REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Education
MIMAROPA Region
Schools Division Office of Romblon
CONCEPCION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Concepcion, Romblon
 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Education
MIMAROPA Region
Schools Division Office of Romblon
CONCEPCION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Concepcion, Romblon

THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION

SY 2022 - 2023

Direction: This 50-item test has a time allotment of 1 hour to answer. Choose the
letter that best represents your correct answer and shade the circle
corresponding it on your separate Answer Sheet. Do not write
anything on this Questionnaire.
1. The American Geneticist, Biochemist and Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology
and Medicine in 1933. His work on Drosophila melanogaster or the common
fruit fly earned his research lab the nickname of “The Fly Room”. He was the
credited for his contribution to the genetic study as the person who
proposed the “One Gene, One Enzyme” Hypothesis.
a. Erwin Chargaff c. Oswald Avery
b. Phoebus Aaron Levene d. Thomas Hunt Morgan

2. The brilliant X-ray crystallographer at King’s College who successfully

captured photo no. 51. The evidence that will prove that DNA molecule is
really double helix contrary to the earlier idea that it was triple stranded.
a. Rosalind Franklin c. Maurice Wilkins
b. Francis H. Crick d. James D. Watson

3. On February 28, 1953, they surprised diners at the Eagle’s Pub when they
came and announced that finally they have succeeded in isolating and
determining the very structure as to where life is made – the 3D structure of
the Deoxyribonucleic Acid.
a. Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase c. Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin
b. Erwin Chargaff and Walter Sutton d. James Watson and Francis Crick

4. DNA replication process is

a. conservative c. semi-conservative
b. dispersive d. semi-dispersive

5. What do you call the enzyme (in yellow color) that breaks
away hydrogen bonds between bases so it can be paired
up with a new set of nucleotides
a. histone c. endonuclease
b. helicase d. exonuclease
6. What specific event in DNA replication is being represented
by this picture?
a. replication bubble c. lagging strand
b. replication fork d. leading strand

7. Which of the following enzymes is responsible for joining new strand of DNA?
a. amylase c. DNA polymerase
b. DNA ligase d. helicase

8. The building block of nucleic acids composed of sugar, phosphate and N

base.
a. amino acid c. nucleosides
b. enzyme d. nucleotides

9. Which of the following statements BEST describes the importance of DNA

replication?
a. DNA replication prevents the occurrence of mutation.
b. DNA replication protects the organisms from having diseases.
c. DNA replication ensures the adaptation of organisms to its
environment.
d. DNA replication ensures that all dividing cells will have a complete set
of chromosomes.

10. Which among the following is NOT a characteristic of RNA?

a. It consists of one strand.
b. Adenine always pair with thymine.
c. It is found in the cytoplasm of the cell.
d. It has three types namely mRNA, tRNA and rRNA.

11. Using the following DNA sequence: ATTGCGACCGAG what would be the
corresponding DNA strand?
a. UAACGCUGGCUC c. TAACGCTGGCTC
b. AUUGCGACCGAG d. UATCGCTGGCUC

12. What would be the corresponding sequence of the following DNA

sequence TAAGCATTCCGAG as a result of transcription?
a. ATTCGTAAGGCTC c. UTTCGTUUGGCTC
b. AUUCGUAAGGCUC d. UUUGCUUUCCGUG
13. The first codon in mRNA translation is the codon AUG which is the start
codon. To what amino acid does the codon also stands for?
a. start c. met (methionine)
b. stop d. thr (threonine)
14. What is the definition of genetic engineering?
a. studying the DNA of plants and animals
b. making changes in the DNA code of organisms
c. the discovery of DNA through DNA to reproduce organisms
d. using DNA to reproduce organisms

15. CRISPR can change DNA in humans and animals. What did scientists look at
to help them create CRISPR?
a. sheep cloning c. palindromic repeats
b. common cold d. bacteria fighting of viruses

16. The gradual change in species over time

a. evolution c. natural selection
b. adaptation d. variation

17. Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited
to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their
genes to their offspring?
a. evolution c. natural selection
b. adaptation d. variation

18. Genetic differences between organisms of the same species.

a. evolution c. natural selection
b. adaptation d. variation

19. The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment in
winter, snowy months. This is an example of
a. evolution c. natural selection
b. adaptation d. variation

20. The remains of ancient organisms are called

a. extinctions b. fossils c. mutations d. variations

21. Which of the following principles is NOT included in Lamarck’s Theory of

Evolution?
a. Theory of Need c. Theory of Use and Disuse
b. Theory of Natural Selection d. Theory of Acquired Traits

22. The naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle and for five years documented
extensively the collection of insects, birds, tortoises and iguanas off the
coast of the Galapagos Islands
a. Alfred Russel Wallace c. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
b. Charles Darwin d. Theory of Acquired Traits
23. In which of the following geologic period did dinosaurs became abundant
and diversified to different environments – land, water and air?
a. Cambrian c. Jurassic
b. Devonian d. Quarternary

24. The variation of living organisms who lives on a certain environment like
plants, animal, fungus, bacteria etc.
a. Biodiversity c. Stewardship
b. stability d. Sustainability

25. Which statement best describes the relationship between stability and
biodiversity.
a. Higher biodiversity, lower stability c. Higher biodiversity, higher stability
b. Lower biodiversity, higher stability d. None of the above

26. When there’s a sudden disturbance in an ecosystem and the ecosystem

cope up and bring back to its original state.
a. Biodiversity c. Resilience
b. Resistance d. Sustainability

27. What is a moist and spongy organ of the central nervous system with an
average of three pounds in weight?
a. brain c. spinal cord
b. neuron d. thyroid

27. Where is the brain stem located inside the skull? Brain stem is located
_______________________ at the base of the skull.
a. above the cerebellum c. above the cerebrum
b. below the cerebellum d. below the cerebrum

29. What is the largest part of the brain consisting of deep folds?
a. brain stem c. cerebrum
b. cerebellum d. thalamus

30. What made up of cranial and spinal nerves?

a. Autonomic Nervous System c. Peripheral Nervous System
b. Central Nervous System d. Sympathetic Nervous System

31. What is a rod of brain tissue that extends about two-thirds of the way
down the back, just below the ribs?
a. brain c. spinal cord
b. neuron d. thyroid

32. Where is the spinal cord located which allows the trunk to bend?
a. skull c. collar bone
b. spinal column d. sternum
33. Which is responsible for actions that a person can control such as skeletal
muscles and sensory neurons of the skin?
a. Somatic Nervous System c. Parasympathetic Nervous System
b. Autonomic Nervous System d. Sympathetic Nervous System

34. Which term is also referred to as the chemical messenger of the body?
a. blood c. hormones
b. bones d. nerves

35. In male, the growth of the Adams apple and hair in the armpit is caused
by the secretion of which gland?
a. ovaries c. testes
b. parathyroid d. thyroid

36. Which of the following hormones is responsible for female secondary sex
characteristics such as rounder hips and development of breast?
a. Estrogen c. Luteinizing hormone
b. Follicle stimulating hormone d. Progesterone

37. Which of the following is responsible for thickening of endometrial lining of

uterus?
a. Estrogen c. Luteinizing hormone
b. Follicle stimulating hormone d. Progesterone

38. Which of the following is an example of endocrine gland?

a. lungs c. urethra
b. ovary d. uterus

39. The endocrine system mediates its effects on the body via the release of
_____________.
a. enzymes c. vitamins
b. neurotransmitters d. hormones

40. Which gland help you fight infections and improves your immunity against
diseases?
a. parathyroid c. thyroid
b. thymus d. adrenal

41. Which of the following hormones is secreted by the testes and is responsible
in sperm production and reproductive maturation?
a. estrogen c. progesterone
b. melatonin d. androgen

42. Which hormone is secreted by the pituitary gland and stimulates the
development of follicles?
a. ADH c. LH
b. FSH d. ACTH
43. Which hormone is the corpus luteum responsible for producing
a. estrogen c. progesterone
b. follicle stimulating hormone d. luteinizing hormone

44. Neurons do not touch each other. How are messages being sent from one
neuron to another without them ever connected?
a. through prostaglandins c. through neuromessengers
b. through email d. through neurotransmitters

45. What do you call the space of separation between two neurons?
a. symbols c. syngamy
b. synergy d. synapse

46. This part of the nervous system regulates the functions of our internal organs
such as the heart, the stomach and the intestines.
a. autonomic nervous system c. peripheral nervous system
b. central nervous system d. somatic nervous system

47. Any of the segments of the DNA strand that codes for an enzyme or a
protein
a. allele c. gene
b. chromatid d. enzyme

48. The scientific study of heredity and variation among species?

a. evolution c. heredity
b. genetics d. variation

49. The Swiss Physicist who discovered the “nuclein” in 1869, which was later
named DNA
a. Albrecht Kossel c. Gregor Johann Mendel
b. Friedrich Miescher d. Oswald Avery

50. The German biochemist who in 1892, discovered the nitrogenous bases of
RNA. By doing so, he was credited to be the discoverer of the RNA
molecule.
a. Albrecht Kossel c. Gregor Johann Mendel
b. Friedrich Miescher d. Oswald Avery

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