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TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The nitrogenous bases of DNA are A, T, C ,G. Therefore,the nitrogenous bases

of RNA are____________?
a. T,A,G,C
b. A,U,C,G
c. A,T,C,U
d. U,T,C,A
2. How would you compare the fossils found in the bottom layer than in the upper
layer?
a. Fossils in bottom layer are much older than in upper layer of rocks.
b. Fossils in bottom layer are much younger than in upper layer of rocks.
c. Fossils in bottom layer and upper layer are both older layer of rocks.
d. All of the above.
3.What would happen if the species changes overtime?
a. Evolution
b. Extinction
c. Extanction
d. Speciation
4.How would you differentiate Homologous Structure to Analogous Structure?

a. Homologous structure may have the same ancestors but different in functions which
is opposite to Analogous Structure.

b. Homologous structure may have different ancestors but the same in functions which
is opposite to Analogous Structure.

c. Homologous structure may have the same ancestors and the same in functions which
is opposite to Analogous Structure.
d. All of the above
5. What would happen if there was an extra copy of chromosome 21 (trisomy 21)?
a. Edward’s Syndrome
b. Down Syndrome
c. Klinefelter’s Syndrome
d. Turner’s Syndrome
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6. Who was the proponent of theory of need, use and disuse and acquired
characteristics?
a. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
b. Jane Baptiste de Lamarck
c. Charles Darwin
d. James Watson and Francis Crick

7. What would happen if a piece of chromosome breaks off and attaches to

another chromosome?
a. Inversion
b. Translocation
c. Deletion
d. Chromic Change

8.Out of 64 codons 3 are stop codons and 1 is the start codon. Start codon is
_____ which is the methionine amino acid and the stop codons are________.
a. AUG / UAA, UAG, UGA
b. UUU / AAU, AUG, AGU
c. UGA / AUU, AGU, AUG
d. CCU / UUA , UGA, GGU
9. What is the most important evidence of evolution?
a Data from the fossil records
b. Anatomy and morphology
c. Embryonic development and biochemistry
d. All of the above
10. What would be the result if there was a mutation in eggs or sperm?
a. Affect only the individual and are not passes on the offspring.
b. Affect future generations by transmitting changes to their offsprings
c. Two different species were joined together
d. All of the above

11. The environmental factors promote the survival of the fittest and eliminates
the less fit.
a. Darwinian’s Natural Selection
b. Lamarck’s Acquired Characteristics
c. Lamarck’s theory of Need
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d. Darwinian’s theory of Evolution

12. Which one is not a type of RNA?
a. tRNA
b. mRNA
c.uRNA
d.rRNA
13. What would be the result if there will be a greater biodiversity?
a. It promotes unstable ecosystem.
b. It promotes stable ecosystem.
c. loss of habitat.
d. All of the above

14. The following are the limiting factors that depend on the population density,
except:
a. Diseases and parasites
b. Shortage of Resources
c. Predation and emigration
d. Increasing biodiversity

15.What will be the problem, if there will be an increase in the population of

humans?
a. Abundance of resources
b. Shortage of resources
c. Increasing biodiversity
d. Speciation

16. It refers to the total number of organisms belonging to the same species in a
particular environment.
a. Stability
b. Biodiversity
c. Population
d. Ecosystem

17.Describe the process, when ecosystem will self-regulate ,and again become
steady after a disturbance.
a. Stability
b. Biodiversity
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c. Population
d. Ecosystem

18. What actions would you take to perform in order to minimize the human
impact in the environment?
a. Overfishing
b. Overhunting
c. Maintaining a clean and healthy state of the ecosystem.
d. Deforestation
19.The following are ways to minimize the human impact in the environment ,
except:
a. Deforestation
b. Reforestation
c. Conservation
d. All of the above
20. Describe what happens when there was a change in the habitat?
a. Increasing biodiversity
b. Decreasing biodiversity
c. Both A and B
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ANSWER’S KEY
Test I. Multiple Choice

Item No. Answer

1 B
2 A
3 A
4 A
5 B
6 A
7 B
8 A
9 D
10 B
11 A
12 C
13 B
14 D
15 B
16 C
17 A
18 C
19 A
20 C

Prepared by
WELFREDO L. YU, JR.
Practice Teacher