PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN GENERAL BIOLOGY 2, GRADE 12

“ON ALL MY WORK, MY NAME AFFIRMS MY HONOR”

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SECTION: ___________________________ TEACHER: _________________

DATE: ________________ SCORE: ______________

General Directions: Read the directions carefully before answering the test. Browsing your
textbooks, notes, websites and sharing your answers to others by any means during exam, are
STRICTLY PROHIBITED and would forfeit your test form and incur appropriate disciplinary action.

I. Directions: Circle the letter of the best answer.

1. It is defined as a variation in the physical appearance of a heritable characteristic.

A. Gene C. Heredity
B. Trait D. Genetics

2. It involves mating two true-breeding individuals that have different traits.

A. Hybridization C. Heredity
B. Trait D. Genetics

3. Those that are inherited unchanged in a hybridization.

A. Dominant Traits C. Heredity
B. Recessive Traits D. Phenotypes

4. Organism’s underlying genetic makeup, consisting of both physically visible and non-expressed alleles.
A. Phenotype C. Dominant traits
B. Genotype D. Recessive Traits

5. Observable traits expressed by an organism are referred to as its ____________ .

A. Recessive Traits C. Phenotype
B. Genotype D. Dominant Traits

6. When fertilization occurs between two true-breeding parents that differ in only one characteristic, the
process is called a ________________.
A. Monohybrid cross C. Sex Linkage
B. Dihybrid cross D. Cross pollination
7. They carry the genetic blueprint of a cell and carry instructions for the functioning of the cell.
A. Proteins C. Hydroxyl Group
B. Phosphate Group D. Nucleic Acids
8. They are the monomers that make up proteins.
A. Nucleic Acids
B. Fatty Acids
C. Deoxyribose
D. Amino acids

II. Directions. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. Write FALSE if the statement is incorrect.

____________ 9. In humans, as in many animals and some plants, females have two X chromosomes
and males have one X and one Y chromosome
____________ 10. Alleles do not always behave in dominant and recessive patters.
____________ 11. Codominance describes situations in which the heterozygote exhibits a phenotype
that is intermediate between the homozygous phenotypes.
____________ 12. Incomplete dominance describes the simultaneous expression of both of the alleles
in the heterozygote.
____________ 13. RNA is single-stranded and is made of a pentose sugar (ribose), nitrogenous base,
and a phosphate group.
____________ 14. During cell division, each daughter cell receives a copy of the DNA by a process
known as RNA Protein Synthesis.
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 ____________ 15. A long chain of amino acids is known as a nucleotide.

III. Directions. In at most four sentences, briefly explain the following. (16-25)
A. GMO and Genetic Engineering (16-20)

B. Recombinant DNA Technology (21-25)

IV. Directions. Analyze the following cross-breeding and determine what is/are being asked. (26-50)
In dogs, there is a hereditary deafness caused by a recessive gene, “d.” A kennel owner has a
male dog (Gilbert) that she wants to use for breeding purposes if possible. The dog can hear.
A) What are the two possible genotypes of Gilbert? (26-30)

If the dog’s genotype is Dd, the owner does not wish to use him for breeding so that the
deafness gene will not be passed on. This can be tested by breeding the dog to a deaf female (dd).
B) Draw two Punnett squares to illustrate these two possible crosses. (31-40)

C) In each case, what percentage/how many of the offspring would be expected to be hearing?
deaf? How could you tell the genotype of this male dog? Also, using Punnett square(s),
show how two hearing dogs could produce deaf offspring. (41-50)

V. Directions. Construct a pedigree diagram in at least three generations that shows the following mode
of inheritance. Choose any trait or disease common in each mode.
a. Autosomal Dominant (51-55)
b. Autosomal Recessive (56-60)

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