Anaphase
B. Metaphase
C. Prophase
D. Telophase
3. In which stage of meiosis cell division pairing of homologous chromosomes happen?
A. Anaphase I
B. Metaphase I
C. Prophase I
D. Telophase I
4. During which stage of mitosis does the nuclear envelope reforms?
A. Anaphase
B. Telophase
C. Metaphase
D. Prophase
5. If mitosis takes one (1) round of cell division, meiosis takes how many round/s of
cell division?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
6. Which of the following is TRUE about Mitosis?
A. It will produce 2 daughter cells after division.
B. It will produce 4 daughter cells after division.
C. It will produce sex cells with haploid number of chromosomes.
D. It will produce body cells with haploid number of chromosomes.
7. Which of the following is the main purpose of meiosis?
A. Growth of cells.
B. Repair of body tissues.
C. Produce haploid sex cells.
D. Produce diploid body cells.
8. Which of these processes happen in meiosis but not in mitosis?
A. Formation of spindle fibers.
B. Duplication of chromosomes.
C. Pairing of homologous chromosomes.
D. Alignment of chromosomes at the equatorial plate.
9. How many daughter cells are produced by mitosis and meiosis respectively?
A. mitosis-1; meiosis-2
B. mitosis-2; meiosis-2
C. mitosis-4; meiosis-4
D. mitosis-2; meiosis-4
10. Which among the major events happen in metaphase of mitosis and metaphase II
of meiosis?
A. The chromosomes align themselves along the metaphase plate.
B. Homologous chromosomes align themselves along the metaphase plate.
C. Chromosomes are attached to the spindle fibers through the kinetochore.
D. Sister chromatids separated from each other and pulled on the opposite poles.
11. What happens to the chromosome number of cells in meiosis?
A. Divides in half.
B. Doubles from the original.
C. Doubles then divides in half.
D. Divides in four for each daughter cell.
12. How does meiosis maintain the number of chromosomes in an organism?
A. It increases the number of chromosomes into half.
B. It increases the number of cells in the body of an organism.
C. It reduces the number of chromosomes to half in the sperm and egg.
D. The number of chromosomes is not affected by this type of cell division.
13. What is the CORRECT order of the stages of mitosis?
I- Telophase II- Anaphase III- Metaphase IV- Prophase
A. I, II, III, IV
B. IV, III, II, I
C. IV, I, III, II
D. III, I, IV, III
14. Which is TRUE about Telophase I?
A. A diploid parent cell is haploid after telophase I.
B. A diploid parent cell produces another diploid after telophase I.
C. A haploid parent cell produces a diploid after telophase I.
D. Nothing happens after telophase I.
15. Which of the following are characteristics of mitosis?
I. Produces 2 diploid cells.
II. Produces 4 diploid cells.
III. Occurs in somatic or body cells.
IV. Occurs in germ or sex cells.
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. I and IV
D. II and III
II. True or False. Write true if the statement is correct; write false if it is
incorrect. Write the answer before each number.
1. Mitosis produces haploid cells.
2. Meiosis produces diploid cells.
3. Cytokinesis is the division of the cytoplasm.
4. Homologous chromosomes separate during meiosis I.
5. Sister chromatids separate during meiosis II.