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Sample/practice exam 2015 #2, questions and answers

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Example 2

Sunday, 7 June 2015 11:13 am

Which association is incorrect?

Select one: a. polypeptide and protease b. starch and amylase c. protein and pepsin d. fats and urease e. maltose and disaccharides

Which of these correctly describes skeletal muscle? Select one: a. stratified, banded and enucleated b. voluntary and smooth c. holds the body together d. is found in the abdomen and uterus e. striated, multinucleate and voluntary

Which of the following is not a function of proteins in cell membranes? Select one: a. acting as markers of cell identity and recognition b. binding with specific hormones c. producing lipid molecules d. aiding the transport of molecules into the cell e. carrying out enzymatic reactions

Which of these correctly describes smooth muscle tissue? Select one: a. stops blood leaking out b. involuntary, cells with single nuclei c. is found in the heart and blood vessels d. stratified, banded and enucleated e. striated and voluntary

What organ system moves internal parts of the body and generates metabolic heat? Select one: a. muscular system b. reproductive system

c. digestive system d. cardiovascular system e. skeletal system

Which association is incorrect?

Select one: a. polypeptide and protease b. starch and amylase c. protein and pepsin d. fats and urease e. maltose and disaccharidase

The Krebs cycle occurs in the Select one: a. mitochondrial matrix b. intermembrane space c. thylakoids of the cristae d. electron transport chain e. cell cytoplasm

Which types of human cells carry out the most fermentation? Select one: a. epithelial cells b. stomach cells c. skeletal muscle cells d. brain cells e. fat cells

Which part of aerobic cellular respiration occurs in the cytoplasm? Select one: a. the Calvin cycle b. the Krebs cycle c. glycolysis d. the transition reaction e. electron transport

The end products of photosynthesis are Select one: a. ATP and oxygen

a. pressure during atrial contraction b. pressure in the aorta c. pressure during passive filling of the heart d. pressure during diastole e. pressure during ventricular contraction

The hepatic portal vein transports material between: Select one: a. different dimensions b. the lungs and the heart c. the lymphatic and circulatory systems d. the small intestine and the liver e. the brain and the spinal cord

A red blood cell travelling through the circulatory system could move through the following pathway: Select one: a. left ventricle, right ventricle, aorta, capillaries, vena cava b. pulmonary artery, alveolar capillaries, pulmonary vein, right atrium, aorta c. left ventricle, aorta, intestinal capillaries, hepatic portal vein, liver d. left ventricle, left atrium, aorta, coronary artery, superior vena cava e. pulmonary artery, right atrium, right ventricle, aorta, alveolar capillaries

A failure in proprioception is likely to result in Select one: a. memory failure b. inability to feel pain c. inability to regulate blood pressure d. high fever e. falling over

Taste buds and olfactory cells are considered to be Select one: a. mechanoreceptors b. chemoreceptors c. proprioceptors d. pleasure receptors e. photoreceptors

Which of the following is NOT in the correct order of size? Select one:

a. oxygen, red blood cell, capillary, alveolus, lung b. erythrocyte, capillary, arteriole, aorta, heart c. glucose, glycogen, epithelial cell, microvilli, small intestine d. neurotransmitter, synapse, axon, neuron, nerve e. urea , glomerular capsule, nephron, medulla, kidney

Which of the following energy sources gets used up first during exercise? Select one: a. creatine phosphate b. glucose c. lactate d. adenosine triphosphate e. ADP

What connects muscles to bones? Select one: a. tendons b. ligaments c. myosin d. cartilage e. connective tissu

Which of these processes does not use ATP? Select one: a. cooling your fevered brow by sweating because you do not know the answer b. thinking about the answer to this question c. pumping blood to your brain to answer this question d. writing the answer on the answer sheet e. using your eyes to look at this question

The primary functions of the spinal cord are Select one: a. reflex actions and communication between the brain and spinal nerves b. production of stress hormones and adrenaline c. memory and intelligence d. to protect the nerves and support the back e. controlling muscle activity and maintaining balance

The main function of the acrosome is to Select one:

f we deleted the gene for methionine tRNA, one immediate effect would be that the cell would not be able to: Select one: a. photosynthesise b. transport oxygen c. begin protein synthesis d. perform glycolysis e. replicate DNA

What is the correct order for the flow of information in cells? Select one: a. DNA, rRNA, mRNA, protein b. DNA, mRNA, ribosome, protein c. DNA, mRNA, protein d. protein, mRNA, DNA e. mRNA, DNA, protein

Initiation of protein synthesis is specified by Select one: a. a stop codon b. adding amino acids to a growing polypeptide chain c. a condensation reaction d. an AUG codon e. a ribosome binding to smooth endoplasmic reticulum

What structures are responsible for moving along mRNAs and translating them? Select one: a. transcriptases b. polymerases c. ribosomes d. endoplasmic reticulum e. tRNAs

Which of the following is a feature of RNA and not DNA? Select one: a. is double stranded b. contains phosphate c. contains uric acid d. contains ribose e. contains thymidine

Assuming that these mRNA sequences are in the correct reading frame, which of them could code for two different amino acids?

Select one: a. GGAGGCGGGGGUGGA b. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC c. AGACGAAGACGAAGA d. GAGAGAGAGAGAGAG e. CCTCCACCTCCACCT

Which of these mRNA sequences could contain the start of a protein coding sequence? Select one: a. CCAUGCCGCAUCC b. GUAGGCTTATAGC c. AGCCUACGCUAUA d. AGCCTATGCTATA e. UGCCUACACAGAU

In contrast to DNA, RNA Select one: a. contains thymidine b. is a single stranded helix c. contains uracil d. is double stranded e. contains deoxyribose

The genes in DNA can be transcribed into Select one: a. introns and exons b. tRNA, rRNA and mRNA c. RNA polymerase and mRNA d. mRNA and protein e. mRNA, rRNA and protein

Ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA have similarities to enzymes in that they Select one: a. have complex three dimensional structures b. are produced by translation c. are information bearing molecules

b. all these factors are correct c. genes d. nucleotide composition e. alleles

Amino acid is to protein as Select one: a. ATP is to glucose b. nucleotide is to nucleic acid c. fatty acid is to cell membrane d. sucrose is to cellulose e. ribose is to RNA

Which of the following is likely to be a recognition site for one of the enzymes used in DNA cloning? Select one: a. ACTGACTG b. GANTG c. CCCTTT d. AATTAA e. GGCGCGCC

Differences between humans in biochemistry, behaviour and disease susceptibility are most commonly caused by Select one: a. recessive mutations b. gene deletions c. environmental influences d. single nucleotide polymorphisms e. dominant mutations

This is a method for rapidly generating many millions of copies of a specific gene Select one: a. chemical synthesis b. microsatellite typing c. whole genome sequencing d. polymerase chain reaction e. cloning recombinant DNA

A clone is a genetically identical copy of a cell or organism. Which of these is NOT clonal? Select one:

a. a group of cells arising from sexual reproduction b. identical twins c. an animal regenerated from a single cell from a donor d. plants propagated by cuttings e. cells arising from mitosis

If the original DNA sequence within a gene is ACGTGTGTC, which of these is a point mutation? Select one: a. ACGTGTGTC b. TGCACACAG c. ACGTGTGTGTC d. ACTGTGTGC e. AGGTGTGTC

Which of the following cannot be used by chemoautotrophic bacteria to generate ATP? Select one: a. sulfur b. iron c. carbon dioxide d. methane e. hydrogen sulfide

DNA sequencing analysis of ribosomal RNA genes tells us that the family tree of all living things consists of the following well-defined groups: Select one: a. plants, animals, microorganisms b. eukaryotes, prokaryotes, viruses c. bacteria, archaea, eukarya d. plants, animals, fungi, protists, bacteria e. domains, kingdoms, phyla

Which of these criteria is NOT part of Kochs postulates? Select one: a. agent can be reisolated from an inoculated individual b. agent spreads between infected and uninfected individuals c. agent is always present in individuals with the disease d. agent causes the disease when inoculated into a healthy individual e. agent can be isolated from diseased individuals

What is the general term for bacteria that are spherical in shape? Select one: a. coli b. conidi c. bacilli d. cocci e. spirilli

Which are found in all viruses? Select one: a. RNA and protein b. oncogenes c. flagella d. nucleic acid and protein e. DNA, RNA and lipids

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Example 2
Sunday, 7 June 2015
11:13 am
Which association is incorrect?
Select one:
a. polypeptide and protease
b. starch and amylase
c. protein and pepsin
d. fats and urease
e. maltose and disaccharides
Which of these correctly describes skeletal muscle?
Select one:
a. stratified, banded and enucleated
b. voluntary and smooth
c. holds the body together
d. is found in the abdomen and uterus
e. striated, multinucleate and voluntary
Which of the following is not a function of proteins in cell membranes?
Select one:
a. acting as markers of cell identity and recognition
b. binding with specific hormones
c. producing lipid molecules
d. aiding the transport of molecules into the cell
e. carrying out enzymatic reactions
Which of these correctly describes smooth muscle tissue?
Select one:
a. stops blood leaking out
b. involuntary, cells with single nuclei
c. is found in the heart and blood vessels
d. stratified, banded and enucleated
e. striated and voluntary
What organ system moves internal parts of the body and generates metabolic heat?
Select one:
a. muscular system
b. reproductive system

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