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BIO 182 FINAL Exam ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR
ANSWER: D.) Both A and C are correct.
Which of the following vegetables is/are the product(s) of breeding programs that have
selected artificially the traits they exhibit?
A.) pesticide/herbicide-treated corn
B.) heirloom (genetically "native") tomatoes
C.) organically grown broccoli
D.) Both A and C are correct.
A.) Fresh air is required for spontaneous generation.
Recall Pasteur's experiment on spontaneous generation. Originally he used sealed and unsealed
flasks instead of sealed and swan-necked flasks. Critics claimed that the experiment was
inconclusive. Which of the following criticisms would be addressed by using a swan-necked
flask instead of the unsealed flask?
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A.) Fresh air is required for spontaneous generation.
B.) The broth was heated too intensively.
C.) The broth was not nutritious enough.
D.) There had not been enough time for spontaneous generation to occur.
C.) Measure the number of tumors formed on plants exposed to Agrobacterium for different
lengths of time.
Agrobacterium infects plants and causes them to form tumors. You are asked to determine how
long a plant must be exposed to these bacteria to become infected. Which of the following
experiments will provide the BEST data to address this question?
A.) Measure the concentrations of Agrobacterium in different soil environments where the
plants grow.
B.) Measure the number of tumors formed on plants exposed to various concentrations of
Agrobacterium.
C.) Measure the number of tumors formed on plants exposed to Agrobacterium for different
lengths of time.
D.) Determine the survival rates of Agrobacterium cultures exposed to different concentrations
of an antibiotic.
Hooke and Leeuwenhoek
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_______ and _______ were the first individuals to observe the regularity of organisms with
simple microscopes and magnifying lenses.
D. stating a hypothesis for how the tomatoes may impact other store customers.
A grocery store clerk is giving you a hard time for knocking over his meticulously balanced
display of tomatoes in the produce section of your favorite grocery store. When he asks you
angrily if you realize what you've done, you state that you think the other store patrons may
slip on the slimy tomatoes. In doing so, you are:
A.) searching for observations that might inspire a hypothesis for how tomatoes might impact
other patrons.
B.) performing an experiment to test how the tomatoes may affect other customers.
C.) stating both a hypothesis about how the tomatoes might affect customers and a prediction
of the hypothesis.
D.) stating a hypothesis for how the tomatoes may impact other store customers.
C.) It did not reflect the actual evolutionary relationships among organisms, especially those
that were revealed by nucleic acid sequence information.
In which of the following ways did the five-kingdom system of classification fail and eventually
give rise to a system that included the broader category of domain?
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A.) There were too few bacteria (prokaryotes) to justify their classification at the kingdom level.
B.) It was too complex the original two-kingdom system of Linnaeus was more useful.
C.) It did not reflect the actual evolutionary relationships among organisms, especially those
that were revealed by nucleic acid sequence information.
D.) It was too difficult to distinguish plants from fungi and animals from protistans.
C.) egg donor who anonymously mothers 16 children
Which of the following has the highest fitness?
A.) father who home schools his two children
B.) personal fitness trainer who counsels 30 clients per month
C.) egg donor who anonymously mothers 16 children
D.) scientist who devotes herself to science and wins the Nobel Prize
C.) The genetic code evolved before the different domains diverged.
Living organisms in all three domains (Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya) utilize nearly the same
genetic code to translate mRNA sequences into amino acid sequences. Which of the following
statements is MOST likely to be accurate given that information?
A.) The genetic code explains key differences between the organisms in all three domains.
B.) The genetic code evolved three times.
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BIO 182 FINAL Exam ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR
ANSWER: D.) Both A and C are correct.
Which of the following vegetables is/are the product(s) of breeding programs that have
selected artificially the traits they exhibit?
A.) pesticide/herbicide-treated corn
B.) heirloom (genetically "native") tomatoes
C.) organically grown broccoli
D.) Both A and C are correct.
A.) Fresh air is required for spontaneous generation.
Recall Pasteur's experiment on spontaneous generation. Originally he used sealed and unsealed
flasks instead of sealed and swan-necked flasks. Critics claimed that the experiment was
inconclusive. Which of the following criticisms would be addressed by using a swan-necked
flask instead of the unsealed flask?
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, Page 2 of 59
A.) Fresh air is required for spontaneous generation.
B.) The broth was heated too intensively.
C.) The broth was not nutritious enough.
D.) There had not been enough time for spontaneous generation to occur.
C.) Measure the number of tumors formed on plants exposed to Agrobacterium for different
lengths of time.
Agrobacterium infects plants and causes them to form tumors. You are asked to determine how
long a plant must be exposed to these bacteria to become infected. Which of the following
experiments will provide the BEST data to address this question?
A.) Measure the concentrations of Agrobacterium in different soil environments where the
plants grow.
B.) Measure the number of tumors formed on plants exposed to various concentrations of
Agrobacterium.
C.) Measure the number of tumors formed on plants exposed to Agrobacterium for different
lengths of time.
D.) Determine the survival rates of Agrobacterium cultures exposed to different concentrations
of an antibiotic.
Hooke and Leeuwenhoek
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_______ and _______ were the first individuals to observe the regularity of organisms with
simple microscopes and magnifying lenses.
D. stating a hypothesis for how the tomatoes may impact other store customers.
A grocery store clerk is giving you a hard time for knocking over his meticulously balanced
display of tomatoes in the produce section of your favorite grocery store. When he asks you
angrily if you realize what you've done, you state that you think the other store patrons may
slip on the slimy tomatoes. In doing so, you are:
A.) searching for observations that might inspire a hypothesis for how tomatoes might impact
other patrons.
B.) performing an experiment to test how the tomatoes may affect other customers.
C.) stating both a hypothesis about how the tomatoes might affect customers and a prediction
of the hypothesis.
D.) stating a hypothesis for how the tomatoes may impact other store customers.
C.) It did not reflect the actual evolutionary relationships among organisms, especially those
that were revealed by nucleic acid sequence information.
In which of the following ways did the five-kingdom system of classification fail and eventually
give rise to a system that included the broader category of domain?
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A.) There were too few bacteria (prokaryotes) to justify their classification at the kingdom level.
B.) It was too complex the original two-kingdom system of Linnaeus was more useful.
C.) It did not reflect the actual evolutionary relationships among organisms, especially those
that were revealed by nucleic acid sequence information.
D.) It was too difficult to distinguish plants from fungi and animals from protistans.
C.) egg donor who anonymously mothers 16 children
Which of the following has the highest fitness?
A.) father who home schools his two children
B.) personal fitness trainer who counsels 30 clients per month
C.) egg donor who anonymously mothers 16 children
D.) scientist who devotes herself to science and wins the Nobel Prize
C.) The genetic code evolved before the different domains diverged.
Living organisms in all three domains (Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya) utilize nearly the same
genetic code to translate mRNA sequences into amino acid sequences. Which of the following
statements is MOST likely to be accurate given that information?
A.) The genetic code explains key differences between the organisms in all three domains.
B.) The genetic code evolved three times.
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