ODA BULTUM UNIVERSITY

Collage of Natural and Computational Sciences

Department of Biology

Target group: Pre-university Remedial program students

Course title: Biology remedial course

Exam date: 16/5/ 2023, Mark Time allotted:45 min

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 Choose the best answer for the following questions from the given alternatives (0.5 pt each)
_____1. Which of the following is not included in the modern cell theory?
A. All living things are made up of cells or single cell
B. All cells come from pre-existing cells by cell division
C. Cells are formed by free-cell formation (spontaneous generation)
D. Cells are structural and functional unit of all living things
_____2. Which of the following steps in the scientific method comes following observation?
A. Analyze data B. Experiment C. Theory D. Hypothesis
_____3. Experiment designed to test the effect of different concentrations of a fertilizer on the growth
rate of a plant, which one of the following is the dependent variable?
A. Plants assigned to the control group
B. Concentrations of the fertilizer applied
C. The growth rate of the plant
D. Plants assigned to the experimental group
_____4. A scientific test that being used to accept or reject the hypothesis termed as;
A. Data analysis C. Gathering information
B. Make observation D. Experimentation
_____5. Which of the following are all the tools mainly used in the laboratory rather than in field?
A. Theodolites, petri dishes, GPS receivers, measuring cylinders
B. Flow meters, centrifuges, theodolites, microscopes
C. Centrifuges, plant presses, flow meters, microscopes
D. Centrifuges, microscopes, measuring cylinders , petri dishes
_____6. Which of the following biomolecules store and transfer genetic information from generation to
generation?
A. Proteins B. Lipids C. Carbohydrates D. Nucleic acids
_____7. When glucose and galactose molecules are linked together, the expected molecular formula of
the disaccharide will be:
A. C12H22O11 B. C12H24O12 C.C12H12O12 D. C12H22O12
_____8. A microscope that emits a beam of electron to magnifying the object is;
A. Simple microscope C. Electron microscope
B. Compound microscope D. Dissecting microscope
_____9. Monomers of biological molecules linked together to form polymers by
A. Hydrolysis chemical reaction C. Reduction chemical reaction
B. Condensation chemical reaction D. All of the above
_____10. In HIV replication reverse transcriptase responsible for
A. Integration of Viral DNA into the host DNA
B. Assembly of viral parts
C. Conversion of viral RNA to DNA
D. Binding of HIV with the host cell
_____11. Which of the following are the products of cellular respiration?
A. Organic compounds and Oxygen C. Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen
B. Water, Energy and Oxygen D. Carbon Dioxide, Water and Energy
_____12. Which of the following statement is false about Glycolysis process?
A. Glycolysis requires the presence of Oxygen
B. Glycolysis is a breakdown of glucose in to two 3C molecules
C. Glycolysis requires Energy (ATP) to start its process
D. Glycolysis is common to both Anaerobic and Aerobic respirations
_____13. If the solution has a lower concentration of solutes and a higher concentration of water than
inside the cell, the solution is known as
A. osmosis B. Hypotonic C. Isotonic D. Hypertonic
_____14. Among protein structures, which one is considered as linear sequence of amino acid?
A. Primary structure C. Quaternary structure
B. Secondary structure D. Tertiary structure
_____15. Which of the part of cell membrane reduces the fluidity of phospholipid bilayer ?
A. Glycolipid and protein C. Cholesterol
B. Channel and carrier protein D. Extrinsic protein

_____16. Which one of the following Koch's postulates is not accepted?

A. Microorganisms must always be present when disease is present
B. Microorganisms can be isolated from the infected individual and grown in media
C. Cultured microorganisms cause disease when they are introduced in to normal individual
D. Microorganisms can be isolated from newly infected individual and cultured
_____17.Which one of the following is NOT a chemical approaches to control microorganisms?
A. Antiseptics B. Antibiotics C. Disinfectant D. Autoclave
_____18. The bacterial cell wall is made up of peptidoglycan whereas the plant's cell wall is made of
A. Chitin B. Starch C. Pectin D. Cellulose
_____19. Diseases which affect human respiratory system mainly transmitted by
A. Droplet infection C. Direct contact
B. Contaminated food D. Sexual intercourse
_____20. One of the followings is false statement about transport mechanisms
A. Passive transport may use channel protein to facilitate transportation
B. Passive transport consume energy to transport substance
C. Bulk transport maintain transportation of large molecules via vesicle
D. Active transport is movement of ions from low to high gradient concentration
_____21. One of the following is Not true about organelles and its function
A. Mitochondria –site of respiration
B. Lysosome –maintain turgidity
C. Chloroplast –site of photosynthesis
D. Golgi apparatus –process cell product
_____22. Which of the following microorganism is involved in alcoholic (ethanol) fermentation ?
A. E.coli B. Lactobacillus C. Saccharomyces D. Clostridium
_____23. Gram negative bacteria are different from gram positive bacteria because
A. They have extra membrane called lipopolysaccharides
B. They keep the color of the primary stain
C. They are more susceptible to antibiotics and disinfectants
D. They have a thick cell wall
_____24. One of the following food tests is used to test the presence of reducing sugar from a particular
food sample
A. Emulsion test B. Iodine test C. Benedict test D. Biuret test
_____25. The bond formed between two monosaccharaides termed as_________
A. Phosphodiester bond C. Peptide bond
B. Hydrogen bond D. Glycosidic bond
_____26. Which of the following bacterial species is involved in Nitrogen fixation?
A. Rhizobium B. Nitrosomonas C. Decomposer D. Nitrobacter
_____27. Scurvy, kwashiorkor and Goiter are examples of disease called
A. Infectious disease C. Degenerative disease
B. Deficiency disease D. Human induced disease
_____28. Water flow readily through capillary due to _____
A. Very low viscosity C. Very high surface tension
B. Very high latent fusion D. Very high viscosity
_____29. Which of the following biological tool is used by ecologists to measure the distribution and
abundance of Non-moving organisms in the given ecological area?
A. Camera B. Geographical positioning system C. Plant press D. Quadrat
_____30. To which group of organic compounds do the triglycerides and waxes belong?
A. Proteins B. Lipids C. Vitamins D. Carbohydrates