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Directions: Analyze each item carefully and encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. Which of the following organelle releases oxygen?

a. golgi body c. mitochondria
b. chloroplast d. lysosome

2. Chemosynthetic organisms that live in an extremely different type of environment belong to the kingdom:
a) Protista b) Eubacteria c) Archaebacteria d) Fungi

3. Which of the following does not belong to the group?

a) mushroom b) moss c) bread mold d) yeast

4. A Swedish naturalist who introduced the binomial nomenclature in 1700s.

a) Carolus Linnaeus b) Louis Pasteur c) Anton Van Leeuwenhoek d) Gregor Mendel

5. Dog and bat belong to the same class, they must also belong to the same:
a) Genus b) Family c) Order d) Phylum

6. Scientific name of an organism is composed of:

a) class and order c) genus and specie
b) family and genus d) order and specie

7. All of the following produce reproductive spores except:

a) bread mold b) moss c) fern d) algae

8. The following are flowering plants except:

a) Ginko b) Grasses c) cornplant d) riceplant

9. Which of the following is a non-vascular plant?

a) bracken fern b) liverworts c) cycads d) pines

10. Extremopilic bacteria that live in salty environment like then salt lake:
a) thermophiles b) halophiles c) acidophiles d) methanobacteria

11. Roots that arise from other parts of the plants like twigs and leaves. are called:
a) fibrous b) taproot c) adventitious d) aerial

12. The primary breathing oxygen of the plant:

a) lenticel b) stomata c) node d) trichomes

13. The following would result to genetically identical offsprings except:

a) hybrid b) cutting c) cloning d) tissue culture

14. Parasitic nutrition is exhibit by the following organisms except:

a) mushroom b) bacteria c) tapeworm d) amoeba

15. Which of the following animals has closed circulation?

a) cockroach b) butterfly c) frog d) centipede

16. The following animals can produce their missing/losing body parts except:
a) turtles b) lizard c) starfish d) planaria

17. Which of the following substances is hydrolyzed to provide energy?

a. ATP c. GTP
b. CTP d. TTP

18. Which of the following is not a product of light dependent reaction

a. ATP c. Oxygen
b. NADPH d. Sugar
19. Fermentation is an anaerobic respiration that would cause a breakdown of pyruvic acid in yeast cells. The
process releases the following substances except:
a. ATP c. Ethyl alcohol
b. Carbon dioxide d. Lactic acid

20. Pairing nitrogenous bases in DNA is specific. Which base or bases can form hydrogen bonds with adenine?
a. Thymine c. Guanine
b. Uracil d. Adenine

21. Which of the following is formed during hydrolysis?

a. Water as a waste product c. Small molecules from large molecules
b. Condensed water molecules d. Large molecules from small molecules

22. Why do vendors sprinkle water on fruits and vegetables that they sell during warm days?
a. It adds mineral to fruits and vegetables
b. It removes pesticides from fruits and vegetables
c. It prevents minerals from escaping from fruits and vegetables
d. It replaces water lost by the cells of fruits and vegetables to the surrounding

23. Which of the following is a major characteristic of Meiosis I?

a. Splitting of centromere c. Pairing of homologous pairs
b. Producing primordial germ cells d. Reduction of DNA number from 2n to n

24. The diploid chromosome number of man is 46. What is the chromosome number of the human sperm?
a. 22 autosomes plus a sex chromosome c. 22 autosomes
b. 23 autosomes plus a sex chromosome d. 23 paired chromosomes

25. The hormone which promotes ovulation and progesterone production in the ovary and testosterone in the
testes is the:
a. Luteinizing hormone or the intirtistial cell stimulating
b. Antidiurectic hormone
c. Calcitocin.
d. Prolactin

26. A 25-year old pregnant woman is on her last month of pregnancy and has been experiencing uterine
contraction every 20 minutes. The hormone responsible for having this contraction is called
a. Prolactin c. Insulin
b. Cortisol d. Oxytocin

27. In the blood flow through the heart, after the blood passes to the pulmonary circulation or lung tissues, it goes
directly to the:
a. Right atrium c. Pulmonary veins
b. Pulmonary arteries d. Aorta

28.Why is anesthetization applied in dissection?

a. Lessens the pain experienced by the animal
b. Prevents blood to spill out during dissection
c. Inhibits changes in the tissues of the animals
d. Makes the internal organs preserved.

29. Which covers the genetic material of virus?

a. Capsid c. Rod
b. Sheath d. Tail

30. Which concept promotes the idea that bacteria are not always harmful?
a. Paralysis c. Endotoxins
b. Probiotics d, Competition

31. What is the causative agent of syphilis?

a. Treponema c. Borrelia
b. Neisseria d. Bacillus
32. Which is used in the production of cheese from milk?
a. Clostridium c. Lactobacillus
b. Salmonella d. Staphylococcus

33. Which chemical is usually used in dehydration of specimen in microtechniques?

a. Formalin c. Xylene
b. Alcohol d. Water

34. A new trait, not previously present in the species, which continues to appear in the succeeding generations is
called a
a. Mutation c. Polyploidy
b. Heterozygote d. Disjunction

35. Which of the following would be true if the genes for color and spotting were linked?
a. Their segregation would not follow the Mendelian rules for independent assortment
b. The offspring of a cross between two homozygotes would exhibit a 3:1 ratio
c. Crossing over would occur, and we would see the same results as seen in a cross where non-linked genes
were being considered.
d. Some of the offspring would exhibit a phenotype intermediate to that of the parents

36. Which of the statement will correctly describe the transcription process?
a. Copying of a DNA strand by an mRNA
b. Conversion of triplet codons into amino acids
c. Synthesis of RNA based on a DNA strand
d. Pairing of complementary strands of nucleic acid

37. Why is producing insulin via recombinant DNA Technology safer than extracting insulin from slaughtered cattle
and pigs?
a. Because it is free from pathogens
b. Because patients does not develops allergies
c. Because it is a combination of human and bacterial insulin
d. Because the insulin from recombinant DNA technology is more effective in regulating blood sugar

38. Which parental pair could produce a hemophilic female?

a. Hemophilic mother and normal father
b. Heterozygous normal mother and normal father
c. Homozygous normal mother and hemophilic mother
d. Heterozygous normal mother and hemophilic father

39. A man and woman who both have Bb genotypes at a locus will produce what proportion of bb children?
a. 100% c. 50%
b. 75% d. 25%

40. Which of the following goes against the biological specie concept?
a. A species consists of a population of individuals
b. A species may consist of more than one population of individuals
c. The individuals of a species are capable interbreeding
d. Members of one species cannot successfully interbreed with members of another species

41. What theory about specification proposing that new species continue to change throughout their evolutionary
history, diverging more and more from parent species.
a. Punctuated equilibrium c. Descent with modification
b. Gradualism d. Microevolution

42. X-linked recessive inheritance is associated with all of the following statements except
a. Male – to – male transcription
b. Affected males are related through carrier females
c. Offspring of affected males are usually clinically normal
d. Offspring of heterozygous females are at risk to either affected males or carrier females
43. The chromosome mutation that occurs when a piece of one chromosome breaks off and joins to a
nonhomologous chromosome is known as which of the following
a. Deletion c. Translocation
b. Duplication d. Nondisjunction

44. Which is the best evidence to support the theory concerning the order of evolutionary development of
vertebrates?
a. All vertebrates have four-chambered hearts
b. The earliest fish fossils are over a million years old
c. All vertebrates have capillaries connecting the veins and arteries
d. There is a sequence of vertebrate fossils in undistributed sedimentary rock

45. Which among the following areas of Taxonomy refers to the ordering and grouping of populations using the
inductive method?
a. Classification c. Nomenclature
b. Identification d. Preservation

46. The only kingdom composed of members having a prokaryotic type of cell.
a. Animalia c. Monera
b. Fungi d. Plantae

47. Bacteria come in different shapes such as rod, spiral, and coccus. Which of the following bacteria is in rod
shape?
a. Helicobacter pylori c.Staphylococcus aureus
b. Lactobacillus aeroginosa d. leptospira interrogans

48. Carnivory in plants is usually a result of the deficiency in what element in their soil?
a. Calcium c. Nitrogen
b. Carbon d. Phosphorus
c.
49. What do you call an extremophilic bacterium that live in an environment with high sulfur content like in the
Yellowstone National Park in the USA?
a. sulfulobus bacteria c. Acidophilic bacteria
b. Methanobacteria d. Halophilic bacteria

50. All monocots possess the following characteristics except:

a. Fibrous root system
b. Floral parts in multiple of 4s and 5s
c. Parallel venetion
d. Scattered arrangement of vascular bundles

51. Plants are generally classified into vascular and non-vascular. Which of the following plants is vascular?
a. Bracken fern c. Liverworts
b. moss d. algae

52. Red tide is a natural phenomenon that takes place in a marine environment. This is caused by a group of
protists. Which protist is responsible for this phenomenon?
a. Ciliates c. Sarcodines
b. Dinoflagelletes d. Sporozoans

53. Which of the following categories refers to the basic unit of classification?
a. Family c. Order
b. Genus d. Species

54. Which of the following characteristics is true to protozoan?

a. Presence of cells c. Presence of tissues
b. Presence of true nucleus d. Presence of organs

55. Which among the following plants do not produce reproductive spores?
a. Cycads c. Horsetails
b. Ferns d. Mosses
56. Vertebrates are animals with vertebral column. They comprised around 5% of all animals on earth. Which of the
following is not a vertebrate?
a. Seagull c. Sea horse
b. Sea cow d. Sea lilies

57. There are number of minerals indispensible for a plant growth and development. Some of these are needed in
big amount while others in small amount. Which of the following nutrients is considered as micronutrient for
the plants?
a. Boron c. Magnesium
b. Carbon d. Potassium

58. Which of the following refers to a pair of contrasting character trait that could be used in constructing a
dichotomous key regarding fish tail?
a. Big tail and red tail c. Short tail long tail
b. Round tail and blue tail d. thin tail and elongated tail

59. At a sea floor of the Marianas Trench, a marine biologist was able to dredge an unknown animal species. Which
among the following characteristics should he consider?
a. Colonial c. Presence of cell walls and chloroplasts
b. Heterotrophic d. Unicellular

60. Which of the following is not a characteristic of fungus?

a. The ability to produce their own foods c. Filamentous nature
b. Cell walls made out of chitin d. Mitosis similar to plants and animals

61. Not all plants bear flowers. Which of the following plants bear flowers?
a. Grasses c. Cycads
b. Gingko d. Pines

62. All the following are unifying themes in Biology except:

a. Cellular organization c. Integumentary system
b. Molecular inheritance d. evolution

63. Animals show different types of behavior in order to adapt to a certain condition. In some it could be through a
conditioned stimulus. Which type of behavior involves subjecting the organism to repeated stimulation, and if
stimulus is harmful it may no longer respond to it?
a. Conditioned reflex c. Imprinting
b. Habituation d. Trial and error

64. Most organisms have only one reproductive organ like in man. However, some organisms have both the male
and female gonads. What do you call organisms which have both the male and female reproductive
organs/gonads?
a. Dioecious c. Pistilate
b. Monoeciuos d. Protandric

65. In a freshwater environment, the organisms (cells) are hypertonic with reference to the environment. This
means that more solutes are found inside the cells than in the surrounding water. What do you call solutions
having a greater amount of solute concentrations than the cell/
a. Hypertonic solution c. Isotonic solution
b. Hypotonic solution d. None of the above

66. What is the type of locomotion exhibited by the cephalopods like the squids and octopuses?
a. Gliding c. Jet propulsion
b. Hopping d. Somersaulting

67. How can the niche of an organism be affected by its habitat?

a. They are the same
b. Habitat is where the organism lives
c. Habitat has no effect to the niche of the organism
d. Factors in the habitat will define the niche of the organism

68. What kind of relationship exist between coral polyps and zooxanthellae (protists) living in their gut?
a. Commensalism c. Mutualism
 b. Competition d. parasitism

69. Under which relationship can you classify that of man and natural flora in the human gut?
a. Commensalism c. Parasitism
b. Mutualism d. Predation

70. Why does shedding of leaves occur in deciduous trees before winter?
a. In preparation for the new leaves that will grow in spring
b. Leaves are old and nonfunctional
c. To conserve energy that will be used for the maintenance of the parts
d. To prevent the leaves from freezing

71. What may happen if a keystone predator is removed from an ecosystem?

a. The density of all population will increase
b. The diversity of organisms will decrease
c. They diversity of organisms will increase
d. The prey will become the keystone predator

72. What is the role of the organism based on its position in the feeding structure?
a. Ecological niche c. Spatial niche
b. Hypervolume niche ` d. trophic niche

73. Food chain is a linear representation of energy transfer from one trophic level to the next. To which direction is
the arrow pointing at?
a. Either way, as long as it is unidirectional c. Towards the organisms to be consumed
b. Towards the consumer d. towards the produces

74. Managed ecosystems are those that are artificially put-up and maintained by man. Which of the following in
not considered as managed ecosystem?
a. Baguio Botanical Garden c. Mount Mayon Natural Park
b. Manila Ocean Park d. Zoobic Safari

75. What good does a predator brings to the community?

a. Regulate the energy transfer
b. Maintains the diversity of the community
c. Keeps the members of the community fit
d. Reduce waste produced by other species

76. A 20-year old female has been experiencing fever, difficulty of breathing, chest pain and productive cough for
the past five days. Consult was made and was given medications to treat her condition. She is most likely
suffering from
a. Bronchial asthma c. Pertusis
b. Diphtheria d. Pneumonia

77. The blood vessels which carry deoxygenated blood coming from the pulmonary trunk to the pulmonary
circulation are the:
a. Carotid arteries c. Capillaries
b. Pulmonary arteries d. Pulmonary veins

78. The following are examples of diuretics except

a. Tea c. Cola
b. Coffee d. Juice

79. Nikki is a varsity player of their school. She always practices basketball early in the morning until the early
afternoon .one physiologic condition happens to her face which is redness of the cheeks or what is blushing.
What happens to the blood vessels as a result of this condition?
a. Vasodilate c. a & b
b. Vasoconstrict d. Neither
80. Grace is a 58 years old postmenopausal women .She always complains of backache every time she does
household chores. She was advised by her doctor to take calcium supplements everyday. A bone disorder that
might have led to her condition is
a. Rickests c. Osteomalacia
b. Osteoporosis d .Scoliosis

81. A leaf-like structure on top of the larynx that prevents the food and other foreign particles from entering the
lungs is called the:
a. Pharynx c. Alveoli
b. Bronchioles d. Epiglottis

82. The structure of the lower respirator that is most likely clogged with mucous in an asthmatic person who has
difficulty of breathing is:
a. Bronchi c. Alveoli
b. bronchioles d. trachea
83. Ressie was accidentally punctured by a nail while playing.She immediately brought to the emergency room and
was injected tetanus immune globulin to prevent lockjaw brought about by tetanus infection. This type of
immunity is an example of:
a. Natural active immunity c. Artificial passive immunity
b. Artificial active immunity d. Nature passive immunity

84. A twenty five years old male stumbled over the stairs because of an imbalance. He had a drinking spree prior
to the accident. The part of the brain affected due to alcohol drinking is
a. Cerebrum c. Hypothalamus
b. Cerebellum d .Medulla oblongata

85. A 30 years old pregnant woman goes to her physician for a pre natal check up on an irregular basis due to
financial reasons. She has not been taking the prescribed supplements that was given to her and was found out
to be undernourished and vitamin D deficient. A condition could possibly happen to her bones is called.
a. Osteoarthritis c. Osteogenesis imperfecta
b. Osteomyelitis d. Osteomalacia

86. The following are in nominate bones except

a. Sacrum c. llium
b. Ischium d. Pubis

87. What part of the brain regulates body temperature?

a. Cerebrum b. Encephalon c. Hypothalamus d. Thalamus

88. The muscle associated with hair follicle are:

a. Pectoralis major c. Gastrocnemius
b. Arrector pili d. Sartorius

89. When exposed to sunlight, the skin is capable of producing, a molecule that can transform into what type of
vitamin?
a. Vitamin A c. Vitamin C
b. Vitamin E d. Vitamin D

90. The organ that serves as a filtering agent of bacteria, old red blood cells, bacteria and others foreign
a. Liver c. Kidney
b. Spleen d. Gall bladder

91. A person who has diabetes insipidus excrtes a large of urine. What hormone is defective in response to this
condition?
a. Antidiuretic hormone c. Erythropoietin
b. renin d. Oxytcin .
92. The hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland is: a.
Prolactin c. Growth hormone b.
Antidiuretic hormone d. Calcitonin
93. A milky fluid which comprises the fat globules and lymph is known as:
a. Lacteals c. Chyle
b. Colostrum d. None of the above

94. The immune system comprises the T-cells which develop in the:
a. Adrenal glands c. Thyroid glands
b. Thymus glands d. Spleen

95. After having a full meal, the hormone secreted by the pancreas which regulates the production of blood sugar
in the body is:
a. Somatostatin c. Insulin
b. Glucagons d. Oxytocin

96. Water is good thermoregulatory. why?

a. it dissolve many substances c. it possesses high surface tension
b. it has specific density d. it show unique density behavior

97. Erika loves green mangoes. When she visited the mango farm of her friend, she was served with plenty of
green mangoes. She over ate and developed gas pain. Which of the following the following is the most
appropriate remedy?
a. antacid c. drink coffee
b. drink brine solution d. drink milk
98. Which of the following can be considered as ecotone?
a. Dessert c. Savanna
b. Grassland d. Tropical rainforest

99. Which biome has the shortest growing season?

a. Grassland c. Taiga
b. Density d. Tropical rainforest
100. In summer, algal blooms are common scenario. Which factor is limiting to the growth of other organisms in
the event of algal blooms?
a. Carbohydrates c. Oxygen
b. Nitrogen d. Water
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1) b 25) a 49) a 73) c 97) b

2) c 26) d 50) b 74) c 98) a

3) b 27) c 51) a 75) b 99) c

4) a 28) a 52) b 76) a 100) c

5) d 29) a 53) d 77) b

6) c 30) b 54) a 78) a

7) d 31) a 55) a 79) a

8) a 32) c 56) d 80) b

9) b 33) b 57) a 81) d

10) b 34) a 58) c 82) b

11) c 35) a 59) b 83) c

12) b 36) c 60) a 84) b

13) a 37) a 61) a 85) d

14) a 38) d 62) c 86) b

15) c 39) d 63) b 87) c

16) a 40) b 64) b 88) b

17) a 41) c 65) a 89) d

18) d 42) a 66) c 90) b

19) d 43) c 67) d 91) a

20) a 44) d 68) c 92) b

21) c 45) a 69) b 93) c

22) d 46) c 70) c 94) b

23) c 47) b 71) b 95) c

24) a 48) c 72) d 96) d