Deder Senior Secondary School Biology Entranc Exam (2005-2010) Workbook For Grade 12
Deder Senior Secondary School Biology Entranc Exam (2005-2010) Workbook For Grade 12
Deder Senior Secondary School Biology Entranc Exam (2005-2010) Workbook For Grade 12
B) Glycoproteins
C) Glycolipids
D) Cholesterol
2.One of the following biomes in Africa is supporting large wild mammals such as elephants, giraffes and
lions.
A) The Congo rain forest
B) Hypothesis
C) Experiment
D) Theory
1. The main components of the plant cell wall are ?
A) Starch
A) Cellulose
B) protein
C) chitin
1. Which of the following classes of enzymes digests carbohydrates?
A) Amylases
B) Lipases
C) Proteases
D) Nucleases
2. Which of the following kingdoms of life is consisting of prokaryotic organisms?
A) Fungi
B) Monera
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A) Protista
B) Plantae
1. Which component of soil fertility is improved when farmers grow legumes in crop rotation ?
A) Phosphorus
B) Nitrogen
C) Sulfur
D)Carbon
2. Before
making
crosses,
which part
of the
flower did
Mendel
remove to
avoid self
pollination
?
A) Stigm
a
B) Ovule
C) Ovary
D) Stame
ns
3.Which one of the following do bees use to inform other bees about location and distance of a new source of
nectar they discover?
A) Pheromones
B) Waggle dance
C) Buzzing noise
D) vibration of wings
4. One of the following molecules is the building units of an enzyme molecule.
A) Amino acids
B) glucose
C) Nucleotides
D) Fatty acids
5.What are the specialists in biology called if he/she studies fossils to generate new knowledge on the origin
and evolution of living things of past geologic periods?
A) Geneticist
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B) Ecologist
C) Paleontogist
D) comparative Biochemist
D) Sulphur
1. Which of the following is the correct F2 phenotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross? A) 1:2
B) 1:1
C) 3:1
D) 2:2
2. How many carbon atoms are there in one disaccharide molecule?
A) 6
B)12
C) 18
D) 24
3. Which unit is best to use for measuring the smallest cells and organelles?
A) Micrometer
B) Milliliter
C) Millimeter
D) Nanometer
4. Which energy rich organic compound contains adenine in its molecule ?
A) Lipid
B) Carbohydrate
C) Glucose
D) ATP
5. What are the most frequent causative agents of food poisoning?
A) Bachteria
B) Protozoa
C) viruses
D) Worms
6. What are the most likely causes of variations within species?
A) Mitosis and a sexual reproduction.
B) Homo Habilis
C) Homo erectus
D) Homo neanderthalensis
1. Which of the following is NOT classified as a learned behavior?
A) Insight
B) Innate
C) Latent
D) Conditioned
2. In which one of the following aspects is the tropical rain forest biome poor?
A) Species diversity
B) amount of sunlight
C) Annual precipitation
D) Soil fertility
3. If the size of a cell increase, which one of the following gets smaller?
A) The volume of the cell
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A) Nuclei
B) Chloroplasts
C) Ribosomes
1. During chemiosmosis, what substance diffuses from one side to the other side of the membrane?
A) Water molecules
B) protons
C) Electrons
D) ATP molecules
2. Which of the following human diseases can be prevented by taking proper diets?
A) Degenerative diseases
B) Genetic diseases
C) Social diseases
D) Deficiency diseases
3.When two species are compared ,which of the following sources of evidence is least informative about the
degree of relationships between the species?
A) Nucleotide sequence of DNAs
D) DNA-DNA hybridization
4. Which of the following practices dose NOT normally transmit HIV?
A) Sexual intercourse through anus
C) Blood transfusion
D) shaking hands
5. What is the important role played by microorganism such as bacteria and fungi in the ecosystem?
A) ?Antibiotic production
B) Recycling of nutrients
B) Spontaneous generation
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A) Inheritance of acquired characteristics
B) Neo-Darwinism
1. Which of the following is an important function of the Golgi apparatus?
A) Protein synthesis
B) packaging of proteins
B) Alcoholic drinks
C)Smoking
D) Radiation
4.What is the reproductive isolating mechanism called if two species of forgs do not interbreed because they
cannot understand the mating calls of one another
A) Seasonal isolation
B) Behavioral isolation
C) Temporal isolation
D) isolation by distance
5. How many chromosomes do humans inherit from each of their parents?
A) 23 chromosome
B) 23 pairs of chromosome
C)46 chromosome
D) 46 pairs of chromosome
6. In which one of the four phases of population growth is the number of the population the highest ?
A) Lag phase
B) log phase
C) Constant phase
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D)Decline phase
1. Which of the following is NOT true abut the gene called SRY?
A) It is found on the Y-chromosome.
B) It determines maleness.
B) Lytic viruses
C) Lysogenic viruses
D) Non-parasitic viruses
3.What do we call the learned behavior if a mouse that had just escaped from the mouth of a cat jumped
violemy at a slight touch by a trivial object?
A) Latent learning
B) Sensitization
C) Conditioning
D) Imprinting
4. In which of the following features are eukaryotic cells distinguished from prokaryotic cells?
A) They have mitochondria
C) Field microscope
D) Field PH kit
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1. The sheep 'dolly' is an example of which biotechnological manipulation of animals by human?
A) Transgenic animal
C) Cloned animal
D) Hybrid animal
2. Among the following ,which one is the best criterion to show that two population belong to same species?
A) Morphological similarity
B) Physiologically similarity
B) Aerobic respiration
C) chemosynthesis
D) Photo-autotrophism
4. What is a theory in biology?
A) The outcome of an experiment
B) Lactose
C) Maltose
D) Sucrose
7. To which class of enzymes do the digestive enzymes belongs?
A) Esterases
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A) Transferases
B) Hydrolyses
C) Isomerases
1.Which of the following crops is considered to be the best choice for a better balance of essential amino
aides as a human diet?
A) Maize
B) Quinoa
C) Rice
D) Wheat
2. What is the main reason fore the high species richness of pants and mammals observed in Ethiopia?
A) Lack of predators
B) Lack of disturbance
B) hyper-tonic
C) Isotonic
B) Fungi
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A) Protozoa
B) Viruses
1. Choose the one that is different from all the others.
A) Genetically modified organisms
C) Pathogenic organisms
D) Transgenic organisms
2. Under which of the following groups can the fungi be more conveniently placed?
A) Autotrophs
B) Heterotrophs
C) Prokaryotes
D) Plants
3. What is the type of community called when it has reached the final and most complex stage of a succession
A) Pioneer community
B) seral community
C) Climax community
D) secondary community
4. Which of the following is an ecosystem
A) A Tropical Rain forest
B) Adult females
C) sub-adult males
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D) Sub-adult females
1. In which of the following are flowers and fruits found?
A) Ferns and relative
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 100%
3. Gene silencing is the function of one of the following molecules.
A) dsRNA
B) mRNA
C) siRNA
D) tRNA
4. Which processes is held responsible for chronic myelogenous leukemia?
A) Translocation
B) Translation
C) Transcription
D) Duplication
5.Two parents of genotype Aa are cross-bred .The alleles show complete dominance. What proportion of the
offspring will phenotypically look like their parents?
A) 0
B) 1/4
C) 1/2
D) 3/4
6. Which one of the following concepts contains all the other ?
A) Species
B) Genus
C) population
D) community
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1. Choose the one that is NOT a requirement of all living things.
A) Ability to think
B) organization of parts
B) Nerve cells
C) Phagocytic cells
D) Muscle cells
5.What can one conclude about the contents of the food stuff if a mixture of Benedict solution and foodstuff
remain blue after heating ?
A) It contains proteins
B) It lacks starch
C) It contains fats
B) Non-reversible inhibition
C) competitive inhibition
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1.If red blood cells shrink when placed in a certain solution ,what is the strength of the solution relative to
the strength of the protoplasm of the cells?
A) Hypotonic
B) Isotonic
C) Hyper tonic
D) Isoosmotic
2. Which of the following is NOT true about photo system-II?
A) Its reaction center molecule is P680.
B) AA x OO
C) AB x BO
D) BB x AO
5.If a new mutant allele arises in a certain population, which of the following factors determines if the allele
is going to b adaptive or non- adaptive
A) The environment in which the population lives.
B) Coordinator-->receptor--> effector
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1.In which of the following compound are both members of the pair are polymers of carbohydrates that
naturally occur in plants only?
A) Starch and chitin
D) Synthesizing ATP
4.If the age pyramid of a certain country is narrowing at the base ,what does this tell about the trend of the
population size of the country? The population size is:
A) declining
B) growing fast
C) increasing slowly
D) stabilizing
5.Suppose the amino acid coding region in a mRNAis 1200 nucleotides long, how long is the protein in
terms of amino acid number?
A) 1200 amino acids
B) A bacterium
C) A mitochondrion
D) A ribosome
3. In some human liver cells there are 92 chromosome per cell. What is the ploidy level of such cells?
A) Haploid
B) Diploid
C) Tetraploid
D) Hexaploid
4. Which of the following groups of substance are all inorganic?
A) Water ,sugar, calcium, carbonate
B) Experiential behavior
C) Instinctive behavior
D) Accidental behavior
6. Which of the following is a recently developed active area of research in biology today?
A) Taxonomic study
C) Ecological research
D) To produce enzymes
2. In which process is ATP generated during short distance hight speed running ?
A) Aerobic respiration
C) Anaerobic respiration
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A) Disruptive selection
B) Cretaceous
C) Jurassic
D) Permian
Answer Key
1.A 11.C 21.D 31.D 41.A 51.B 61.C 71.B 81.B 91.C
2.C 12.C 22.C 32.B 42.C 52.C 62.D 72.C 82.D 92.D
3.B 13.C 23.B 33.D 43.B 53.B 63.D 73.D 83.B 93.A
4.B 14.B 24.C 34.D 44.C 54.D 64.A 74.A 84.A 94.D
5.A 15.D 25.B 35.B 45.D 55.A 65.C 75.C 85.C 95.C
6.B 16.D 26.B 36.A 46.B 56.B 66.A 76.C 86.B 96.D
7.B 17.A 27.D 37.C 47.C 57.C 67.D 77.A 87.D 97.A
8.A 18.D 28.C 38.D 48.A 58.B 68.D 78.B 88.D 98.B
9.B 19.B 29.D 39.C 49.B 59.C 69.A 79.A 89.C 99.C
10.D 20.B 30.B 40.B 50.C 60.A 70.D 80.A 90.C 100.B
PART TWO
B) Cytoplasma
C) Nucleic acid
D) Protoplasma
2. Which one of the following cellular forms did Robert Hooke observe under his crude microscope?
A) Bacteria
B) Protozoa
C) Yeast
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D) Empty cell wall
1.In the case of enzymatic chemical reactions, what do you call the substance that is acted up on by an
enzyme?
A) Polypeptide
B) Coenzyme
C) Vitamin
D) Substrate
2. Choose the organisms that belong to the eukaryotes?
A) Bacteria
C) Amoeba
D) Virus
3. While conducting research, which of the following should a biologist do first?
A) Generate a hypothesis
B Conduct experiment
B) Nucleus
C) Protoplasm
B) Nucleic acid
2.An experimental animal stopped responding to a stimulus that has been repeated so many times .What type
of learned behavior is this ?
A) Latent learning
B) Habituation
C) Imprinting
D) Operant conditioning
3. Behavior that is repeated on a daily basis is referred to as:
A) Lunar
B) Circadian
C) Circannua
D) Seasonal
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1. Which molecule in the cell is the constituent of the gene?
A) Nucleic acid
B) Protein
C) Lipid
D) Carbohydrate
2. Which is the branch of biology that studies abut the origin and gradual changes of living things?
A) Microbiology
B) Evolution
C) Mutation
D) Reproduction
3. What is the general term for the part of the protoplasms that lies outside the nucleus?
A) Cytosol
B) Cytoplasm
C) Central vacuole
D) Plasma membrane
4.How many net ATP molecule are generated through anaerobic respiration , when a single glucose molecule
is change to pyruvate in the human body?
A) Tow
B) Three
C) Four
D) Six
5. Which of the following groups of bacteria consists of rod shaped cells?
A) Gram - positive
B) Bacilli
C) Cocci
D) Spirilla
6. How many carbon and oxygen tomes are there in a molecule of maltose?
A) 6 carbon and 6 oxygen
B) 12 Carbone and 11
B) The chloroplast
C) The mitochondrion
1. Which of the following parts of plant roots is harboring nitrogen fixing bacteria
A) Root nodule
B) Root hair
C) Root tip
D) Root cap
2. Which of the following is true about protozoa?
A) They are a group of bacteria
B) Oxygen
C) Hydrogen
D) Nitrogen
4. Which of the following statement is true about matter and energy in the ecosystem?
A) Both matter and energy are recycled
B) Nucleotide
C) Amino acid
D) Water
6. At which stage is most of the ATP generated in aerobic respiration?
A) Glycolysis
B) Link reaction
C) Krebs cycle
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D) Electron transport
1. Which of the following is the common characteristic of all enzymes?
A) They act inside cells only
B) rrYY
C) RRYY
D) RrYy
3. Which of the following cellular structures is possessed by all cells
A) Cell membrane
B) Nucleus
C) Cell wall
D) Golgi apparatus
4. During the krebs cycle which of the following molecule temporarily stores most of the energy released
from food molecule
A) ADP
B) ATP
C) NADH
D) FADH
5. Which of the following carbohydrate has structural function?
A) Cellulose
B) Glycogen
C) Starch
D) Sucrose
6. Which of the following forms of nitrogen are readily utilization by green plants?
A) Atmospheric nitrogen
B) Nitrite
C) Ammonium ion
D) Nitrate
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1.In some crosses of maize, the progeny produces better yield than the parents. What is this phenomenon
known as?
A) Dominance
B) Hetrozygosity
C) Hybrid vigor
D) Inbreeding depression
2. Which of the following techniques is used to separate DNA fragments according to their size on gel?
A) Southern blotting
B) Electrophoresis
C) Radioactive labeling
D) Digestion by restriction
3.Which of the following group of animals have males with ZZ and females with ZW sex chromosome
constitution?
A) Grasshopper
B) Birds
C) Mammals
D) Honey bee
4. The molecule of which pigment is located at the reaction center of a photosystem?
A) Chlorophyll a
B) Chlorophyll b
C) Carotenoid
D) Accessory pigments
5.According to Lamarck's theory of evolution what is the mechanism by which evolving organisms acquire
new structures?
A) Mutation
B) Hereditary variation
B) Serving as queens
C) Reproductive function
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1. In which one of the following ways the Tundra biome differs from desert biome?
A) It is a treeless biome
B) Segregation
C) Linkage
D) Crossing over
3.If present in the fermentation system which one of the following would negatively affect alcohol
production by yeasts?
A) Water
b) Oxygen
A) Glucose
B) Fermentation enzyme
1.Which of the following can be taken as case for evidence of evolution from the filed of plant and animal
breeding?
A) Artificial breeding always creates new sepecies
B) Simple diffusion
C) Facilitated diffusion
D) Active transport
3. Where exactly in the cell dose the Krebs cycle take place?
A) Mitochondrial matrix
C) Cytoplasmic fluid
B) Oxygen
C) Nitrogen
D) The sun
2. Which of the following substance is NOT necessary for photosyntheseis to take place?
A) Chlorophyll
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Oxygen
D) Water
3. Which group of organic compound includes the enzymes?
A) Proteins
B) Lipids
C) Starches
D) Carbohydrates
4. Into which of the following organic compound can lipase maltase and sucrase be grouped?
A) Hormones
B) Carbohydrates
C) Nucleic acids
D) Enzymes
5. Choose the characteristics that viruses share with living things.
A) They are made up of many specialized cells
B) Ribosome
C) Chloroplast
D) Nucleolus
7.If radioactive substance that weighs one kilogram has a half-life of 100 years what would be the percentage
of the substance left after 300 years?
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A) 50
B) 30
C) 25
D) 12.5
1. Which of the following is more true about the male of the honey bee?
A) It has no father
B) It is sterile
C) It is diploid
B) 7
C) 13
D) 15
3. In Ethiopia, which one of the following vertebrate groups has the largest number of genera?
A) Mammals
B) Birds
C) Reptiles
D) Amphibians
4.Which of the following is an accurate representation of the relationships between the terms metabolism
anabolism and catabolism?
A) Anabolism = Catabolism
B) Metabolism =Catabolism
B) Analogous
C) Homologous
D) Indigenous
6. Which term describes the process by which water is lost by evaporating through the stomata of
leaves ?
A) Transport 25
A) Transpiration
B) Anchorage
C) Adhesion
1. Which of the following is true about saturated fatty acids?
A) They have single bonds between carbon atoms
B) Protease
C) Amylase
D) Lipase
3.In which kingdom of life is it most likely to finde many examples of organisms that can undergo
metamorphosis?
A) Monera
B) Fungi
C) Plantae
D) Animals
4. During protein synthesis where in the cell does transcription take place?
A) Ribosome
B) Nucleus
C) Endoplasmic reticulum
D) Golgi apparatus
5. What is a perfect flower?
A) A flower with petals and pistil
B) Amino acids
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A) DNA and RNA
B) Enzymes
1. Which region of the human digestive tract contains enzymes that perform well at low PH?
A) Mouth
B) Stomach
C) Small intestine
D) Sunlight
2. Which of the following resources is needed by an ecosystem from outside in order to sustain itself
A) Producers
B) Macronutrients
C) Micronutrients
D) Sunlight
3. Which of the following is true about the substance represented by the chemical formula C H NO ?
2 5 2
A) Simple sugar
B) Inorganic substance
C) Fatty acid
D) Amino acid
4.Which one of the following characteristic is UNNECESSARY for an object to be considered a living
thing?
A)Ability to respond to stimuli
B) Ability to reproduce
C) Ability to grow
D) Ability to move
5.Which filed studies the way in which individual traits of organisms are transmitted from one generation to
the next?
A) Genetics
B) Ecology
C) Evolution
D) Morphology
6.In which of the following ways is the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere fixed in to the Carbone found in
organic molecules?
A) In the breathing processes of all animals
B) Transgenic organisms
D) Pathogenic organisms
2. Which of the following is prevented from taking place if populations are separated by a geographic
barrier?
A) Mutation
B) Evolution
C) Gene flow
D) Natural selection
3. In protein synthesis, what is produced during transcription?
A) Protein
B) mRNA
C) DNA
D) Polypeptide
4. If a cell fails to clear its cellular debris which one of its organelle is most likely NOT functioning?
A) Nucleus
B) Mitochondria
C) Endoplasmic reticulum
D) Ribosomes
5. Which of the following applies to the tropical rainforest?
A) Low rainfall and hight temperature
C)
D) High
High rainfall
rainfall and
and hight temperature
low temperature
1. Which stage in the life cycle of HIV is inhibited by the antiretroviral drug known as integrase inhibitor?
A) conversion of viral RNA to DNA
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D) Release of the viral progeny from the cell
1.Which of the following groups of plants carry out light dependent and light independent reaction of
photosynthesis in separate cells?
A) C-3 plants
B) C-4 plants
C) CAM plants
B) Chloroplast
C) Ribosome
D) Golgi apparatus
3. Which of the following can create strong inter- specific competition if share by two or more
species?
A) Habitat
B) Ecosystem
C) Niche
D) Predator
4.The half-life of carbon-14 is about 5730 years. If a fossil is 17200 years old, about what percent of its
original carbon -14 is still present in the fossil?
A) 75 %
B) 50 %
C) 25 %
D) 12 %
5. Which of the following pairs of individuals have identical DNA fingerprints?
A) Father and sun
D) Monozygotic twins
6. Among the following which one has little or no contribution to the loss of biodiversity?
A) Overgrazing by domestic animals
B) Site B
C) Site C
D) Site D
2. Which of the following types of chromosome mutations gives rise to an extra chromosome?
A) Inversion
B) Trans location
C) Deletion
D) Non- disjunction
3.Suppose a hypothetical cube- shaped cell has sides of 10 micrometers, what is the surface area to volume
ratio of this cell?
A) 6:10
B) 10:10
C) 3:6
D) 4:8
4. which of the following pairs are analogous structures ?
A) Wing of bird and wing of a butterfly
B) BB x OO
C) AO x BO
D) AA x BO
7. Which of the following is the largest ecological unit?
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A) A community
B) A biome
C) A population
D) An ecosystem
1. Among the following fossil hominid species which one is the oldest of all?
A) Homo erectus
B) Ardipithecus ramidus
C) Australopithecus afarensis
D) Australopithecus africanus
2.During aerobic respiration what is the route through which protons return from the mitochondrial inter-
membrane space back to its matrix?
A) Proton pump
B) ATP synthase
C) Ion channel
D) Membrane lipid
3. From which of the processes of cellular respiration is the majority of the ATP generated?
A) Anaerobic fermentation
A) C12H22O11
A)Mg(OH) 2
B)NH 3
C) NaCL
1. In which of the following solutions does an animal cell undergo hemolysis?
A) In hypotonic solution
B) In hypertonic solution
C) In isotonic solution
B) Autotrophic nutrition
C) Heterotrophic nutrition
B) 30%
C) 40%
D) 90%
4.Which of the following conclusions can be drawn the structural similarities observed between the flippers
of whales and the arms of humans?
A) The human species began life in the ocean
D) Whales have evolved from early humans that went back to the ocean
5. Which of the following will happen if a plant cell is kept in a solution that is stronger than its
protoplasms?
A) The cell will become turgid
B) Secondary succession
C) Primary succession
D) Higher plants
4.Biotechnology can be applied in environmental remediation . To which of the major application areas of
biotechnology is this most related?
A) Medicine and nutrition
Answer Key
1.C 11.B 21.D 31.A 41.C 51.C 61.D 71.B 81.C 91.B
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2.D 12.A 22.B 32.C 42.A 52.B 62.D 72.D 82.B 92.C
3.D 13.B 23.D 33.D 43.D 53.A 63.A 73.A 83.D 93.B
4.C 14.B 24.A 34.D 44.B 54.D 64.C 74.D 84.C 94.C
5.D 15.B 25.C 35.D 45.C 55.D 65.D 75.D 85.B 95.C
6.A 16.A 26.A 36.B 46.D 56.B 66.C 76.D 86.C 96.B
7.B 17.B 27.D 37.C 47.B 57.C 67.B 77.D 87.A 97.C
8.B 18.D 28.C 38.D 48.C 58.C 68.C 78.D 88.A 98.B
9.A 19.C 29.B 39.A 49.B 59.C 69.C 79.A 89.A 99.D
10.B 20.D 30.B 40.D 50.D 60.D 70.C 80.A 90.C 100.A
PART THREE
1. Which of the following units of measurement is more convenient to express the size of cellular organelles?
A) Meter
B) Centimeter
C) Milliliter
D) Micrometer
2. Which of the following step of the scientific method comes before all the rest?
A) Hypothesis
B) Experiment
C) Conclusion
B) A paleontologist
C) An entomologist
D) a microbiologist
4. To which one of the following organic molecules do enzymes belong?
A) Carbohydrate
B) Amino acids
C) Proteins
D) Lipids
5. Which of the following is a coenzyme
A) NAD
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A) Carbohydrate
B) Water molecule
C) Proteins
1. Which of the following behavioral biologists is known for his study about imprinting behavior in animals?
A) W. Kohler
B) B.F.Skinner
C) Ivan pavlov
D) Konrad Lorenz
2. Which tool of the biologist is more frequently used to study cell structure in the laboratory
A) Dissecting kit
B) Centrifuge
C) Petri-dish
D) Microscope
3. What colour do gram-positive bacteria stain with Gram's stain?
A) Rad
B) Pink
C) Purple
D) White
4. Which group of organisms in the ecosystem release nutrients locked up in dead bodies of organisms?
A) Parasites
B) Decomposers
C) Autotrophs
D) Carnivores
5. Which of the following are the two major constituents of eukaryotic chromosomes?
A) DNA and RNA
B) Enset
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A) Coffee
B) Anchote
1. Which group of animal has the highest number of total and endemic species in Ethiopia ?
A) Amphibians
B) Birds
C) Mammals
D) Reptiles
2. What is the molecule that supplies the quickest and suitable source of energy to cells?
A) Lactose
B) Sucrose
C) ATP
D) Lipid
3.A carbohydrate compound is known to have 12 carbon atoms in the whole molecule. What could this
compound be?
A) A polypeptid
B) A disaccharide
C) A monosaccharide
D) A polysaccharide
4. Among the following organisms, which one belongs to the prokaryotes?
A) Paramecium
B) Streptococcus
C) Spirogyra
D) Tapeworm
5. Which of the following is consistent with the understanding of human evolution?
A) Bipedalism was never important in human evolution.
B) Larger brain size had no contribute to the evolution of the human species.
B) Innate behavior
C) Positive kinesis
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D) Learned behavior
1. Which of the following true about mutations that occur in normal body cells?
A) They never lead to cancerous cells.
B) Transformation
C) Co-transformation
D) transduction
3. Why is it that mutations are considered as one of the raw materials of evolution?
A) They contribute to new variations in organism
B) Prediction
C) Data analysis
B) Nucleic acid
C) Lipid
D) Proteins
6. In scientific method, what is the importance of a background research for a given problem?
A) To formulate a hypothesis
B) To make a prediction
D) To make a conclusion
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1. Which of the following is NOT true about mitochondria and chloroplasts?
A) Both contain chlorophyll
B) Lipid
C) RNA
D) Starch
3. What dose it mean when biologists express the cell membrane as a unit membrane?
A) A cell is covered by a single membrane.
C) Non-polar molecules
D) polar molecules
5. Which of the following substance has a shape which is similar to that of the substrate of an enzyme?
A) The reaction product
B) A competitive inhibitor
C) A cofactor
D) An allosteric inhibitor
6. At which level of structural organization do proteins have the alpha helix shape?
A) Primary structure
B) Secondary structure
C) Tertiary structure
D) Quaternary structure
7.Among the following scientists who contributed to the cell theory, identify the one who stated that a cell
can arise only from another cell like it.
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A) Robert Hooke
B) Theodor Schwann
C) Matthias Schleiden
D) Rudolf virchow
1.Which of the following modes of transport is used by cell to move substance against their concentration
gradients?
A) Osmosis
B) Simple diffusion
C) Facilitated diffusion
D) Active transport
2.Which of the following features makes human T-lymphocyte cells more vulnerable to HIV attack?
Presence of:
A) Cell membrane.
B) Substrate number
C) Enzyme number
D) Product number
4.Which of the following factor determines the rate at which organelle settle out of cell homogenate if spun
in a centrifuge?
A) Mass of the organelle
B) Lipids
C) Carbohydrates
D) Proteins
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1.Which one of the following processes has a decreasing effect on the concentration of atmospheric carbon
dioxide?
A) Cellular respiration
D) Photosynthesis
2. Which of the following is NOT true about instinctive behaviour?
A) It can be developed further through learning
B) Algae
C) Fungi
D) protozoa
5. Which of the following is NOT the correct characteristics of tropical rainforests?
A) Low biodiversity
B) High temperature
C) Heavy precipitation
B) Cow
C) Chicken
D) Frog
7. For what purpose do molecular biologists use the technology known as polymerase chain reaction or PCR?
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A) To insert DNA in to plasmids.
B) Insight learning
C) Habituation
D) Operant conditioning
3.Which of the following is an evolutionary requirement for two sub-populations of species to evolve in to
independent species?
A) Free exchange of genes
B) Geographic isolation
B) Iron
C) Magnesium
D) phosphorus
6. From where do plants get most of their nutrients?
A) Chlorophyll 41
A) Soil
B) Light
C) Atmosphere
1. What do you call a group of genetically identical plants produced by vegetative reproduction?
A) Family
B) Clone
C) Hybrid
D) Genus
2. What is the base found in RNA in place of thymine of DNA ?
A) Cytosine
B) Guanine
C) Thymine
D) Uracil
3. The most complex structure of proteins is called
A) Primary structure
B) Secondary structure
C) Tertiary structure
D) Quaternary structure
4. Which one of the following is the smallest of all?
A) A red blood cell
B) A virus
C) A bacterium
D) An amoeba
5. What is the ultimate source of all scientific knowledge?
A) Observation
B) Guessing
B) Hybrid vigour
C) Recessive genes
D) Co-dominance genes
2. In the formation of a macromolecule, what type of reaction would join two subunits together?
A) Hydrolysis reaction
B) Dehydration reaction
C) Denturaiton reaction
D) Hydrophobic reaction
3. Which are the four most abundant elements in living cells?
A) Carbon, oxygen, sulphur, phosphorus.
B) 25 %
C) 50 %
D) 75 %
5. which of the following is an inorganic molecule?
A)CaCo 3
B)CH 4
C)C6H22O11
D) C18H36O2
6. Which of
the
following
expression
is more
related to 43
the phase
"survival
of the
fittest"?
1. To which group of organic compounds do the triglycerides and waxes belong?
A) Carbohydrate
B) Proteins
C) Lipids
D) Vitamins
2. What did Francesco Redi prove through his scientific experiment?
A) Maggots appear spontaneously on foods placed anywhere.
B) Maggots do not appear in foods kept in jars that are protected with a cover.
D) flies appear spontaneously on rotting meat kept in closed or open jars alike.
3. Which one of the following shows the feeding methods of decomposers?
A) Saprobiotic nutrition
B) Autotrophic nutrition
C) Parasitic nutrition
D) Intracellular digestion
4. What happens when the carrying capacity of an ecosystem is reached?
A) Excretory product accumulates and population numbers increase.
C) Production of vinegar
D) Yoghurt making
6.If a substance that weighs 2000 grams and has a half-life of 100 years is left with only 250 grams, for how
long has the radioactive decaying activity been undergoing?
A) 200 years
B) 250 years
C) 300 years
D) 500 years
7. What does an ethnologist study?
A) Insect diets
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A) Soil types
B) Fossil fuel
C) Animal behavior
1. Which one of the following is a biotic factor operating within an ecosystem?
A) The amount of helium gas in the air
B) Deduction
C) Pseudo-deduction
D) Pseudo-induction
4.If the rate of an enzyme catalysed reaction remains constant even when more substrate is added to the
reaction, which of the following might be the reason?
A) Saturation of the enzyme
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A) They are globular in shape
4.Which stage in the life cycle of HIV is disrupted if AIDs patients are treated with a drug that has protease
in habiting activity?
A) Entry of the virus in to the host
B) 54:27 ratio
C) 96:64 ratio
D) 150:125 ratio
6. Cells immediately use the energy that electrons lose as they pass along the chain of electron carriers
to:
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A) Produce ATP
A) Pump protons
C) reduce NAD
1. Which of the following is a routine method used by clinics to test people for HIV infection?
A) Microscopic examination for the virus
B) Unicellular
C) aerobic
D) anaerobic
3.Suppose a fossil initially contains 100,000 atoms of a certain radioactive element whose half-life is 10,000
years, after how many years would the number of the atoms be 12500?
A) Ten thousand years
B) 6.00
C) 3.5
D) 2.5
5. which of the following happens in both cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation?
A) ATP is formed
B) Oxygen is generated
C) NADP is reduced
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A) Increasing population size
C) Land plants
D) Multicellular organisms
2. Choose the step that comes at the last step in the scientific method.
A) Proposing the research hypothesis
C) Conducting experiments
D) Making predictions
3. Which of the following is NOT true abut C plants such as tef (Eragrostistef)
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B) The molecular size of nitrogen is too large to pass through the stomata.
6. Which hormone promotes human sleepfulness in darkness and controls the sleep-wake cycle?
A) Insulin
B) Adrenaline 48
C) Melatonin
D) Thyroxin
1. Which two nitrogenous bases belong to the purines?
A) Adenine and thymine
B) An aldehyde group
C) An amino group
D) A carboxyl group
4. Which one of the following is an example of an orientational innate behaviour?
A) Kinases in woodlice
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1. What is the purpose of the in folding of the inner -membrane of the mitochondrion?
A) Increasing the photosynthetic capacity of the cell.
B) How a crying dog can tell who among elders of the village is going to die next.
C) Desert
D) Tundra
Answer Key
1.D 11.C 21.C 31.D 41.D 51.D 61.C 71.C 81.C 91.C
2.A 12.B 22.A 32.C 42.C 52.B 62.B 72.A 82.C 92.B
3.C 13.C 23.A 33.A 43.C 53.C 63.A 73.D 83.D 93.A
4.C 14.B 24.A 34.A 44.C 54.C 64.C 74.C 84.A 94.D
5.A 15.B 25.C 35.A 45.B 55.B 65.A 75.C 85.C 95.A
6.D 16.D 26.C 36.D 46.B 56.B 66.C 76.C 86.B 96.B
7.C 17.D 27.D 37.A 47.D 57.B 67.D 77.D 87.B 97.B
8.C 18.B 28.B 38.C 48.B 58.C 68.C 78.D 88.A 98.D
9.B 19.A 29.B 39.B 49.B 59.A 69.C 79.B 89.C 99.D
10.B 20.A 30.D 40.A 50.D 60.A 70.B 80.C 90.C 100.B
PART FOUR
1.Which of the following food types would most likely give a negative result upon addition of iodine
solution?
A) Bread
B) Butter
C) Biscuit
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D) Potato
1. Which process produced mRNA during protein synthesis?
A) Translation
B) Replication
C) Mutation
D) Transcription
2. What is the molecule in plant cells that first captures the radiant energy from the sun light?
A) ATP
B) DNA
C) Chlorophyll
D) Carbon dioxide
3. Of the following functions, which one do triglycerides accomplish in cells?
A) Increase density of tissues and cells
B) Test tube
C) Filter paper
D) Measuring cylinder
5.of the following, which one is the main source form which plants get the nutrients necessary for their growth
and development?
A) Light
B) Chlorophyll
C) Atmosphere
D) Soil
6. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the steps in scientific research?
A) Hypothesis formulation----> Conclusion---->experiment---->question
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1. Which of the following types of cancer is known to mostly develop in AIDS patients?
A) Cervical cancer
B) Stomach cancer
C) Kaposi's sarcoma
D) Breast cancer
2. How many fatty acids would a cell need to form a molecule of triglyceride
A) Two
B) Four
C) Five
D) Three
3. Which part of the human elementary canal contains digestive enzymes that function at acidic pH?
A) Stomach
B) Mouth
C) Esophagus
D) Small intestine
4. Which of the following is the correct constitution of the sex chromosome of a normal woman?
A) XY
B) XX
C) XO
D) XXY
5. From which of the following does the O 2 released during the process of photosynthesis originate?
A) Pyruvic acid
B)CO 2
C) Sugar
D) Water
6.What is the best term that expresses the movement of substances in cells against their concentration
gradient?
A) Active transport
B) Passive transport
C) Osmosis
D) Water
7. In cell division, what is the phase that comes following the metaphase called?
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A) Prophase
B) Anaphase
C) Telophase
1.Who was the person that first observed living cells moving around when he examined drops of water under
the microscope?
A) Robert Brown
B) Robert Hook
D) Theodor schwann
2. Which of the following is true about gene mutation?
A) Altering the DNA sequence of a gene
B) Haemoglobin mutation
D) Phosphate mutagenesis
4.Based on similarity in number of amino acids found in haemoglobin, which one of the following animals
has closer phylogenetic relations to human beings?
A) Chicken
B) Horse
C) Frog
D) Gibbon
5. In which of the following groups of living organisms do the cells lack organized nuclei?
A) Fungi
B) Protozoa
C) Bacteria
D) Algae
6.Which one of the following terms refers to the failure of sister chromatids to separate from one another
during anaphase?
A) Non-disjunction
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A) Replication
B) Deletion
C) Double inversion
1.If two species are known to belong to the same order ,they must also belong to the same which taxonomic
categories?
A) Class
B) Family
C) Species
D) Genus
2. What happens in first reaction of the Krebs cycle during energy transformation?
A) A 2-C compound is produced.
B) Analogous
C) Homologous
D) Indigenous
4. For what purpose do biologists use the GPS receiver?
A) To produce area maps
B) Lichens
C) Trees
D) Ferns
6.In an experiment designed to study the effect of temperature on the rate of seed germination ,which of the
following should the experiment vary?
A) Seed number
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A) Water quality
B) Temperature
C) Seed size
1. In the carbon cycle, which of the following processes removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
A) Respiration
B) Decomposition
C) Combustion
D) Photosynthesis
2.Which of the the following sequences represents the correct change in number of chromosomes during
fertilization?
A) n+n 2n
B) 2n --> 2n
C) n --> n
D) 2n---->n+n
3."Rats can be produced by keeping rags and grains at a corner of a room". Which of the following thinking
supports this statement?
A) Darwinian evolution
B) Spontaneous generation
C) Alternation of generation
D) Sexual reproduction
4.What is the specific name of biological scientists who do research that tries to find evidence of life on other
planets in the solar system?
A) Neurobiologists
B) Paleontologists
C) Astrobiologists
D) Biogeographers
5.Which of the following industries can reduce more CO 2 emission by shifting to the use of enzyme in the
manufacturing process?
A) Bread making
B) Cheese making
C) Leather making
D) Manufacturing cosmetics
6. Which of the following is made of globular proteins?
A) Enzyme
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A) Keratin
B) Collagen
C) Glycogen
1. Which of the following events happened before all the others?
A) The cell theory was proposed .
2. Under what conditions do C 4 plants have more photosynthetic efficiency than C3 plants?
A) Low water supply
B) Low temperature
D)Low co 2 concentration
B) Reproduction
C) Photosynthesis
C) Pharmaceutical industry
B) Salivary amylase
C) Trypsin
B) Isomerase
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A) Lyase
B) Hydrolase
1. Which of the following has a bigger size than all the other?
A) A ribosome taken from animal cell
B) Proteins
C) Lipids
D) Starch
4.In enzymes that contain non-protein organic molecules, in addition to the protein component, what is the
protein component called?
A) Apoenzyme
B) Coenzyme
C) Holoenzyme
D) Cofactor
5.Which of the following should be done in order to remove an enzyme inhibition caused by a competitive
inhibitor?
A) Remove affected enzyme molecule
B) Cell wall
C) Cytoplasm
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D) Nucleus
1. What are the possible consequences of deforestation of the tropic rain forest?
A) An increase in existing ecological niches
B) Assimilation
C) Feeding
D) Photosynthesis
3.If an area is dominated by just one species having very many individuals, what would be its index of
diversity?
A) Fluctuating
B) High
C) Low
D) Unpredictable
4. Which of the following is true about sex determination in birds?
A) They have heterozygotic ?X and Y chromosomes
B) About 35
C) About 20
D) About 46
6. Which of the following is the major mechanism by which AIDS is transmitted?
A) Mother to fetal transmission
B) Hetrosexual intercourse
C) Homoesxual intercourse
B) 75 %
C) 25%
D) 50 %
2. Which of the following is NOT true about innate behaviours?
A) Can be improved by trial and error
B) Smell
C) Visual
D) Touch
4.Which of the following types of microscope is most suitable for a detailed study of the surface structure of
an object ?
A) Filed microscope
B) Optical microscope
D) Dissecting microscope
5. According to the fluid-mosaic model of the plasma membrane, what does the word 'mosaic' refer to?
A) The hydrophobic property of fatty acids
B) AIDS - virus
C) Ringworm - protozoa
D) Syphilis - worm
7.Which of the following organic compounds would release both nitrogen and sulphur to the ecosystem
when decomposed?
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A) Polysaccharides
B) Sucrose
C) Proteins
D) Lipids
1. Among the vertebrate found In ethiopia, which class has the highest percentage of endemic species?
A) Amphibians
B) Reptiles
C) Birds
D) Mammals
2. Which of the following terms refers to the movement of individual out of a population?
A) Mortality
B) Immigration
C) Emigration
D) Natality
3. Which of the following crosses will produce progeny with phenotypic ratio of 3:1?
B) Negative phototaxis
C) Positive phototaxis
D) Insight learning
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1.In Ethiopia animal diversity ,which group is presented by the highest number of orders, families, genera
and species
A) Birds
B) Amphibians
C) Fish
D) Mammals
2. Why mutations are important in evolution
A) They are related to the environment.
B) Precipitation
C) Condensation
D) Transpiration
4.Deficiency of which of the following nutrients in human diet is likely to result in deficiency of some co-
enzyme like FAD?
A) Essential amino acids
B) Vitamins
C) Carbohydrate
B) Imprinting
C) Learned behaviour
D) Sensitization
6.Which step in the HIV life cycle is disrupted by antiretroviral drug that competitively inhibits the reverse
transcriptase enzyme?
A) Entry into the host cell
B) Chemiosmosis
C) Link reaction
D) Krebs cycle
2. Which of the following pairs are ANALOGOUS structures?
A) The human arm and the front leg of a mule
B) Habituation
C) Sensitization
D) Classical conditioning
4. Which of the following is the adaptation by C 4 plants that helps them to avoid photorespiration?
A) Harvesting of carbon dioxide at night
B) GGG
C) CCC
D) AAA
6.If a clone is produced by transferring a nucleus of animal A to an enucleated egg of animal B and the egg is
then implanted in the uterus of animal C, which animal would the clone resemble most?
A) Animal C
B) Animal B
C) Animal A
D) Other animal
7. Which of the following classes of fatty acids is without carbon-carbon double bond?
A) Monosaturated fatty acids 62
A) Unsaturated fatty acids
B) Adaptation to flight
B) 70 units
C) 80 units
D) 35 units
4. What is the substance that helps to keep the biological membrane in a fluid state?
A) Waxes
B) Water
C) Cholesterol
D) Phospholipids
5. which of the following substance is NOT formed when yeasts ferment glucose?
A) Alcohol
B) ATP
C) Lactic acid
D) Carbon dioxide
6. Which phosphate bond of the ATP is broken when the energy it contain is needed for cellular activity?
A) The first bond
B) The C- C bond
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A) The second bound
B) Hunter - gatherer
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A) Post - industrial
B) Developing
1. Which of the following is the best collective name for all bacteria with spherical shape?
A) Spirochaetes
B) Bacilli
C) Cocci
D) Streptococci
2.Suppose two heterozygous round yellow (RrYy x RrYy) pea plants wear crossed and 128 seeds were
produced, how many of the seeds are expected to be heterozygous around yellow?
A) 64 seeds
B) 32 seeds
C) 96 seeds
D) 128 seeds
3. Which of the following way is an important way by which green plants mitigate the green house
effect?
A) Use of fire wood to replace coal
B) Absence of thymine
B) It terminates
C) It converges
D) It disrupts
2. Which of the following is consistent with science?
A) Proof by investigation of the causes of a phenomenon
C) Hereditary variation
B) Kaposi's cancer
C) Rabies
D) Malaria
6. In which of the following are all the tools
mainly used in the laboratory rather than in the
field situation?
A) Centrifuge, microscopes, measuring
cylinder, petri dishes
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B) Flow meters ,centrifuge, theodolites,
microscopes
C) Monoculture antibodies
Answer Key
1.B 11.B 21.A 31.B 41.D 51.C 61.A 71.B 81.D 91.A
2.D 12.D 22.B 32.A 42.A 52.A 62.A 72.B 82.A 92.D
3.C 13.A 23.C 33.C 43.B 53.B 63.A 73.D 83.B 93.C
4.B 14.C 24.A 34.C 44.B 54.C 64.B 74.C 84.C 94.A
5.A 15.C 25.B 35.C 45.B 55.C 65.D 75.C 85.B 95.A
6.D 16.A 26.C 36.D 46.A 56.B 66.B 76.B 86.A 96.C
7.B 17.B 27.D 37.C 47.C 57.C 67.A 77.A 87.D 97.B
8.C 18.D 28.A 38.A 48.D 58.A 68.C 78.C 88.C 98.D
9.D 19.C 29.B 39.C 49.C 59.C 69.B 79.D 89.B 99.A
10.A 20.A 30.C 40.D 50.C 60.D 70.C 80.C 90.B 100.B
PART FIVE
1. The word science comes from the Latin word 'Scientia' meaning what ?
A) Study
B) Experiment
C) Life
D) Knowledge
2. Which of the following substance can be used over and over again in an enzyme catalyzed reaction?
A) Enzyme -substrate complex
B) Substrate
C) Enzyme
D) Reaction product
3. What is the intermediate compound that is formed during an enzyme catalyzed reaction?
A) Reaction
B) Substrate
C) Product
D) Enzyme-substance complex
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1. Which of the following microorganisms are prokaryotic?
A) Bacteria
B) Protozoa
C) Yeast
D) Algae
2. Which of the following laboratory tools is LEAST accurate to measure 1 ml of liquid?
A) Pipette
C) Burett
B) Measuring cylinder
D) Beaker
3. From which of the following diseases can one be protected by sleeping under the cover of a mosquito net?
A) Sleeping sickness
B) AIDS
C) Malaria
D) Athlete's foot
4.Which of the following parts of the flower did Mendel remove from young flowers to prevent self-
population ?
A) Stamens
B) Sepals
C) Petals
D) Ovaries
5. What do we call the place where organisms live in their ecosystem ?
A) Abiotic
B) Biotic
C) Habitat
D) Niche
6. Which of the following is the sex chromosome constitution of human males?
A) XX
B) XY
C) ZZ
D) ZW
7. Which of the following plants use CAM photosynthesis?
A) Sugarcane
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A) Sorghum
B) Maize
C) Cactus
1. Which of the following bases is NOT found in RNA?
a) Adenine
A) Guanine
B) Cytosine
C) Thymine
1. In a report of the scientific experiment description of which of the following comes before all the others?
A) Procedure
B) Results
C) Hypothesis
D) Conclusion
2. Which one of the following is different from the other three?
A) Starch
B) Glycogen
C) Cellulose
D) Maltose
3. What happens when a plant cell absorbs in more water?
A) It shrinks
B) It becomes turgid
C) It becomes wilted
B) Secondary structure
C) Tertiary structure
D) Quaternary structure
5. Which of the following do biologists consider ancestral to the higher organisms of today?
A) Plantae
B) Animalia
C) Fungi
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D) Protista
1. Which type of fatty acids is healthier when used as a human food source?
A) Saturated fatty acids
B) Energy
C) Carbon
D) Phosphorus
3. What kind of cross is performed to determine whether the parent was homozygous or heterozygous ?
A) Mono hybrid cross
B) Di-hybrid cross
C) Back cross
D) Double cross
4. Which type of animal behavior happens with out learning?
A) Innate
B) Latent
C) Insight
D) Conditioned
5.Which drop of iodine solution is added to a solution of a foodstuff and the foodstuff turns dark blue what
dose the foodstuff contain
A) Reducing sugar
B) Disaccharide
C) Glucose
D) Starch
6. Which of the following has the highest risk of HIV transmission?
A) Hand shaking
B) Needle sharing
C) Towel Sharing
D) Toilet Sharing
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1. Which of the following elements is the most abundant in living things?
A) Nitrogen
B) Carbon
C) Hydrogen
D) Oxygen
2. Which of the following organelles is common to both plant and animal cells?
A) Cell wall
B) Chloroplast
C) Mitochondria
D) Central vaculie
3. Among the following organic molecules, identify the one that dose not contain nitrogen.
A) Starch
B) Protein
C) DNA
D) RNA
4. If a cell fails to form lysosomes, which of the following cellular functions will get disturbed first?
A) Protein synthesis
B) Chromosome replication
B) Vitamins
C) Carbohydrates
D) Fats
6. To produce from starch, which of the following enzymes would one use?
A) Isomerases
B) Lyases
C) Hydrolases
D) Ligases
7. Which class of enzyme inhibitors has similar shape as that of the normal substrate?
A) Allosteric
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A) Competive
B) Denaturing
C) Irreversible
1.Fore a substance to easily pass arose the cell membrane by simple diffusion which of the following
properties should it possess?
A) Large size
C) Positive charge
D) Negative charge
2. Among the following factors that affect enzyme activity, which one dose NOT cause enzyme
denaturation?
A) High pH
B) Low pH
C) High temperature
D) Competitive inhibitor
3. Which of the following is a type of ecological succession that starts from a cleared forest area?
A) Hydrosere
B) Primary
C) Secondary
D) Pioneer
4. Which of the following stage of photosynthesis can take place in the dark?
A) Photolysis of water
B) Photosystem I
C) Photosystem II
D) Calvin cycle
5. Which of the following is the major role-played by bacteria and fungi in the ecosystem?
A) Causing diseases
B) Nutrient recycling
D) Producing antibiotice
6.If a heterozygous tall pea plant (Tt) is crossed with a short pea plant(tt) ,what percentage of the progeny is
expected to be short?
A) 100%
B) 75% 72
C) 50%
D) 25%
1. Which of the following human cell types is attacked by HIV?
A) Red blood cells
B) White
C) T- lymphocytes
D) Leukocytes
2.Which of the following processes is most important to release nutrients from dead organic matter in to the
soil?
A) Fixation
B) Decomposition
C) Excretion
D) Respiration
3. Which of the following biomes supports the highest diversity of plant and animal life?
A) Tropical rain forest
B) Deciduous forest
C) Grassland
D) African savannah
4. Which of the following demographic factors can increase the size of the world population?
A) Natality
B) Migration
C) Emigration
D) Immigration
5.When Mendel crossed a tall pea plant with a short plant the F
1 progeny were all tall what F1 did he obtain when he made
the reciprocal cross?
A) Short plants
B) Tall plants
C) Extra-tall plants
B) IBIO
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A) IAIB
B) IBIB
1. Which of the following methods do animal breeders use to produce domestic animals with hybrid vigor?
A) Feeding with natritive food
B) Green algae
D) Lichens
3. Which of the following factors brings about changes during both evolution and breeding of plants and
animals?
A) Limited resources
C) Selection
D) Competition
4. Among the following which one is held most responsible for the present fast depletion of the world
biodiversity ?
A) Herbivores
B) Carnivores
C) Grazers
D) Humans
5. Which of the following reproductive isolating mechanisms keeps the horse and donkey as two independent
species?
A) Hybrid inviability
B) Hybrid infertility
C) Ecological isolation
D) Habitat isolation
6. Which of the following activities of an organism do we call a behavior ?
A) Reception of external stimulus
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A) Responding of stimulus
B) External reflex
C) Spinal reflex
D) Autonomic reflex
2.At which of the following generation of crosses between dominant and recessive homozygote parents are
all the progeny heterozygote?
A)P 1 generation ?
B) F1 generation
C) F2 generation
D)F 3 generation
B) Dehydrogenase
C) Nerve cells
D) Oxidoreductase
4. Which type of enzyme catalyzes the joining of two molecules by the formation of new bonds?
A) Decarboxylase
B) Dehydrogenase
C) Ligase
D) Oxidoreductase
5. Which of the following statement about enzyme is NOT correct?
A) Enzymes speed up on a chemical reaction
B) Mitochondrion
C) Nucleus 75
D) Chloroplast
1. Anaerobic metabolism refers to the generation of ATP:
A) Without the involvement of ADP
B) Lactose
C) Lactic acid
D) Acetaldehyde
4. The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called:
A) Organic mass
B) Energy mass
C) Trophic mass
D) Biomass
5. Biomes where trees predominant are called
A) Polar biomes
B) desert biomes
C) Trophic mass
D) Grassland biomes
6. The goals of biodiversity conservation include all of the following EXCEPT
A) Protecting individual species
B) biotic potential
C) carrying capacity
B) Immunology
C) Phycology
D) Genetic engineering
2. which of the following is publicly an UNDESIRED research activity
A) breeding a new crop variety
B) bendect's test
C) emulsion test
D) lodine test
5. How do heavy metal ions reduce the reaction rate of enzymes?
A) by distroying the 3- dimensional shape of the enzymes active site
B) by raising the temperature above the optimum level for the enzyme
C) by dropping the PH well below the optimum level for the enzyme
1. What happens when human red blood cell are kept in a hypertonic solution ?
A) the same net gain and loss of water
B) Prokaryotic
B) Cytosine
C) Thymine
D) Uracil
4. Which of the plants with the following genotype is hetrozygyous?
A) BBYY
B) BbYb
C) bbyy
D) YYBB
5. Which of the following groups of viruses copy their RNA to DNA?
A) Bacteriphages
B) DNA viruses
C) RNA viruses
D) Retroviruses
6. Which of the following can reverse an enzyme inhibition that is caused by an allosteric inhibitor?
A) Adding more substrate
B) NAD
C) ADP
D) AMP
2.If in a DNA molecule consisting of 1000 base pairs, there are 300 adenine bases, how many guanine bases
will be present?
A) 200
B) 400
C) 600
D) 700
3. During which stage of aerobic respiration dose oxidative phosphorylatuion occur?
A) Glycolysis
B) Krebs cycle
C) Link reaction
D) Chemiosmosis
4. What mode of feeding do soil organisms that release nutrients from dead organic matter in to the soil
have?
A) Photoautotrophic
B) Saprophytic
C) Chemoautotrophic
D) Parasitic
5.When farmers are using fewer and fewer number of crop verities, what would happen to the genetic
diversity of our crop plants?
A) It would get eroded
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1. Among the following four processes, identify the one that probably evolved before all the other three.
A) Aerobic respiration
B) Anaerobic respiration
C) Oxidizing atmospher
D) Photosynthesis
2. Which of the following is NOT a learned behavior?
A) Imprinting
B) Habituation
C) Conditioning
B) Divergent evolution
C) Convergent evolution
D) Sympatric evolution
5. For which of the following processes is ATP NOT required?
A) Diffusion of oxygen in to cells
B) Synthesis of molecules
D) Muscle contraction
6. Mutation may be described as:
A) Phenotypic change
C) Continuous variation
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1.Which of the following is the most UNLIKELY action that would be expected from Ethiopians who have
been given adequated biological literacy?
A) Engagement in activities resulting in biodiversity loss
B) Insertion
C) Inversion
D) Deletion
3. Which of the following characteristic can show the evolutionary relationships among organisms?
A) Structure having similar functions
D) A land mass that separated two water bodies for many years
5. What is an apoenzyme?
A) A protein molecule
B) An active enzyme
C) A non- protein
molecule
D) A non- protein
cofactor
6. For which of the
following can
divergent evolution be
taken as an alternative
name?
A) Allopatric
speculation
B) Adaptive radiation 81
C) Stabilizing selection
D) A non- protein
1.Which one of the following is the result of the similarity observed between the wings of a bird and a
pterodactyl?
A) Convergent evolution
B) Directional selection
C) Stabilizing selection
D) Divergent evolution
2. Which of the following played an important role in the evolution of human being?
A) Emergency of wings in addition to limbs
B) Production of antibiotics
C) Production of herbicides
D) Production of vaccines
4. which knowledge about cell biology scientists discover after all the others?
A) The first understanding that all living things are made of cells
B) The responses or reactions or movements that a living plant makes in any situation
D) A receptor of some kind of stimulus that an organism has which produces a response
6.To which category of behavior does the human behavior that involves the strengthening of existing
responses or the formation of new responses to existing stimuli that occur because of practice or repetition
belong?
A) Learned behavior
B) Instinctive behavior
C) Innate behavior
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D) Inborn behavior
1. Which of the following is NOT grouped under genetically pre-programmed pattern of behavior?
A) Reflex actions in humans
B) Orientation behavior
C) Conditioned behavior
D) Instinctive behaviors
2. Which group of bacteria reduces nitrate to nitrogen gas in th nitrogen cycle?
A) Nitrogen fixing bacteria
C) Denitrifying bacteria
D) photosynthetic bacteria
3. The main factors that determine the types of terrestrial biomes in a certain geographical area are:
A) Soil and vegetation
Answer Key
1.D 11.D 21.D 31.D 41.C 51.C 61.D 71.D 81.A 91.A
2.C 12.C 22.B 32.C 42.D 52.C 62.D 72.B 82.B 92.D
3.D 13.D 23.C 33.D 43.C 53.A 63.C 73.B 83.A 93.C
4.A 14.B 24.C 34.B 44.C 54.C 64.C 74.A 84.B 94.D
5.D 15.D 25.A 35.C 45.D 55.A 65.A 75.D 85.A 95.C
6.C 16.D 26.C 36.C 46.B 56.D 66.B 76.B 86.C 96.A
7.A 17.C 27.B 37.B 47.C 57.D 67.C 77.A 87.C 97.C
8.C 18.B 28.C 38.A 48.D 58.C 68.B 78.C 88.C 98.C
9.B 19.C 29.B 39.A 49.B 59.B 69.A 79.B 89.A 99.D
10.D 20.A 30.B 40.B 50.A 60.B 70.B 80.A 90.B 100.C
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PART SIX
1. Which of the following tools is used by a biologist to study the internal anatomy of experimental animals?
A) Dissecting kit
B) Hand lens
C) Petri dish
D) Microscope
2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an enzyme?
A) It is a globular protein
B) It function as a catalyst
D) It converted to products
3. Who was the first person who believed to have seen moving cells under a microscope?
A) Robert Hooke
B) Rene Dutrochet
D) Theodor Schwann
4. Why do micro-organisms decompose dead organic matters?
A) To release mineral nutrients for the plants
B) Forest clearing
D) Conducting an experiment
1. Of the following organic molecules which one includes a pentose sugar?
A) Glucose
B) Fructose
C) Galactose
D) Deoxyribose
2. What dose an enzyme do to a chemical reaction that allows it to proceed optimally?
A) It lower the required activation energy .
B) Ribosome
C) DNA strand
D) Cellulose
4.What is the name of a major group of eukaryotic organisms that obtain their nutrition using extracellular
digestion?
A) Viruses
B) Bacteria
C) Fungi
D) Algae
5. What kind of nutrition do most of the decomposers have in general?
A) Auto trophic nutrition
B) Saprobiotic nutrition
C) Endosymbiont nutrition
D) Chemosynthetic nurtition
6. To which genus of primates are the Neanderthal humans classified?
A) The genus Ardipithecus
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A) The genus Australopithecus
B) Robert Hooke
C) Schwann
D) Leeuwenhoek
3. The ultimate source of genetic variation is:
A) Mutation
B) Migration
C) Genetic drift
D) Selection
4. Which of the following is the first step in starting a research process?
A) Searching sources of information to locate problem.
C) Identification of problem
B) Theodolite
C) Microwave
D) Satellite signal
6.Which of the following statement is INCORRECT with respect to an enzymes ability to catalyze a
reaction?
A) An enzyme provide a reaction surface and a hydrophilic environment for the reaction to take
place .
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Answer Key
1.D 11.D 21.D 31.D 41.C 51.C 61.D 71.D
2.C 12.C 22.B 32.C 42.D 52.C 62.D 72.B
3.D 13.D 23.C 33.D 43.C 53.A 63.C 73.B
4.A 14.B 24.C 34.B 44.C 54.C 64.C 74.A
5.D 15.D 25.A 35.C 45.D 55.A 65.A 75.D
6.C 16.D 26.C 36.C 46.B 56.D 66.B 76.B
7.A 17.C 27.B 37.B 47.C 57.D 67.C 77.A
8.C 18.B 28.C 38.A 48.D 58.C 68.B 78.C
9.B 19.C 29.B 39.A 49.B 59.B 69.A 79.B
10.D 20.A 30.B 40.B 50.A 60.B 70.B 80.A
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