MSU-IIT Integrated Developmental School

COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM REVIEW MATERIALS

BIOLOGY: Body Systems b. cartilage

c. bone marrow
1. The cells that form keratin are found in d. blood vessels
the ___ 10. Which contains the greatest amount of
a. Ligaments skeletal muscle tissue?
b. Myoglobin a. Heart
c. Bone marrow b. Kidney
d. Epidermis c. Small intestine
2. The dermis regulates body temperature d. Foot
through the ___. 11. Which of the following is TRUE of
a. Oil glands resistance exercise?
b. Hypodermine a. Increase the capacity of the heart
c. Sweat glands b. Increase the number of capillaries
d. Epidermis c. Increase muscle size
3. What pigment gives the skin its color? d. Increase endurance
a. Collagen 12. The ossicles are the smallest bones in
b. Keratin the body they are associated directly with
c. Melanin ___.
d. Creatinine a. Hearing
4. The upper layer of the skin is called b. Chewing
the c. Running
a. Epidermis d. Swallowing
b. Corium 13. A ball-and-socket joint is located in the
c. Dermis a. Wrist
d. Subcutaneous b. Knee
5. Acne is a disorder related to ___. c. Shoulder
a. Melanocytes d. Verbal column
b. Sebaceous gland 14. Which of the following is NOT a function
c. Eccrine or sweat glands of skeletal system?
d. Blood vessels a. Support and movement
6. Cartilage is part of the ___ b. Protection of internal organs
a. Nervous system c. Storage of minerals
b. Integumentary system d. Digestion
c. Muscular system 15. Osteocytes, or bone cells, are located
d. Skeletal system as a dense layer in the
7. Haversian canals contain a. Periosteum
a. Bone cells b. Compact bone
b. Nerves and blood vessels c. Spongy bone
c. Periosteum d. Joints
d. Calcium phosphate 16. Which component makes cartilage
8. Fixed joints are more flexible ___. makes cartilage flexible
a. At birth a. Collagen fibers
b. In adolescence b. Elastin fibers
c. In childhood c. myosin filaments
d. In adulthood d. actin filaments
9. In freely movable joints, the ends of 17. Which of the following is NOT involved
bones are covered with in muscular contractions?
a. spongy bone a. Melatonin
b. Acetylcholine 26. Which sequence of conversions of
c. Motor neuron ingested food from the mouth to the rectum
d. Calcium is correct?
18. The amount of heat energy given off by a. Food-chyme-bolus-feces
food is measured in b. Bolus-chyme-food-feces
a. ATP c. Food- bolus-chyme-feces
b. Glucose molecules d. feces-chyme-bolus-food
c. Calories 27. which of the following is an important
d. carbohydrates function performed by the white corpuscles?
19. The enzyme amylase breaks chemical a. Maintain the shape of the blood
bonds in vessel
a. fats b. Carry oxygen to the body tissues
b. proteins c. Aids in blood clotting process
c. sugars d. Destroys bacteria
d. starches 28. The membrane that covers the heart is
20. Food move through the alimentary canal the
by a. Periosteum
a. cardiac sphincter b. Pericardium
b. gravity c. Pleura
c. air pressure d. Dense tissue
d. peristalsis 29. Oxygen-poor blood enters the lungs
21. A peptic ulcer is a lesion found in the from the ___.
a. gums a. Left atrium
b. colon b. Right atrium
c. stomach wall c. Left ventricle
d. kidneys d. Right ventricle
22. Food is absorbed into the blood mainly 30. Which of the following is the site for
in the oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange in the
a. throat body?
b. esophagus a. Blood and alveoli
c. small intestines b. Blood and body cells
d. large intestines c. Both a and b
23. In digestion process, carbohydrates are d. Heart and lungs
ultimately broken down into 31. The large blood vessel that carries
a. disaccharides oxygen-rich blood away from the heart
b. amino acids a. Aorta
c. monosaccharides b. Pulmonary artery
d. fatty acids c. Pulmonary vein
24 Which of these things is NOT like the d. Vena cava
other? 32. Red blood cells contain oxygen
a. Carbohydrates absorbing proteins called ___
b. Protein a. Fibrinogen
c. Mineral b. Serum albumin
d. Lipids c. Hemoglobin
25. The process in which simple molecules d. Plasma
are taken in by the body cells at the end of 33. Blood from the left atrium flows in the
digestion a. Aorta
a. Ingestion b. Left ventricle
b. Swallowing c. Right ventricle
c. Enzymatic action d. Pulmonary artery
d. Absorption
34. Lola’s sphygmomanometer reading is 42. If the sympathetic nerve widens the
120/80. What does the number 120 pupil of the eye, the parasympathetic nerve
indicate? _____.
a. Red blood cell count a. Receives impulses from the pupil of
b. White blood cell count the eye
c. Diastolic pressure b. Narrows the pupil of the eye
d. Systolic pressure c. Sends messages from the eye to the
35. Which of the following is responsible for brain
odor detection? d. Maintains widening of the eye
a. Optic nerve 43. What controls the release of the
b. Olfactory nerve hormones from the pituitary gland?
c. Auditory nerve a. Pancreas
d. Vagus nerve b. Thalamus
36. Which of the following parts controls c. Hypothalamus
autonomic reflexes like heartbeat, breathing d. Cerebrum
and blood vessel contraction? 44. If your body lacks insulin, there may be
a. Cerebellum the problem with your
b. Cerebrum a. Pancreas
c. Medulla oblongata b. Liver
d. Thalamus c. Spleen
37. Which type of neuron is responsible for d. Kidney
transmitting impulses to muscle? 45. Which of the following is NOT a
a. Sensory hormone?
b. Myelinated a. Estrogen
c. Interneuron b. Amylase
d. Motor c. Thyroxin
38. The sudden withdrawal of one’s finger d. Pepsin
from a hot stove is an example of? 46. Where does the sperm mature?
a. Learning a. Seminiferous tubules
b. Common sense b. Vas deferens
c. Practice c. Epididymis
d. Reflex d. Ejaculatory duct
39. The structure of the eye that refracts 47. Menstrual flow is the discharge of the
and focuses light rays upon the retina is materials in the ___?
called the? a. Follicles
a. Pupil b. Corpus lutsum
b. Cornea c. FSH
c. Iris d. Uterine lining
d. Lens 48. Nose hairs and cilia on the respiratory
40. Drugs that reduce the activity of the system make up the
body are called a. First line of defense
a. Depressants b. Second line of defense
b. Stimulants c. Third line of defense
c. Hallucinogens d. First and final defenses
d. Nicotine 49. Which of the following diseases might
41. What is the largest sense organ? be treated by the new technology that
a. Eyes transforms skin cells into bone and cartilage
b. Skin cells?
c. Nose a. Osteoarthritis – degeneration of the
d. Ears joints
b. Pollomyelitis – muscle atrophy due d. Cecum
to viral infection 56. The type of leukocyte that releases a
c. Bursitis – inflammation of joints substance responsible for many allergy
d. Gout – accumulation of uric acid symptoms is a
crystals in joints a. Lymphocyte
50. A flexed biceps: b. Monocyte
a. Has a smaller diameter than when it c. Basophil
is extended d. Neutrophil
b. Is shorter than when it is extended 57. Blood proteins are involved in all of the
c. Is paired with flexed triceps following activities except
d. Pushes on the bones of the lower a. Fighting infection
arm b. Maintaining osmotic balance
51. Which of the following does not aid flight c. Maintaining pH
in birds? d. Maintaining salinity
a. Lightweight bones 58. An adult human’s red blood cells are
b. Fewer bones formed in the
c. Compact bones a. Spleen
d. Thin bones b. Liver
52. “Goose bumps” may appear when you c. Kidney
become scared or excited. Why do you also d. Bone marrow
experience it when it feels cold? 59. What is the most common cause of
a. Skin hairs stick up, insulating the air anemia?
over the skin a. Vitamin deficiency
b. Blood rushes to provide heart to the b. Low blood pressure
skin c. Inefficient hemoglobin
c. Perspiration cools the skin at it d. Iron deficiency
evaporates 60. The liquid part of blood is called
d. Skin pores tighten and trap heat a. Plasma
53. Ligaments have fewer blood vessels b. Lymph
than muscle tissues. What might be a direct c. Serum
consequence of this? d. Water
a. Ligaments can increase in mass with 61. The process of moving air in and out of
constant exercise the lungs is called
b. Ligaments contract as well as a. Breathing
muscles b. Gas exchange
c. Ligaments heal more slowly when c. Respiration
injured d. Cellular respiration
d. Ligaments are more stretchable than 62. Which of the following vitamins is fat
muscles soluble?
54. When you cut yourself, the damaged a. Biotin
cells immediately release a chemical which b. A
alarm signals c. Niacin
a. Antihistamine d. Pyridoxine
b. Histamine 63. Which of the following is not a major
c. Anti-interferon category of animal tissue?
d. Interferon a. Epithelial
55. The lymphatic system consists of all of b. Connective
the following except c. Muscle
a. Thymus d. Cardiac
b. Tonsils 64. The tissue that connect muscle to bone
c. Appendix a. Ligaments
b. Tendon d. Dominant to
c. Cartilage 6. What is the expected phenotypic ratio of
d. Sliding filaments a cross between pure orange eyed
65. The chemical digestion of the proteins Mendelian? (black eyed to orange eyed)
starts in the a. 3:1
a. Mouth b. 0:1
b. Esophagus c. 1:3
c. Stomach d. 1:2:1
d. Small intestines 7. What is the expected phenotypic ratio of
the following cross: AaBb x AaBb? In this
Biology: Genetics example A is dominant and a & b is
dominant to b.
1. The relationship among a chromosome, a a. 8:4:2:2
gene and a DNA is that b. 1:2:1:1
a. A chromosome contains hundreds of c. 9:3:3:1
DNA which are composed of genes d. 4:2:2:1
b. A chromosome contains hundreds of 8. Mendel conducted his most memorable
genes which are composed of DNA’s experiment on
c. A gene contains hundreds of a. Peas
chromosomes which are composed of b. Roses
DNA’s c. Guinea pigs
d. A gene contains hundreds of DNA’s d. Fruit flies
which are composed of chromosomes 9. A woman carrier for colorblind gene
2. Assuming that the probability of having a marries a man who has a normal vision. All
female child is 50% and the probability of of the sons and none of their daughters are
having a male child is 50%. What is the colorblind. What is the best explanation of
probability that a couples first born child is this result?
male? a. The gene for color vision is
a. 25% INCOMPLETELY dominant to the gene for
b. 50% sex determination
c. 75% b. The gene for color vision is
d. 100% COMPLETELY dominant to the gene for
3. How many sex chromosome\s are in the sex determination
human gamete? c. The gene for color vision is linked to
a. One Y chromosome
b. Two d. The gene for color vision is
c. Three recessive and linked to X chromosome
d. Four 10. Which of the following is not sex linked
4. Any gene located on a sex chromosome or sex influenced traits?
a. Is called recessive gene a. Hemophilia
b. Is called a sex linked gene b. Baldness
c. Is called a dominant allele c. Color blindness
d. Will exhibit pleiotropy d. Cancer
5. All the offspring of the cross between a 11. In recombinant DNA technology, genes
black eyed and an orange-eyed Mendelian from a donor cell are inserted into a
trait have black eyes. This means that the bacterium for DNA replication and protein
allele for black eyes is___ the allele for synthesis. The gene donor in this
orange eyes. technology are:
a. Codominant a. Bacteria only
b. Recessive to b. Yeast and bacteria only
c. More aggressive than c. Viruses only
d. All kinds of cells a. 44 + XX
12. Which of the following is the primary b. 44 + XY
function of restriction enzymes? c. 44 + YY
a. It is used to cut foreign DNA d. 44 +XO
b. It removes noncoding genes from 17. When two heterozygous animals mate,
mRNA the resulting offspring is expected to exhibit
c. It removes coding genes from DNA a genotypic ratio of
d. It facilitates the formation of mRNA a. 3:1
13. The sticky ends of the fragmented DNA b. 1:2:1
molecule are composed of c. 1:2:2:1
a. Amino acids d. 9:3:3:1
b. Sugar phosphate group 18. An organism has a genotype BbCC.
c. Paired nitrogen bases This organism produces gametes with how
d. Unpaired nitrogen bases many possible kinds of combination?
14. In certain trees, smooth bark is a. 4
dominant over wrinkled. Cross two trees b. 3
that are heterozygous for smooth bark. If c. 2
there are 500 offspring produced, how many d. 1
will have wrinkled bark? 19. If non similar genes are on different
a. 25 chromosomes, they are
b. 50 a. Inherited independently
c. 100 b. Linked
d. 125 c. Always segregated
15. The universal donor is d. Arranged in linear order
a. A 20. Contrasting forms of genes
b. B a. Alleles
c. AB b. Chromosomes
d. O c. Traits
16. Which of the following chromosome d. Characters
combination signifies a male individual?

KEY ANSWER
Body 17. A 35. B 53. C 4. B
Systems: 18. C 36. C 54. B 5. D
1. D 19. D 37. D 55. D 6. B
2. C 20. D 38. D 56. C 7. C
3. C 21. C 39. D 57. D 8. A
4. A 22. C 40. A 58. D 9. D
5. B 23. C 41. B 59. D 10. B
6. D 24. C 42. B 60. A 11. D
7. B 25. D 43. C 61. C 12. A
8. A 26. C 44. A 62. B 13. D
9. B 27. D 45. B/D 63. D 14. D
10. D 28. B 46. C 64. A 15. D
11. C 29. D 47. D 65. C 16. B
12. A 30. A 48. A 17. B
13. C 31. A 49. A Genetics: 18. B
14. D 32. C 50. B 1. B 19. A
15. A 33. D 51. B 2. B 20. A
16. B 34. D 52. A 3. A