Practice Test (2)
Choose the correct answer (questions 1-32) One point for each question
1) What makes collenchyma a supporting tissue that makes the plant organs
harder and stronger?
a) The deposition of cellulose on its cell walls.
b) The addition of cellulose and lignin to its cell walls.
c) Being thickened by cellulose and its distribution.
d) Being dead tissue and its position.
2) What is the region at which the upper limbs are attached to the vertebral
column of the human skeleton?
a) Cervical region
b) Thoracic region
c) Cervical and thoracic regions
d) Thoracic and lumbar regions
3) Which of the following plant leaflets respond to touch?
a) Mimosa plant
b) Some leguminous plants
c) Mimosa and some leguminous plants
d) Plants that have compound pinnate leaves.
4) Which of the following two terms are synonyms?
a) Muscle tissues and muscle fibres
b) Myofibrils and muscle fibres
c) Muscle fibres and muscle cells
d) Sarcomere and myofibril
5) Which of the following is correct about the receptor and the region of
curvature in plant phototropism?
a) They have opposite responses to stimuli
b) They communicate together through auxins
c) Both of them secrete auxins
d) They are exactly the same
6) Which of the following parts the pituitary gland is connected physically to it?
a) The brain
b) Other endocrine glands
c) Adeno-hypophysis
d) Neuro-hypophysis
7) If the normal calcium level in the blood is somewhere between 8.6 to 10.3
mg/dL, what is the calcium at which calcitonin will be secreted ?
a) 7.3 mg/dL
b) 9.3 mg/dL
c) 10.0 mg/dL
d) 11.2 mg/dL
8) The provided figure illustrates the stages of asexual reproduction in Amoeba.
What is the number of the stage at which mitosis is occurring?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
9) Which of the following organisms does NOT reproduce by conjugation?
a) Paramecium
b) bread mould
c) Spirogyra alga
d) Sponges.
10) If a sporangium of a fern contains 100 spore mother cells. How many spores
will be produced by this sporangium?
a) 100
b) 200
c) 400
d) infinite
11) Which floral whorl(s) of Tulip flower attracts insects to pollinate the flower?
a) Calyx only
b) Corolla only
c) Calyx and corolla
d) Corolla and androecium
12) What is (are) the purpose(s) of fertilization in flowering plants?
a) Producing zygote only.
b) Producing endosperm only.
c) Producing zygote and its nutritive tissue
d) Producing fruits containing stored food
13) The human female is born with her ovary containing …………………
a) Primary germ cells
b) Oogonia
c) Primary oocytes
d) Secondary oocytes
14) Which of the following does NOT inhibit the penetration process of the
pathogen through plant cell walls?
a) Swelling of these walls
b) Deposition of lignin in these walls
c) Deposition of tyloses on these walls
d) Deposition of cutin or suberin in these walls
15) Why the T cells/ T lymphocytes were given this letter (T) to stand for them?
because ………..
a) they are produced in the thymus gland
b) they mature and differentiate in thymus gland
c) they are highly specific
d) they are produced in bone marrow
16) What is the correct sequence of B- cells/lymphocytes when they act against
a pathogen?
a) recognition- antibody production- adhesion
b) adhesion- recognition- antibody production
c) adhesion - antibody production –recognition
d) recognition- adhesion- antibody production
17) Which of the following attack the cells infected with viruses or carcinogenic
cells?
a) Natural killer cells only
b) Cytotoxic T cells only
c) NK cells and cytotoxic T cells
d) NK cells and antibodies
18) What is the possible result if the genetic material of a strain of bacteria that
resists antibiotics is transferred to another strain that does not have the same
resistance?
a) The resistant strain will transform into non-resistant one.
b) The non-resistant strain will transform into resistant one
c) None of the two strains in will transform into the other
d) Each of the two strains will transform into the other one
19) Which of the following subunits are covalently bonded to the pentose sugar
in nucleotide structure?
a) A purine base and a pyrimidine base
b) A phosphate group and an OH group
c) A nitrogenous base and a phosphate group
d) A phosphate group and an adjacent nucleotide.
20) How many of the structure (A) is found in (B) structure?
a) One
b) Two
c) None
d) Indefinite number
21) What are the three different of molecules shown in the opposite figure?
a) Protein monomers
b) Structural proteins
c) Regulatory proteins
d) Alkyl groups
22) Human chromosome # 1 likely contains 2,000 genes that provide
instructions for making proteins. How many promoters are there in this
chromosome?
a) one
b) 1000
c) 2000
d) 4000
23) Which of the following binds a large ribosomal subunit with a small
ribosomal subunit to form a complete ribosome?
a) The nucleolus
b) The cytoplasm
c) A mRNA molecule
d) rRNA molecules
24 – Compared to oceanic crust rocks, continental crust rocks have …….
a - more density and more basicity.
b – more density and more acidity
c – less density and more basicity
d – less density, more acidity
25 - Most of the sediments that were compacted and later formed shale are a
mixture of ……..
a- Clay and gravel
b- Clay and silt
c- Sand and silt
d- Gravel and sand
26) Which of the two regions of the Earth's components has silica as the most
abundant component in terms of its percentage?
a) The Earth's crust and lithosphere
b) The lower mantle and outer core
c) The hydrosphere and oceanic crust
d) The inner core and asthenosphere
27) What are the two most important properties that distinguish between
calcite and quartz?
a) Fracture and specific gravity
b) Cleavage and hardness
c) Streak and color
d) Luster and streak
28) The following diagram shows rock units from (A) to (F), (E)
represents an intruded dyke of dolerite, and (XX) represents a
dividing line between rock unit (A) and rock units from (B) to (F).
dolerite دوليرايت/ sandstone حجر رملى/ shale طفل/ limestone حجر جيرى/
zone of metamorphism نطاق تحول
What are the rocks formed in the zone of metamorphism which is adjacent to
the intruded dyke of dolerite?
a) Gneiss
b) Quartzite
c) Mudstone
d) Marble.
29 – Study the figure that represents one of the crystal systems.
What's the crystal system formed as a result of changing the length of
the axis (c) to be equal to (A2)?
a) Orthorhombic
b) Triclinic
c) Cubic
d) Tetragonal
30 – The two sections (A) and (B) represent sedimentary successions
in distant areas. If each of (XY), (LM) represent different geological
structures. Which of the followings represents both of them?
a) XY angular unconformity, LM normal fault
b) XY nonconformity, LM reverse fault
c) XY disconformity, LM normal fault
d) XY disconformity, LM reverse fault
31 – Which of the following structures accompany the normal domes?
a) Folds which the recent layers are in the center
b ) Folds which its limbs become near from each other upward
c) Faults which its rocks of hanging wall move down
d) The faults in which their rocks move horizontally
32 – What branch of geology specializes in making numbered maps of
mineral ores?
a – Mineralogy
b – geophysics
c – geochemistry
c - lithology
Choose the correct answer (33-44) 2 pts for each question
33) Which type of tissues determines the direction at which these
bones move at the joint shown in the provided figure?
a) Skeletal connective tissue
b) Fibrous connective tissue
c) Strong connective tissue
d) Connective and muscle tissue.
34) Which of the following pairs of hormones are more similar in their
effects on carbohydrate metabolism?
a) Insulin and glucagon
b) Glucagon and adrenaline
c) Insulin and cortisone
d) Cortisone and thyroxine.
35) In tissue culture, which plant tissues can grow in coconut milk as
a proper nutrient medium?
a) All plants
b) Carrot and tobacco plants
c) Rare plants
d) Desirable plants
36) What is the maximum number of individuals that could be
produced by a spirogyra filament that is built from 50 cells when it
reproduces asexually by mitosis?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 25
d) 50
37) What is the structure of the ovum coat in human female?
a) Hyaluronic acid
b) Hyaluronic acid enzyme
c) Polar body and hyaluronic acid
d) Hyaluronic acid and hyaluronic acid enzyme
38) What do Interferons bind to?
a) Cells infected by viruses.
b) Viruses and cells infected by viruses.
c) Cells infected by viruses and their neighboring healthy cells.
d) Cells neighboring to the cells infected by viruses.
39) Which of the following does not express the immunoglobulin
structure?
a) Four polypeptide chains
b) Two pairs of polypeptide chains
c) Two constant regions and two variable regions of polypeptides
d) Two long chains and two short chains of polypeptides
40) Which of the five lettered stages represent the chromatin?
a) B b) C c) D d) E
41) Which of the following statements best describes the genome?
a) All the genes in each somatic cell.
b) All the genes in all somatic cells.
c) All the genes in each individual.
d) All the genes in each DNA molecule.
42) If the codon (UGG) stands for the amino acid tryptophan in the
genetic code. Which of the following living organisms is an exception
for this rule? organism
a) Bacteria and other prokaryotes.
b) Influenza and poliomyelitis viruses
c) Protista and fungi
d) There is no exception.
43) The figure provided illustrates a geological section. Determine the
geological events that this area was exposed to in order:
A. It was exposed to tensile forces and then erosion
B. It was exposed to tensile forces and then sedimentation
C. It was exposed to compressive forces and then erosion
D. It was exposed to compressive forces and then sedimentation.
andesite komatiite rhyolite basalt
44) The following blocks represent different igneous rocks of the
same size, thrown at the same moment into a swimming pool filled
with water.
What is the correct order for rock blocks to settle at the bottom of a
swimming pool?
a) Rhyolite, then komatiite, then andesite, then basalt
b) Andesite, then rhyolite, then basalt, then komatiite
c) Komatiite, then basalt, then andesite, then rhyolite
d) Basalt, then andesite, then komatiite, then rhyolite
Answer the following questions (45-46)
45) What are the immune cells that are activated by interleukins?
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46) Which organism or organisms can reproduce by binary fission
without the nucleus dividing mitosis? Explain your answer.
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