Exercise Ten

Part One: Choose the correct answer:

(1) Monomers for the synthesis of DNA are called:
a. Amino acids b. Monosaccharaides
c. Nucleotides d. Fatty acids

(2) One of the following hormones is involved in development of female secondary sex characteristics:
a. Estrogen b. Thyroxin
c. Prolactin d. Testosterone

(3) Which of the following molecules is important for protein synthesis:

a. RNA b. Helicase
c. Primer d. Fatty acid

(4) An example for hormones occurs in antagonistic pairs:

a Estrogen and progesterone b. Prolactin and FSH

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c. Oxytocin and LH d. Calcitonin and Parathyroid
(5) Sperms are produced by:
a. Seminiferous tubules b. Epididymis
c. Vas deferens d. Seminal vesicle

(6) An amino acid is an organic molecule possessing:

a. Amino group only b. Hydroxyl group
c. Carboxylic group only d. Amino and carboxyl group

(7) If two genes are on separate chromosomes they are:

a. Inherited together b. Linked
c. Assort independently d. Not assorted independently

(8) Which of the following includes all the others?

a. Helicase b. Protein on cell membrane
c. RNA polymerase d. Enzymes

(9) Recombinants off springs are due to:

 a. Separation of homologous chromosomes b. Separation of sister chromatids
c. Unlinked genes d. Crossing over of homologous
chromosomes

(10) Sex hormones are:

a. Protein b. Polypeptide
c. Polypeptide d. Steroids

(11) During DNA replication one of the following enzyme adds new nucleotides:
a. Primase b. Ligase
c. Helicase d. DNA polymerase III

(12) One of the functions of Golgi apparatus is to:

a Endocytosis b. Respiration
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c. Package protein d. Detoxification of drugs

(13) Muscle cells have more:

a. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum b. Golgi apparatus
 c. Mitochondria d. Lysosomes

(14) A disorder caused by a specific deletion in chromosome no 5 is:

a. Cri du chat b. Schizophrenia
c. Down Syndrome d. Turner syndrome

(15) One of the following is a recessively inherited disorder:

a. Huntington Disease b. Diabetes
c. Achondroplasia d. Albinism

(16) Which set of enzymes is involved in nucleotide excision repair?

a. Hydrolase , nuclease and ligase b. DNA polymerase , helicase and primase
c. Nuclease , DNA polymerase and ligase d. Ligase , nuclease and primase

(17) The function of cellular respiration is to:

a. Synthesize of a polymer b. Produce or extract energy from glucose
c. Produce carbohydrate d. Produce less CO2

(18) You would know a dividing cell was a plant cell rather than an animal cell if you saw that:
 a. It had microtubules b. It had a cell plate
c. It form a cleavage furrow d. If undergo meiosis

(19) The alleles R, G and M are completely dominant to the alleles

r, g and m. Which of the following individual with the genotype
Rr Gg Mm will have the same phenotype as an individual with the genotype:
a. RR gg mm b. RR GG MM
c. rr GG MM d. Rr gg mm

(20) Which of the following supplies nutrients provides immune protection, exchanges respiratory gases, and
disposes of metabolic wastes for the embryo?
a. Fertilized egg b. Blastocyst
c. Uterus d. Placenta

(21) Genetic information is transferred from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in the form of .
……………………………….:
a. RNA b. Protein
c. Glycerol d. Fat

(22) ..…………….. is caused by the death of neurons in the brain that release dopamine
a. Parkinson’s disease b. Alzheimer’s
 c. Schizophrenia d. Huntington’s disease

(23) In ……………………. the two alleles are different

a. Heterozygotes b. homozygotes
c. Double recessive gene d. None of the above is correct

(24) Meiosis generates ………………..… in oogenesis

a. One large egg b. Two large eggs
c. Three large eggs d. Four large eggs

(25) Eggs are produced in the ovaries and upon fertilization develop in the …………………..
a. Cervix b. Uterus
c. Vagina d. Oviduct

(26) Estrogen hormone is secreted by………………… gland

a. Adrenal b. Kidney
c. Ovary d. Pancreas
(27) The dissolving agent of a solution is referred as ………………
a. Solute b. Solvent
c. Base d. Solution

(28) Sex hormones are …………………………………..

a. Steroid b. Amino acid
c. Polypeptide d. Glycogen

(29) The presence of …………….., repetitive sequences at the ends of linear DNA molecules, postpones the
erosion of genes:
a. Primase b. Telomere
c. Ligase d. Nuclease

(30) The nitrogenous bases of DNA are: Adenine , Cytosine , Guanine and……………
a. Thymine b. Primer
c. ATP d. Uracil

(31) ………………… pass signals to the cell body in electrical impulses:

a. Insulin b. Impulse
c. Axon d. Dendriries
(32)………………….. is a region of DNA whose final product is either a polypeptide or an RNA molecule.
a. Phosphate b. Lipid
c. Glucose d. Gene

(33) . ……………….. hormone raises blood glucose level

a. Insulin b. Glucogan
c. Primase d. Epinephrin

(34) ……………….. resists changes in pH of a solution:

a. Hydrocarbon b. Strong base
c. Strong acid d. Buffer

(35)……………….. pass signals they receive on to the cell body in electrical impulses:
a. Interneurons b. Axon
c. Dendrites d. Cell body

(36) In mitosis separation of chromosomes takes place at…………

a. Prophase b. Prometaphase
 c. Anaphase d. Telophase

(37) Translation is the RNA – directed synthesis of a …………

a. Polypeptide b. Nucleic acids
c. Monosaccharide’s d. Polysaccharides

(38) A codon forms of …………………

a. Amino acid b. Fatty acid
C One nucleotide d. Glucose

(39) ………………………. provides communication between the right and the left cerebral cortices:
a. Sensory neuron b. Motor Neurons
c. Spinal cord d. corpus callosum

(40) Large team of ………………… coordinates replication of DNA.

a. Hormones b. Nucleotides
c. Enzymes d. Polysaccharides
Part Two: Complete the following Table:
Homeostatic Stimulus Endocrine gland Hormone Target Cell/s Effects
Blood glucose Level Increase in glucose ……………………… …………………. …………………. ………………….

Blood calcium Level Increase in calcium ………………………. …………………. …………………. ………………….

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