PYC1512 MCQ1 - Practice exam MCQ's
Foundations of sub-discipline of Psychology (University of South Africa)
PYC1512 MCQ 1 QUESTIONS
1. What is the role of hippocampus?
A) Motor control
B) Evaluating emotional information
C) Autonomic functions
D) Learning and memory
2. Who is attributed to the field of genetics?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Gregor Mendel
D) Charles Darwin
3. What is the part of a chromosome composed of DNA called?
A) Protein
B) Gene
C) Enzyme
D) Amino acid
4. What is the genetic code?
,A) The sequence of bases in DNA
B) The form of an organism
C) The instruction manual that tells the cell how to make specific proteins
D) The synthesis of RNA
5. What are the three main types of RNA?
A) Protein RNA, Transfer RNA, Messenger RNA
B) Messenger RNA, Ribosomal RNA, Transfer RNA
C) Thymine RNA, Messenger RNA, Ribosomal RNA
D) Deoxyribonucleic acid, RNA, Ribosomal RNA
6. What are genes on the sex chromosomes known as?
A) recessive genes
B) autosomal genes
C) dominant genes
D) sex-linked genes
7. Which of the following is a type of gene that is present in both sexes, but actively expressed
only in one sex?
A) Y-linked genes
B) X-linked genes
C) Autosomal genes
D) Sex-limited genes
, 8. Which type of mutation can be inherited by offspring?
A) Point mutation
B) Chromosomal mutation
C) Somatic mutation
D) Germ-line mutation
9. What is epigenetics?
A) Permanent changes to genes
B) Changes in gene expression that are not a result of a change in the DNA sequence
C) Changes in gene expression due to mutations
D) Switching genes on or off based on genetics
10. How do people of Nepal adapt to living at high altitudes?
A) Through spiritual practices
B) Through medical treatments
C) Through genetic modifications
D) Over centuries
11. What is the name of the scientific approach used to study heritability?
A) Heredity study
B) Epigenetic study
Foundations of sub-discipline of Psychology (University of South Africa)
PYC1512 MCQ 1 QUESTIONS
1. What is the role of hippocampus?
A) Motor control
B) Evaluating emotional information
C) Autonomic functions
D) Learning and memory
2. Who is attributed to the field of genetics?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Gregor Mendel
D) Charles Darwin
3. What is the part of a chromosome composed of DNA called?
A) Protein
B) Gene
C) Enzyme
D) Amino acid
4. What is the genetic code?
,A) The sequence of bases in DNA
B) The form of an organism
C) The instruction manual that tells the cell how to make specific proteins
D) The synthesis of RNA
5. What are the three main types of RNA?
A) Protein RNA, Transfer RNA, Messenger RNA
B) Messenger RNA, Ribosomal RNA, Transfer RNA
C) Thymine RNA, Messenger RNA, Ribosomal RNA
D) Deoxyribonucleic acid, RNA, Ribosomal RNA
6. What are genes on the sex chromosomes known as?
A) recessive genes
B) autosomal genes
C) dominant genes
D) sex-linked genes
7. Which of the following is a type of gene that is present in both sexes, but actively expressed
only in one sex?
A) Y-linked genes
B) X-linked genes
C) Autosomal genes
D) Sex-limited genes
, 8. Which type of mutation can be inherited by offspring?
A) Point mutation
B) Chromosomal mutation
C) Somatic mutation
D) Germ-line mutation
9. What is epigenetics?
A) Permanent changes to genes
B) Changes in gene expression that are not a result of a change in the DNA sequence
C) Changes in gene expression due to mutations
D) Switching genes on or off based on genetics
10. How do people of Nepal adapt to living at high altitudes?
A) Through spiritual practices
B) Through medical treatments
C) Through genetic modifications
D) Over centuries
11. What is the name of the scientific approach used to study heritability?
A) Heredity study
B) Epigenetic study
