HESI A2 VERSION 2 BIOLOGY EXAM II 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
GRADED A PLUS MICROBIOLOGY PRACTICE
PACKAGE
◉ Which term denotes the movement of glucose molecules from an
area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration?
Answer: Active transport
◉ Plasmolysis is a term describing?
Answer: Cellular shrinkage, which occurs when cells are immersed
in hypertonic solution
◉ The movement of substances from lesser concentration to higher
concentration is called?
Answer: Active transport
◉ Which particular structure is present in both eukaryotic and
prokaryotic cells?
Answer: Cell membrane
◉ Plant cells differ from animal cells in?
,Answer: The plant cells have a cell wall and animal cells do not
◉ Which cell type is characterized by the lack of true nucleus and
the absence of membrane-bound organelle?
Answer: Prokaryotic cell
◉ Which organelle is associated with hydrolytic enzymes and is
sometimes referred to as a "suicide bag"
Answer: Lysosomes
◉ Pinocytosis is the process of?
Answer: Enclosing a liquid substance in a membrane and secreting it
into the cell
◉ The plasma membrane of the eukaryotic cell determines
selectively which substances can enter and leave the cell. Such a
membrane is said to be?
Answer: Selectively permeable
◉ What primarily determines the shape of cells that lack cell walls?
Answer: Microtubule and microfilaments
,◉ Which pair of organelles is responsible for energy supply to
eukaryotic cells?
Answer: Chloroplast and mitochondria
◉ With which organelle is the synthesis of ATP associated?
Answer: Mitochondrion
◉ The plasma membrane is soluble to?
Answer: Lipids
◉ The process whereby muscle cell produce lactic acid is called?
Answer: Fermentation
◉ During aerobic respiration, which one of the following substances
is released?
Answer: 36ATP
◉ Noncyclic photophosphorylation takes place inside the?
Answer: Thylakoids
◉ The dark reaction of photosynthesis takes place in ?
Answer: Stroma
, ◉ Aerobic cellular respiration is more important to sustaining life
than anaerobic because it produces?
Answer: more energy
◉ Which organelle is responsible for oxygen production?
Answer: Chloroplast
◉ An organic catalyst that enhances the chemical reaction is called ?
Answer: An enzyme
◉ The first stage of aerobic cellular respiration is?
Answer: Glycolysis
◉ Glycolysis occurs in the ?
Answer: Cytoplasm
◉ For the aerobic pathway, electron transport systems are located in
the ?
Answer: Mitochondrion
◉ 1. Codominance occurs when?
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
GRADED A PLUS MICROBIOLOGY PRACTICE
PACKAGE
◉ Which term denotes the movement of glucose molecules from an
area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration?
Answer: Active transport
◉ Plasmolysis is a term describing?
Answer: Cellular shrinkage, which occurs when cells are immersed
in hypertonic solution
◉ The movement of substances from lesser concentration to higher
concentration is called?
Answer: Active transport
◉ Which particular structure is present in both eukaryotic and
prokaryotic cells?
Answer: Cell membrane
◉ Plant cells differ from animal cells in?
,Answer: The plant cells have a cell wall and animal cells do not
◉ Which cell type is characterized by the lack of true nucleus and
the absence of membrane-bound organelle?
Answer: Prokaryotic cell
◉ Which organelle is associated with hydrolytic enzymes and is
sometimes referred to as a "suicide bag"
Answer: Lysosomes
◉ Pinocytosis is the process of?
Answer: Enclosing a liquid substance in a membrane and secreting it
into the cell
◉ The plasma membrane of the eukaryotic cell determines
selectively which substances can enter and leave the cell. Such a
membrane is said to be?
Answer: Selectively permeable
◉ What primarily determines the shape of cells that lack cell walls?
Answer: Microtubule and microfilaments
,◉ Which pair of organelles is responsible for energy supply to
eukaryotic cells?
Answer: Chloroplast and mitochondria
◉ With which organelle is the synthesis of ATP associated?
Answer: Mitochondrion
◉ The plasma membrane is soluble to?
Answer: Lipids
◉ The process whereby muscle cell produce lactic acid is called?
Answer: Fermentation
◉ During aerobic respiration, which one of the following substances
is released?
Answer: 36ATP
◉ Noncyclic photophosphorylation takes place inside the?
Answer: Thylakoids
◉ The dark reaction of photosynthesis takes place in ?
Answer: Stroma
, ◉ Aerobic cellular respiration is more important to sustaining life
than anaerobic because it produces?
Answer: more energy
◉ Which organelle is responsible for oxygen production?
Answer: Chloroplast
◉ An organic catalyst that enhances the chemical reaction is called ?
Answer: An enzyme
◉ The first stage of aerobic cellular respiration is?
Answer: Glycolysis
◉ Glycolysis occurs in the ?
Answer: Cytoplasm
◉ For the aerobic pathway, electron transport systems are located in
the ?
Answer: Mitochondrion
◉ 1. Codominance occurs when?
