BRANIAC 2018

1. Topic: Genetics
Question: How many unique gametes could be produced through independent
assortment by an individual with the genotype of AaBbCCDdEE?
Answer: 8

2. Topic: Genetics
Question: When crossing an organism that is homozygous recessive for a single trait
with a heterozygote, what is the chance of producing an offspring with the homozygous
recessive phenotype?
Answer: 50%

3. Topic: Genetics
Question: Black fur in mice (B) is dominant to brown fur (b). Short tails (T) are
dominant to long tails (t). What fraction of the progeny of the cross BbTt x BBtt will
have black fur and long tails?
Answer: 1/6

4. Topic: Genetics
Question: Pea plants were particularly well suited for use in Mendel’s breeding
experiments for all of the following reason except that:
a. peas show easily observed variations in a number of characters, such as pea
shape and flower color.
b. it is possible to control mating between different pea plants
c. it is possible to obtain large number of progeny from any given cross.
d. peas have an unusually long generation time
Answer: D

5. Topic: Genetics
Question: A cross between an individual with an unknown genotype and a
homozygous recessive individual?
Answer: Test cross

1. Topic: Anatomy
Question: What would be expected if the amount of interstitial fluid surrounding the
capillary beds of the lungs were to increase significantly?
a. The amount of carbon dioxide entering the lungs from the blood would
increase.
b. The amount of oxygen entering the circulation from the lungs would increase.
c. The amount of oxygen entering the circulation from the lungs would decrease.
d. The pressure would cause the capillary beds to burst.
Answer: C

2. Topic: Anatomy
Question: A patient has a blood pressure of 120/75, a pulse rate of 40 beats/min, a
stroke volume of 70 ml/beat, and a respiratory rate of 25 breats/min. This person’s
cardiac output per minute will be ________.
Answer: CO = SV * HR
= 70 * 40
= 2800

3. Topic: Anatomy
Question: A blood vessel has the following characteristic: outer layer of connective
tissue, a thick layer of smooth muscle with elastic fiber and has no valve, is a
characteristic of ___________.
Answer: Artery
4. Topic: Anatomy
Question: Which of the following is a series of functional changes that sperm go
through when they are in the female reproductive tract?
a. Acrosomal reaction
b. capacitation
c. polyspermy
d. fertilization
Answer: B

5. Topic: Anatomy
Question: Which of the followibg are major potential teratogens that affect the
embryonic development?
a. alcohol
b. Radiation
c. cigarette smoking
d. all of these
Answer: D