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BIOLOGY 1B
SPRING 2009
FINAL EXAM
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Looking at a cell under a microscope, you note that it is a prokaryote. How do you know?
a. The cell lacks cytoplasm.
c. The cell lacks a nucleus.
b. The cell lacks a cell membrane.
d. The cell lacks genetic material.
2. Which of the following contain a nucleus?
a. prokaryotes
c. eukaryotes
b. bacteria
d. organelles
3. Eukaryotes usually contain
a. a nucleus.
c. genetic material.
b. specialized organelles.
d. all of the above
4. Which of the following organisms are prokaryotes?
a. plants
c. bacteria
b. animals
d. all of the above
5. Which of the following is a function of the nucleus?
a. stores DNA
b. controls most of the cell’s processes
c. contains the information needed to make proteins
d. all of the above
6. Which of the following is a phase in the cell cycle?
a. G1 phase
c. M phase
b. G2 phase
d. all of the above
7. Which pair is correct?
a. G1 phase, DNA replication
c. S phase, cell division
b. G2 phase, preparation for mitosis
d. M phase, cell growth
8. When during the cell cycle is a cell’s DNA replicated?
a. G1 phase
c. S phase
b. G2 phase
d. M phase
9. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement about the events of the cell cycle?
a. Interphase is usually the longest phase.
b. DNA replicates during the S phase.
c. Cell division ends with cytokinesis.
d. The size of the cell increases during the G2 phase.
Figure 10–1
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10. Cell division is represented in Figure 10–1 by the letter
a. A.
c. C.
b. B.
d. D.
11. Which of the following is a phase of mitosis?
a. cytokinesis
c. prophase
b. interphase
d. S phase
12. The first phase of mitosis is called
a. prophase.
c. metaphase.
b. anaphase.
d. interphase.
13. In eukaryotic cells, the timing of the cell cycle is regulated by
a. the centrioles.
c. the spindle.
b. cyclins.
d. all of the above
14. Which of the following is an internal regulator of the cell cycle?
a. cyclins
c. the mitotic spindle
b. growth factors
d. cancer cells
15. Cancer is a disorder in which some cells have lost the ability to control their
a. size.
c. growth rate.
b. spindle fibers.
d. surface area.
16. Cancer affects
a. humans only.
c. multicellular organisms.
b. most unicellular organisms.
d. unicellular organisms.
17. Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study
a. flowering.
c. the inheritance of traits.
b. gamete formation.
d. cross-pollination.
18. Offspring that result from crosses between parents with different traits
a. are true-breeding.
c. make up the parental generation.
b. make up the F2 generation.
d. are called hybrids.
19. Gregor Mendel removed the male parts from the flowers of some plants in order to
a. prevent hybrids from forming.
b. prevent cross-pollination.
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c. stimulate self-pollination.
d. make controlled crosses between plants.
The chemical factors that determine traits are called
a. alleles.
c. genes.
b. traits.
d. characters.
Gregor Mendel concluded that traits are
a. not inherited by offspring.
b. inherited through the passing of factors from parents to offspring.
c. determined by dominant factors only.
d. determined by recessive factors only.
The principle of dominance states that
a. all alleles are dominant.
b. all alleles are recessive.
c. some alleles are dominant and others are recessive.
d. alleles are neither dominant nor recessive.
When Gregor Mendel crossed true-breeding tall plants with true-breeding short plants, all
the offspring were tall because
a. the allele for tall plants is recessive.
b. the allele for short plants is dominant.
c. the allele for tall plants is dominant.
d. they were true-breeding like their parents.
If a pea plant has a recessive allele for green peas, it will produce
a. green peas if it also has a dominant allele for yellow peas.
b. both green peas and yellow peas if it also has a dominant allele for yellow peas.
c. green peas if it does not also have a dominant allele for yellow peas.
d. yellow peas if it does not also have a dominant allele for green peas.
When you flip a coin, what is the probability that it will come up tails?
a. 1/2
c. 1/8
b. 1/4
d. 1
The principles of probability can be used to
a. predict the traits of the offspring produced by genetic crosses.
b. determine the actual outcomes of genetic crosses.
c. predict the traits of the parents used in genetic crosses.
d. decide which organisms are best to use in genetic crosses.
A Punnett square shows all of the following EXCEPT
a. all possible results of a genetic cross.
b. the genotypes of the offspring.
c. the alleles in the gametes of each parent.
d. the actual results of a genetic cross.
What principle states that during gamete formation genes for different traits separate
without influencing each other’s inheritance?
a. principle of dominance
c. principle of probabilities
b. principle of independent assortment
d. principle of segregation
How many different allele combinations would be found in the gametes produced by a
pea plant whose genotype was RrYY?
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a. 2
c. 8
b. 4
d. 16
Situations in which one allele for a gene is not completely dominant over another allele
for that gene are called
a. multiple alleles.
c. polygenic inheritance.
b. incomplete dominance.
d. multiple genes.
A cross of a black chicken (BB) with a white chicken (WW) produces all speckled
offspring (BBWW). This type of inheritance is known as
a. incomplete dominance.
c. codominance.
b. polygenic inheritance.
d. multiple alleles.
Variation in human skin color is an example of
a. incomplete dominance.
c. polygenic traits.
b. codominance.
d. multiple alleles.
Gregor Mendel’s principles of genetics apply to
a. plants only.
c. pea plants only.
b. animals only.
d. all organisms.
The number of chromosomes in a gamete is represented by the symbol
a. Z.
c. N.
b. X.
d. Y.
If an organism’s diploid number is 12, its haploid number is
a. 12.
c. 24.
b. 6.
d. 3.
Gametes have
a. homologous chromosomes.
b. twice the number of chromosomes found in body cells.
c. two sets of chromosomes.
d. one allele for each gene.
Gametes are produced by the process of
a. mitosis.
c. crossing-over.
b. meiosis.
d. replication.
What happens between meiosis I and meiosis II that reduces the number of
chromosomes?
a. Crossing-over occurs.
c. Replication occurs twice.
b. Metaphase occurs.
d. Replication does not occur.
Unlike mitosis, meiosis results in the formation of
a. two genetically identical cells.
c. four genetically identical cells.
b. four genetically different cells.
d. two genetically different cells.
Which of the following is a nucleotide found in DNA?
a. ribose + phosphate group + thymine
b. ribose + phosphate group + uracil
c. deoxyribose + phosphate group + uracil
d. deoxyribose + phosphate group + cytosine
DNA is copied during a process called
a. replication.
c. transcription.
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b. translation.
d. transformation.
DNA replication results in two DNA molecules,
a. each with two new strands.
b. one with two new strands and the other with two original strands.
c. each with one new strand and one original strand.
d. each with two original strands.
During DNA replication, a DNA strand that has the bases CTAGGT produces a strand
with the bases
a. TCGAAC.
c. AGCTTG.
b. GATCCA.
d. GAUCCA.
Unlike DNA, RNA contains
a. adenine.
c. phosphate groups.
b. uracil.
d. thymine.
How many main types of RNA are there?
a. 1
c. hundreds
b. 3
d. thousands
Which of the following are copied from DNA?
a. mRNA only
c. mRNA and tRNA only
b. mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA
d. proteins
What is produced during transcription?
a. RNA molecules
c. RNA polymerase
b. DNA molecules
d. proteins
How many bases are needed to specify three amino acids?
a. 3
c. 9
b. 6
d. 12
What happens during the process of translation?
a. Messenger RNA is made from DNA.
b. The cell uses information from messenger RNA to produce proteins.
c. Transfer RNA is made from messenger RNA.
d. Copies of DNA molecules are made.
Which of the following terms is LEAST closely related to the others?
a. spindle fiber
c. polypeptide
b. tRNA
d. anticodon
Which type of RNA functions as a blueprint of the genetic code?
a. rRNA
c. mRNA
b. tRNA
d. RNA polymerase
A mutation that involves one or a few nucleotides is called a(an)
a. chromosomal mutation.
c. point mutation.
b. inversion.
d. translocation.
Which statement about the members of a population that live long enough to reproduce is
consistent with the theory of natural selection?
a. They transmit characteristics acquired by use and disuse to their offspring.
b. They tend to produce fewer offspring than others in the population.
c. They are the ones that are best adapted to survive in their environment.
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d. They will perpetuate unfavorable changes in the species.
Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific
environment
a. diversity.
c. adaptation.
b. fitness.
d. evolution.
According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the individuals that tend to survive are
those that have
a. characteristics their parents acquired by use and disuse.
b. characteristics that plant and animal breeders value.
c. the greatest number of offspring.
d. variations best suited to the environment.
An adaptation is an inherited characteristic that can be
a. physical or behavioral.
b. physical or geographical.
c. acquired during the organism’s lifetime.
d. the result of artificial selection.
Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record as
a. evidence that Earth was thousands of years old.
b. a detailed record of evolution.
c. interesting but unrelated to the evolution of modern species.
d. evidence that traits are acquired through use or disuse.
The hypothesis that species change over time by natural selection was proposed by
a. James Hutton.
c. Thomas Malthus.
b. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
d. Charles Darwin.
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution explains all of the following EXCEPT
a. how species become extinct.
b. how inherited traits are passed from parent to offspring.
c. how species change over time.
d. how evolution takes place in the natural world.
Darwin’s theory of evolution suggests that
a. species change over time.
b. extinct species are not related to living species.
c. different species can interbreed.
d. animals that look alike are the most closely related.
The fossil record shows that
a. most organisms that ever lived on Earth are now extinct.
b. fossils occur in a particular order.
c. modern organisms have unicellular ancestors.
d. all of the above
Fossilized evidence of Earth’s first forms of life would consist of
a. vertebrates from the Precambrian.
c. eukaryotes from the Precambrian.
b. invertebrates from the Precambrian.
d. prokaryotes from the Precambrian.
The first organisms on Earth were most like today’s
a. bacteria.
c. multicellular organisms.
b. eukaryotes.
d. DNA molecules.
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64. During the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, the dominant land animals were
a. amphibians.
c. grazing mammals.
b. dinosaurs.
d. human ancestors.
Modified True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase to make
the statement true.
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65. A trait is a specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another.
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66. An organism with a dominant allele for a particular form of a trait will sometimes exhibit
that trait. _________________________
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67. The probability that a gamete produced by a pea plant heterozygous for stem height (Tt)
will contain the recessive allele is 100%. _________________________
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68. In eukaryotes, DNA replication proceeds in one direction along the DNA molecule.
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69. Artificial selection as practiced by farmers is also called selective breeding.
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70. Asexual reproduction increases genetic variation—the raw material on which natural
selection operates. _________________________