I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter of the BEST answer.
1. The Father of Genetics select the garden pea plant for three purposes, which among the
following
are included?
I. the morphology of pea flowers
II. the presence of distinctive traits
III. the expression of dominant alleles
IV. the rapid reproduction cycle
V. the ability to reproduce multiple offspring
A. I, II, and IV D. I, II, III, and IV
B. I, III, and V E. I, II, and III
C. I, III, IV, and V
2. When a true breeding pea plant that has yellow seeds is pollinated by a plant that has green
seeds, all the F1 plants have yellow seeds. This means that the allele for yellow is...
A. heterozygous D. dominant
B. recessive E. lethal
C. homozygous
3. Which of the following statements are true about dihybrid?
I. It is homozygous for two traits.
II. It is heterozygous for two traits.
III. It is produced in a cross between two pure parents differing in two pairs of contrasting
characters.
IV. It is produced in a cross between two pure parents differing in one pair of contrasting
characters.
A. I and II D. II and III
B. III and IV E. I and IV
C. II and IV
4. Which of the following term indicates a pair of dissimilar alleles?
A. homozygous D. heterozygous
B. genotypes E. phenotypes
C. loci
5. When dominant AA and recessive aa is crossed, the percentage ratio of the hybrid showing the
parental genotypes is
A. 0% D. 25%
B. 50% Ε. 75%
C. 12.5%
6. 190 grains of golden rice from single plant when sown produce 140 tall and 50 dwarf plants.
The
genotypes of these offsprings may be...
A. TT, tt D. TT, Tt
B. Tt, Tt E. TT, Tt, tt
C. Tt, tt
7. A plant is heterozygous for tallness (Tt). The possibility of 't' gamete fertilizing either T or 't'
is....
A. ½ D. 1/4
B. 1/8 Ε. 1/16
C. 1/32
8. Which of the following cross produces tall and dwarf in equal proportion?
A. TT x Tt D. Tt x TT
B. Tt x Tt E. Tt x tt
C. TT x tt
9. In a monohybrid cross, when F1 is crossed with homozygous dominant parent then which type
of
offsprings will be obtained?
A. dominant: recessive (3:1) D. only recessive
B. dominant: recessive (1:1) E. no recessive
C. dominant: recessive (1:3)
10. The percentage of 'yr' gametes produced by a YyRr parents will be....
A. 75 D. 25
B. 50 Ε. 12.5
C. 100
11. Figuring out the height of Kyle Kuzma, a basketball player from Lakers, will give information
concerning his....
A. genotype. D. phenotype.
B. recessive alleles. E. heterozygous alleles.
C. homozygous alleles.
12. If a heterozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous short plant, how many percent of
the
offspring are heterozygous tall?
A. 0% D. 25%
B. 50% Ε. 75%
C. 100%
13. The F1 generation differed from the F2 in Mendel's experiments in that...
A. none of the F1 showed the dominant phenotype, but one-half of the F2 did
B. all of the F1 showed the dominant phenotype, and all of the F2 showed the recessive
phenotype
C. all of the F1 showed the dominant phenotype, whereas only one-half of the F2 did
D. one-half of the F1 showed the dominant phenotype, and three-quarters of the F2 did
E. all of the F1 showed the dominant phenotype, but only three-quarters of the
F2 did
14. In a certain plant, the alleles A, B, and C are completely dominant to the alleles a, b, and c. A
plant with the genotype AABbcc will have the same phenotype as a plant with the genotype...
A. Aabbcc D. AaBBcc
B. AABBCC E. aabbcc
C. aaBbCC
15. A woman with type O blood is expecting a child. Her husband is type A. Both the woman's
father and her husband's father had type B blood. What is the probability that the child will have
type O blood?
A. 100% D. 75%
B. 50% Ε. 25%
C. 0%
16. Which genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood cells?
A. Sickle cell anemia D. Huntington disease
B. Haemophilia E. Hypertrichosis
C. Klinefelter syndrome
17. Phenotypic ratio in plant Snapdragon in F2 is ...
A. 1:1 D. 2:1
B. 3:1 E. 1:2:1
C. 1:1:1:1
18. Which of the following matings CANNOT produce a child with blood type O? The letters refer
to
blood types (phenotypes).
A. A x A D. O x AB
B. O x O E. A x B
C. Bx B
19. Color in squash is controlled by epistatic interactions in which color is recessive to no color.
At the first locus, white squash (W) is dominant to colored squash (w). At the second locus,
yellow (Y) is dominant to green (y). What is the phenotype of a squash with the genotype wwYy?
A. green with yellow stripes D. green
B. white E. yellow
C. white with yellow stripes
20. Flower color in snapdragons is an example of incomplete dominance. When a red-flowered
plant
is crossed with a white-flowered plant, the F1 generation has pink flowers. If a pink-flowered
plant is crossed with another pink-flowered plant, the progeny plants will be
A. 25% red, 50% pink, and 25% D. white 50% pink and 50% red
B. 100% pink E. 100% red
C. 25% white and 75% red
21. In cattles, when red one is crossed with white, an intermediate roan coloured offspring is
formed
in F1 generation. When selfing of F1 generation was carried, the result obtained was,
A. 2 Red, 1 Roan, 1 White D. 1 Red, 2 Roan, 1 White
B. 1 Red, 2 Roan, 2 White E. 1 Red, 1 Roan, 1 White
C. 2 Roan, 2 White
22. Co-dominance differs from incomplete dominance as in co-dominance...
A. the hybrid is intermediate.
B. both the genes are expressed equally.
C. dominant gene is expressed in F1 generation
D. genotypic ratio is 1:1
E. presence of lethal genes make the offspring die
23. The breeding of plants and animals for particular traits by humans is called
A. homology D. sexual recombination
B. paleontology E. artificial selection
C. natural selection
24. Carolus Linnaeus is considered to be the founder of ______, and he____ .
A. the binomial classification system... thought that resemblances among different species
B. uniformitarianism... believed the same geologic forces are operating today that occurred in
the
past
C. genetics... described the mechanism for descent with modification
D. paleontology... believed in catastrophism
E. evolution... first proposed that acquired characteristics are inherited
25. The binomial system assigns to each organism a unique name that describes its
A. family and species D. body plan and habitat
B. evolutionary history E. genus and species
C. order and family
26. The two-part format of the scientific name, referred to as binomial ensures that the...
I. named is understandable regardless of language barriers among scientists.
II. species is assigned a unique name base on the last two parts of taxonomic rank.
III. biologist can easily specify the closest relatives of any species.
IV. similarities of chemical compositions of organism within the population.
V. habitat and mode of reproduction of the organism will reflect on its name.
A. I, II, and III D. I, II, and IV
B. II, IV, and V E. II, III, and IV
C. I, III, and IV
27. James Hutton saw that there was no need for global catastrophes to shape the surface of the
Earth. Instead, given sufficient time, the gradual ongoing processes of erosion, sedimentation,
and uplift could produce the geological features he saw. This concept is known as
A. Principle of Uniformitarianism
B. Descent with Modification
C. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
D. Catastrophism
E. Survival of the Fittest
28. What does the flame test prove about the inner structure of the atom?
A. The atom has a nucleus.
B. The nucleus is positively charged.
C. The electrons are found outside the nucleus.
D. The electrons carry discreet or fixed energy.
29. What happens to the energy of an electron as it goes farther from the nucleus?
A. Its energy increases. C. Its energy becomes fixed.
B. Its energy decreases. D. Its energy does not change.
30. Copper chloride when heated emits blue light. What is the origin of this blue light?
A. The nucleus radiates energy.
B. The electron loses energy as it moves around the nucleus.
C. The electron absorbs energy as it jumps to a higher energy level.
D. An excited electron loses energy as it returns to a lower energy level.
31. Which of the following energy levels can accommodate a maximum of 18 electrons?
A.1st energy level B.2nd energy level C.3rd energy level D. 4th energy level.
32. An atom with 32 electrons has ___ energy levels.
A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4
33.How many orbitals are in p sublevels?
A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4
34. How many electrons can the d orbital holds?
A.2 B.6 C.10 D.14
35. Which of the given atomic orbitals is of higher energy?
A.1s B.2s C.2p D.3p
36.Which is the electron configuration of Oxygen?
A.1s22s22p6 B. A.1s22s22p4 C. A.1s22s32p3 D. A.1s12s22p3
37.Which statement is NOT correct for an atom with an electron configuration of
1s22s22p63s23p5?
A. It has 17 electrons.
B. This element is Chlorine.
C. The 3p orbitals are completely filled.
D. The s orbitals are completely filled.
38. Who among the scientist did not contribute to the development of the quantum mechanical
model of the atom?
A. Werner Karl Heisenberg B. Louie de Broglie C. Erwin Schrodinger D. Neils Bohr
39. How many electrons can each p orbital hold?
A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4
40. What happens to the temperature of air when altitude increases?
A. It remains the same. B. It increases. C. It decreases. D. It varies.
