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TEST CODE 01207010
FORM TP 2016044 MAY/JUNE 2016

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATES
EXAMINATION
BIOLOGY

Paper 01 — General Proficiency

J hour US minutes

08 J NE 20 6 ( )

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour and 15 minutes to answer them.

2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item
you are about to answer and decide which choice is best.

4. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sample Item

Which of the following diseases is due to

a dietary deficiency? Sample Answer
(A) Malaria
(B) Diabetes
(C) Influenza
(D) Anaemia

The correct answer to this item is “Anaemia”, so (D) has been shaded.

5. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.

6. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
lf you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to that item later.

7. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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1.
Which of the following features is used 3.
Living organisms, such as plants, are
to classify a group of organisms as Class
affected by abiotic factors which determine
Insecta?
where they become established. Which
of the following options describes some
(A) Size of these determining factors?
(B) Shape
(C) Colour
(A) Sum ight avai lab il ity, soil pH,
(D) Number of segments minerals
(B) Pa ras i t is m , co m m e n sal
ism, mutualism
2.
Eleanor collected 13 snails in a 25 cm (C) Sediment size, shape and colour
25 cm quadrat. What is the density of the (D) Deforestation, slash and burn,
snail population in a I m' area? shifting cultivation

(A) 13
(B) 52
(C) 208
(D) 832

Item 4 refers to the following diagram of a food web.

Small fish and crustaceans Zooplankton

Phytoplankton

4. Trophic Level 1 is represented by

(A) zooplankton
(B) phytoplankton
(C) small fish and crustaceans
(D) marine mammals and people
 Item 5 refers to the following diagram of a
mushroom. Items 6-7 refer to the following options.

(A) Parasitism
(B) Commensalism
(C) Mutualism
(D) Synergism

For Items &-7, match each item with one

of the options above.

6. The relationship between a wild pine and

a Flamboyant tree

2cm
7. The type ofrelationship between
leguminous plant roots and nitrogen-fixing
5. The organism shown above is a bacteria

(A) producer
(B) consumer
(C) detritivore
(D) decomposed

Item 8 refers to the following diagram which shows energy flow through an ecosystem.

Heat

Producers Consumers

Inorganic nutrient
Decozaposers

Heat

8. The energy flow is NOT 100% efficient hecause energy is

(A) recycled from plants to the atmosphere

(B) lost through respiration and excretion
(C) circular, moving in and out of organisms
(D) linear, moving from one organism to the next
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9. Which of the following is NOT an ltem 14 refers to the following graph of

example of a renewable energy resource? population growth.
(A) Oil
(B) Wind
(C) Solar
(D) Biomass

10. Which ofthe following practices does

NOT help to conserve the environment?

(A) Overgrazing
(B) Crop rotation
(C) Reafforrestation
(D) Using natural fertilizers

11. Human activities would have the LEAST

immediate impact on

(A) coral bleaching

(B) eutrophication
(C) overpopulation
(D) formation of fossil fuels

12. Which of the following effects of climate

change poses the GREATEST threat to
small islands?

(A) Rising sea level

(B) Ocean acidification
(C) Increased greenhouse gas
(D) Increased gtobal temperature

The GREATEST threats to the survival of

coral reefs are

(A) decreased nitrogen levels

(B) decreased greenhouse gases
(C) increased ocean temperatures
(D) increased dissolved oxygen levels
14. Phase 4 of the graph of population growth is MOST
likely due to

Time
(A) disease resistance
(B) high natural birth rate
(C) adequate food and space
(D) competition from invasive species

15. A mature plant cell is different from a mature animal

cell because the plant cell has

(A) mitochondria
(B) a cell membrane
(C) a large permanent vacuole
(D) a n u c1 eus suspended in the cytoplasm
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Item 16 refers to the following diagrams.

16. Which of the following options MOST likely identifies the organelles, I and II above?

(A) Nucleus and chloroplast

(B) Mitochondrion and nucleus
(C) Mitochondrion and chloroplast
(D) Nucleus and mitochondrion

17. Which of the following organelles is Item 19 refers to the following diagram
correctly matched with its function? which represents a metabolic process
carried out in plants.
Function
Organelle
Sites
(A) of protein synthesis Air space in the cell
Ribosomes
Controls movement of fats in the cell
(B) Mitochondrion
(C) Nucleus

(D) Vacuole Site of energy use

in Oxygeo
18. In a comparison between osmosis and
diffusion, which ofthe following statements
is NOT true?

(A) Osmosis occurs only in living

cells.
(B) Both processes require energy Food
to move part ie1 es across a
concentration gradient. 19. The food produced is
(C) Di ffusion sometimes requires
a p a rt i a 1 I y p e r m e a b 1 (A) fat
e membrane. (B) starch
(D) With both processes, molecules (C) protein
move from a high (D) amino acid
concentration to an area of
lower concentration.

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ltem 20 refers to the following diagram

ltem 21 refers to the following diagram.
showing the cross section ofa dicotyledonous
leaf.
Rate of
Photosynthesis

21. Which of the following statements BEST

accounts for the shape of the graph?

(A) As photosynthesis rates increase,

there is a decrease in carbon
dioxide levels.
(B) As light intensity increases, the
rate of photo sy nthesis also
20. Which of the following statements about increases, until a stationary
the labelled parts are true? phase exists, when denaturation
of the enzymes occurs.
Region Function (C) As light intensity increases, there
A1 lows maxim um sunlight is an increase in
penetration through photosynthesis, until there is no
transparent cells further increase in the rate due
II Allows for transpiration via to some other limiting factor.
spongy cells (D) A s ca r bo n d i o x i d e 1 e v e
III Allows for gaseous exchange 1 s gradually increase, there is a
via spongy cells similar increase in the rate of
photosynthesis, until a plateau
(A) I and II only phase exists where no further
(B) I and III only i nc rease in carbon diox ide
(C) II and III only results in any further increase in
(D) I, II and IlI photosynthesis.
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Item 22 refers to the following diagram Item 24 refers to the following diagram.
of
a tooth.

24. Which two food groups should a person

22. Which option correctly identifies the suffering from hypertension and diabetes
structures labelled I, II, III and IV? limit?

(A) I and 11
(B) I and IV
(C) II and Ill
(D) III and IV

OI

Cozameat

I II III IV
(A) Crown Enamel Dentine Pulp
(B) Enamel Crown Root Nerve
(C) Enamel Dentine Pulp Capillaries
(D) Dentine Enamel Nerve Capillaries

23. Which of the following conditions are 2s.

optimum for the action of salivary amylase? Which of the following can be ingested to
prevent osteomalacia or rickets?

Temperature pH Amount of Maltose (A) Calcium

(°C) Produced (pg) (B) Vitamin A
(C) Vitamin C
(A) 2W30 1 —2 12
(D) Magnesium
(B) 3M0 7—8 73
(C) 3M0 9—10 64
(D) 40—50 7—8 32
26. Which of the following options correctly 28. Which ofthe following BEST identify
some matches the gaseous exchange structures of the transport substances in
animals? with the organism?
I. Amino acids
II. Hormones
Human Fish Plant
III. Sucrose
(A) Trachea Mouth Stems IV. Respiratory gases
(B) Alveoli Gill filaments Large leaves
(C) Alveoli Gill rakers Young leaves (A) I and II only
(D) Trachea Gill bars Spongy (B) I and IV only
mesophyll (C) 11 and III only
(D) 1, I I and I V only

27. The role of respiration is BEST described

as the

(A) release of energy

(B) absorption of oxygen
breakdown of carbohydrates
liberation of carbon dioxide

Item 29 refers to the following diagram of a human heart.

29. Which of the following options correctly identifies the structures labelled I, II, III and lV?

I II III IV
(A) Aorta Pulmonary artery Pulmonary vein Bicuspid or Mitral
valve
(B) Pulmonary artery Posterior vena cava Aorta Bicuspid or M itral
valve
(C) Aorta Pulmonary vein Pulmonary artery Semi-lunar valve
(D) Pulmonary vein Pulmonary artery Anterior vena cava Tricuspid valve
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30. An Amoeba obtains all the oxygen it needs 34. Which of the following options correctly
by diffusion via its cell membrane, while matches the storage organs to their stored
a human needs to have special respiratory nutrients?
surfaces for this purpose. The BEST reason
for this difference is that Roots Fruits Liver
(A) Starch Sucrose Glycogen
(A) the Amoeba does not require much (B) Starch Fructose Glucose
oxygen
(C) Proteins Glucose Fats
(B) oxygen cannot pass through the
skin of a human (D) Fats Glucose Glycogen
(C) a human requires a larger volume
of oxygen
(D) a human's surface area to volume 35. The BEST description of the ro ie of
ratio is too small for diffusion excretion in living organisms is to
to be effective (A) produce urine
(B) produce faeces
(C) get rid of toxic waste
31. The essential vitamin and mineral salt (D) get rid of excess water
required for blood clotting in humans are

(A) A and Mg'+ Item 36 refers to the following diagram

(B) C and K* of a mammalian kidney nephron.
(C) B and Na*
(D) K and Ca'*

32. Under which conditions will the rate of

transpiration in plants be HIGHEST?

(A) Sunny and low wind speed

(B) Sunny and high wind speed
(C) Cloudy and low wind speed
(D) Cloudy and high wind speed

36‘ Which option correctly identi fies the

33. Translocation of sucrose in plants occurs
functions of the parts labelled I, II and
via specialized vessels which
111?
(A) are dead, narrow cells I II III
(B) are abundant in mitochondria (A) Ultrafiltration Water Selective
(C) contain sieve pores in their end conservation reabsorption
walls (B) Ultrafiltration Selective Under the
(D) are thin, hollow tubes of lignin reabsorption influence of
ADH
(C) Water Under the Urine
conservation influence production
of ADH
(D) Selective Ultrafiltration Under the
reabsorption influence of
ADH

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37. Which of the following organs does the Item 40 refers to the following diagram.
mammalian skeleton protect?

(A) Stomach
(B) Pancreas
(C) Bladder
(D) Duodenum

38. Which of the following correctly describes

movement in plants?
40. Which of the following options correctly
(A) I rrev er sib1 e, who I e o r part
movement identifies the structures labelled I, 11 and
(B) Reversible, whole or part movement III above?
(C) I rre v ers i b1 e, growth
or part movement I H II
(D) Rev ers i b1 e, g ro wt h o r part (A) Receptor Relay nerve Effector
movement (B) Skin Intermediate Muscle
nerve
(C) Sensory Spinal nerve Effector
39. Which of the following options BEST nerve
descr i bes the term s stim ul us’ a n d (D) Receptor Spinal nerve Effector
response’?

Stimulus Response Item 41 refers to the following diagram of

(A) A deliberate The movement of an the skin.
provocation of organism
an organism
(B) An organism’s The growth of the I
exposure to organism away from
sunlight light
(C) A wave of Locomotion of the
excitement in an organism
HI
organism
(D) A detectable An organism's
change in an reaction to a stimulus
organism’s
environment
-. +:r›‹,. «;c.›”,«,':fi;-

41. The region which acts in a similar manner

to SPF (Sun Protection Factor) creams is

(A)I
(B)II
(C) 111
(D) IV
42. The function of the choroid layer in the eye 45. Contraception is used PRIMARILY to
is to
(A) limit the size of families
(A) focus most light rays (B) cause infertility in humans
(B) prevent internal reflection (C) prevent the spread of sexually
(C) maintain the shape of the eyeball transmitted infections
(D) control the amount of light (D) increase the world's population
entering the eye

46. Where does fertilization of the egg cell or

ltem 43 refers to the following diagram ovum occur in flowering plants?
which illustrates a measurement of growth
in living organisms. (A) Stigma
(B) Endosperm
(C) Pollen grain
(D) Embryo sac

Item 47 refers to the following diagram of

a flower.

43. Which of the following is an

INCORRECT label for the y-axis?

(A) Length
(B) Mass
(C) Number of leaves
(D) Units of time

Item 44 refers to the following activities

involved in the menstrual cycle.

I. Repair of the uterus lining

II. Ovulation
III. Shedding of the uterus lining
lV. Development of the Graafi an
follicle

44. Which of the following is the correct

sequence of activities?

(A) 1, II, II1, lV

(B) II, I, III, IV
(C) IV, I, II, III
(D) IV, I II, II, I
47. Which of the labelled parts is responsible
for the production of male gametes?

(A) I
(B) II
(C) Ill
(D) IV
48. A vector is defined as an organism that 50. Which of the following are used in the
management of diabetes?
(A) bites humans
(B) causes diseases I. Diet
(C) lives on other organisms 1 I. Exercise
(D) transmits disease organisms Ill. Meditation

(A) I and II only

49. Which of the following organisms (B) I and III only
transmits the yellow fever virus? (C) I I and I I I only
(D) I, II and III
(A) Culex
(B) Tsetse
{C) Anopheles
(D) Aedes aegypti

51. Which of the following options correctly describes DNA, chromosome, gene and allele?

DNA Chromosome Gene Allele

(A) Deoxyribonucelic acid DNA + histamine Unit that codes for a An alternate form of a
specific protein gene
(B) Unit that codes for a An alternate form of DNA + protein Histone
specific protein a gene
(C) Nucleic acid that has all DNA + histone The smallest unit of An alternate form of a
genetic information inheritance gene
(D) Nucleic acid that has all The smallest unit of Unit that codes for a DNA + protein
genetic information inheritance specific protein

52. As a result of mitosis each daughter cell 3. Tarzan and Jane, both of whom are
has heterozygous for Blood Groups A and
B
respectively can have offspring that are
(A) a variable number of chromosomes likely to be
(B) twice the number of
chromosomes as the parent (A) 100% AB
(C) the same number of (B) 50% A: 50% AB
chromosomes as the parent (C) 25% AB: 50% B: 25% O
(D) half the number of chromosomes (D) 25% A: 25% B: 25% AB: 25% O
as the parent
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S4. Zane, the son of Tarzan and Jane, may 58. Which of the following is true about natural
have inherited the red-green co I our- and artificial selection?
blindness gene from his parents. Neither
Tarzan nor Jane is colour-blind. If N
Natural Selection Artificial Selection
represents the allele for normal vision, and
n represents the allele for colour-blindness, (A) Occurs in Occurs in natural
the genotypes of the parents would MOST domestic populations. populations.
likely be (B) Involves genetic modi- Largely controlled by
fication. the environment.
Tarzan Jane (C) Environment acts on Selective breeding for
(A) XNY XNX° the population which a particular trait.
(B) X"Y XNX" adapts.
(C)
n
XY X"X" (D) Faster process. Slower process.

59. Which of the following is an ecological

55. Variation in populations is due to implication of genetic engineering?
I. mutation
(A) Loss of biodiversity
I I. crossing over
(B) Humans ‘playing God’
11 I. asexual reproduction
(C) Higher prices for organic foods
IV. random segregation (D) Reduced incidence of allergic
reactions
(A) 1, II and III only
(B) 1, 11 and IV only
(C) II, Ill and IV only 60. Which of the following describes the
(D) I, II, Ill and IV process of genetic engineering?

(A) Tissue sample is treated to

56. Variation is important to populations
promote growth of cells.
because it ensures
(B) Stem cells are grown and used to
treat medical problems.
(A) diversity
(C) Chromosomes from an egg cell are
(B) conformity
replaced by the nucleus from a
(C) adaptability
somatic cell.
(D) abnormality
(D) A gene is inserted into a vector
which is then used to transfer the
57. Speciation may be due to gene to a host cell.

I. geographical isolation
II. behavioural differences in courtship
III. mutation

(A) I only
(B) 1 and 11 only
(C) 11 and III only
(D) I, II and III

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