Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III-CENTRAL LUZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PAMPANGA

PRE-TEST IN GEN. BIOLOGY 1

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper. 9. Which of the following is the correct order of phases
during mitosis?
1. What are the smallest basic units that can carry out all A. Anaphase, metaphase, telophase, prophase
of the functions of life? B. Metaphase, prophase, telophase, anaphase
A. Cell B. Organelles C. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
C. Organs D. Tissues D. Prophase, telophase, metaphase, anaphase

2. Which of the following organelles is NOT present in an 10. How many chromosomes will be found in each of the
animal cell? two new cells formed as a result of mitotic cell
A. Centrosome B. Chloroplast division?
C. Golgi body D. Lysosomes A. only one half as many chromosomes as the parent
cell.
3. What organelles are associated with digestive B. The same number of chromosomes as the parent
enzymes? cell.
A. Golgi apparatus B. Lysosomes C. Three times as many chromosomes as the parent
C. Ribosomes D. Smooth ER cell.
D. Twice as many chromosomes as the parent cell.
4. Which of the following is TRUE about the eukaryotic
cell? 11. In meiosis cell division, how many daughter cells will
A. Has a DNA found in the cytoplasm be produced?
B. Has a membrane-bound nucleus A. 4 diploid daughter cells
C. Lacks nucleus and other membrane-bound B. 4 haploid daughter cells
organelles C. 2 diploid daughter cells
D. Significantly smaller with only 0.1 to 5.0 μm in D. 2 haploid daughter cells
diameter
12. Which of the following statements are true about the
5. Which of the following cells would classify as importance of mitosis and meiosis?
prokaryotic? I. Mitosis allows organisms to continue to reproduce
A. Animal cells B. Bacteria through generations
C. Fungi D. Plant cells II. Meiosis produces gametes which are generated
for reproduction
6. John Mark is viewing a cell under a microscope. The III. Meiosis is used for asexual reproduction and
presence of which of the following cell structures would growth
tell him that the cell is eukaryotic? IV. Mitosis is used for sexual reproduction
A. Cytoplasm B. DNA C. A. I and IV B. II and III C. I and II
Nucleus D. Ribosomes D. III and IV

7. In your high-tech laboratory, you carefully cut apart 13. As a result of "fertilization", which of the following
the epidermis from the top of a plant’s leaf. What will normally occur?
happen to the leaf? A. A gamete is created.
A. It will not survive B. The final phase of oogenesis has begun.
B. It will dry out and die C. The final phase of spermatogenesis has begun.
C. It will regrow the epidermis and survive D. A single sperm and ovum combine their genetic
D. It will keep photosynthesizing, but not regrow the material to create an offspring with the same number of
epidermis chromosomes as the parents.

14. Which genetic disorder or disease is a sex-linked

trait and carried on the X chromosome?
A. Cystic fibrosis B. Down syndrome C.
8. What is the tail-like projection that protrudes from the Hemophilia D. Sickle-cell disease
cell body of certain prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells,
and functions in locomotion? 15. What would likely happen when genes undergo
A. Cilia B. Extracellular Matrix mutation?
C. Flagella D. Microvilli A. Invasion of cancerous cells to other organs
 B. Tumor formation C. pH
C. Unregulated growth D. Temperature
D. All of the above
24. In the reaction 2Ca(s) + O2(g) --> 2CaO(s), calcium
16. What is the other term for maintaining internal is __________
balance? A. Gaining electrons B. Nothing happens C.
A. Balance B. Equality C. Homeostasis Oxidized D. Reduced
D. Landing
25. Where does the reaction between the enzyme and
17. A cell membrane is said to be a bilayer. What forms the substrate take place?
the two layers? A. Activator B. Active site C. Inhibitor
A. Proteins and carbohydrates with electron D. Substrate
affinities.
B. Aquaporins and proteins with opposite charges. 26. The reaction of the body is through shivering when
C. Phospholipid molecules that are self-arranged an animal is exposed in a cold environment is a proof
tail-to-tail. that:
D. Phospholipid molecules that are self-arranged A. ATP does not release heat
head-to-head. B. Hydrolysis of ATP perform work
C. Both A and B
18. The membrane itself is hydrophobic in the inner D. None of the above is correct
layers and doesn't allow water-soluble molecules to
pass, 27. Adenine is found in what type of genetic material?
yet water itself can permeate cells. Why? A. DNA B. RNA C. Both DNA
A. The membrane is fallible and sometimes water and RNA D. Neither DNA nor RNA
leaks through.
B. Sometimes the membrane will mistake water 28. What is the main photosynthetic organ in plants?
molecules for lipids. A. Flower B. Leaves C. Root
C. Channels called aquaporins in the membrane D. Stem
allow water molecules to pass through freely.
D. Water molecules cannot pass through the 29. Which of the following can be compared to a battery
membrane. The water that is inside a cell stays in it in need of recharging?
throughout its life. A. Adenosine B. ADP C. ATP
D. Ribose
19. What model describes the arrangement of the cell
membrane as flexible, bendable, and made of many 30. Pigments produce a variety of colors in the plant and
parts? animal world. Which among the following contains
A. The Crazy Cell Model pigment?
B. The Fluid Mosaic Model I. Leaves II. flowers
C. The Major Mobility Model III. Coral IV. Animal skins
D. The Maze Model A. I and II B. II, III and IV C. I, II
and IV D. I, II, III and IV
20. What is the passive transport which allow single
substance to move from an area of high concentration to 31. What is the primary function of the light reactions of
an area of low concentration? photosynthesis?
A. Diffusion B. Endocytosis C. Facilitated A. To produce glucose
diffusion D. Osmosis B. To produce NADPH and ATP
C. To produce RuBP
21. What will happen to an animal cell placed in a salt D. To use ATP
water solution?
A. Burst B. Expand C. 32. Where does light-dependent reaction take place?
Grow D. Shrink A. Mitochondria B. Ribosomes C.
Stroma D. Thylakoids
22. What type of cell transport does the picture
illustrate? 33. How can ADP be transformed into ATP?
A. Removing adenine
B. Adding energy and another ribose
C. Removing energy and a phosphate
D. Adding energy and a phosphate group
A. Diffusion C. Exocytosis
B. Endocytosis D. Osmosis 34. How many glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate is needed to
regenerate ribulose 1, 5 bisphosphate?
23. Which factor affects the shape of the enzyme and its
chemical bonds? A. 2 B. 3 C. 5
A. Amount of heat D. 6
B. Amount of substrate
35. What stage in the Calvin cycle does ATP and
NADPH use? 45. The body performs many processes that depend
A. Carbon Fixation B. Reduction C. upon energy and could not occur without a supply of
Regeneration D. Rejuvenation ATP.
How does the energy from ATP power the cellular
36. Which is the correct equation for aerobic respiration
reactions?
in humans?
A. Energy from ATP hydrolysis is stored in cellular
A. glucose lactic acid chambers
B. glucose + oxygen lactic acid B. Cellular processes are coupled to hydrolysis of
C. glucose + oxygen carbon dioxide ATP, an endergonic process
D. glucose + oxygen carbon dioxide + water C. The cellular processes are coupled to hydrolysis
of ATP, an exergonic process
D. ATP hydrolysis absorbs the remaining energy
37. Which is the correct equation for anaerobic from formation of glucose-6-phosphate
respiration in humans?
A. glucose water 46. Which molecule is produced when oxygen is
B. glucose lactic acid reduced by the electrons in the electron transport chain?
C. glucose lactic acid + water A. CO2 B. FAD C.
D. glucose + water lactic acid NADH D. H2O

38. How many molecules of ATP are produced from one

47. In aerobic respiration, there are a total of 38 ATPs:
glucose molecule?
______from the ETC, _____ from glycolysis, and
A. 4 B. 12 C. 30
D. 38 _______ from the Krebs cycle.

39. Which of the following is NOT a correct association? A. 34, 2, 2 B. 32, 2, 4 C. 30,
A. Cristae-electron transport system 2, 6 D. 30, 4, 4
B. Cytoplasm-glycolysis 48. During aerobic respiration, electrons travel downhill
C. Matrix-Kreb’s Cycle in which sequence?
D. Plasma membrane- oxidation of pyruvic acid
A. food citric acid cycle ATP NAD+
40. Which of the following occurs in both photosynthesis
B. glucose pyruvate ATP oxygen
and respiration?
A. Calvin cycle B. Chemiosmosis C.
C. glucose ATP electron transport chain NADH
Glycolysis D. Krebs cycle

41. This process begins with the production of Acetyl- D. food NADH electron transport chain oxygen
CoA:
A. Chemiosmosis B. Fermentation
C. Glycolysis D. Krebs cycle 49. A young animal has never had much energy. He is
brought to a veterinarian for help and is sent to the
42. A muscle cramp is a sudden and involuntary
animal hospital for some tests. There they discover
contraction of one or more of your muscles during
his mitochondria can use only fatty acids and amino
exercise
which are caused by _______________. acids for respiration, and his cells produce more
A. Alcohol fermentation lactate than normal. Of the following, which is the best
B. Chemiosmosis explanation of his condition?
C. Glycolysis inhibition
D. Lactic acid fermentation A. His cells lack the enzyme in glycolysis that forms
pyruvate.
43. Which of the following is the reason why oxygen is B. His cells cannot move NADH from glycolysis into
considered as the final electron acceptor in the electron the mitochondria.
transport chain? C. His cells contain something that inhibits oxygen
A. Because of its atomic size. use in his mitochondria.
B. Because of its ionic size. D. His mitochondria lack the transport protein that
C. Because of its electronegativity. moves pyruvate across the outer mitochondrial
D. Because of its non-metallic property. membrane.

44. Oxidative phosphorylation is the process in which 50. When muscle cells are oxygen deprived, the heart
ATP is formed as a result of the transfer of electrons still pumps. What must the heart cells be able to do?
from NADH or FADH2 to O2 by a series of electron A. Remove lactate from the blood
carriers. In this process, how many ATP are produced B. Transform lactate to pyruvate again
through oxidative phosphorylation? C. Derive sufficient energy from fermentation
A. 38 B. 36 C. 34 D. Continue aerobic metabolism when skeletal
D. 32 muscle cannot