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ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

(EUEE)2005-2010 Biology Examination

CHIRO ETHIOPIA
2016
ETHIOPIA
 NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSESMENT AND EXAMINATIONS AGENCY (NEAEA)
ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (EUEE)
2005 Biology Examination
1. Which one of the following is the main constituent of biological membranes?
A) Phospholipids
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) The rain forest of western Ethiopia
C) The savanna grassland
D) The Sahara desert

3. Which of the following steps in the scientific method comes following observation?
A) Predication
B) Hypothesis
C) Experiment
D) Theory

4. The main components of the plant cell wall are ____________?

A) Starch
B) Cellulose
C) protein
D) chitin

5. Which of the following classes of enzymes digests carbohydrates?

A) Amylases
B) Lipases
C) Proteases
D) Nucleases

6. Which of the following kingdoms of life is consisting of prokaryotic organisms?

A) Fungi
B) Monera
C) Protista
D) Plantae

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7. Which component of soil fertility is improved when farmers grow legumes in crop
rotation ?
A) Phosphorus
B) Nitrogen
C) Sulfur
D)Carbon

8. Before making crosses, which part of the flower did Mendel remove to avoid self
pollination?
A) Stigma
B) Ovule
C) Ovary
D) Stamens

9. 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

10. One of the following molecules is the building units of an enzyme molecule.
A) Amino acids
B) glucose
C) Nucleotides
D) Fatty acids

11. 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
B) Ecologist
C) Paleontogist
D) comparative Biochemist

12. All proteins contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and what other element?
A) Chlorine
B) Fluorine
C) Nitrogen
D) Sulphur

13. Which of the following is the correct F2 phenotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross?

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A) 1:2
B) 1:1
C) 3:1
D) 2:2

14. How many carbon atoms are there in one disaccharide molecule?
A) 6
B)12
C) 18
D) 24

15. Which unit is best to use for measuring the smallest cells and organelles?
A) Micrometer
B) Milliliter
C) Millimeter
D) Nanometer

16. Which energy rich organic compound contains adenine in its molecule ?
A) Lipid
B) Carbohydrate
C) Glucose
D) ATP

17. What are the most frequent causative agents of food poisoning?
A) Bachteria
B) Protozoa
C) viruses
D) Worms

18. What are the most likely causes of variations within species?
A) Mitosis and a sexual reproduction.
B) Overpopulation and overproduction.
C) Vegetative propagation and cloning.
D) Mutations and sexual reproduction.

19. In which hominid species did scientists find the smallest brain size (cranial capacity)?
A) Homo Sapiens
B) Homo Habilis
C) Homo erectus
D) Homo neanderthalensis

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20. Which of the following is NOT classified as a learned behavior?
A) Insight
B) Innate
C) Latent
D) Conditioned

21. 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

22. If the size of a cell increase, which one of the following gets smaller?
A) The volume of the cell
B) The surface area of the cell
C) surface area to volume ratio of cell
D) volume to surface ratio of the cell

23. What makes unsaturated fatty acids different from saturated fatty acids?
A) The presence of long chain of carbon
B) The presence of one or more double bonds
C) The presence of large number of hydrogen atoms
D) Their occurrence as solid at room temperature

24. Which of the following pairs of molecule are known to have catalytic activity?
A) Lipids and proteins
B) carbohydrate and proteins
C) protein and RNAs
D) protein and DNAs

25. If a suspension of a mixture of cellular organelle is spun in a centrifuge, which

organelle settles to the bottom first?
A) Mitochondria
B) Nuclei
C) Chloroplasts
D) Ribosomes

26. During chemiosmosis, what substance diffuses from one side to the other side of the
membrane?
A) Water molecules
B) protons

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C) Electrons
D) ATP molecules

27. 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

28. 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
B) Amino acid sequence of proteins
C) Gluscose sequence of polysaccharides
D) DNA-DNA hybridization

29. Which of the following practices dose NOT normally transmit HIV?
A) Sexual intercourse through anus
B) sharing injection needles
C) Blood transfusion
D) shaking hands

30. What is the important role played by microorganism such as bacteria and fungi in
the ecosystem?
A) Antibiotic production
B) Recycling of nutrients
C) Forming organic substance
D) Supplying energy to the ecosystem

31. Which of the following theories explains evolutionary changes of living things in
terms of changes in their allele frequencies?
A) Darwin's natural selection
B) Spontaneous generation
C) Inheritance of acquired characteristics
D) Neo-Darwinism

32. Which of the following is an important function of the Golgi apparatus?

A) Protein synthesis
B) packaging of proteins
C) Removing of debris from cell
D) Storage of waste materials not needed by the cell

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33. Which of the following is NOT usually true as an ecological succession progresses to
advanced seral stages ?
A) More ecological niches are formed
B) Species become more diverse
C) The depth of the soil increase
D) Less population is supported

34. One of the following is an important cause of gene of gene mutation.

A) Old age
B) Alcoholic drinks
C)Smoking
D) Radiation

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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
D)Decline phase

38. Which of the following is NOT true abut the gene called SRY?
A) It is found on the Y-chromosome.
B) It determines maleness.
C) Testes develop in its presence.
D) Female have two copies of this gene.

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39. To which of the following groups do those bacterio phages that integrate their DNA
in to the chromosome of their bacterial host belong?
A) Virulent viruses
B) Lytic viruses
C) Lysogenic viruses
D) Non-parasitic viruses

40. 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

41. In which of the following features are eukaryotic cells distinguished from prokaryotic
cells?
A) They have mitochondria
B) Their nuclei lack membrane
C) They have no DNA
D) They have smallest ribosomes

42. What will happen if human red biood cells are kept in a hypotonic solution
A) Lose water by osmosis and burst
B) Lose water by osmosis and shrink
C) Take in water by osmosis ,swell and burst
D) Take in water by osmosis ,swell and remain turgid

43. Which of the following field equipment is used to detrmine an exact location of a
place?
A) Theodolite
B) Global positioning system
C) Field microscope
D) Field PH kit

44. The sheep 'dolly' is an example of which biotechnological manipulation of animals

by human?
A) Transgenic animal
B) Genetically engineered animal
C) Cloned animal
D) Hybrid animal

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45. Among the following ,which one is the best criterion to show that two population
belong to same species?
A) Morphological similarity
B) Physiologically similarity
C) Inhabiting the same geographic area
D) Production of fertile offspring

46. In the process of the evolution of life on earth , which of the following four
processes evolved last?
A) Photosynthesis
B) Aerobic respiration
C) chemosynthesis
D) Photo-autotrophism

47. What is a theory in biology?

A) The outcome of an experiment
B) A proof that shows the hypothesis is true
C) A hypothesis supported by experiments and/or observations.
D) An opinion or educated guess resulting from observations.

48. For which of the following is a theodolite used in biology education?

A) Measuring the height of trees
B) Recording positions where a species is found
C) Measuring the rate of flow of water in a cell.
D) Measuring the PH of water or soil.

49. What is the name of the suger found in milk?

A) Glucose
B) Lactose
C) Maltose
D) Sucrose

50. To which class of enzymes do the digestive enzymes belongs?

A) Esterases
B) Transferases
C) Hydrolyses
D) Isomerases

51. 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

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B) Quinoa
C) Rice
D) Wheat

52. 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
C) Presence of several becomes within the country
D) Efficient management of the ecological resources

53. In which type of solution is the water potential more negative than in the cells?
A) Hypotonic
B) hyper-tonic
C) Isotonic
D) equal solute and solvent concentration

54. Which of the following paired organelle are membrane-bound?

A) Ribosomes and peroxisomes
B) Chloroplasts and ribosomes
C) Mitochondria and ribosome
D) chloroplasts and mitochondria

55. Most cell membrane are primarily composed of which compounds

A) Proteins and lipids
B) DNA and ATP
C) Chitin and starch
D) Nucleotides and amino acids

56. Which group of micro-organisms cause the diseases known as athletes foot?
A) Bacteria
B) Fungi
C) Protozoa
D) Viruses

57. Choose the one that is different from all the others.
A) Genetically modified organisms
B) Genetically engineered organisms
C) Pathogenic organisms
D) Transgenic organisms

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58. Under which of the following groups can the fungi be more conveniently placed?
A) Autotrophs
B) Heterotrophs
C) Prokaryotes
D) Plants

59. 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

60. Which of the following is an ecosystem

A) A Tropical Rain forest
B) The African continent
C) All the organisms in a given area
D) The non-living components of an environment

61. Which of the following characteristics can show the evolutionary relationships
among organism?
A) Structures having similar function
B) structures having same size
C) structure having common origin
D) structure having different origin

62. The group of the Ethiopian wolf does NOT contribute to territory marking with their
urine containing pheromones is __________.
A) Adult males
B) Adult females
C) sub-adult males
D) Sub-adult females

63. In which of the following are flowers and fruits found?

A) Ferns and relative
B) Gymnosperms and ferns
C) Mosses and conifers
D) monocots and dicots

64. In a cross between heterozygous what proportion is expected to be homozygous

recessive?

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A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 100%

65. Gene silencing is the function of one of the following molecules.

A) dsRNA
B) mRNA
C) siRNA
D) tRNA

66. Which processes is held responsible for chronic myelogenous leukemia?

A) Translocation
B) Translation
C) Transcription
D) Duplication

67. 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

68. Which one of the following concepts contains all the other ?
A) Species
B) Genus
C) population
D) community

69. Choose the one that is NOT a requirement of all living things.
A) Ability to think
B) organization of parts
C) Response to the stimuli
D) Maintenance of internal constancy

70. What is the advantage of using HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy ) for the
treatment of HIV
A) It gives a lasting immunity to HIV
B) It prevents mutation of HIV.
C) It prevents re-infection by HIV.

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D) It helps to break the life cycle of HIV.

71. In which of its contents RNA differs from DNA?

A) Deoxyribose and guanine
B) Ribose and uracil
C) Ribose and uracil
D) Phosphate and adenine

72. Which of the following cell types can be rich in lysosomes?

A) Red blood cells
B) Nerve cells
C) Phagocytic cells
D) Muscle cells

73. 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
D) It lacks reducing sugar

74. Which of the following types of enzyme inhibitions can be removed when the end
product of the metabolic pathway is depleted?
A) Allosteric inhibition
B) Non-reversible inhibition
C) competitive inhibition
D) Reversible competitive inhibition

75. 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

76. Which of the following is NOT true about photo system-II?

A) Its reaction center molecule is P680.
B) Its passes its excited electrons to photo system-I
C) The energy lost from its excited electrons reduces NADP
D) It replenishes its lost electrons from photolysis of water.

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77. On which one of the following principle are most of the anti-HIV drugs currently in
use working?
A) Inhibition of enzyme action
B) Degradation of viral RNA
C) Digesting of viral particles
D) Phagocytosis of the virus

78. Among the following mating, where the ABO blood genotype of the partners are
shown, identify the mating in which all the children will have the same blood type.
A) AO x BO
B) AA x OO
C) AB x BO
D) BB x AO

79. 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) The rate at which the gene mutates.
C) The population in which the gene is found
D) The use and disuse of the gene by the population

80. Which of the following is the correct route that connects a stimulus and a response?
A) Receptor --> coordinator --> effector
B) Coordinator-->receptor--> effector
C) Receptor--> effector --> coordinator
D) Effector--> receptor --> coordinator

81. 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
B) Starch and cellulose
C) Glycogen and cellulose
D) Glycogen and chitin

82. Which of the following is generally expected to give better health benefits when
presence in human diet?
A) Animal fat
B) Mono unsaturated fatty acid
C) Saturated fatty acid
D) Polyunsaturated fatty acid

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83. What is the important of chemiosmosis in photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
A) Splitting of water molecules
B) Operating the proton pump
C) Combining hydrogen and carbon
D) Synthesizing ATP

84. 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

85. 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) 600 amino acids
C) 400 amino acids
D) 300 amino acids

86. If a new anti-HIV drug is to be developed to prevent the virus form entering the host
cell, which one of the following processes should the drug target?
A) Reverse transcription
B) Binding of Gp120 and CD4
C) Integration of viral DNA in to host DNA
D) Assembly of viral parts in to a whole virus

87. Which one of the following factors is NOT important for evolutionary change of a
population
A) Over reproduction
B) Insufficiency of natural resource
C) Existence of heritable variations
D) Survival of all that are born

88. One of the following would be harder to see under the ordinary light microscope
that is more likely to be available in school laboratories .
A) Nucleus
B) A bacterium
C) A mitochondrion
D) A ribosome

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89. 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

90. Which of the following groups of substance are all inorganic?

A) Water ,sugar, calcium, carbonate
B) sugar , fatty acid , amino acid
C) Water ,calcium carbonate,carbon dioxide
D) Carbon dioxide ,amino acid, fatty acid

91. To what kind of animal behavior can the spinning of a web by a spider be classified?
A) Learned behavior
B) Experiential behavior
C) Instinctive behavior
D) Accidental behavior

92. Which of the following is a recently developed active area of research in biology
today?
A) Taxonomic study
B) study about the cell theory
C) Ecological research
D) stem cell research

93. Where dose the light dependent reaction of photosynthesis occur in the
chloroplast?
A) In the thylakoid membrane
B) In the fluid of the stroma
C) In all parts of the chloroplast
D) In the stomatal opening

94. For which of the following is the sugar produced by photosynthesis NOT used?
A) To produce biomass.
B) To make new DNA
C) To produce ATP in respiration
D) To produce enzymes

95. In which process is ATP generated during short distance hight speed running ?
A) Aerobic respiration

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B) Mitochondrial energy transformation
C) Anaerobic respiration
D) The krebs cycle

96. Which one of the following choices shows the end products of a mitotic cell
division?
A) Gametes and ordinary cells
B) Four genetically different cells
C) Two genetically different cells
D) Two genetically identical cells

97. What exactly happens during a substitution mutation?

A) One base is replaced by a different base.
B) An extra base is added during DNA replication
C) A base is missed out during DNA replication
D) Change occur in the arrangement or structure of a chromosome

98. During the course of evolution, which of the following events came before all the
others?
A) Origin of dinosaurs and other reptiles.
B) Availability of free oxygen in the atmospare
C) Origin of the oldest eukaryotic organism
D) origin of the first multicellular animals and plants.

99. What kind of natural selection is at work in a situation where individual at both
extreme ends of the range get better survival advantages that those around the middle?
A) Stabilizing selection
B) Direction selection extremes
C) Disruptive selection
D) Selection that removes the

100. In which geologic period does the fossil record show more diverse and relatively
higher forms of organism?
A) Devonian
B) Cretaceous
C) Jurassic
D) Permian

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 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

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 NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSESMENT AND EXAMINATIONS AGENCY (NEAEA)
ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (EUEE)
2006 Biology Examination
1. Which of the following do viruses share with cells?
A) Cell wall
B) Cytoplasm
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
D) Empty cell wall

3. 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

4. Choose the organisms that belong to the eukaryotes?

A) Bacteria
B) Blue -green algae
C) Amoeba
D) Virus

5. While conducting research, which of the following should a biologist do first?

A) Generate a hypothesis
B Conduct experiment
C) Communicate the results
D) Identify a research question / problem

6. Which of the following structures is NOT present in animal cells?

A) Cell wall
B) Nucleus
C) Protoplasm
B) Nucleic acid

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7. 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

8. Behavior that is repeated on a daily basis is referred to as:

A) Lunar
B) Circadian
C) Circannua
D) Seasonal

9. Which molecule in the cell is the constituent of the gene?

A) Nucleic acid
B) Protein
C) Lipid
D) Carbohydrate

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Which of the following groups of bacteria consists of rod shaped cells?

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A) Gram - positive
B) Bacilli
C) Cocci
D) Spirilla

14. How many carbon and oxygen tomes are there in a molecule of maltose?
A) 6 carbon and 6 oxygen
B) 12 Carbone and 11
C) 11 carbon and 12 oxygen
D) 24 carbon and 12 oxygen

15. On which of the following organelles of the eukaryotic cell does protein synthesis
take place?
A) The nucleus
B) The ribosome
C) The chloroplast
D) The mitochondrion

16. 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

17. Which of the following is true about protozoa?

A) They are a group of bacteria
B) They are one-celled organisms
C) They represent both plant and animals
D) They are unicellular animals

18. Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of amino acids that is NOT found
in carbohydrates?
A) Carbon
B) Oxygen
C) Hydrogen
D) Nitrogen

19. Which of the following statement is true about matter and energy in the ecosystem?
A) Both matter and energy are recycled
B) Matter is not recycled energy is recycled
C) Matter is recycled energy is not recycled

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D) Energy is recycled more than matter does

20. Which one of the following molecule in living things is not an organic molecule?
A) Sugar
B) Nucleotide
C) Amino acid
D) Water

21. At which stage is most of the ATP generated in aerobic respiration?

A) Glycolysis
B) Link reaction
C) Krebs cycle
D) Electron transport

22. Which of the following is the common characteristic of all enzymes?

A) They act inside cells only
B) They are proteins
C) They require cofactors
D) They operate at any PH

23. In a cross between round green pea of RRyy genotype wrinkled yellow pea of rrYY
genotype, what is the expected genotype of the F1?
A) RRyy
B) rrYY
C) RRYY
D) RrYy

24. Which of the following cellular structures is possessed by all cells

A) Cell membrane
B) Nucleus
C) Cell wall
D) Golgi apparatus

25. 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

26. Which of the following carbohydrate has structural function?

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A) Cellulose
B) Glycogen
C) Starch
D) Sucrose

27. Which of the following forms of nitrogen are readily utilizable by green plants?
A) Atmospheric nitrogen
B) Nitrite
C) Ammonium ion
D) Nitrate

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. According to Lamarck's theory of evolution what is the mechanism by which

evolving organisms acquire new structures?
A) Mutation

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B) Hereditary variation
C) Use -and- disuse of parts of the body
D) Recombination of ancestral genes

33. In which of the activities of the honey bee colony are worker bees involved?
A) Laying eggs
B) Serving as queens
C) Reproductive function
D) Taking care of the larvae

34. In which one of the following ways the Tundra biome differs from desert biome?
A) It is a treeless biome
B) It has little biodiversity
C) It receives little precipitation
D) It has permanently frozen subsoil

35. Which one of the following is the mechanism by which tow genes located on the
same chromosome are separated?
A) Independent assortment
B) Segregation
C) Linkage
D) Crossing over

36. If present in the fermentation system which one of the following would negatively
affect alcohol production by yeasts?
A) Water
b) Oxygen
C) Glucose
D) Fermentation enzyme

37. 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) Artificial breeding only produces new organisms with higher yield
C) Artificial breeding shows that natural selection can produces variations
D) Artificial breeding can produces new variations in organisms

38. Which of the following mechanism moves digested amino acids and glucose across
the plasma membrane of the cell lining the wall of the small intestine?
A) Osmosis
B) Simple diffusion

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C) Facilitated diffusion
D) Active transport

39. Where exactly in the cell does the Krebs cycle take place?
A) Mitochondrial matrix
B) Inner mitochondrial membrane
C) Cytoplasmic fluid
D) Outer mitochondrial membrane

40. What is the ultimate source of reneging for all organisms living on the earth?
A) Water
B) Oxygen
C) Nitrogen
D) The sun

41. Which of the following substance is NOT necessary for photosynthesis to take
place?
A) Chlorophyll
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Oxygen
D) Water

42. Which group of the organic compounds includes the enzymes?

A) Proteins
B) Lipids
C) Starches
D) Carbohydrates

43. Into which of the following organic compound can lipase, maltase and sucrase be
grouped?
A) Hormones
B) Carbohydrates
C) Nucleic acids
D) Enzymes

44. Choose the characteristics that viruses share with living things.
A) They are made up of many specialized cells
B) They contain genetic material
C) They reproduce by mitosis
D) They contain chlorphyll

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45. Which one of the following eukaryotic cell organelles was a free-living cell before
eukaryotic cells evolved?
A) Nucleus
B) Ribosome
C) Chloroplast
D) Nucleolus

46. If a 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?
A) 50
B) 30
C) 25
D) 12.5

47. 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
D) It regulates the colony

48. Which of the following PH values represents the strongest base?

A) 2
B) 7
C) 13
D) 15

49. In Ethiopia, which one of the following vertebrate groups has the largest number of
genera?
A) Mammals
B) Birds
C) Reptiles
D) Amphibians

50. Which of the following is an accurate representation of the relationships between

the terms metabolism, anabolism, and catabolism?
A) Anabolism = Catabolism
B) Metabolism =Catabolism
C) Anabolism = Catabolism + Metabolism
D) Metabolism = cataboilsm + Anabolism

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51. Which do you call structures that have the same evolutionary origin but now are
different in structure or have different functions?
A) Endemic
B) Analogous
C) Homologous
D) Indigenous

52. Which term describes the process by which water is lost by evaporating through the
stomata of leaves?
A) Transport
B) Transpiration
C) Anchorage
D) Adhesion

53. Which of the following is true about saturated fatty acids?

A) They have single bonds between carbon atoms
B) They are the same as polyunsaturated fatty acids
C) They are the same as monounsaturated fatty acids
D) They have double bonds between the carbon atoms

54. For a biological detergent to effectively remove oily and greasy dirt, which of the
following enzymes should it contain?
A) Cellulase
B) Protease
C) Amylase
D) Lipase

55. In which kingdom of life is it most likely to find many examples of organisms that
can undergo metamorphosis?
A) Monera
B) Fungi
C) Plantae
D) Animals

56. During protein synthesis, where in the cell does transcription take place?
A) Ribosome
B) Nucleus
C) Endoplasmic reticulum
D) Golgi apparatus

57. What is a perfect flower?

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A) A flower with petals and pistil
B) A flower with stamens and sepals
C) A flower with stamens and pistil
D) A flower with sepals and petals

58. Which molecules carry the instruction for protein synthesis?

A) Carbohydrates and lipids
B) Amino acids
C) DNA and RNA
D) Enzymes

59. Which region of the human digestive tract contains enzymes that perform well at
low PH?
A) Mouth
B) Stomach
C) Small intestine
D) Large intestinal

60. 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

61. Which of the following is true about the substance represented by the chemical
formula "C2H5NO2"?
A) Simple sugar
B) Inorganic substance
C) Fatty acid
D) Amino acid

62. Which one of the following characteristics 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

63. Which field studies the way in which individual traits of organisms are transmitted
from one generation to the next?

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A) Genetics
B) Ecology
C) Evolution
D) Morphology

64. In which of the following ways is the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere fixed into
the Carbone found in organic molecules?
A) In the breathing processes of all animals
B) In the decomposition of organic molecules
C) In the process of photosynthesis by green plants
D) In all the cellular respiration processes of organisms

65. Which of the following is NOT a term used to describe organisms that have had
foreign genes added to them?
A) Genetically modified organisms
B) Transgenic organisms
C) Genetically engineered organisms
D) Pathogenic organisms

66. 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

67. In protein synthesis, what is produced during transcription?

A) Protein
B) mRNA
C) DNA
D) Polypeptide

68. If a cell fails to clear its cellular debris, which one of its organelles is most
likely NOT functioning?
A) Nucleus
B) Mitochondria
C) Endoplasmic reticulum
D)Ribosome

69. Which of the following applies to the tropical rainforest?

A) Low rainfall and high temperature

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B) Low rainfall and low temperature
C) High rainfall and high temperature
D) High rainfall and low temperature

70. 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
B) Replication of the viral genome
C) Insertion of the viral genome in to host genome
D) Release of the viral progeny from the cell

71. Which of the following groups of plants carry out light- dependent and light-
independent reactions of photosynthesis in separate cells?
A) C-3 plants
B) C-4 plants
C) CAM plants
D) plants with out chlorophyll

72. Among the following identify the organelle in which nucleic acid is NOT found.
A) Mitochondria
B) Chloroplast
C) Ribosome
D) Golgi apparatus

73. Which of the following can create strong inter- specific competition if shared by two
or more species?
A) Habitat
B) Ecosystem
C) Niche
D) Predator

74. 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 %

75. Which of the following pairs of individuals have identical DNA fingerprints?
A) Father and son
B) Mother and daughter

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C) Brother and sister
D) Monozygotic twins

76. Among the following which one has little or no contribution to the loss of
biodiversity?
A) Overgrazing by domestic animals
B) Clearing forests to grow crops
C) Growing crops of improved verities
D) Growing crops of land

77. Suppose sites A,B,C and D have Simpson's Index of Diversity (d) values of
20,8,16,and 3, respectively, which site is dominated by one or just a few species?
A) Site A
B) Site B
C) Site C
D) Site D

78. Which of the following types of chromosome mutations gives rise to an extra
chromosome?
A) Inversion
B)Translocation
C) Deletion
D) Non- disjunction

79. 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

80. which of the following pairs are analogous structures ?

A) Wing of bird and wing of a butterfly
B) Front leg of a horse and a human arm
C) Wing of a bird and wing of a bat
D) The Front leg of a frog and wing of a bat

81. How are unsaturated fats distinguished?

A) They are made up of glucose and fructose
B) They are made up of amino acids and glycerol
C) They have double bonds in their carbon chains

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D)They have only single bonds at the points of attachment

82. Which of the the following mating produces children all having the same ABO blood
phenotypes
A) AO x AB
B) BB x OO
C) AO x BO
D) AA x BO

83. Which of the following is the largest ecological unit?

A) A community
B) A biome
C) A population
D) An ecosystem

84. 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

85. During aerobic respiration, what is the route through which protons return from the
mitochondrial inter-membrane space back to their matrix?
A) Proton pump
B) ATP synthase
C) Ion channel
D) Membrane lipid

86. From which of the processes of cellular respiration is the majority of the ATP
generated?
A) Anaerobic fermentation
B) Glycolysis and link reaction
C) Electron transport and chemiosmosis
D) Krebs cycle and glycolysis

87. Choose the one that represents a chemical formula of an organic compound ?
A) C12H22O11
B) Mg(OH)2
C) NH3
D) NaCL

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88. In which of the following solutions does an animal cell undergo hemolysis?
A) In hypotonic solution
B) In hypertonic solution
C) In isotonic solution
D) In both hypotonic and hypertonic solution

89. On which of the following does the rate of algal photosynthesis in a lake depend?
A) The Oxygen content of the water
B) The nitrogen content of the water
C) The elevation where the lake is found
D) The amount of light that penetrates the lake water

90. What does the absence of chloroplast in a unicellular organism indicate?

A) Reproduction by sexual means
B) Autotrophic nutrition
C) Heterotrophic nutrition
D) Completed lack of metabolic processes

91. Which of the following did the early heterotrophs do that probably assisted the
origin of autotrophs?
A) They added oxygen and chlorophyll to the environment
B) They added carbon dioxide to the environment
C) They stored energy in the bonds of inorganic compound
D) They manufactured food from carbon dioxide and oxygen

92. If DNA contain 10% thymine, what is the percentage of cytosine in the DNA?
A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 40%
D) 90%

93. 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
B) The human species and whales share a common ancestry
C) Whales are older than the human species
D) Whales have evolved from early humans that went back to the ocean

94. 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

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B) The central vacuole will expand
C) The protoplasms will get plasmolysed
D) The cell will swell and burst

95. Which of the following is produced when a lipid molecule is hydrolyzed?

A) Amino acid and water
B) Amino acid and glucose
C) Fatty acids and glycerol
D) Glucose and glycerol

96. What is the ecological succession in which plant communities establish after an area
has been completely demolished by fire?
A) Tree succession
B) Secondary succession
C) Primary succession
D) Bare rock succession

97. What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?

A) AIDS is the virus and HIV is the disease
B) Both AIDS and HIV refer to the disease
C) AIDS is the disease and HIV is the virus
D) Both AIDS and HIV refer to the virus

98. From which organism is the first antibiotic used in medicine produced ?
A) Gram negative bacteria
B) Members of the fungi
C) Genetically modified protozoa
D) Higher plants

99. Biotechnology can be applied in environmental remediation . To which of the major

application areas of biotechnology is this most related?
A) Medicine and nutrition
B) Medicine and industry
C) Biodiversity and industry
D) Agriculture and environment

100. Suppose in an experiment conducted to test a new drug, 20 people were given the
drug and 20 people a placebo. What is the control of the experiment?
A) People who received the placebo
B) People who received the new drug
C) The new drug itself

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D) The new drug and the placebo
Answer Key

1.C 11.B 21.D 31.A 41.C 51.C 61.D 71.B 81.C 91.B
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

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 NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSESMENT AND EXAMINATIONS AGENCY (NEAEA)
ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (EUEE)
2007 Biology Examination
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
D) Reporting the result

3. What do we call a scientists who specializes in studying insects?

A) An ecologist
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
B) Carbohydrate
C) Water molecule
D) Proteins

6. 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

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7. 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

8. What colour do gram-positive bacteria stain with Gram's stain?

A) Rad
B) Pink
C) Purple
D) White

9. Which group of organisms in the ecosystem release nutrients locked up in dead

bodies of organisms?
A) Parasites
B) Decomposers
C) Autotrophs
D) Carnivores

10. Which of the following are the two major constituents of eukaryotic chromosomes?
A) DNA and RNA
B) DNA and protein
C) DNA and carbohydrate
D) RNA and lipid

11. Which one of the following crops has its center of origin and diversity in Ethiopia
has became a leading international commodity of commerce?
A) Teff
B) Enset
C) Coffee
D) Anchote

12. Which group of animal has the highest number of total and endemic species in
Ethiopia ?
A) Amphibians
B) Birds
C) Mammals
D) Reptiles

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13. What is the molecule that supplies the quickest and suitable source of energy to
cells?
A) Lactose
B) Sucrose
C) ATP
D) Lipid

14. 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

15. Among the following organisms, which one belongs to the prokaryotes?
A) Paramecium
B) Streptococcus
C) Spirogyra
D) Tapeworm

16. 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.
C) Human ancestry had no relation whatsoever with that of the chimpanzees
D) Fossils of Lucy and Ardi provided evidence for human origin.

17. Baby ostriches tend to follow the first moving object that they see as they hatch out
of the eggs. What kind of animal behaviour does this demonstrate?
A) Positive taxis
B) Innate behavior
C) Positive kinesis
D) Learned behavior

18. Which of the following true about mutations that occur in normal body cells?
A) They never lead to cancerous cells.
B) They never pass to the next generation
C) They never damage the affected cells.
D) There is no way that they kill the affected cells.

19. What is the processes called when two bacteria directly contact cell to cell and
exchange their genetic information?

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A) Conjugation
B) Transformation
C) Co-transformation
D) transduction

20. Why is it that mutations are considered as one of the raw materials of evolution?
A) They contribute to new variations in organism
B) They are usually related to the environment in which they appear.
C) They are mostly beneficial to the organism in which they appear.
D) They usually become the causes for species extinction

21. Which of the following is formulated as a possible outcome of an experiment?

A) Hypothesis
B) Prediction
C) Data analysis
D) Recording the data

22. If certain food stuff gave a positive result with benedicts test only after it was
hydrolysed with hydrochloric acid, which of the following substances could it be?
A) Non-reducing sugar
B) Nucleic acid
C) Lipid
D) Proteins

23. 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
C) To prepare report of the result
D) To make a conclusion

24. Which of the following is NOT true about mitochondria and chloroplasts?
A) Both contain chlorophyll
B) Both contain nucleic acid
C) Both have double membrane
D) Both transduce energy

25. Which of the following molecules is NOT a polymer?

A) Protein
B) Lipid
C) RNA

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D) Starch

26. What dose it mean when biologists express the cell membrane as a unit membrane?
A) A cell is covered by a single membrane.
B) A membrane is only one lipid layer thick
C) All cells have essentially similar membrane.
D) A membrane is covered by a single layer of protein.

27. Which of the following classes of molecule CANNOT pass easily across the cell
membrane by simple diffusion?
A) Small non-polar molecules
B) Lipid soluble molecules
C) Non-polar molecules
D) polar molecules

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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.
A) Robert Hooke
B) Theodor Schwann
C) Matthias Schleiden
D) Rudolf virchow

31. 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

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32. Which of the following features makes human T-lymphocyte cells more vulnerable
to HIV attack? Presence of:
A) Cell membrane.
B) DNA on the chromosomes.
C) CD4 on the membrane surface
D) Pores in the cell membrane

33. Which one of the following terms refers to how fast an enzyme acts on its substrate?
A) Turn over number
B) Substrate number
C) Enzyme number
D) Product number

34. 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) Function of the organelle in the cell.
C) Location of the organelle in the cell
D) Thickness of the membrane covering the organelle

35. Which one of the following classes of organic molecule is the least important source
of energy for cellular respiration?
A) Nucleic acids
B) Lipids
C) Carbohydrates
D) Proteins

36. Which one of the following processes has a decreasing effect on the concentration
of atmospheric carbon dioxide?
A) Cellular respiration
B) Combustion of fossil fuels
C) Decomposition of dead organism
D) Photosynthesis

37. Which of the following is NOT true about instinctive behaviour?

A) It can be developed further through learning
B) It is triggered by a key stimulus
C) It has a fixed action pattern.
c

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38. In which of the following ways do retroviruses differ from other RNA viruses?
A) Their genetic materials is DNA.
B) Their genetic materials is RNA.
C) They copy RNA to DNA molecule
D) They copy RNA from DNA molecule

39. Which of the following group of micro-organisms does not contain parasitic
members?
A) Bacteria
B) Algae
C) Fungi
D) protozoa

40. Which of the following is NOT the correct characteristics of tropical rainforests?
A) Low biodiversity
B) High temperature
C) Heavy precipitation
D) trees of different heights

41. From evolutionary point of view, which of the following animals is expected to have
haemoglobin proteins that are least similar to that of human?
A) Ape
B) Cow
C) Chicken
D) Frog

42. For what purpose do molecular biologists use the technology known as polymerase
chain reaction or PCR?
A) To insert DNA in to plasmids.
B) To insert plasmids in to bacteria.
C) To multiply copies of DNA molecule.
D) To produce DNA from RNA.

43. What is the long term primary effect of the current tree planting activities that
Ethiopia is undertaking ?
A) It will protect from harmful solar rays.
B) It will increase the global temperature.
C) It will reduce the atmospheric CO2.
D) It will mend the holes in the ozone layer.

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44. Suppose when you first enter a room you notice an unpleasant smell which you
eventually forget about its presence, what is this behaviour called?
A) Latent learning
B) Insight learning
C) Habituation
D) Operant conditioning

45. 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
C) Free migration between populations
D) Absence of natural selection

46. What does a restriction enzyme do?

A) Restricts transcription
B) Cuts DNA at specific sites
C) Prevents DNA from replicating
D) Hydrolyses the DNA molecule

47. Which element is found in nucleic acids?

A) Calcium
B) Iron
C) Magnesium
D) phosphorus

48. From where do plants get most of their nutrients?

A) Chlorophyll
B) Soil
C) Light
D) Atmosphere

49. What do you call a group of genetically identical plants produced by vegetative
reproduction?
A) Family
B) Clone
C) Hybrid
D) Genus

50. What is the base found in RNA in place of thymine of DNA ?

A) Cytosine

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B) Guanine
C) Thymine
D) Uracil

51. The most complex structure of proteins is called

A) Primary structure
B) Secondary structure
C) Tertiary structure
D) Quaternary structure

52. Which one of the following is the smallest of all?

A) A red blood cell
B) A virus
C) A bacterium
D) An amoeba

53. What is the ultimate source of all scientific knowledge?

A) Observation
B) Guessing
C) Trial and error
D) Observation and experimentation

54. The optimum temperature of enzymes found in thermophilic bacteria is:

A) Lower than for enzymes in the human body.
B) Higher than for enzymes in the human body.
C) The same as enzymes found in human body.
D) Lower than enzymes found in warm blooded animals.

55. A cow was found to yield much higher than any of the breeds of the parental cattle.
What could be the most probable reason for this ?
A) Dominant genes
B) Hybrid vigour
C) Recessive genes
D) Co-dominance genes

56. 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

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57. Which are the four most abundant elements in living cells?
A) Carbon, oxygen, sulphur, phosphorus.
B) Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen.
C) Carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur.
D) Carbon, oxygen, sulphur, magnesium

58. When the F1 hybrid of a monohybrid cross is back crossed with the homozygous
recessive parent, what percentage of the offspring would be homozygous recessive?
A) 0 %
B) 25 %
C) 50 %
D) 75 %

59. which of the following is an inorganic molecule?

A) CaCO3
B) CH4
C)C6H22O11
D) C18H36O2

60. Which of the following expression is more related to the phase "survival of the
fittest"?
A) Natural selection
B) Mendelian inheritance
C) Gene mutation
D) Inheritance of acquired characteristics

61. To which group of organic compounds do the triglycerides and waxes belong?
A) Carbohydrate
B) Proteins
C) Lipids
D) Vitamins

62. 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.
C) Maggots do not appear in foods kept in open jars
D) flies appear spontaneously on rotting meat kept in closed or open jars alike.

63. Which one of the following shows the feeding methods of decomposers?
A) Saprobiotic nutrition

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B) Autotrophic nutrition
C) Parasitic nutrition
D) Intracellular digestion

64. What happens when the carrying capacity of an ecosystem is reached?

A) Excretory product accumulates and population numbers increase.
B) Population numbers decline rapidly.
C) Population numbers remain more or less constant.
D) Resources are plentiful and populations shoot up

65. In which industrial products is pyruvate fermentation by yeast practically applied?

A) Brewing beer
B) Swiss cheese making
C) Production of vinegar
D) Yoghurt making

66. 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

67. What does an ethnologist study?

A) Insect diets
B) Soil types
C) Fossil fuel
D) Animal behavior

68. Which one of the following is a biotic factor operating within an ecosystem?
A) The amount of helium gas in the air
B) The rate of flow of water in a river
C) The carnivores that consume other animals
D) The type of climate in a given region

69. When athletes take part in short distance running, how do the cells generate most
of the energy that is quickly needed?
A) Aerobic respiration in muscle cells
B) Mitochondrial respiration in any cells
C) Anaerobic respiration in muscle cells
D) Yeast fermentation in the stomach.

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70. What do you call the reasoning technique in science where general principle are
used to analyse specific cases?
A) Induction
B) Deduction
C) Pseudo-deduction
D) Pseudo-induction

71. 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
B) Inactivation of the enzyme
C) Inhibition of enzyme-substrate complex formation
D) Loss of substrate specificity by the enzyme

72. Which of the following will primarily happen if the enzymes in the lysosomes of a
cell are defective?
A) Cellular debris will not be removed
B) Chromosome replication will cease
C) ATP production will stop
D) Diffusion process will stop

73. Which of the following is true about all proteins?

A) They are twenty amino acids long
B) They are globular in shape
C) They perform the same function
D) The monomers are held together by peptide bonds

74. Which of the properties of water allows mosquito larvae to hung themselves dawn
in to the water from the water surface?
A) Its high specific heat capacity
B) Its high latent heat of vaporization
C) Its high surface tension
D) Its low density in solid state

75. Which of the following properties of enzymes makes it possible that a single enzyme
molecule can act on many substrate molecules?
A) Enzymes are proteins
B) Enzymes lower the energy of activation
C) Enzymes are reused over and over again
D) Enzymes are substrate specific

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76. The T-lymphocyte cells of AIDS patients are destroyed by:
A) Multiplication of HIV inside the cell
B) Infection of opportunistic organisms
C) The immune system of the host organism itself
D) The CD4 receptors on the cell surface

77. 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) Conversion of viral RNA to DNA.
C) Integration of viral DNA into host DNA.
D) Assembly of viral parts in to whole virus

78. Of the following four cells whose surface area to volume ratio is given which cell can
more efficiently transport its needs of materials across the cell surface?
A) 24:8 ratio
B) 54:27 ratio
C) 96:64 ratio
D) 150:125 ratio

79. Cells immediately use the energy that electrons lose as they pass along the chain of
electron carriers to:
A) Produce ATP
B) Pump protons
C) Spain the rotor of ATP synthase
D) reduce NAD

80. Which of the following is a routine method used by clinics to test people for HIV
infection?
A) Microscopic examination for the virus
B) Counting the number of white blood cells
C) Testing for human anti-HIV antibody
D) Measuring the amount of haemoglobin

81. Which of the following is NOT true about the nature of the first form of organisms
on earth? They were
A) Prokaryotic
B) Unicellular
C) aerobic
D) anaerobic

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82. 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) Twenty thousand years
C) Thirty thousand years
D) Forty thousand years

83. The following are Simpson's Index of species diversity calculated for four areas
containing the same types of species. Which index value is from the area dominated
relatively by a fewer number of species?
A) 8.00
B) 6.00
C) 3.5
D) 2.5

84. which of the following happens in both cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation?
A) ATP is formed
B) Oxygen is generated
C) NADP is reduced
D) water molecule splits

85. Which of the following is NOT a true characteristic of the populations of most of the
developing countries of the world?
A) High fertility rate
B) Increasing population size
C) More number of old people than young people
D) Birth rate grater than mortality rate

86. Which of the following come first in the course of organic evolution?
A) Photosynthetic organisms
B) Free oxygen in the atmosphere
C) Land plants
D) Multicellular organisms

87. Choose the step that comes at the last step in the scientific method.
A) Proposing the research hypothesis
B) Formulation of a scientific theory
C) Conducting experiments
D) Making predictions

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88. Which of the following is NOT true abut C4 plants such as tef (Eragrostistef)
A) CO2 is harvested during the night time.
B) The bundle sheath cells contain chloroplasts.
C) Light -dependent reaction occurs in mesophyll cell.
D) Chloroplasts of bundle sheath cells lack thylakoids.

89. What is the reason that plants do not use nitrogen directly from the atmosphere?
A) Nitrogen concentration is low in the atmosphere.
B) The molecular size of nitrogen is too large to pass through the stomata.
C) Nitrogen can enter plants only through the root hairs.
D) Plants lack the necessary process to use elementary nitrogen.

90. What does the fermentation of glucose by yeast normally yield?

A) Lactic acid, CO2, and 2 ATP
B) CO2, H2O, and 36 ATP
C) Alcohol , CO2 , and 2 ATP
D) Alcohol , CO2 , and 36 ATP

91. Which hormone promotes human sleepfulness in darkness and controls the sleep-
wake cycle?
A) Insulin
B) Adrenaline
C) Melatonin
D) Thyroxin

92. Which two nitrogenous bases belong to the purines?

A) Adenine and thymine
B) Adenine and guanine
C) Guanine and cytosine
D) Thymine and uraci

93. Which of the following is true ?

A) Recessive alleles are only expressed in the homozygote.
B) Dominant alleles are expressed only in the heterozygote.
C) Recessive alleles are expressed in the heterozygote.
D) Genetically modified organisms are never used to manufacture vaccines

94. Which of the following is a functional group of a fatty acid?

A) A ketone group
B) An aldehyde group

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C) An amino group
D) A carboxyl group

95. Which one of the following is an example of an orientational innate behaviour?

A) Kinases in woodlice
B) Blinking of the eyes
C) Sudden withdrawal of limbs from hot object
D) Nest building by weaver birds

96. One of the following is true about bacteriophages that have lysogenic life cycle.
A) They are RNA viruses
B) They integrate their nucleic acid in to that of the host
C) They multiply in the host immediately after infection
D) Progeny viruses are released by chronic release method

97. In Pavlov's experiment on the classical conditioning of doges ,what does the
reaction of the dogs to the sound of the bell represent?
A) The conditioned stimulus
B) The conditioned response
C) The unconditioned stimulus
D) The unconditioned response

98. What is the purpose of the in folding of the inner -membrane of the mitochondrion?
A) Increasing the photosynthetic capacity of the cell.
B) Speeding up the loss of CO2 during fermentation.
C) Speeding up the process of glycolysis
D) Increasing the surface area for ATP production

99. Which of the following is a worthwhile biological problem for scientific investigation
?
A) Estimation of the amount of carbon in a forest ecosystem
B) How a crying dog can tell who among elders of the village is going to die next.
C) How witchcrafts inflict bad health by cursing a healthy person
D) How the traditional medicine men/women cure a possessed person

100. Which of the following biomass of the earth has the greatest diversity of species?
A) Deciduous forest
B) Tropical rain forest
C) Desert
D) Tundra
Answer Key

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 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

NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSESMENT AND EXAMINATIONS AGENCY (NEAEA)

ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (EUEE)

2008 Biology Examination

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
D) Potato

2. Which process produced mRNA during protein synthesis?

A) Translation
B) Replication
C) Mutation
D) Transcription

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3. What is the molecule in plant cells that first captures the radiant energy from the sunlight?
A) ATP
B) DNA
C) Chlorophyll
D) Carbon dioxide

4. Of the following functions, which one do triglycerides accomplish in cells?

A) Increase density of tissues and cells
B) Increase thermal insulation of cells
C) Yield limited amount of ATP for cells
D) Facilitate entry of excess water in to cells

5. Which of the following laboratory glassware is used for culturing bacteria?

A) Petri-dish
B) Test tube
C) Filter paper
D) Measuring cylinder

6. of the following, which one is the main source from which plants get the nutrients necessary
for their growth and development?
A) Light
B) Chlorophyll
C) Atmosphere
D) Soil

7. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the steps in scientific research?
A) Hypothesis formulation----> Conclusion---->experiment---->question
B) question----> Hypothesis formulation---->experiment---->Conclusion
C) Hypothesis formulation---->question ---->experiment---->Conclusion
D) question---->Hypothesis formulation ---->Conclusion---->experiment

8. 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

9. How many fatty acids would a cell need to form a molecule of triglyceride
A) Two
B) Four

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C) Five
D) Three

10. Which part of the human elementary canal contains digestive enzymes that function at
acidic pH?
A) Stomach
B) Mouth
C) Esophagus
D) Small intestine

11. Which of the following is the correct constitution of the sex chromosome of a normal
woman?
A) XY
B) XX
C) XO
D) XXY

12. From which of the following does the O2 released during the process of photosynthesis
originate?
A) Pyruvic acid
B) CO2
C) Sugar
D) Water

13. 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

14. In cell division, what is the phase that comes following the metaphase called?
A) Extraphase
B) Prophase
C) Anaphase
D) Telophase

15. 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

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C) Anton van leeuwenhoek
D) Theodor schwann

16. Which of the following is true about gene mutation?

A) Altering the DNA sequence of a gene
B) Change in the position of a block of genes
C) Addition of genes to a chromosome
D) Loss of genes from a chromosome

17. What is the circumstance that causes the health condition known assickle-cell anemia?
A) DNA denaturation
B) Haemoglobin mutation
C) RNA mutation and decay
D) Phosphate mutagenesis

18.Based on the similarity in a number of amino acids found in hemoglobin, which one of the
following animals has closer phylogenetic relations to human beings?
A) Chicken
B) Horse
C) Frog
D) Gibbon

19. In which of the following groups of living organisms do the cells lack organized nuclei?
A) Fungi
B) Protozoa
C) Bacteria
D) Algae

20. Which one of the following terms refers to the failure of sister chromatids to separate from
one another during anaphase?
A) Non-disjunction
B) Replication
C) Deletion
D) Double inversion

21. If two species are known to belong to the same order, they must also belong to the same
taxonomic categories.
A) Class
B) Family
C) Species
D) Genus

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22. What happens in the first reaction of the Krebs cycle during energy transformation?
A) A 2-C compound is produced.
B) A 6-C compound is produced.
C) A 4-C compound is produced.
D) A 5-C compound is produced.

23. What do you call structures that have the same evolutionary origin even though they may
now have different structural make-ups or functions?
A) Endemic
B) Analogous
C) Homologous
D) Indigenous

24. For what purpose do biologists use the GPS receiver?

A) To produce area maps
B) To measure tree height
C) To estimate tree ages
D) To count tree rings

25. Which of the following organisms usually forms the pioneer community in the primary
biological succession?
A) Annual herbs
B) Lichens
C) Trees
D) Ferns

26. 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
B) Water quality
C) Temperature
D) Seed size

27. In the carbon cycle, which of the following processes removes carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere?
A) Respiration
B) Decomposition
C) Combustion
D) Photosynthesis

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28.Which of the following sequences represents the correct change in the number of
chromosomes during fertilization?
A) n+n 2n
B) 2n --> 2n
C) n --> n
D) 2n---->n+n

29. "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

30. 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

31. Which of the following industries can reduce more CO2 emission by shifting to the use of
enzyme in the manufacturing process?
A) Bread making
B) Cheese making
C) Leather making
D) Manufacturing cosmetics

32. Which of the following is made of globular proteins?

A) Enzyme
B) Keratin
C) Collagen
D) Glycogen

33. Which of the following events happened before all the others?
A) The cell theory was proposed .
B) The protozoa were discovered
C) The compound microscope was invented .
D) The structure of DNA was discovered.

34. Under what conditions do C4 plants have more photosynthetic efficiency than C3 plants?

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A) Low water supply
B) Low temperature
C) Low light intensity
D) Low co2 concentration

35. Which of the following is NOT a universal property of all living things?
A) Heritable characters
B) Reproduction
C) Photosynthesis
D) Growth and development

36. In which area of enzyme application is invertase injected to sucrose paste in order to
produce liquid chocolates?
A) Detergent making industry
B) pulp and paper industry
C) Pharmaceutical industry
D) Food processing industry

37. Which of the following function best at higher optimum pH than all the rest?
A) Pepsin
B) Salivary amylase
C) Trypsin
D) Enzymes in the stomach

38. Which class of enzymes joins to molecule together by formation of new bonds?
A) Ligase
B) Isomerase
C) Lyase
D) Hydrolase

39. Which of the following has a bigger size than all the others?
A)A ribosome took from an animal cell
B)A mitochondrion taken from a plant cell
C)A nerve cell is taken from a human brain
D) A glucose molecule taken from a plant cell

40. How does a simple microscope differ from a compound microscope?

A) A simple microscope has no lens.
B) A simple microscope has got two lenses
C)A simple microscope uses the mirror as a lens.
D) A simple microscope has only one lens.

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41. Which of the following molecules can serve as a raw material for industries that produce
glucose?
A) Nucleic acids
B) Proteins
C) Lipids
D) Starch

42. 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

43. 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) Add more substrate to the enzyme
C) Remove the end product of the reaction
D) Add more inhibitors to the system

44. Which of the following parts of the plant cell is NOT a living component of the cell?
A) Cell membrane
B) Cell wall
C) Cytoplasm
D) Nucleus

45. What are the possible consequences of deforestation of the tropic rainforest?
A) An increase in existing ecological niches
B) Reduction in species diversity of an area
C) Increased removal of CO2 from the atmosphere
D) An increase in the amount of nitrogen in the soil

46. Which of the following processes releases CO2 in to the atmosphere?

A) Respiration
B) Assimilation
C) Feeding
D) Photosynthesis

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47. 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

48. Which of the following is true about sex determination in birds?

A) They have heterozygotic X and Y chromosomes
B) Males have heterozygotic W and Z chromosomes
C) Females have the homozygotic WW chromosomes
D) They have the heterozygotic W and Z chromosomes

49. How many amino acids are there in all known proteins?
A) About 10
B) About 35
C) About 20
D) About 46

50. Which of the following is the major mechanism by which AIDS is transmitted?
A) Mother to fetal transmission
B) Hetrosexual intercourse
C) Homoesxual intercourse
D) contaminated blood transfusion

51. What percentage of the F2 the progeny of a monohybrid cross is expected to have the
recessive phenotype?
A) 100 %
B) 75 %
C) 25%
D) 50 %

52. Which of the following is NOT true about innate behaviours?

A) Can be improved by trial and error
B) Common to all members of the species
C) Present at birth or on hatching
D) Do not have to be learned

53. To which one the following classes of stimuli do pheromones belong?

A) Auditory
B) Smell

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C) Visual
D) Touch

54. 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
C) Scanning electron microscope
D) Dissecting microscope

55. 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) The bilayer nature of the membrane
C) The arrangement of the proteins
D) The movement of the phospholipids

56. Which of the following diseases is correctly matched with its causative agent?
A) Malaria - fungus
B) AIDS - virus
C) Ringworm - protozoa
D) Syphilis - worm

57. Which of the following organic compounds would release both nitrogen and sulphur to the
ecosystem when decomposed?
A) Polysaccharides
B) Sucrose
C) Proteins
D) Lipids

58. Among the vertebrate found In Ethiopia, which class has the highest percentage of endemic
species?
A) Amphibians
B) Reptiles
C) Birds
D) Mammals

59. Which of the following terms refers to the movement of individual out of a population?
A) Mortality
B) Immigration
C) Emigration

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D) Natality

60.Which of the following crosses will produce progeny with a phenotypic ratio of 3:1?
A) Crossing the F1 to the dominant parent
B) Crossing two homozygote individuals
C) Crossing the F1 to the recessive parent
D) Crossing two heterozygote individuals

61. Which of the following changes that happened during human evolution had the most
contribution to the evolutionary success of Homo sapience?
A) Proportionately big brain size to body mass
B) Big body parts and big overall body mass
C) Long legs, arms and more upright body posture
D) Fast running ability and overall physical strength

62. Woodlice are observed avoiding light and heat by quickly moving to moist and darker areas.
Which behavior of these animals helps them to detect differences in light intensity and move to
the darker and moist part of the habitat?
A) Instinctive learning
B) Negative phototaxis
C) Positive phototaxis
D) Insight learning

63. 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

64. Why mutations are important in evolution

A) They are related to the environment.
B) They contribute to new variation in organisms.
C) They are always beneficial to the organism
D) They become causes for species migrations

65. Which of the following processes involved in the water cycle is carried out by green plants?
A) Evaporation
B) Precipitation
C) Condensation
D) Transpiration

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66. 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
D) Saturated fatty acids

67. If someone suddenly removes his/her hand from a very hot object, which of the following
types of behavior is manifested?
A) Reflex action
B) Imprinting
C) Learned behaviour
D) Sensitization

68. 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) Assembly of viral parts in to a virus
C) Formation of DNA from RNA
D) Integration of viral DNA into host DNA

69. During which of the following processes in cellular respiration are most of the ATPs formed?
A) Glycolysis
B) Chemiosmosis
C) Link reaction
D) Krebs cycle

70. Which of the following pairs are ANALOGOUS structures?

A) The human arm and the front leg of a mule
B) The front leg of a frog and the wing of a bat
C) The wing of a bird and the wing of a butterfly
D) They wing of a bat and the wing of bird

71. Which of the following involves trial and error learning ?

A) Operant conditioning
B) Habituation
C) Sensitization
D) Classical conditioning

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72. Which of the following is the adaptation by C4 plants that helps them to avoid
photorespiration?
A) Harvesting of carbon dioxide at night
B) Using separate cells for light and dark reactions.
C) Storing carbon dioxide in the vacuole
D) Keeping the stomata closed during the day

73. If a codon on a messenger RNA is UUU, what is the complementary anticodon on the
transfer RNA?
A) UUU
B) GGG
C) CCC
D) AAA

74. 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

75. Which of the following classes of fatty acids is without carbon-carbon double bond?
A) Monosaturated fatty acids
B) Unsaturated fatty acids
C) Saturated fatty acids
D) Polyunsaturated fatty acids

76. Choose the one that had the LEAST contribution to human evolution?
A) Development of bipedalism
B) Adaptation to flight
C) Attaining opposable thumb
D) increasing brain size

77. In which biome are epiphytes typically present as a characteristics element ?

A) Tropical montane forests
B) Cold desert woodlands
C) The Tundra environment
D) Boreal deciduous forests

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78. If it is known that the total amount of DNA in a cell is 300 units and that adenine
contributes 70 of these units, how many units go to cytosine?
A) 40 units
B) 70 units
C) 80 units
D) 35 units

79. What is the substance that helps to keep the biological membrane in a fluid state?
A) Waxes
B) Water
C) Cholesterol
D) Phospholipids

80. which of the following substance is NOT formed when yeasts ferment glucose?
A) Alcohol
B) ATP
C) Lactic acid
D) Carbon dioxide

81. 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
C) The second bound
D)The third bond

82. What is the advantage that a photosystem containing molecules of different types of light
sensitive pigments have?
A) To absorb light of different wavelengths
B) To increase the size of photosystem
C) To increase the complexity of the photosystem
D) To increase the surface area for the light absoption

83. How many years have passed since Darwin's book on the theory of evolution was
published?
A) About 50 years
B) About 160 years
C) About 120 years
D) About 100 years

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84. Which of the following can be understood about living things from the study of how
breeders improve domesticated plants and animals?
A) Living things tend to over-reproduce
B) Natural resources are of limited supply
C) Living things can be improved through selection
D) Individuals compete for resources

85. Which of the following is responsible for the bending of a young plant towards a
unidirectional source of light?
A) Reduced photosynthesis on dark side
B) Faster growth rate on the dark side
C) Reduced auxin concentration on dark side
D) Increased rate of cell division on the light side

86. In what way would AIDS patients benefit from the treatment with anti-retroviral drugs?
A) Reduction of HIV replication
B) Provision of cure for AIDS
C) Immunizing against HIV
D) The killing of opportunistic infections agents

87. If a country has a large number of young people relative to the number of old people, to
which category of countries does it belong?
A) Industrial
B) Hunter - gatherer
C) Post - industrial
D) Developing

88. Which of the following is the best collective name for all bacteria with spherical shape?
A) Spirochaetes
B) Bacilli
C) Cocci
D) Streptococci

89. 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

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90. 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) Remove CO2 from the atmosphere
C) Releasing water to the atmosphere
D) Releasing oxygen to the atmosphere

91. What causes tomato fruits to ripen much more slowly when kept in a refrigerator than if left
on a table at room temperature?
A) Low temperature slows the normal action of ripening enzymes.
B) Enzymes produced by bacteria normally inhibit ripening.
C)Humidity accelerates enzyme activity and the ripening process.
D) Normal temperature arrests the action of ripening enzymes.

92. Which characteristics of RNA makes it suitable for moving out of the nucleus?
A) Inability to replicate
B) Absence of thymine
C) Its unstable nature
D)the Smallness of its size

93. Why does sucrose give a negative result when mixed and heated with Benedict's solution?
A) Because it is not a sugar molecule.
B) Because it is a reducing sugar.
C) Because it is a non-reducing sugar.
D) Because it is not a monosaccharide.

94. What does an evolutionary selective pressure that acts around the mean do?
A) It stabilizes
B) It terminates
C) It converges
D) It disrupts

95. Which of the following is consistent with science?

A) Proof by investigation of the causes of a phenomenon
B) Proof by reference to a respected leader
C) Proof by reference to an unknown object
D) Proof based on lessons from a person one believe

96. In his theory of evolution, the cause of which of the following concepts was MISSING in
Darwin's explanation
A) Ove-reproduction

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B) Struggle for survival
C) Hereditary variation
D) Survival of the fittest

97. which of the following is a learned behaviour?

A) Suckling of the newborn at mother's breasts
B) Salivation by conditioned dogs at the sound of a bell
C) Withdrawal of hands suddenly from hot objects
D) Blinking the eyes when something gets into them

98. Which of the following diseases is transmitted by mosquitoes?

A) Diabetes mellitus
B) Kaposi's cancer
C) Rabies
D) Malaria

99. 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
B) Flow meters ,centrifuge, theodolites, microscopes
C) Centrifuges, plant presses, flow meters, microscopes
D) Theodolites, petri dishes, GPS receivers ,measuring cylinder
100. Which aspect of biotechnology is considered strictly genetic engineering?
A) Providing gene therapy
B) Production of new types of plants
C) Monoculture antibodies
D) Mapping of the human genome
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

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 NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSESMENT AND EXAMINATIONS AGENCY (NEAEA)
ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (EUEE)
2009 Biology Examination
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

4. Which of the following microorganisms are prokaryotic?

A) Bacteria
B) Protozoa
C) Yeast
D) Algae

5. Which of the following laboratory tools is LEAST accurate to measure 1 ml of liquid?

A) Pipette
B) Burett
C) Measuring cylinder
D) Beaker

6. 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

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7. Which of the following parts of the flower did Mendel remove from young flowers to
prevent self- pollution?
A) Stamens
B) Sepals
C) Petals
D) Ovaries

8. What do we call the place where organisms live in their ecosystem ?

A) Abiotic
B) Biotic
C) Habitat
D) Niche

9. Which of the following is the sex chromosome constitution of human males?

A) XX
B) XY
C) ZZ
D) ZW

10. Which of the following plants use CAM photosynthesis?

A) Sugarcane
B) Sorghum
C) Maize
D) Cactus

11. Which of the following bases is NOT found in RNA?

a) Adenine
B) Guanine
C) Cytosine
D) Thymine

12. 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

13. Which one of the following is different from the other three?
A) Starch

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B) Glycogen
C) Cellulose
D) Maltose

14. What happens when a plant cell absorbs in more water?

A) It shrinks
B) It becomes turgid
C) It becomes wilted
D) It swells and bursts

15. Which level of protein structural organization involves two or more polypeptide?
A) Primary structure
B) Secondary structure
C) Tertiary structure
D) Quaternary structure

16. Which of the following do biologists consider ancestral to the higher organisms of
today?
A) Plantae
B) Animalia
C) Fungi
D) Protista

17. Which type of fatty acids is healthier when used as a human food source?
A) Saturated fatty acids
B) Monounsaturated fatty acids
C) Polyunsaturated fatty acid
D) Fatty acids in animal products

18. Which of the following is NOT recycled in the ecosystem?

A) Sulphur
B) Energy
C) Carbon
D) Phosphorus

19. 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

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20. Which type of animal behavior happens without learning?
A) Innate
B) Latent
C) Insight
D) Conditioned

21. 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

22. Which of the following has the highest risk of HIV transmission?
A) Hand shaking
B) Needle sharing
C) Towel Sharing
D) Toilet Sharing

23. Which of the following elements is the most abundant in living things?
A) Nitrogen
B) Carbon
C) Hydrogen
D) Oxygen

24. Which of the following organelles is common to both plant and animal cells?
A) Cell wall
B) Chloroplast
C) Mitochondria
D) Central vacuole

25. Among the following organic molecules, identify the one that dose not contain
nitrogen.
A) Starch
B) Protein
C) DNA
D) RNA

26. If a cell fails to form lysosomes, which of the following cellular functions will get
disturbed first?

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A) Protein synthesis
B) Chromosome replication
C) Removal of cellular debris
D) Transport across cell membrane

27. Most co-enzymes are the derivatives of which of the following enzymes would one
use?
A) Proteins
B) Vitamins
C) Carbohydrates
D) Fats

28. To produce from starch, which of the following enzymes would one use?
A) Isomerases
B) Lyases
C) Hydrolases
D) Ligases

29. Which class of enzyme inhibitors has similar shape as that of the normal substrate?
A) Allosteric
B) Competive
C) Denaturing
D) Irreversible

30. Fore a substance to easily pass across the cell membrane by simple diffusion which
of the following properties should it possess?
A) Large size
B) Ability to dissolve in lipid
C) Positive charge
D) Negative charge

31. 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

32. Which of the following is a type of ecological succession that starts from a cleared
forest area?
A) Hydrosere

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B) Primary
C) Secondary
D) Pioneer

33. 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

34. Which of the following is the major role-played by bacteria and fungi in the
ecosystem?
A) Causing diseases
B) Nutrient recycling
C) Fixing carbon dioxide
D) Producing antibiotice

35. 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%
C) 50%
D) 25%

36. Which of the following human cell types is attacked by HIV?

A) Red blood cells
B) White
C) T- lymphocytes
D) Leukocytes

37. Which of the following processes is most important to release nutrients from dead
organic matter in to the soil?
B) Decomposition
C) Excretion
D) Respiration

38. Which of the following biomes supports the highest diversity of plant and animal
life?
A) Tropical rain forest
B) Deciduous forest
C) Grassland

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D) African savannah

39. Which of the following demographic factors can increase the size of the world
population?
A) Natality
B) Migration
C) Emigration
D) Immigration

40. When Mendel crossed a tall pea plant with a short plant, the F1 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
D) Plants of average height

41. Among the following ABO blood group genotype, which one produces two types of
antigens?
A) IAIO
B) IBIO
C) IAIB
D) IBIB

42. Which of the following methods do animal breeders use to produce domestic
animals with hybrid vigor?
A) Feeding with natritive food
B) Mating together related animals
C) Giving proper veterinary care
D) Crossbreeding their animals

43. Which of the following groups are believed to be the first photosynthetic organisms
to evolve on earth?
A) Green plants
B) Green algae
C) Blue green algae
D) Lichens

44. Which of the following factors brings about changes during both evolution and
breeding of plants and animals?
A) Limited resources
B) Production of excess progeny

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C) Selection
D) Competition

45. 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

46. 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

47. Which of the following activities of an organism do we call a behavior ?

A) Reception of external stimulus
B) Responding of internal stimulus
C) Responding of stimulus
D) Lack of receptors to receive stimulus

48. A reflex that involves internal organs such as the heart is referred to as:
A) Somatic reflex
B) External reflex
C) Spinal reflex
D) Autonomic reflex

49. At which of the following generation of crosses between dominant and recessive
homozygote parents are all the progeny heterozygote?
A) P1 generation
B) F1 generation
C) F2 generation
D) F3 generation

50. Which of the following organs serves as a coordinating system in a reflex action?
A) Spinal cord
B) Dehydrogenase
C) Nerve cells
D) Oxidoreductase

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51. Which type of enzyme catalyzes the joining of two molecules by the formation of
new bonds?
A) Decarboxylase
B) Dehydrogenase
C) Ligase
D) Oxidoreductase

52. Which of the following statement about enzyme is NOT correct?

A) Enzymes speed up on a chemical reaction
B) Enzymes are very specific in their reaction
C) The presence of an enzyme will change the outcome of a reaction
D) Enzymes lower the energy of activation for a reaction to occur

53. Glycolysis occurs in the

A) Cytoplasm
B) Mitochondrion
C) Nucleus
D) Chloroplast

54. Anaerobic metabolism refers to the generation of ATP:

A) Without the involvement of ADP
B) Without the use of glycogen
C) Without the use of oxygen
D) by the conversion of pyruvate to lactate

55. The conversion of one molecule of glucose to two molecule of pyruvate results in
the net formation of:
A) Two molecule of ATP
B) Six molecules of water
C) Three molecules of ATP
D) Thirty -eight molecules of ATP

56. During alcohol fermentation, pyruvic acid in the presence of pyruvate decarboxylase
is first converted to .
A) Glucose
B) Lactose
C) Lactic acid
D) Acetaldehyde

57. The total amount of living tissue within a given tropic level is called:

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A) Organic mass
B) Energy mass
C) Tropic mass
D) Biomass

58. Biomass where trees predominant are called

A) Polar biomass
B) desert biomass
C) Tropic mass
D) Grassland biomass

59. The goals of biodiversity conservation include all of the following EXCEPT
A) Protecting individual species
B) Introducing exotic species in to new environments
C)Introducing exotic species in to new environments
D) making sure local people benefit from conservation efforts

60. The maximum population growth rate characteristic of a species is called

A) limiting factor
B) biotic potential
C) carrying capacity
D) exponential growth pattern

61. from among the following, choice the field which is a branch or a part of
biotechnology.
A) parasitology
B) Immunology
C) Physiology
D) Genetic engineering

62. which of the following is publicly an UNDESIRED research activity?

A) breeding a new crop variety
B) synthesis of a new vaccine
C) manufacture of a new effective medicine
D) breeding a new pathogenic microorganism

63. which of the following alternatives contain ONLY organic molecule?

A) calcium carbonate, glucose, methane
B) carbon dioxide, sodium chloride, lysine
C) linoleic acid, glycine, methane
D) water, carbon dioxide, calcium carbonate

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64. which test is suitable for checking the presence of lipids in foodstuffs ?
A) buiret test
B) Benedict's test
C) emulsion test
D) iodine test

65. How do heavy metal ions reduce the reaction rate of enzymes?
A) by destroying the 3- dimensional shape of the enzyme's 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
D) by inducing mutation that disrupt the functioning of the enzyme

66. What happens when enzymes become denatured?

A) They can normally catalyzed the reductions
B) their active sites are changed
C)rate of the reaction increase
D) bonds holding amino acids are unaffected

67. What happens when human red blood cell are kept in a hypertonic solution ?
A) the same net gain and loss of water
B) more water gets into the cell than leaving it
C) more water goes out of the cell then getting in
D) the cell prevent water from getting in or leaving out

68. Among the following which one best describes the cell of bacteria?
A) Eukaryotic
B) Prokaryotic
C) Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic
D) Neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic

69. Which of the following nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids is a purine base?
A) Adenine
B) Cytosine
C) Thymine
D) Uracil

70. Which of the plants with the following genotype is hetrozygyous?

A) BBYY
B) BbYb
C) bbyy

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D) YYBB

71. Which of the following groups of viruses copy their RNA to DNA?
A) Bacteriphages
B) DNA viruses
C) RNA viruses
D) Retroviruses

72. Which of the following can reverse an enzyme inhibition that is caused by an
allosteric inhibitor?
A) Adding more substrate
B) Adding more end product
C) Depleting the end product
D) Depleting the substrate

73. During the Krebs cycle, to which of the following molecule is most of the energy
released from food transferred?
A) ATP
B) NAD
C) ADP
D) AMP

74. 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

75. During which stage of aerobic respiration dose oxidative phosphorylation occur?
A) Glycolysis
B) Krebs cycle
C) Link reaction
D) Chemiosmosis

76. 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

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77. 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
B) It would be more conserved
C) It would be more diverse
D) Nothing would happen to it

78. During anaerobic respiration, what is the gross number of ATP molecules that are
produced per glucose molecule?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Six

79. Among the following four processes, identify the one that probably evolved before
all the other three.
A) Aerobic respiration
B) Anaerobic respiration
C) Oxidizing atmosphere
D) Photosynthesis

80. Which of the following is NOT a learned behavior?

A) Imprinting
B) Habituation
C) Conditioning
D)Trial and error

81. If an actively growing seedling is kept horizontally, which of the following would
eventually happen to the seedling?
A) The shoot would bend upward
B) The root would bend upward
C) The seeding would stop growing
D) The seedling would grow horizontally

82. Which of the following was the most possible mode of evolution by which the many
species of Darwin's finches evolved on the Galapagos Islands?
A) Phonetic evolution
B) Divergent evolution
C) Convergent evolution
D) Sympatric evolution

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83. For which of the following processes is ATP NOT required?
A) Diffusion of oxygen in to cells
B) Synthesis of molecules
C) Active transport of molecules from one site to another
D) Muscle contraction

84. Mutation may be described as:

A) Phenotypic change
B) Change in gene structure
C) Continuous variation
D) Change due to hybridization

85. 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) Supporting activities concerned with food security
C) Awareness about climate change and its problem
D) Engagement in biological resources conservation

86. Which form of mutation is responsible for the diseases known as leukemia?
A) Duplication
B) Insertion
C) Inversion
D) Deletion

87. Which of the following characteristic can show the evolutionary relationships among
organisms?
A) Structure having similar functions
B) Presence of analogous structures
C) Presence of homologous structures
D) Structure having different origins

88. Which of the following species isolating processes could lead to the evolution of a
new species by the mechanisms known as sympatric speciation?
A) A river that change its course for many years
B) A new mountain range that was created many years ago.
C) population of a species having different breeding seasons
D) A land mass that separated two water bodies for many years

89. What is an apoenzyme?

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A) A protein molecule
B) An active enzyme
C) A non- protein molecule
D) A non- protein cofactor

90. For which of the following can divergent evolution be taken as an alternative name?
A) Allopatric speciation
B) Adaptive radiation
C) Sympatric speciation
D) A non- protein cofactor

91. 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

92. Which of the following played an important role in the evolution of human being?
A) Emergency of wings in addition to limbs
B) Development of even toes in the forearms
C) Development of feathers and hallow bones
D) Development of opposable thumb to grasp

93. In which one of the following do we use genetically modified bacteria for purpose
other than human health?
A) Production of insulin
B) Production of antibiotics
C) Production of herbicides
D) Production of vaccines

94. which knowledge about cell biology scientists discover after all the others?
A) The first understanding that all living things are made of cells
B) Knowledge about how chromosomes behave during mitosis
C) First understanding about the double helix structure of DNA
D) First understanding about the DNA sequence in human genome

95. Which of the following statements can be considered as the better definition of the
biological concept of behavior?
A) The reaction of a person or an animal in response to an external or internal stimulus
B) The responses or reactions or movements that a living plant makes in any situation

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 C) A system of coordinated response by an organism to an external or internal stimulus
D) A receptor of some kind of stimulus that an organism has which produces a
response

96. 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
D) Inborn behavior

97. 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

98. Which group of bacteria reduces nitrate to nitrogen gas in the nitrogen cycle?
A) Nitrogen fixing bacteria
B) Ammonium ion forming
C) Denitrifying bacteria
D) photosynthetic bacteria

99. The main factors that determine the types of terrestrial biomes in a certain
geographical area are:
A) Soil and vegetation
B) Soil and biological diversity
C) Complexity in ecological succession
D) Precipitation & temperature

100. In which parts of Ethiopian are Lions, Elephants & Giraffes found more community?
A) In the afroalpine and subafroalpine zones
B) In the highland areas of northern Ethiopian
C) In the grasslands of southwestern Ethiopian
D) In central and northern parts of the rift valley

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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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 NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSESMENT AND EXAMINATIONS AGENCY (NEAEA)
ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (EUEE)
2010 Biology Examination
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
C) It lowers the energy of activation
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
C) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D) Theodor Schwann

4. Why do micro-organisms decompose dead organic matters?

A) To release mineral nutrients for the plants
B) To clean up the ecosystem
C) To drive energy for their own uses
D) To keep the balance of atmospheric gases

5. The practice of modern agriculture that reduces crop biodiversity is:

A) Overgrazing
B) Forest clearing
C) growing land races
D) growing few high yielding varieties

6. Which one of the following is the best scientific approach to come to conclusive
evidence showing that a given event is caused by a certain factor?
A) Having a strong belief
B) Making a good guess
C) Making a good guess
D) Conducting an experiment

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7. Of the following organic molecules, which one includes a pentose sugar?
A) Glucose
B) Fructose
C) Galactose
D) Deoxyribose

8. What dose an enzyme do to a chemical reaction that allows it to proceed optimally?

A) It lower the required activation energy .
B) It increases the amount of the substrate.
C) It increases the required activation energy .
D) It modifies both the pH and the temperature.

9. Which of the following is lacking in prokaryotic cells?

A) Cytosol
B) Ribosome
C) DNA strand
D) Cellulose

10. 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

11. 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

12. To which genus of primates are the Neanderthal humans classified?

A) The genus Ardipithecus
B) The genus Australopithecus
C) The genus homo
D) The genus Zinjanthropus

13. In which of the following is there a MISMATCH between the type of innate behavior
and the resulting action/response?
A) Instinctive behavior- imprinting in birds

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B) Reflex action- blinking of the eyes in humans
C) Instinctive behavior- Nest-building in birds
D) orentational movement-weaving a web in spiders

14. Cells were first seen using the microscope by:

A) Schleiden
B) Robert Hooke
C) Schwann
D) Leeuwenhoek

15. The ultimate source of genetic variation is:

A) Mutation
B) Migration
C) Genetic drift
D) Selection

16. Which of the following is the first step in starting a research process?
A) Searching sources of information to locate problem.
B) Survey of related literature
C) Identification of problem
D) Searching for solution to the problem

17. For which of the following purpose is GLOBAL positioning system (GPS) used?
A) Map of an area
B) Theodolite
C) Microwave
D) Satellite signal

18. 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 .
B) An enzyme birds reaction such that they are positioned correctly and can attain their
transition-state configurations.
C) An enzyme allows the reaction to go through a more stable transition state than
would normally be the case.
D) An enzyme can weaken bonds in reactants through binding process

19. The amount of organic matter present at a given time per unit area is called?
A) Carbon sequestration
B) Standing crop

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C) Carbon foot print
D) Productivity

20. In the energy pyramid, which group of organisms has least amount of energy?
A) Primary producers
B) Tertiary producers
C) Herbivores
D) Animals

21. The sets in which scientists usually conduct two or more sets of the same
experiment at the same time is:
A) Experimental group
B) Experimental design
C) Replication
D) control group

22. Which of the following properties of water makes sweat a good body coolant?
A) Its strong surface tension
B) Its low density in the solid state
C) Its strong adhesion to a surface
D) Its high heat of vaporization

23. How many molecule of glycerol and fatty acids, respectively, are needed to from 100
molecules of triglyceride fat?
A) 50 and 50
B) 100 and 100
C) 100 and 300
D) 150 and 400

24. In a metabolic pathway(A-->B-->C-->D), where each step is catalyzed by a separate

enzyme, which substance in the pathway serves as an allosteric regulator?
A) Substance A
b) Substance B
C) Substance C
D) Substance D

25. Which of the following organelles settles out last when homogenized cells are
centrifuged?
A) Chloroplast
B) Nucleus
C) Mitochondria

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D) Ribosome

26. At which stage is most of the carbon dioxide released during aerobic respiration?
A) Glycolysis
B) Kreabs cycle
C) Electron transport
D) Chemiosmosis

27. One of the following groups of plants carry out light dependent and ligh
independent reactions of photosynthesis in separate cells of the leaf .
A) Plants adapted to temperature regions
B) Carbon -3 plants
C) Carbon -4 plants
D) Cacti

28. What is the nutritional mode of those bacteria which decompose dead organic
matter and thus recycle nutrients?
A) Auto trophic
B) Parasitic
C) Saprobiotic
D) Symbiotic

29. In what main way do retroviruses such as HIV differ from other types of RNA viruses
?
A) They require a host cell to reproduce
B) They reversely copy RNA to DNA
C) Their genes are resistant to mutation
D) They are free living viruses

30. Which of the following is NOT true about the flow of energy in the ecosystem?
A) It is recycled by decomposer.
B) It passes from one trophic level to the next.
C) It enters the ecosystem in the form of light.
D) It leaves the ecosystem in the form of heat.

31. Through which of the following processes do all living organisms contribute to
carbon cycle?
A) Photosynthesis
B) Cellular respiration
C) Decomposition
D) Combustion

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32. In ecological context, which of the following is a population ?
A) All living organisms in a habitat
B) All the producers in a habitat
C) All individuals of same species in a habitat
D) All the consumers in a habitat

33. During meiosis, which processes makes the four chromatids of a homologous pair of
chromosomes genetically different from one another?
A) Independent assortment
B) Crossing over
C) Segregation
D) Linkage

34. One of the following is NOT true about protein synthesis in eukaryotes.
A) Translation takes place in the cytoplasm
B) Transcription takes place in the nucleus
C) Both Transcription and translation takes place in the cytoplasm
D) mRNA is modified after transcription

35. Which of the following combinations is known as Neo-Darwinism?

A) Natural selection and acquired inheritance
B) Acquired inheritance and Mendelian law of inheritance
C) Natural selection and Lamarck's theory of evolution
D) Natural selection and Mendelian law of inheritance

36. In the process of allopatric speciation, which of the following is the mechanism that
prevents populations from exchanging genes?
A) Polyploidy
B) Geographic barrier
C) Seasonal isolation
D) Temporal isolation

37. A boy who had seen a snake crossing his way earlier, jumped up violently when
grass touched his legs. Which behavior is it?
A) Habituation
B) Sensitization
C) Conditioning
D) Imprinting

38. What material do microbiologists use to culture bacteria in the laboratory?

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A) Moist soil
B) The royal jelly
C) Agar nutrient
D) Mixture of iodine and sugar

39. Which of the following is usually taken as a signal for the final stage of HIV
infection?
A) Signs of the disease Kaposi's sarcoma
B) Outbreak of some genetic diseases
C) Uninfected T- helper cells present
D) No infection by other parasitic diseases

40. Though which process can inorganic ions from the soil be absorbed in to the root
hairs?
A) Dehydration
B) Diffusion
C) Active transport
D) Osmosis

41. How are organic molecules distinguished from inorganic molecules? Organic
molecules always contain:
A) Oxygen and hydrogen
B) Carbon and oxygen
C) Oxygen and nitrogen
D) Carbon and hydrogen

42. In which industrial enzyme technology is lactase practical applied to produce

lactose-free mile for used by lactose intolerant individuals?
A) Chocolate manufacturing industry
B) Human hormone manufacturing industry
C) Dairy product manufacturing industry
D) Cereal food manufacturing industry

43. Which kind of enzyme inhibitors bind to enzyme only weakly and the bond that hold
them breaks easily releasing the inhibitor to allow the enzyme to become active again?
A) Irreversible inhibitors
B) Reversible inhibitor
C) Inhibitors that bind strongly to enzymes
D) Inhibitors that permanently alter enzyme structure

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44. Of the following models describing the nature of the cell membrane, which one was
proposed before all the others?
A) The sandwich model
B) Fluid mosaic model
C) The unit membrane model
D) Phospholipid bilayer model

45. Why is that longer races by athletes must be run slower than shorter than shorter
races?
A) To give time for lactic acid fermentation in muscle cells
B) To avoid hunger as food is quickly converted to energy
C) To allow aerobic respiration to produce the required ATP
D) To adapt to the weather condition at the racing place

46. In which organ of the human body are more bacteria found?
A) Lungs
B) Stomach
C) Small intestine
D) Large intestine

47. From which group of micro-organisms was the first antibiotics produced ?
A) Gram-negative bacteria
B) Gram-positive bacteria
C) Fungal organism
D) Viral agents

48. What is the other name for the primary consumers of the ecosystem?
A) Herbivores
C) Carnivores
C) Green plants
D) Predators

49. Of the following activities,which one is considered to have an indirect negative effect
on biodiversity?
A) Human and livestock population growth
B) Charcoal making and illegal logging
C) Deforestation for cultivation and urbanization
D) Mono culture farming with improved crop varieties

50. If two heterozygous tall pea plants are crossed, how many of the offspring would be
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A) 0%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 75%

51. How can biotechnology be applied to reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers in
agriculture?
A) By using the golden rice and producing organic fertilizers from betacarotenes
B) By using thermostable enzyme of genetically engineered bacteria used in washing
powders
C) By selecting and propagating varieties with high growth rates and high productivity.
D) By using enzyme produced by genetically engineered bacteria used in the food
industry

52. Which of the following feature do analogous structures mostly share?

A) Phylogenetic similarity
B) Developmental
C) Ancestral similarity
D) Functional similarity

53. In which of the following ways dose learned behavior differ from innate behavior?
A) Learned behavior is adaptive in nature .
B) Learned behavior is genetically determined.
C) Learned behavior is modified by new experiences .
D) Learned behavior is functional at the first attempt.

54. Current human concerns such as famine, pestilence, and environmental degradation
would be solved through the use of:
A) Biological principles
B) Irrigation
C) Aquaculture
D) Terracing

55. The best way to control HIV/AIDS is:

A) Adequate distribution of condoms
B) Adequate distribution of antiviral drugs
C) Breaking the transmission pathway
D) Awareness creation

56. Which is the possible effect of the weak hydrogen bond among water molecules?
A) It helps water to boild at low temperature

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 B) It results in the crystal shape of ice
C) Plays a significant role in the interaction of a water molecule with hydrophobic
surfaces
D) It speeds up photosyntheses is

57. Cell organelles that contain hydrolytic enzymes are called:

A) Peroxisomes
B) Lysosomes
C) Mesosomes
D) Ribosomes

58. Which part of the cell makes necessary changes packages and secretes proteins?
A) Golgi apparatus
B) Endoplasmic reticulum
C) Mitochondria
D) Cell wall

59. Which of the following takes place under normal conditions as electrons flow down
the electron transport chain of the mitochondria?
A) NADH and FADH2 are oxidized
B) The ph of the matrix increases
C) The electrons lose free energy
D) An electrochemical gradients is formed

60. In the processes of photosyntheses light is necessary to:

A) Split carbon dioxide
B) Releases energy
C) Combine CO2 and H2O
D) Produce ATP and a reducing substance

61. Which of the following is not an industrial use of bacteria?

A) Recycling of minerals through ecosystems
B) Food processing
C) Genetic engineering
D) Waste water treatment

62. Carbon cycle is important in nature because:

A) The amount of energy before and after a reaction must be the same
B) It continuously reuse and recycles carbon in the ecosystem.
C) It consumes oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere.
D) It is used in energy capture and recapture.

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63. Which of the following is essential in order for a virus to replicate?
A) The capsid must enter the host cell cytoplasm
B) The host cell must be undergoing mitosis
C) The host cell must lack cell membrane.
D) The genome must be released in to the cytoplasm

64. Which one of the following NOT in situ conservation of Biodiversity?

A) Botanical garden
B) Sanctuary
C) Biosphere reserves
D) National parks

65. Which one of the following represent the population growth curve of a species with
limited resources?
A) Logistic
B) Exponential
C) Long normal
D) Competitive exclusion

66. One goat is heterozygous, long hair(Rr), and its mate carries homozygous short (rr).
What is the probability of the offspring having short hair?
A) 25%
B) 100%
C) 75%
D) 50%

67. The type of enzyme used in recombinant DNA technology to spilt a specific sugar
phosphate bond in each strand of a DNA double helix is called:
A) Esterase
b) Restriction enzyme
C) Lipase
D) Ligase

68. Lamarck's theory of evolution is know as:

A) Natural selection
B) Survival of the fittest
C) Mutation theory
D) Inheritance of acquired characters

69. Habituation and imprinting illustrate that behaviors are made up of:

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A) Reversible stimulus-response learning
B) Unchanging response to present stimuli
C) Both innate and learned components
D) Simple response to complex stimuli

70. The evolution of species which is based upon the sum total adaptation changes
could be preserved by:
A) Natural selection
B) Speciation
C) Human conservation
D) Isolation

71. Based on differences in DNA which of the following animals is closer to human
beings?
A) Frog
B) Domestic pig
C) Zebra fish
D) Domestic chicken

72. To which group of sugar can the molecule dihydroxyacetone be classified ?

A) Hexose sugars
B) Pentose sugars
C) Triose sugars
D) Oligosugars

73. Choose the one in which the human digestive enzyme is INCORRECT matched with
the substance that it normally catalyzes.
A) Lipase-fat
B) Pepsin-protein
C) Trypsin-starch
D) Pancreatic amylase-starch

74. The organelle of the cell which is concerned with the synthesis of lipids in addition
to being associated with carbohydrate metabolism and detoxification is:
A) Golgi body/apparatus
B) Thylakoid membrane
C) Rough endoplasmic reticulum
D) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

75. Where is convergence point for the metabolism of the building blocks of
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A) Cytoplasm
B) Krebs cycle
C) Calvin cycle
D) Electron transsport

76. Among the following crops, which one uses a non-C4 photosynthetic pathways?
A) Maize
B) Sorghum
C) Pineapple
D) Sugarcane

77. Which of the following is responsible for rapid evolution in RNA viruses?
A) High stability of its RNA
B) High mutation rate of its RNA
C) Reverse transcription of its RNA
D) Accurate replication of its RNA

78. What major consequence dose primary ecological succession involve normally?
A) Complexity of food webs increases
B) Number of species present decreases
C) A biotic factor become less favorable
D) Habitats become harsher and deteriorate

79. How quickly a population would increase or decrease in size is probably least
influenced by the presence of:
A) Adequate supply of oxygen
B) Disproportionate human races
C) Severe inter-specific competition
D) Carnivores and herbivores

80. Among the theories about the origin of life, which one better agrees with the
concept of change in organisms and their genetic composed over generation being
caused by meiosis, hybridization, natural selection or mutation?
A) Cosmozoan theory
B) Biochemical origin theory
C) Special creationism's theory
D) Spontaneous generation theory

81. Which of the following is the most accepted theory about the origin of life on earth?
A) Theory of spontaneous evolution
B) Theory of chemical evolution

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C) The cosmic theory
D) Theory of special creation

82. What is the possible cause or isolating mechanism for the formation of allopatric
species?
A) Seasonal isolation
B) Temporal isolation
C) Behavioral isolation
D) Geographic isolation

83. Which of the following statement about instinctive actions is NOT true?
A) Are innate.
B) Are adaptive
C) Require learning
D) Have fixed pattern

84. What dose a low value for Simpson's index of diversity normally indicate to the
researcher?
A) An area with high number of endemic species
B) An area dominated by one or just a few species
C) A biodiversity hotspot wit abundant species
D) An area with plants but no species of animals

85. A country with a high youth population but a low old age population and low infant
population shows
A) A population pyramid with bulge in the middle
B) A population with wide base and narrow apex
C) A inverted pyramid
D) A pyramid assuming a rectangular shape

86. Which one of the following is the primary contribution of Darwin to biological
theory?
A) An important mechanism of biological evolution is natural selection
B) New alleles arise through mutation
C) Evolution is the change in gene frequencies over time.
D) Genes are the units of inheritance.

87. Retroviruses are able to reverse transcribe RNA to DNA in order to:
A) Command the host cell in the production of genomes similar to that of the hosts.
B) Control the formation of viral protein and RNA that can be assembled in to new virus
particles.

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B) Replicate without any interruption
D) Control the formation of viral protein and DNA that can be assembled in to new viral
particles

88. Which of the following nucleotide sequences contains four pyrimidine bases?
A) GATCAATGC
B) UAGCGGUAA
C) GCUAGACAA
D) Both B and C

89. Significant change in Ph that can affect an enzyme molecule include

A) Building strong ionic bonds leading to stabilization of enzymes
B) Altering the charges on some substrates making it difficult to bind to enzyme
C) Changing the color and palatability of food items
D) Increasing the boiling temperature of the substrate

90. Which of the following two elements are found in all organic molecules?
A) Carbon and oxygen
B) Carbon and nitrogen
C) Carbon and hydrogen
D) Carbon and Phosphorus

91. If two molecule of a six carbon sugar are condensed to form a disaccharide, which of
the following is the correct molecular formula of the disaccharide?
A) C12H24O12
B) C6H12O6
C)C12H24O12
D) C12H22O11

92. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for a molecule to directly diffuse across
the cell membrane?
A) Small size
B) Non-polarity
C) Large size and polarity
D) Lipid solubility

93. Which of the following molecules can provide the cell the least amount of energy
per molecule?
A) Glucose
B) Reduced NAD
C) Reduced FAD

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D) ATP

94. During photosynthesis, which of the following is first step in the transduction of light
energy to chemical Energy?
A) ATP formation
B) Carbon fixation
C) Photolysiss of water
D) Glucose formation

95. Which of the following terms specifically refers to an ecological succession that
starts in an aquatic environment?
A) Xerosere
B) Hydrosere
C) Primary succession
D) Secondary succession

96. Suppose the age pyramid of population has a broad base with a narrow top, which
of the following is NOT true about the population?
A) It is fast growing
B) It has high life expectancy
C) It is dominated by young people
D) It has a high birth rate

97. What is the reason that Stanley Miller excluded free oxygen from the Mixture of the
gases that he used for his simulation experiment?
A) Early organic molecules did not contain oxygen
B) Oxygen cannot react with the rest of the gases
C) Primitive atmosphere was reducing
D) The primitive atmosphere was full of oxygen

98. Which of the following organic molecules is least informative about the evolutionary
relationships between species?
A) Carbohydrates
B) Proteins
C) DNA
D) RNA

99. In which of the following ways dose mutation contribute most to evolution?
A) It preserves adaptive genes
B) It creates new alleles
C) It forms a new gene poll

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D) It helps genes to recombine

100. A small girl who had observed her mother making a telephone call ,one day made
a call on her own. Which learning behavior dose this exemplify?
A) Insight learning
B) Trial and error
C) Latent learning
D) Sensitization

Answer Key

1.A 11.B 21.A 31.B 41.D 51.C 61.A 71.B 81.B 91.D
2.D 12.C 22.D 32.D 42.C 52.D 62.B 72.C 82.D 92.C
3.C 13.C 23.C 33.C 43.B 53.C 63.D 73.C 83.C 93.D
4.C 14.B 24.D 34.D 44.D 54.A 64.A 74.D 84.B 94.C
5.D 15.A 25.D 35.B 45.C 55.D 65.D 75.B 85.A 95.B
6.C 16.C 26.B 36.B 46.D 56.B 66.D 76.C 86.A 96.B
7.D 17.A 27.C 37.C 47.C 57.B 67.B 77.B 87.B 97.C
8.A 18.C 28.C 38.A 48.A 58.A 68.D 78.A 88.A 98.A
9.D 19.D 29.B 39.C 49.D 59.A 69.D 79.B 89.B 99.B
10.C 20.D 30.A 40.D 50.D 60.D 70.A 80.B 90.C 100.C

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