TOMAS CLAUDIO COLLEGES

Morong, Rizal
BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SY: 2018-2019

FOURTH PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN GENERAL BIOLOGY 2

NAME: SCORE:
YEAR & SECTION: DATE:

I. TRUE OR FALSE
Directions: Read the statements carefully and identify whether they are TRUE or FALSE. Circle the
incorrect part and write the correction on the space provided.

________1. Down syndrome occurs when an extra X chromosome is present.

________2. Genes located on the X chromosome are said to be “Sex – Linked”.
________3.Colorblindness is an excessive bleeding due to the absence of a protein necessary for
blood to clot.
________4. Parkinsonism is a progressive weakening of the muscles and loss of coordination due to
absence of the protein dystrophin.
________5. Porcupine man is the presence of long hairs on the rim of the pinna or outer ear.
________6. Chromosome infertility is the inheritance of a trait that is determined by a gene located
on one of the sex chromosomes.
________7. X – Chromosome is small and does not contain many genes.
________8. Thomas Hunt Morgan is the one that devised Punnett Square that commonly used for
determining the probable outcomes of the experiments in cross breeding.
________9.Y – Linked inheritance occurs between Father to daughter.
________10.Webbed Toes is the presence of web – like connections between 3 rd and 4th toes.

II. PUNNETT SQUARE

Directions: Create a Punnett square to predict the genotype , phenotype for the following sex –
linked problems.

11 – 20. Webbed fingers is inherited as an X – linked disease. An unaffected male marries an

affected female. What are the possible Genotype and Phenotype of their children?

21 – 30. A man whose father was a hemophiliac, but whose own blood clotting time is normal,
marries a normal woman with no record of hemophilia in her ancestry. What is the chance of
hemophilia in their children?

31 – 40. A normal woman who is a carrier for Parkinson’s disease marries a normal man. What types
of offspring would you expect?
41 – 50. A colorblind man marries a female who is a carrier for colorblindness. What is the probability
that they will have a child who is colorblind?

Prepared by:

MRS. ROSE – ANN G. HILAO

Teacher

Checked by:

MR. RODOLFO G. HERNANDEZ, JR.

SHS, Coordinator

Approved by:

MR. DINDO C. PUNZALAN

Principal