🧬 BIOLOGY FINAL EXAM MODEL
Well-Illustrated Examination Paper
Instructions
• Answer all questions.
• Read each question carefully.
• Good luck!
,Biology 1407 Blinn Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
1.1.Knowledge of ONLY the value for ______ would be sufficient for the calculation of Hardy-
Weinberg expectations Correct Answers p
1.2. The principle of parsimony is the : Correct Answers Best solution is likely the simplest
solution
1.3. Which of the following was a common early criticism of Darwin's theory of natural
selection ? Correct Answers It could not explain the genetic mechanism of heredity
1.4. At least five different species of closely related warblers (birds) are known to coexist on
spruce trees, in feeding guilds, because they Correct Answers forage in different places on
the tree
1.5. An assemblage of different species in the same environment is a Correct Answers
community
1.6. The theory of evolution by natural selection was proposed by Correct Answers Darwin
and Wallace
1.7. An organism with two different alleles for a given gene is Correct Answers
Heterozygous
1.8. Who first clearly defined the term "ecology" ? Correct Answers Haekel
1.9. Species that are recognized as always looking identical Correct Answers Sibling
1.10. Species that are distinguished by the criteria of reproductive isolation Correct
Answers biological
, 1.11. Species that are distinguished by unique combinations of alleles Correct Answers
genetic
1.12. Species that are live separately in different geographic locations Correct Answers
allopatric
1.13. Species that are recognized as always looking different Correct Answers typological
1.14. if a species derives benefit from its host while neither harming nor benefiting its host,
the relationship is Correct Answers commensalism
1.15. According to the binomial system of nomenclature, the word Homo, in Homo sapiens
is the Correct Answers genus
1.16. In which of the following reproductive modes are sperm required ? Correct Answers
sexual
1.17. Which of the following describes a species that totally avoids sexual reproduction and
produces only clones of offspring ? Correct Answers Modular
1.18. Each of 64 individuals in a randomly collected sample of n = 100 are either QQ or Qq.
the remaining 36 individuals are qq. Under Hardy-Weinberg assumptions, what is the
frequency of the Q allele ? Correct Answers .4
1.19. From these data presented in question #18, how many individuals are expected to be
heterozygous ? Correct Answers 48
1.20. The solid crust of the earth is now estimated to be about Correct Answers 4.5 billion
years old
Well-Illustrated Examination Paper
Instructions
• Answer all questions.
• Read each question carefully.
• Good luck!
,Biology 1407 Blinn Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
1.1.Knowledge of ONLY the value for ______ would be sufficient for the calculation of Hardy-
Weinberg expectations Correct Answers p
1.2. The principle of parsimony is the : Correct Answers Best solution is likely the simplest
solution
1.3. Which of the following was a common early criticism of Darwin's theory of natural
selection ? Correct Answers It could not explain the genetic mechanism of heredity
1.4. At least five different species of closely related warblers (birds) are known to coexist on
spruce trees, in feeding guilds, because they Correct Answers forage in different places on
the tree
1.5. An assemblage of different species in the same environment is a Correct Answers
community
1.6. The theory of evolution by natural selection was proposed by Correct Answers Darwin
and Wallace
1.7. An organism with two different alleles for a given gene is Correct Answers
Heterozygous
1.8. Who first clearly defined the term "ecology" ? Correct Answers Haekel
1.9. Species that are recognized as always looking identical Correct Answers Sibling
1.10. Species that are distinguished by the criteria of reproductive isolation Correct
Answers biological
, 1.11. Species that are distinguished by unique combinations of alleles Correct Answers
genetic
1.12. Species that are live separately in different geographic locations Correct Answers
allopatric
1.13. Species that are recognized as always looking different Correct Answers typological
1.14. if a species derives benefit from its host while neither harming nor benefiting its host,
the relationship is Correct Answers commensalism
1.15. According to the binomial system of nomenclature, the word Homo, in Homo sapiens
is the Correct Answers genus
1.16. In which of the following reproductive modes are sperm required ? Correct Answers
sexual
1.17. Which of the following describes a species that totally avoids sexual reproduction and
produces only clones of offspring ? Correct Answers Modular
1.18. Each of 64 individuals in a randomly collected sample of n = 100 are either QQ or Qq.
the remaining 36 individuals are qq. Under Hardy-Weinberg assumptions, what is the
frequency of the Q allele ? Correct Answers .4
1.19. From these data presented in question #18, how many individuals are expected to be
heterozygous ? Correct Answers 48
1.20. The solid crust of the earth is now estimated to be about Correct Answers 4.5 billion
years old
