DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN GENERAL BIOLOGY I

Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics 11

________1.  Biology is the study of _____.

A. Research
B. Living things
C. Ecology and evolution
D. None of the above
______2. Enzymes...
A. Compose much of the physical structure and framework of an organism
B. Are proteins
C. Are composed of repeating subunits of monosaccharides
D. Form part of the most complex nucleic acids
 ______3. Nucleic acids are composed of repeating units of __.
A. Amino acids
B. Carbon
C. Nucleotides
D. Fatty acids 
______4. The entire surface of the earth that contains living organisms is called the __.
A. Biosphere
B. Environment
C. Atmosphere
D. Universe 
_____5. There are 20 different amino acids in living organisms. these amino acids form
___.
A. Nucleic acids
B. Proteins
C. Lipids
D. Carbohydrates
______6. The structure of nearly all organic molecules and important macromolecules
is based upon __.
A. Amino acids
B. Carbon
C. Hydrogen bonds
D. Water 
______7. Which substance would you expect to have a pH similar to that of human
blood.?
A. The ocean
B. Coffee
C. A large lake
D. Both a & c
 _____8. The smallest unit that can carry out all activities we associate with life is __.
A. Organelle
B. Cell
C. Tissue
D. Organism 
______9. Which is true of all cells?
A. Go through carious developmental stages
B. Respond to light
C. Can move from one location to another
D. Derived from previously existing cells
 ______10. Many of the properties of water that are important in biology are due to
_________ in individual water molecules and ________ among multiple water
molecules. 
______11. Which is true of a solution with a pH of 2.5?
A. Has a high concentration of OH molecules
B. Has a low concentration of H+ molecules
C. Has approximately equal number H+ and OH molecules
D. Has a low concentration of H+ molecules
 ______12. Which type of molecules would you expect to easily dissolve in water?
A. Charged molecules
B. Non-polar molecules
C. Polar molecules
D. Both a & c 
______13. The basis for the occurrence of evolution within organism is __.
A. Death
B. Genetics
C. Predators
D. Cells
______14. A 6-carbon simple sugar that forms long chain of carbohydrates such as
starch and cellulose is ___.
A. Sucrose
B. Amino acids
C. Disaccharides
D. Glucose
 ______15. Cholesterol and steroid hormones are among biologically important
macromolecules grouped into __.
A. Proteins
B. Lipids
C. Carbs
D. Nucleic acids
 ______16. Many of the thermal properties of water that are important from life result
from interaction of many water molecules at the level of ___.
A. Triple bonds
B. Hydrogen bonds
C. Freezing
D. Polarity 
______17. A primary function of lipids in organisms is ___.
A. Component of a cell membrane
B. Energy
C. Hormones
D. All of these
 ______18. Which of the following is not a characteristic of living things?
A. Interaction
B. Multicellular
C. Energy transformation
D. Reproduction
 ______19. Which of these pairs is mismatched?
A. Monosaccharides-cellulose
B. Disaccharides-glucose
C. Polysaccharides-sucrose
D. All of these are incorrectly matched
 ______20. Which is found in a typical P cell?
A. Ribosomes
B. Nucleous
C. Dna
D. Both c & d
 _____21. An organelle associated with packaging proteins and export from the cell
___.
A. Plastids
B. Lysosomes
C. Golgi body
D. Ribosomes
 ______22. The lipid bilayer of cell membranes has an arrangement where the
hydrophobic ends of the phospholipids are ___.
A. On the inside of the bilayer
B. Oriented to completely pass the bilayer
C. Very rigidly anchored in place
D. On the outside of the bilayer
 ______23. Active transports of substances across a cell membrane differs from
passive transport in that ___.
A. Active transport requires energy and passive transport does not
B. Active transport moves molecules against their concentration gradient
C. Passive transport usually involves small uncharged molecules
D. All of these
 ______24. The major structural component of a cell membrane in the part that gives
the membrane many of the Perm. membrane is ___.
A. Cholesterol
B. Glycolipids
C. Phospholipids
D. Proteins
 ______25. The energy requiring movement of materials against a concentration
gradient is ___.
A. Active transport
B. Secondary active transport
C. Facilitated diffusion
D. Osmosis
 ______26. Facilitated diffusion  
A. Moves molecule against a concentration gradient
B. Is typically used to transport smaller non polar molecules
C. Requires a transmembrane protein
D. Requires ATP
 ______27. Because of the inherent properties of the cell membrane which of the
molecules is least likely to cross into the membrane by simple diffusion ___.
A. Water
B. 02
C. K+
D. CO2
 ______28. A lipid bilayer _____________ fatty acids tails face each other within a
region that excludes water ___.
A. Hypertonic
B. Hydrophobic
C. Hydrographic
D. Hydrophilic
 ______29. Entire cells or other large particles can enter a cell through ___.
A. Active transport
B. Diffusion
C. Phagocytosis
D. Exocytosis
 ______30. Receptor mediated transport of substances into cells usually varie specific
because of the action in recognizing and forming bonds with molecules that are brought
into cells ___.
A. Carbs
B. Nucleic acids
C. Proteins
D. Lipids
 ______31. These are responsible for cell locomotion and the cells structural
characteristics ___.
A. Microfilaments
B. Microtubules
C. Intermediate filaments
D. Cholesterol

______32. Digest proteins
A. Lysosomes
B. Ribosomes
C. Smooth ER
D. Rough ER
 ______33. Produces secretory proteins
A. Smooth ER
B. Rough ER
C. Ribosomes
D. Nucleus
 _____34. Helps stabilize the structure of the plasma membrane
A. Phospholipids
B. Cholesterol
C. Microtubules
D. Ribosomes
 ______35. Movement of anything through a membrane
A. Hypotonic
B. Diffusion
C. Ribosomes
D. P cells
 ______36. Which is not a function of lipids?
A. Hormones
B. Insulation
C. Vitamins
D. Storage
 ______37. Which is in charge of hereditary info?
A. RNA
B. DNA
 ______38. Changes the rate of chemical reactions without itself being changed into a
different molecule in the process
A. Insulin
B. Glucose
C. Enzymes
D. Proteins
 ______39. It is the transport proteins that carries oxygen in the blood ___.
A. Insulin
B. Glucose
C. Enzyme
D. Hemoglobin
 ______40. What is adenine matched up with?
A. Thymine
B. Guanine
C. Cytosine
 ______41. What molecules make up maltose?
A. Glucose and fructose
B. 2 sucroses
C. 2 glucoses
D. Lactose and glucose
 ______42. Amylose is ___.
A. Branched
B. Unbranched
 ______43. Simple, complex and steroids are components of what macromolecule?
A. Lipids
B. Carbs
C. Proteins
D. Acids
 
_____44. Olive oil is a(n)
A. Unsaturated fat
B. Saturated fat
 _____45. Nucleotides are composed of ___.
A. A pentose group, a carb group and a base
B. A dextrose group, a protein and a base
C. A pentose sugar, a phosphate group and a base
D. A pentose group, phosphate sugar and a base
 _____46. Transports materials to the golgi body
A. Lysosomes
B. Ribosomes
C. Vesicles
D. Vacuoles
 ______47. Flexible solid fibers that consist of 2 intertwined polymers
A. Intermediate filaments
B. Microtubules
C. Microfilaments
 _____48. Thought flexible fibers that help stabilize cell shapes
A. Microfilaments
B. Microtubules
C. Intermediate filaments
 ______49. What organelle processes information?
A. Plastids
B. Mitochondria
C. Golgi body
D. Nucleus
 ______50. What organelle manufactures proteins and other materials?
A. Golgi appartus
B. Plastids
C. Mitochondria
D. Lysosomes
 ______51. What organelle processes energy?
A. Mitochondria
B. Ribosomes
C. Nucleus
D. Smooth ER
 ______52. What organelle is covered with ribosomes?
A. Smooth ER
B. Rough ER
C. Lysosomes
D. Golgi apparatus
 ______53. This organelle packages proteins for export.
A. Smooth ER
B. Ribosomes
C. Golgi apparatus
D. Plastids
 ______54. Attracted to water is ___.
A. Hydrophobic
B. Hydrophilic
 ______55. Maintain membrane fluidity ___.
A. Lipids
B. Proteins
C. Cholesterol
D. Carbohydrates
 ______56. Requires energy
A. Passive
B. ATP
______57. Large charged lipid soluble substances
A. Passive transport
B. Active transport
C. Protein transporter
D. Endocytosis
 ______58. Moves against concentration gradient
A. Active transport
B. Passive transport
C. Endocytosis
D. Phagocytosis
 ______59. Out of the cell
A. Endocytosis
B. Exocytosis
 ______60. Engulfing large particles or entire organisms.
A. Endocytosis
B. Phagocytosis
C. Pinocytosis
D. Receptor