KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES

Examination: BIOLOGY (ESE)

Date: 06 Feb. 2014
Time allowed: 2 hrs 30 min.

SECTION A
Instruction: Attempt all questions in this Section. Put a tick against the correct
​ alternative answer.
1. All the following are chromosomal structural abnormalities except:
​​
a) Duplication
​b) Non-disjunction
​c) Translocation

​d) Inversion
​e) Deletion

2. Which one of the following is the correct order of classification of organisms, from the
highest to the lowest group?
a) Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species.
b) Order, Class, Phylum, Species, Genus, Family.
c) Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum
d) Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
e) Class, Family, Phylum, Genus, Order, Species.

3. Trisomy 21 is a condition found in the somatic cells of patients with:

a) ​
b) Down’s syndrome
c) Klinefelter’s syndrome
d) Turner’s syndrome
e) Malaria

4. Which one of the following scientists believed that variations were acquired during
theindividual’slifetime​
a) Darwin.
b) Mendel.
c) Lamarck.

d) Wallace

5. In his experiment with the Garden Pea on monohybrid inheritance, Mendel

observed that the F2 offspring showed a genotypic ratio of:

a) 3:1
b) 1:2:1
c) 1:3
d) 3:1

6. Which one of the following traits is not due to inherited dominant gene?

a) White forelock
b) Phenylketonouria
c) Brachydactyly

d) Chondrodystrophy

7. All the following are traits due to sex-linked genes except:

a) Hyperextension of the thumb.
b​
) Milk production in women.
c) Rolling of the tongue.
d) Red-green color blindness in humans.

8. Tallness is an example of:

a) ​
b) a genotype
c) an allele
d) a genome
e) a phenotype

9. Which one of the following is not a fungus?

a) Aspergillus ​
b) Penicillium
c) Rhizopus
d) Ginkgo
e) Mucor

​
10. The correct order of ecological levels, from the lowest to the highest is:
a) Community, population, biome, ecosystem.
b) Biome, ecosystem, population, community.
c) Population, community, ecosystem, biome.
d) Community, biome, ecosystem, population.
11. The stimulus of contraction of the heart originates from:

a) Sino Atrio Node

​b) Bundle of His
​c)Purkinje tissue
d) Atrio-Ventricular Node

12. The site of absorption of end products of protein digestion is

a) Ileum
b) Duodenum
c) Stomach
d)Colon

13. Crossing over occurs during

a) Zygotene
b) Pachytene
c) Leptotene
d) Diplotene

14. Resolving power of a microscope means; ability to

a) Discriminate between very close objects
b) Form a larger image than the specimen
c) Magnify a specimen even when in a vacuum
d) Magnify a specimen after fixation

15. The building blocks of all polysaccharides are;

a) Amino acids
b) Simple sugars
c) Fatty acids
d) Water and inorganic ions

16. Physical digestion involves the following except

a) Action of teeth
b) Mixing food with digestive juices
c) Breakdown of food into simpler forms
d) Churning movements of the alimentary canal

17. The major target for the hormones secreted by the pancreas is

a) Muscles
b) Liver
c) Whole body
d) Alimentary canal
18. The correct order of phases that a cell goes through during the second meiotic
division is
a) Prophase II, Metaphase II, Anaphase II, Telophase II
b) Interphase II, Anaphase II, Metaphse II, Telophase II
c) Prophase II, Telophase II, Anaphase II, Metaphase II
d) Metaphase II, Anaphase II, Telophase II, Prophase II

19. Flexors are muscles that

a) Pull two parts of one limb towards each other
b) Pull a limb forward
c) Pull a limb backwards
d) Turn the whole or part of a limb at one of its joints
20. The Autonomic Nervous System coordinates the following activities except

a) Beating of the heart

b) Movements of the gut
c) Nodding of the head
d) Sweating

SECTION B
Attempt all the questions in this section. Write your answers on the Answer
Booklets provided.

1. Fill in the table below the type of antigen and antibody of the following blood
groups

Blood group Antigen Antibody

Group A
Group B
Group AB
Group O

2. Define the following in one sentence only.

a) Species
b) Recessive gene
c) Genotype
d) Sex-limited genes

3. Using a sketch, show a simple pyramid of biomass in a named ecosystem.

4. Citing examples, differentiate between continuous and discontinuous variation

5. Mention any five abiotic factors of aquatic ecosystems, e.g. lakes.

6. Describe digestion in the stomach

7. List down any one function of each of the following organelles in a cell
(a) Lysosomes
(b) Golgi apparatus
 (c) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(d) Mitochondria
(e) Microtubules

8. Briefly describe the classification of amino acids according to the diet, giving
examples.

9. Briefly describe the classification of neurons in accordance to function

10. Giving examples, explain the meaning of the following words

a) Stimulus
b) Exteroreceptors
c) Chemoreceptors
d) Effectors
e) Transduction

SECTION C

Instruction: Attempt only two questions from this section, one from each subsection.
​ Write your answers in the Answer Booklets provided.

Subsection I

1. With illustrative diagrams, describe meiosis

2. a) Briefly describe the chambers of the heart
b) Describe the conduction system of the heart

Subsection II
3. Write generally on pollution.
4. Discuss the economic importance of fungi.

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