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Biology · Question 61

Following normal mitosis and cytokinesis, how many daughter cells form from one cell?

  1. One
  2. Four
  3. Two
  4. Eight
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Correct answer: C

Two

One mitotic division followed by cytokinesis normally produces two daughter cells.

Biology · Question 62

A diploid cell has 16 chromosomes. After normal mitosis, how many chromosomes does each daughter nucleus contain?

  1. 4
  2. 32
  3. 16
  4. 8
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Correct answer: C

16

Mitosis preserves chromosome number in each daughter nucleus.

Biology · Question 63

How many chromosomes does a normal human sperm cell contain?

  1. 23
  2. 22
  3. 46
  4. 92
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Correct answer: A

23

Human gametes are haploid and contain 23 chromosomes.

Biology · Question 64

Which process reduces chromosome sets during gamete formation?

  1. Translation
  2. Mitosis
  3. Meiosis
  4. Transcription
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Correct answer: C

Meiosis

Meiosis reduces a diploid chromosome complement to a haploid complement.

Biology · Question 65

Which substance is a characteristic structural component of most bacterial cell walls?

  1. Chitin
  2. Cellulose
  3. Dextran
  4. Peptidoglycan
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Correct answer: D

Peptidoglycan

Peptidoglycan is a structural polymer in most bacterial cell walls. Some bacteria, such as Mycoplasma, lack a cell wall.

Chemistry · Question 66

Atoms with a completely filled valence shell are generally described as chemically:

  1. Highly reactive
  2. Relatively inert
  3. Always positively charged
  4. Always negatively charged
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Correct answer: B

Relatively inert

A filled valence shell usually gives low chemical reactivity. Relatively inert does not mean that reaction is impossible under every condition.

Verbal Intelligence · Question 67

If 2 : 9 = x : 18, what is x?

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 6
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Correct answer: C

4

Cross-multiplication gives 9x = 36, so x = 4.

Verbal Intelligence · Question 68

Evaluate 5005 - 5000 / 10 using the standard order of operations.

  1. 50
  2. 0.5
  3. 5000
  4. 4505
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Correct answer: D

4505

Do division first: 5000 / 10 = 500. Then 5005 - 500 = 4505.

Verbal Intelligence · Question 69

A garden mixture contains 20 pails of clay, 15 pails of sand and 5 pails of manure. What is the ratio in simplest form?

  1. 4 : 3 : 1
  2. 4 : 3 : 2
  3. 20 : 15 : 5
  4. 10 : 7 : 3
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Correct answer: A

4 : 3 : 1

Divide all three quantities by their greatest common divisor, 5: 20 : 15 : 5 becomes 4 : 3 : 1.

English · Question 70

Choose the correct passive form of: "It is time to do our business."

  1. It is time for our business be done.
  2. It is time to our business to be done.
  3. It is time for our business to be done.
  4. It is time our business to be done.
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Correct answer: C

It is time for our business to be done.

The passive infinitive is "to be done"; the construction here is "It is time for our business to be done."