HOLETA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

BIOLOGY FINAL EXAM FOR GRADE 12

DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE

Time: 1: 15

Academic Year: 2016

GENERAL DIRECTION

- Use uppercase only

- This booklet contains three parts
- Make sure that the question paper consists of five pages
- Read the question carefully and write correct answers on the provided spaces
- Un readable answers may be invalid

I) MATCH MAIN GROUPS OF ORGANISMS UNDER COLUMN A WITH THEIR UNIQUE

CHARACTERISTICS UNDER COLUMN B

A B
1. Algae A) Acellular, made up of nucleic acid and protein coat
2. Bacteria B) Eukaryotic cells, unicellular and lack all wall
3. Fungi C) Eukaryotic cells, cellulose cell wall, synthesize their
4. Protozoa own food and reserve into form of starch
5. Viruses D) Eukaryotic cells, non- cellulose cell wall, unicellular or
and multicellular and reserve food in the form glycogen
E) Prokaryotic cells, non- cellulose cell wall and all unicellular

II) CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM A TO D

6. A low value for the index of diversity mean

A) More successful species in an area C) An area is occupied by many organisms
B) All species are equally dominant D) An area is dominated by few species
7. All of the following characteristics enable the lichens to become a primary
colonizer, except? lichens
A) Can resist extremes of temperature C) Need very low levels of nutrients

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 B) Can synthesis their own food D) Need high level of nutrients
8. At which stages of meiosis crossing over takes place?
A) Prophase I B) Anaphase I C) Metaphase I D) Telophase I
9. Which one of the following is the most important factors that limit the growth of
populations
A) Food B) Deaths C) Births D) Competition
10. The reservoir for tetanus is ___________
A) Food B) Water C) Soil D) Air
11. Saprophytic nutrition is common in one of the ff groups of microorganisms. Identify?
A) Algae B) Fungi C) protozoa D) Animals
12. The period in the development of AIDS when the body replaces T- helper cells as
fast as they destroyed is called_________
A) Acute Phase C) Enter phase
B) Latency phase D) Fusion phase
13. Which of the following practice has indirect effects on the biodiversity and results
in the lack of incentives for communities to conserve their local biological
resources?
A) Under evaluation of the biodiversity resources
B) Disregard of traditional range land management system
C) High population growth of local and global
D) Introduction of alien invasive species into an area
14. Gram negative bacteria
A) More sensitive to antibiotics C) Have high content of peptideglycol
B) Their outer membrane secrete endtoxin D) Are stained purple is Grams staining
15. Restriction endnucleases can
A) Cut a DNA molecule into fragments C) Transcribe a DNA molecules
B) Join fragments of DNA molecules D) Replicate a DNA molecules
16. The most important results of meiosis is
A) Production of two gametes C) Production of haploid gamete
B) Doubling of chromosome D) Production of identical cells
17. Suppose if a parent cell has 36 chromosomes, then each daughter cells following
meiosis will have _______ number of chromosomes
A) 36 B) 18 C) 9 D) 72

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 18. Fungal infection such as athlete’s foot and ringworm can be transmitted by
A) Animal vectors C) Droplet infection
B) Direct contact D) Blood contact
19. Which of the following is false about the fungi? Fungi are
A) Photosynthetic microorganisms B) Decompose complex molecules into simple
B) Composed of chitin cell wall D) Store food in the form of the glycogen
20. Which of the following groups of organisms lack eukaryotic cells?
A) Protozoa B) Algae C) Fungi D) Bacteria
21. Which of the following is incorrectly matched between bacteria and their shapes
of cells?
A) Coccus Spherical shaped bacteria
B) Bacillus Rod-shaped bacteria
C) Spirochetes Comma shaped bacteria
D) None the above
22. Which of the following structure on the surface of the bacteria is incorrectly
matched with its functions?
A) Pilli - attachment C) Capsule - Protection
B) Flagella - locomotion D) RNA - genetic material
23. Among the following biologist, who does not involved in the development of germ
theory?
A) Louis Pasteur B) Robert Hooke C) Joseph Lister D) Robert Koch
24. Which of the following is not viral disease?
A) Influenza B) Measles C) Giardiasis D) Syphilis
25. Which of the following is the correct match between the disease and routes of
transmission?
A) Respiratory diseases sneezing, couching and talking
B) Gut diseases Contaminated food and water
C) Sex organ infection saliva, blood and direct body contact
D) Vector born diseases Animal vectors and sexual inter course
26. Which of the following disease is caused by tissue deteriorations due to gene mutation?
A) Infectious diseases C) Genetic diseases

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 B) Degenerative diseases D) Human induced diseases
27. The bacteria that involved in the conversion of nitrates into nitrites?
A) Nitrosomas B) Nitrobacteria C) Pseudomonas D) Rhizobium

Based on the following information to answer question number 28

1. Joining together the gene and plasmid to create recombinant plasmid

2. Cutting out the gene of interest from donor DNA molecule
3. Isolation of plasmid from donor bacterial cells
4. Plasmid opening by restriction endonuclase enzymes
5. Introducing recombinant plasmid into suitable bacteria
28. Which show the correct steps in the genetic engineering?
A) 4, 2 , 1, 5, 3 C) 5, 3, 4, 1, 2
B) 3, 4, 2, 1, 5 D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
29. Which of the following pairs of process is not mainly help recycling of nutrient in
ecosystem within the living organisms?
A) Feeding and Excretion C) Respiration and breathing
B) Death and decomposition D) Fossilization and combustion
30. Which one of the following nitrogen molecule is absorbed by plants and assimilated
directly?
A) NH3 B) NO-2 C) NO-3 D) NH+4
31. The process of coming back of water to earth in different forms in the water cycle?
A) Evaporation B) Transpiration C) Precipitation D) Condensation
32. Which of the following is incorrect?
A) Energy recycles between the sun and the earth
B) Nutrients range in ecosystem
C) Energy flows in ecosystems
D) Energy and materials move around in ecosystem
33. Communities of organisms in an area along with their habitat
A) Ecosystem B) Population C) Community D) Biosphere

34. Which of the following terrestrial biomes experiences hot days and cold nights?

A) Tundra B) Desert C) Taiga D) Grasslands

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 35. Which groups of organisms found in Ethiopia is represented by the highest number of
endemic taxa?

A) Amphibians B) Rephetiles C) Fish D) Birds

36. All are the ecological principles of conservations, except?

A) Habitat disturbance to reshape an ecosystem B) Habitat maintenance to conserve spices

C) Protection of any aspect ions and varieties D) Climate change no effect on the ecosystem

37. What would be the main reason behind the currently observed slow or stable rate of
population growth in the industrialized countries?

A) Good family planning B) Increases death rates

C) Poor health condition D) High rate of child death

III) Fill the blank space with the appropriate word

38.___________is the bacterium used in the oxidation of ethanol into acetic (ethnoic) acid (i’ e
vinegar)?

34._______ is the process of growing plants in a soil free medium using water and the
required nutrients?

35. Soil in _________ biome are poor because many of the minerals from the soil remains
locked up in the huge trees?

36. The set of alleles of an organisms is _____where as its physical appearance is its_______?

37. ________ occurs more frequently between genes for a part on a chromosomes, and less
frequently between gene closer together?

Biology Examination for Grade 12 Prepared by Thomas and Dessalegn

Biology Examination for Grade 12 Prepared by Thomas and Dessalegn