Questions and Answers (Verified Revised Full Exam)
1. You are most likely to see hag fish, sperm whales, and viperfish inhabiting
which of the following zones of the ocean?
a. abyssal
b. bathypelagic
c. epipelagic
d. mesopelagic: bathypelagic
2. What was the first seed plant to appear?
a. angiosperm
b. bryophytes
c. gymnosperm
d. nonvascular plants: gymnosperm
,3. In a pedigree for an autosomal recessive disorder, which of the following will
occur if two homozygous unaffected individuals mate?
a. They will have affected offspring.
b. They will have unaffected offspring.
c. Cannot be determined based on the information given.
d. There is a 25% chance they will have affected offspring.: They will have unaffected
offspring.
4. Both bacteria and archaea are which of the following types of organism?
a. eukaryotic
b. prokaryotic
c. nucleoplasmic
d. multicellular: prokaryotic
5. Which of the following accurately describes transcriptional control of gene
expression in eukaryotes?
a. Activators trigger sequences of DNA transcription factors to be expressed
,b. Dependent on interactions of mRNA sequences with ribosomes
c. Promoters help transcription factors bind to RNA polymerases
d. Transcription factors help RNA polymerase bind to promoter sequences: -
Transcription factors help RNA polymerase bind to promoter sequences
6. Based on their chemical equations, photosynthesis and cellular respiration have
which of the following relationships?
a. equivalent reactions
, b. incomplete reactions
c. opposite reactions
d. unrelated reactions: opposite reactions
7. Which of the following parts of a plant seed turns into the root system?
a. cotyledon
b. epicotyl
c. hypocotyl
d. radicle: radicle
8. Which of the following equations is often used to show that an enzyme has formed a
complex with its substrate?
Select one:
a. enzyme + product Ò substrate + enzyme Ò enzyme-substrate complex
b. enzyme + substrate Ò product + enzyme Ò enzyme-substrate complex
c. product + enzyme Ò enzyme-substrate complex Ò substrate + product
d. substrate + enzyme Ò enzyme-substrate complex Ò enzyme + prod:udc.t
substrate + enzyme Ò enzyme-substrate complex Ò enzyme + product
9. What type of muscle cell has branching, striated cells, each containing a single
nucleus?
a. cardiac muscle