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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION

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INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL BIOLOGY BIO100 APRIL 2011 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This question paper consists of two (2) parts : PART A (20 Questions) PART B (5 Questions) 2. Answer ALL questions from all two (2) parts: i) Answer PART A in the Objective Answer Sheet. ii) Answer PART B in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of: ) the Question Paper i) an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty ii) an Objective Answer Sheet - provided by the Faculty

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PART A

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What is taxonomy? A. B. C. D. Science Science Science Science of of of of conserving biodiversity comparing macromolecules creating new species naming describing and classifying organisms

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Photolysis of water occurs in A. B. C. D. stroma of chloroplast. thylakoid space. thylakoid membrane. intermembrane space of chloroplast.

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Which of the following regulate the internal environment of the body when person sweat a lot during vigorous exercise? A. B. C. D. Decrease in the secretion of the antidiuretic hormone (ADH) Increase in the secretion of the aldosterone hormone Decrease in the excretion of urea through the kidney Decrease in the permeability of the collecting duct wall

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The difference between saturated fatty acid and unsaturated fatty acid is A. B. C. D. the the the the branching or linear shape of the fatty acid. physical condition of the fatty acids at room temperature. number of oxygen atoms in the fatty acid. presence of double covalent bond in the fatty acid.

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Which of the following is true? A. B. C. D. DNA is the single helix in human chromosome. Ribulose is the example of hexose sugar. Meat contains all essential amino acid. The bond that joining two structures of monosaccharides are called peptide bonds.

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The main transport of carbohydrate in the plants is A. B. C. D. maltose sucrose fructose glycogen

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Which of the following the main product of cyclic photophosphorylation? A. B. C. D. ATP and oxygen gas. oxygen gas only. ATP only. ATP, oxygen and NADPH.

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During , a transport vesicle budded from the Golgi apparatus is moved by the cytoskeleton to the plasma membrane. A. B. C. D. exocytosis endocytosis diffusion osmosis

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Normal blood pressure in a healthy human at rest is A. B. C. D. 120/80 125/95 130/85 135/95

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have extremely short lifespan, lasting only a few days. They ingest foreign bacteria, forming food vacuoles around them in the cytoplasm. Lysosomes fuse with the vacuoles and the bacterium is digested by the hydrolytic enzymes. A. B. C. D. Monocytes Lymphocytes Neutrophils Basophils

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What is the main function of parenchyma? A. B. C. D. Gives mechanical support and flexibility. Some cells contain chloroplast that carry out photosynthesis. Metabolic active and function to stores food. None of the above is correct. and climates.

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C4 and CAM pathways evolved for the plants that live in A. B. C. D. hot, humid cold, dry hot, dry humid, dry

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Which of the following blood cells secrete histamine? A. B. C. D. Basophil Lymphocyte Neutrophil Monocytes to make sugar and other organic

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In photosynthesis, plant use carbon from molecules. A. B. C. D. water carbon dioxide the sun chlorophyll

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Before entering the Krebs cycle, pyruvate produced by glycolysis is first converted to A. B. C. D. citrate oxaloacetate (OA) acetyl-CoA phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)

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Which of the following microscopes can be used to produce three dimensional views of objects or organelles? A. B. C. D. Bright Dark microscope Transmission electron microscope Scanning electron microscope Compound electron microscope

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One of the major advantages of using a light microscope instead of an electron microscope is A. B. C. D. the ability to see structure down to 1mm. its superior resolution. it can be used to observe living organism. the use of very thin sections.

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Resolution of a microscope can be defined as A. B. C. D. The smallest distance between two objects at which they can be seen to be separated. the highest magnification that the microscope can achieve. the degree of the sharpness of the image produced by the microscope. the size of the smallest object that can be seen using the microscope.

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In ecology, community can be defined as A. B. C. D. members of one species in a habitat. food web in an ecosystem. species of plants and animals in a habitat. organism interacting with the surrounding environment.

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Niche refers to A. B. C. D. area of markedly different vegetation types owing to differences in climates. space, food, temperature, condition for mating includes which is part of the ecological function of a sp. all matters move through cyclic patterns, all matter on earth is essentially trapped here. None of the above is correct.

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PARTB

QUESTION 1 a) What is the relationship between Biology and Evolution? (3 marks) b) Life can be defined in terms of the characteristics of living organism. Explain any six (6) of it. (15 marks)

QUESTION 2 Describe six (6) organelles that can be found in the plant cells and give the function of each one (1) of them. (12 marks)

QUESTION 3 Briefly explain three (3) types of skeletal system that make all organisms possible to move around and give one examples for each. (11 marks)

QUESTION 4 a) Explain the formation of a polynucleotide. (4 marks) b) State the importance of DNA. (3 marks) c) What are the differences between DNA and RNA? (6 marks)

QUESTION 5 a) Define mitosis. (2 marks) b) State three (3) functions of mitosis. (4 marks) c) Explain five (5) differences between mitosis and meiosis. (10 marks) END OF QUESTION PAPER
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