Republic of the Philippines

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DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

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LA
1994
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
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Laureano Salusod National High School

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QUARTER 1 EXAMINATION
BIOLOGY 1
SY. 2022 – 2023
Directions: Read and analyze the statements below. Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. Which of the following is NOT a key component of cell theory?

A. DNA must be present in cells.
B. Cells are the building blocks of all living things.
C. Cells come from pre-existing cells
D. Cells are the fundamental units of life.
2. Which cell organelle is called as the “Powerhouse” of the cell?
A. Nucleus B. Mitochondrion C. Chromosome D. Cell wall
3. Which aspect of the cell theory encourages the use of sterilization and disinfection, making it useful in the field of medicine?
A. DNA must be present in cells C. Cells are the building blocks of all living
things.
B. Cells come from pre-existing cells D. Cells are the fundamental units of life.
4. In bacteria, the cell wall's primary function is to shield the cell from osmotic pressure changes brought on by varying solute
concentrations in the environment. Bacterial cells swell in low solute concentrations but do not burst. What happens to
bacterial cells in an environment with low solute concentrations when a substance that prevents the synthesis of the cell wall
is added?
A. Bacterial cells will shrink due to the lack of cell wall material.
B. Bacterial cells will shrink in size
C. Bacterial cells may burst due to the influx of water.
D. Bacterial cells remain normal.
5. Which of the following could account for plants having rigid cell walls?
A. To protect themselves from temperature changes, plants need rigid cell walls.
B. Osmotic pressure is applied to plants, and a cell wall prevents them from bursting or shrinking.
C. Plant cells are shielded from grazing animals by a rigid cell wall.
D. Plant cells are shielded from waste material by their rigid cell walls.
6. What distinguishes flagella and cilia?
A. Microfilaments make up cilia, and microtubules make up flagella.
B. In the process of swallowing food, cilia are useful. The movement of the organism is aided by flagella.
C. On the cell surface, flagella are long and few, whereas cilia are short and numerous.
D. Flagella are found in eukaryotic cells while cilia are found in prokaryotic cells.
7. Most cells are invisible to our naked eyes because:
A. Most organisms are unicellular. C. Cells exist only within the body.
B. Cells are microscopic D. Tissues are made up of cells.
8. Which of the following does not belong to the nucleus?
A. Ribosome B. Nucleolus C. Chromosome D. Gene
9. The various cell parts can be referred to by the term
A. Tissue B. Chromosomes C. Cell organelles D. Genes
10. Select the appropriate statement:
A Chromosomes hold the location of genes. C. The nucleus contains the cell.
B. The nucleolus contains the chromosomes. D. The nucleus is encased in the cell membrane.
11. The cell membrane's most important function is to:
A. regulates material entry and exit from cells.
B. only regulates the entry of materials into cells.
C. only regulates the exit of materials from cells.
D. allows materials to enter and exit without restriction.
12. Which of the following feature will help you in distinguishing a plant cell from an animal cell?
A. Cell wall B. Cell membrane C. Mitochondria D. Nucleus
13. Under a microscope Ian observes a cell that has a cell wall but no distinct nucleus. The cell that he observes is
A. A plant cell B. An animal cell C. A nerve cell D. A bacterial cell
14. Determine the correct statement.
A. Tissue is a collection of dissimilar cells. C. An organ is made up of similar cells.
B. Plant cells do not contain vacuoles. D. Prokaryotes do not have nucleus
15. Which of the following descriptions of eukaryotic cells is accurate?
I. Their nuclear membrane is absent. II. Their nucleus is properly organized.
III. They possess a nuclear membrane. IV. Eukaryotic cells make up blue-green algae.
A. II & IV B. II & IV C. III & IV D. III only
16. Which distinguishes prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells most effectively?
A. Eukaryotes lack a nucleus, whereas prokaryotes do, but they exhibit greater compartmentalization, allowing for
more control over the regulation of gene expression.
B. Prokaryotic cells lack a nucleus, whereas eukaryotic cells do. Eukaryotic cells also exhibit greater
compartmentalization, which enables more precise control of gene expression.
C. Prokaryotic cells are less complex and perform highly regulated gene expression whereas eukaryotes perform less-
regulated gene expression.
D. Eukaryotic cells are more complex and perform less-regulated gene expression whereas prokaryotic cells perform
highly-regulated gene expression.
17. What is the function of nucleus?
A. It contains adenosine triphosphate necessary for the cell to maintain its activity
B. It decodes the message and the formation of peptide bond
C. Bearer of genes that contains hereditary characters
D. Power house of the cell
For items 18-20.
Organelle A taking up almost the entire volume of cell X and only small portion in cell Y. And is residing throughout
the cell cytoplasm. Meanwhile, cell X and cell Y are powered by a chemical energy in a form of adenosine
triphosphate. However, cell X can make its own food unlike cell Y.
18. What type of organelle likely it is?
A. Nucleus B. Cell membrane C. Cell wall D. Vacuole
19. The energy that is mentioned above is stored in ?
A. Mitochondria B. Chloroplast C. Cell wall D. Nucleus

20. Cell X is likely what type of cell?

A. Animal Cell B. Plant cell C. Both A&B D. None of the above
21. During metaphase, the chromosomes of the cell are .
A. Duplicated C. Aligned at the midplane of the cell
B. Beginning to shorten and thickened D. Separated at its end of the poles
22. Which stage of mitosis is shown in the illustration?
A. Prophase
B. Anaphase
C. Metaphase
D. Interphase
23. During which mitotic stage do the spindle fibers begin to form from microtubules?
A. Prophase B. Metaphase C. Anaphase D. Telophase
24. What would most likely result if mitosis was not accompanied by cytoplasmic division.
A. Two cells, each with one nucleus C. Two cells, each without a nucleus
B. One cell with two identical nuclei D. One cell with two nuclei
25. Which is a characteristic of the group of diseases known as cancer?
A. Rapid formation of zygotes C. Uncontrolled cell division
B. Meiotic cell division in body cells D. Formation of only monoploid cells
26. A diploid female lizard produces diploid offspring that are genetically identical to herself. This type of reproduction requires:
A. Meiosis B. Mitosis C. Mitosis, then meiosis D. None of the above.
27. Chromosome B contains genes for an eye color of May. Chromosome O contains genes for hair color of Jay, and
chromosome N contains genes for an eye color blue.
A. Chromosomes B and O are homologous C. Chromosomes O and N are homologous
B. Chromosomes B and N are homologous D. None of the chromosomes are homologous to one another.
28. Suppose that a cell is unable to replicate its DNA. Which of the following would NOT be present in this cell?
A. Sister chromatids C. Centromere
C. Homologous chromosome D. Genes
29. Humans contain two copies of each chromosome. Each copy contains the same gene sequence. What are these copies called?
A. Sister chromatids C. Homologous chromosomes
B. Alleles D. All of the answer is correct
30. Which of the following correctly shows a pair of homologous chromosomes at the start of meiosis?
A. B. C. D.

31. Simple diffusion is defined as movement of

A. Molecules from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration
B. Molecules from areas of lower concentration to areas of higher concentration
C. Water molecules across a membrane
D. Gas molecules across a membrane
32. When sugar is mixed with water, equilibrium is reached when
A. Molecules of sugar stop moving.
B. Water and sugar molecules are moving at the same speed.
C. The dissolved sugar molecules are evenly distributed throughout the solution.
D. There are the same number of water molecules as dissolved sugar molecules.
33. Which Biomolecule product helps to allows Simple Diffusion to happen?
A. Saturated Fatty Acids C. Protein
B. Cellulose D. Cholesterol
 34. The total solute concentration of a red blood cell is about 2%. Sucrose cannot pass through a red blood cell's plasma
membrane, but water and urea can. Osmosis will cause such as cell to shrink the most when the cell is immersed in which
of the following solutions?
A. A hypertonic sucrose solution C. A hypotonic sucrose solution
B. A hypertonic urea solution D. A hypotonic urea solution
35. If a cell’s cytoplasm contains 30% solute, which of the following best describes the rest of the cytoplasm?
A. 30% water C. 70% water
B. 70% solute D. 30% water
36. If a cell is placed in salt water, water will:
A. Leave the cell and the cytoplasm and cell membrane shrink
B. Enter the cell and the cytoplasm and cell membrane expand
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
37. Describe a cell that is in an isotonic environment.
A. When the amount of water in a cell is higher than the amount of solute in a cell.
B. A cell that has an equilibrium of water to solute
C. When the amount of water and solute in a cell are at equilibrium
D. All of the above.
38. Which of the following statements is true for exocytosis?
A. It helps in the intake of large materials by the cell.
B. It occurs without the help of any cell organelle
C. It is a form of active transport.
D. It does not require energy.
39. Which of the following normally gets exocytosed from a cell?
A. DNA B. Hormones C. Integral membrane proteins D. Cytoplasmic constituents
40. If a doctor injected a patient with what was labeled as an isotonic saline solution, but then the patient died, and an autopsy
revealed that several of the patient's red blood cells had burst, would it be true that the injected solution was really isotonic?
Why or why not?
A. False, the solution was hypertonic C. False, the solution was osmotic
B. False, the solution was hypotonic D. True, the solution was isotonic