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MOUNTAIN TOP UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2019/2020 ACADEMIC SESSION
MID-SEMESTER TEST
COURSE CODE: BIO 101 TIME ALLOWED: 45MINS
COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY DATE: 25/11/2019
COURSE UNIT: 3
INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions

1. A _______is the smallest, most basic unit of life.


(A) Cell
(B) Molecule
(C) Gas
(D) Plasma
ANSWER: A

2. Cell Theory consists of three principles except


(A) All living things are composed of one or more cells.
(B) Cells are the basic units of structure and function in an organism.
(C) Cells come only from the replication of existing cells.
(D) Cell come from the mitochondria
ANSWER: D

3. __________ separates the cell from the environment


(A) Ribosome
(B) Nucleoid
(C) Plasma membrane
(D) Golgi bodies
ANSWER: C

4. ________ is the region where the naked DNA is found


(A) Cellulose
(B) Nucleoid
(C) Lysosome
(D) Mitochondria
ANSWER: B

5. Which process require no expenditure of energy by a cell.


(A) Passive movement
(B) Active movement
(C) Possive movement
(D) Plosive movement
ANSWER: A
6. ____________net movement of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of low
concentration.
(A) Active diffusion
(B) Simple diffusion
(C) Simple dunfussion
(D) Osmosis
ANSWER: B

7. The rate of diffusion is influenced by following except


(A) concentration gradient
(B) Non-cross-sectional area through which diffusion occurs
(C) temperature
(D) molecular weight of a substance
(E) ANSWER: B

8. The mechanism whereby the cell can ingest solid particles is known as
(A) Phagoncytosis
(B) Phogocytososis
(C) Fagocytosis
(D) Phagocytosis
ANSWER: D

9. ________ allows the cell to consume solutions.


(A) Phagoncytosis
(B) Pinocytosis
(C) Fagocytosis
(D) Phinocytosis
ANSWER: B

10. The Golgi apparatus consists of a stack of three to twenty slightly curved______ whose appearance can be
compared to a stack of pancakes.
(A) Saccules
(B) Sackules
(C) Circles
(D) Stackules
ANSWER: A

11. ___________are the sites of aerobic respiration


(A) Mitochondriaosis
(B) Mitochondria
(C) Mittochondria
(D) Mitocchondria
ANSWER: B

12. Three types of junctions are found between cells except


(A) Adhesion junction
(B) Tight junction
(C) Gap junction.
(D) Tought junction
ANSWER: D

13. The ___________is normally the largest organelle within a Eukaryotic cell.
(A) Adhesion junction
(B) Nucleus
(C) Gap junction.
(D) Tought junction
ANSWER: B

14. The nucleus is separated from the cytoplasm by a double membrane known as the
(A) Adhesion junction
(B) Tight junction
(C) Nuclear envelope
(D) Tought junction
ANSWER: C

15. __________is a term used to describe the great variety of living organisms on Earth and their varied habitats.
(A) Saccules
(B) Nomenclature
(C) Biodiversity
(D) Stackules
ANSWER: C

16. The scientific study of biological diversity and its evolution is known as
(A) Systematics
(B) Sackules
(C) Circles
(D) Stackules
ANSWER: A

17. ___________is defined as the science of biological classification.


(A) Genus
(B) Species
(C) Taxonomy
(D) Specific epithet
ANSWER: C

18. The orderly arrangement of organisms into groups based on trait similarity is _________
(A) Genus
(B) Species
(C) Classification
(D) Specific epithet
ANSWER: C

19. A formal system of naming species of living things by assigning two names to an organism i.e. Generic and
specific names is regarded to as
(A) Binary fission
(B) Binnary Nomenclature
(C) Binomial Nomenclature
(D) Binominally Nomenclature
ANSWER: C

20. David Baltimore classification is based on ___________-


(A)method of viral dRNA synthesis
(B) method of viral mRNA synthesis
(C) method of viral mDNA synthesis
(D) method of viral mNA synthesis
ANSWER: B

21. The Kingdom Monera includes organisms that are single-celled known as _________
(A) Bacteria
(B) Fungi
(C) Conidia
(D) Mycelium
ANSWER: A

22. The classification of kingdom Monera is based on the following features except
(A) Habitat
(B) Shape
(C) Mode of Nutrition
(D) Molecular sequencing
ANSWER: D

23. There are ______major groups of bacteria based on their habitat


(A)Three
(B) Eight
(C) Four
(D) Ten
ANSWER: A

24. Spherical or round shaped bacteria are known as

(A) Bacilli
(B) Vibrio
(C) Staphylococci
(D) Cocci
ANSWER: D

25. The bacteria's cell wall is made up of __________ that takes on purple color during gram staining

(A) Proteinase sugar complex


(B) Proton sugar complex
(C) Protein sugar complex
(D) Glucose complex
ANSWER: C

26. _______is a discipline of biology which deals with the study of fungi.

(A) Physiology
(B) Mycology
(C) Algology
(D) Bryology
ANSWER: B

27. Mycelium is made up of tiny filaments called _________

(A) Sclerotium
(B) Rhizoomorph
(C) Sporangiophorre
(D) Hyphae

ANSWER: D

28. The Vegetative body of a fungus is called_______

(A) Appresorium
(B) Mycelium
(C) Stromata
(D) Conidia

ANSWER: B

29. Sexual state in fungi is referred to as

(A) Teleomorph
(B) Teliomorphy
(C) Tolimorph
(D) Tonstimoprh

ANSWER: A

30. Asexual state in fungi is referred to as

(A) Polymorph
(B) Ansamorph
(C) Hanamorph
(D) Anamorph

ANSWER: D

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