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P530/1
BIOLOGY
(THEORY)
Paper 1
Nov./Dec. 2020
2½ hours

WAKISO-KAMPALA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION (WAKATA)

WAKATA MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2020
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
BIOLOGY
Paper 1
2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Answer all questions in both section A and B
SECTION A
Answers to this section must be written in the boxes provided
SECTION B
Answers to this section should be written in the spaces provided and not anywhere else.
No additional sheets of paper should be inserted in this booklet.

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SECTION A 1 0 MARKS

SECTION B 41
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1. What statement applies to cyclic photophosphorylation?
A. Photosystem one is not established by electrons from photosystem two.
B. Electrons flow from and back to photosystem two
C. Photosystem two draws electrons from water
D. A bond is not built up between adenosine disphosphate and inorganic phosphate.
2. Which of the following favours the flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle of a mammalian
heart?
A. A trial systole and high volume.
B. Ventricular diastole and high ventricular pressure
C. High ventricular pressure and high ventricular volume
D. Low Atrial pressure and low ventricular volume.
3. Which of the following occurs in both the thylakoid membrane and mitochondrial matrix?
A. ATP synthesis B. Sugar synthesis C. Glycolysis D. Kreb’s cycle
4. What is the function of the xylem tissue?
A. Transports food B. Transports hormones C. Absorbs water D. Provides support
5. Why don’t most food chains go beyond trophic level four?
A. Top consumers like lions don’t have producers
B. Some organic make is not edible
C. They have very few produces
D. Energy is not by consumers to producers
The table below shows the content of lactic acid in the blood of sports Woman during training.
The letters represent time. Use it to answer questions
50 0 6 15
A B C D

6. At what time was the highest rate of anaerobism registered?

7. When was the breathing rate increased most?
8. What time represents the resting period?
9. When was the highest rate of aerobism registered?
10. At what time is anaerobism lowest?
11. Which of the following statements is true about linkage?
A. A ratio of is always obtained in F2
B. Recombinants are less frequent than parental phenotypes
C. A ratio of is obtained in F2
D. There is independent assortment in each linkage group.
12. Genes P, Q, R and S occur on the same chromosome. Investigation on a large population produced
the following cross over values between pairs of genes.
P and R 34% P and Q 59%
R and S 12% S and Q 37%
Which of the following sequences of letters represents the sequences of genes on the chromosome?

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13. Before entering the tricaboxylic acid cycle, the pyruvate produced by the glycolytic path way is
first converted to;
A. A cetyl-coenzyme A B. Citrate C. Coenzyme A D. Pyruvate oxidase
14. Which of the following cells in the gastric pits of the stomach produce pepsinogen?
A. Chief cells B. Oxyntic cells C. Neck cells D. Endocrine cells
15. A group of organisms whose future is unlikely are referred to as;
A. Endangered B. Vulnerable C. Rare D. Extinct
16. In plant tissue cultures, the cells are held together by;
A. Cellulose B. Lygnin C. Pectates D. Suberin
17. Which one of the following is a major advantage of using a light microscope instead of an electron
microscope?
A. Superior resolving power B. Constant depth of focus
C. Observation of living matter D. Ability to see objects down to
18. Which of the following does not apply to the carrying capacity of an environment;
A. All species show similar population growth patterns
B. The death rate exactly balances the birth rate
C. The species realize their full reproductive potentials
D. Environment resistance is at its highest.
19. The sex chromosome abnormality that results in genetic constitution , where and
chromosome is missing is called.
A. Turner’s syndrome B. Kline felter’s syndrome
C. Down’s syndrome D. Poly ploidy
20. Which one of the following phenotypic features of man can be affected by only the genotype?
A. Number of blood group antigens B. Intelligence
C. Number of fingers D. Height
21. The bacteria which converts nitrates to nitrites during the nitrogen cycle are an example of;
A. Nitrogen fixing bacteria B. Nitrifying bacteria
C. Decomposing bacteria D. Dentrifying bacteria
22. Which of the following have a sole function of offering support to the plant?
A. Sclerenchyma and vessel elements B. Vessel elements and tracheids
C. Sclerenchyma and collencyma D. Parenchyma and collenchyma
23. Which of the following cannot be parents of a child of blood group O?
A. Man of blood group A and a woman of blood group B
B. Both man and woman of blood group A
C. Both man and woman of blood group B
D. Man of blood group AB and woman of blood group O
24. Which are of the activities contributes least to the green house effect?
A. Use of CFcs B. Defforestation
C. Excessive use of fertilizers D. Burning of fossil fuels
25. C3 plants have an ecological advantage over C4 plants because; Turn Over
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 A. C3 plants photosynthesize during day and night
B. C4 plants use PEP carboxylase in hot conditions
C. C4 plants need more energy to fix, carbon dioxide
D. C3 plants don’t lose a lot of water in temperate areas.

26. What statement is wrong about biological magnification?

A. Producers are more toxic than consumers
B. Toxins accumulate in that fat tissue
C. Poison reduces down the food chain
D. Concentration of pesticide is lower in primary consumers than tertiary consumers
27. Dicots differ from monocots because;
A. Vascular bundles are scattered in dicot system
B. Vascular cambium is present in monocot system
C. Pith is more and clearly marked in monocot root
D. Petals and sepals don’t form perianth in dicots
28. Which of the following statements best defines the Bohr effect?
A. At high level respiration hydrogen ions combine with haemoglobin
B. When the partial pressure of oxygen is higher oxygen dissociation
curve shifts to the right.
C. When the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is high the oxygen dissociation
curve shifts to the left.
D. When there is a low level of hydrogen ions oxyhaemoglobin dissociates faster.
29. Why would the removal of thymus gland from a new born mouse lead to death?
A. Un controlled rise in lymphocyte levels.
B. Failure to recognize and react with antigens.
C. Allow erythrocytes and leucocyte count.
D. The stem cells of the borne marrow that give rise to lymphocytes are functional.
30. Co-enzymes and prosthetic groups are different because co-enzymes
A. Are organic molecules B. Are inorganic and organic
C. Remain attached to the enzyme between reactions
D. Don’t remain attached to the enzyme between reactions.
31. Which of the following is the right order in the life cycle of fasiola?
A. Miracidium larvae, rediasporocyst B. Miracidium larva, sporocystredia
C. Miracidium larva, fertilized egg sporocyst D. Miracidiumlarva,cercaria, redia
32. Identify the correct statement.
A. The time taken for a plant that has been in light to reach compensation
point in the compensation period
B. At the compensation point photo respiration rate is equal to the rate
of sugar synthesis.
C. The compensation period of sun leaves is longer than that of shade leaves
D. At compensation point the carbondioxide released in respiration is
equal to the oxygen released in photosynthesis.
33. Under which conditions do you expect the highest rate of photo respiration.
A. High light intensity, presence of RUBISCO, low oxygen level
B. Low carbondioxide, high oxygen level, low humidity
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D. Sunny, dry weather, high level of carbon dioxide.
34. Why would you expect water to flow from tissue fluid to blood plasma?
A. Solute potential of blood plasma is more negative than that of tissue fluid.
B. Solute potential of blood plasma is less negative than that of tissue fluid.
C. Water potential of blood plasma is more positive than that of tissue fluid.
D. Water potential of tissue fluid is lower than that of blood plasma.
35. One of the following is not modification of aliated column epithelium.
A. It has goblet cells to secrete mucus
B. The cilia set up currents in the mucus
C. The goblet mucus traps bacteria
D. The cilia increase surface area for absorption.
36. The synthesis and assembly of cell wall components is the function of the
A. Golgi body B. Micro tubules C. Ribosomes D. Cell membrane
37. Prolonged menstrual period may be caused by;
A. High level of progesterone
B. A decrease in production of follicle stimulation hormone
C. High level of luteinizing hormone
D. A deficiency in Oestrogen
38. Auxins are often used as a selective weed killer on lawns because;
A. Same dosage of auxins affects different plant parts, differently
B. They can be manufactured artificially
C. Auxins always kill dicotyledonous plants
D. Auxins remain on the vegetation long after application
39. Which metal atom is present in chlorophyll?
A. Copper B. Iron C. Magnesium D. Phospherous
40. Polygenic inheritance forms the basis of;
A. Co dominance B. Continous variation C. Discontinous variation D. Polyploidy

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

41. The table below shows results of the variation of two vertabrate animals with the temperature of
their ambient temperature.

Surrounding (ambient) temp. (0C)

Body temperature (0C) Animal X
Animal Y

Plot a suitable graph for the above information on the graph on page 6 (04marks)
(b) Which of the two animals is:-
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(ii) Give two advantages and two disadvantages of being an endotherm over ectotherm;
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42. (a) State the classes of animals that produce amniotic eggs. (01mark)
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(b) Figure 1 shows a typical amniotic egg; study it and answer the questions that follow

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43. Figure 2 shows the concentration of dissolved solutes in the interstitial fluid outside the loop of
Henle; study it and answer the questions that follow

Urea

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Cortex Outer Medulla Inner Medulla

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(a) Describe how differently does the change in concentration of solutes occurs outside the loop of
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44. (a) State three ecological interactions that can cause evolutionary change. (03marks)
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(c) Explain three likely effects to a prey species if its predator evolves a new way of capturing
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45. Figure 3 shows the phases of gastic secretion related to acid output in a human during digestion.

Cephalic phase
Acid out put

Gastric phase

Intestinal phase

Time (hours)
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(b) Suggest why the secretion of digestive enzymes occurs only when there is digestive work to
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(b) Describe two mechanisms by which hormones bring about cellular response in target cells.
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