GBHS SANCHO, pre mock Advanced level Biology paper I

Time 1hr 15 minutes

Instructions ; read carefully the questions and tick the correct answer

1) The interrelationships between the endocrine and the nervous systems are especially
apparent in?
A) A neuron in the spinal cord.
B) A steroid-producing cell in the adrenal cortex.
C) A neuro-secretory cell in the hypothalamus.
D) A brain Cell in the Cerebral cortex.
E) A cell in the pancreas that produces digestive enzimes
2) The hypothalamus modulates hormone secretory by the anterior pituitary by means of
A) peptide hormones.
B) steroid hormones
(c) Electrical synapses.
D) Neurotransmitters.
E) paracrine signals
3) A product of the anterior pituitary gland that causes,
Color Changes in its target cells is
A) FSH.
B) LH.
С) TSH.
D) MSH
E) ACTH
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* The following questions refer to the generalized Life Cycle for land plants shown in figure
below. Each number a Circle or Square represents a or plant part, and each number over an
arrow represents either meiosis, or ferlilization

4) in figure above, which represents the mature gamets phyte ?

A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
E) 11

5) in figure above, which number represents an embryo?

A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
E) 11

6) meiosis is most likely to be represented by which number(s) in the figure above ?

A) 2
B) 4
C) 2 and 8
D) 4 and 8
E) 10 and 12

7) in the figure above, the process labelled “b” involves ?

A) mitosis
B) nuclear diffusion
C) meiosis
D) fertilisation
E) binary fission

use the following diagram of a hypothetical food web to Answer the following questions. The
arrows represent the transfer of food energy between the various trophic levels

8) which Letter represents an organism that could be a Carnivore?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E
9) which Letter represents. an organism that could be a producers ?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E
10) which Letter represents an organism that could be a primary Consumer ?
A) A
B) B
c) C
D) D
E) E
11) Testosterone is synthesized primarily by the
A) Sperm cells
B) hypothalamus.
c) leydig cell
D) anterior pituitary gland
E) Seminiferous tubules

12) sperm cells are stored within human males in the

A) urethra
B) Prostate
C) epididymis
D) seminal uesicles
E) bulbourethral gland.
13) Engulfing-phagocytic cells of innate immunity include all of the following except
A) neutrophils
B) macrophages
c) dendritic cells
D) natural killer cells
14) The eyes and the respiratory tract are both protected against infections by
A) The mocous membranes that cover their surface
B) The secretion of lysozyme onto their surface.
C) The secretion of complement proteins.
D) The release of slightly alkaline secretions
E) linterferons produced by secondary immune cells
15) secondary immune responses upon a second exposure to a pathogen are due to the
activation of
A) immune cell
B) macrophages.
C) stem cell,
D) B Cells
E) T cells
16 ) This type of immunity to present only when a newborn Infant is being fed by actively
nursing on its mother and ends when nursing ends
A) innate immunity
B) active immunity
c) passive immunity
D) cell-mediated immunity
17) The cell-mediated immunity that destroys Virally infected Cell involves
A) Cytotoxic T cells.
B) natural killer cells-
C) helper T cello
D) macrophages.
E) 8 Cells

18 ) C4, and CAM plants store CO, in the form of:

A) Pyruvate.
B) Glycerate phosphate.
C) Rubulose biphosphate.
D) Malate.
19) Homologous chromosomes separate during
A) Anaphase I.
B) Anaphase II.
C) Telophase 1.
D) Prophase II.
20) Which of the following activities would cause the stomata to close?
A) Low concentrations of CO, in leaf air space.
B) Increased daytime light levels.
C) Abscisic acid production in leaves.
D) Absorption of moisture in the soil.

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21) The water potential in a cell in which the solute potential is 0.38kPa and the pressure
potential 0.25kPa is:
A) -0.63
B) -0.13
C) 0.13
D) 0.63
22) Ashu has type A blood, and Bih has type B blood. What are the possible blood types of
their children if Ashu and Bih get married?
A) Type A and B.
B) Type A. B. AB and ().
C)Type A. B. and AB.
D) Type AB.
23) A fragment of DNA has 60 Guanine bases and 30 Adenine bases. What will be the total
number of deoxyribose sugar molecules in this fragment?
A) 30
B) 60
C) 90
D) 180
24) the diploid number of an organism is six (6). One homologous pair underwent non-
disjunction during meiosis 1, how many chromosomes would be present in the daughter
cells at the end of meiosis 1?
A) both daughter would be present
B) one would have two and the other three
C) one would have two and the other five
D) one would have two and the other four
25) which of the following is an engyme helper
A) enzyme activator
B) coenzymes
C) cofactor
D) prosthetic group
26) a primary difference between moisis in eukaryotic cells and binary fission in prokaryotes
is that :
A) pioncer community
B) primary successional community
C) plagioclimax community
D) climax community
substances are exchanged between the bla
and the interstitial fluid.
the heart releases haemolymph into tissues
For questions 27-30, one or more of the
responses is/are correct. Choose:
A. If (i, ii, and iii) are correct.
B. If (i and iii) are correct.
C. If (ii and iv) are correct.
D. If only (iv) is correct.
27) Which of the following takes place as red blood cells circulate into the region of actively
metabolising tissues such as a muscle
i) Increase binding of carbon dioxide to haemoglobin.
ii) Increase in release of oxygen from haemoglobin
iii) Increase in bicarbonate ion concentration in plants
iv) Movement of chloride out of red blood cells
28) pores produced by plants ;
i) grow into gametophytes.
ii) Are haplord.
iii) are produced by meiosis.
iv) Grow in the sporophyte plant
29) Some strains of the common bacterium
Stapylococcus aureus;
i) are resistant to antibiotic stich as Penicillin
ii) produce an enzyme penicillinase which deactivates penicillin.
iii) undergo mutation to produce individual bacterium.
iv) are used in the production of bread
30) many cellular poisons including cyanide are toxic to cells because;
i) they bind reversibly to enzymes active site.
ii) They are competive inhibitors
iii) They are allosteric inhibitors of essential enzymes
iv) The bind on essential enzymes irreversibly
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31). Which of the following group of organisms is a population?
A) All chicks in poultry.
B) All plants in the school garden.
C) All birds in the forest.
D) All insects living on a large tree.
32) The following can be considered a tertiary structure of protein.
A) A polypeptide chain folded and held by hydrogen bonds.
B) The specific sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide.
C) The pleated sheet of a polypeptide.
D) A polypeptide chain folded and held a place by ionic bonds and hydrophobic inte.actions.

33) In isometric growth:

A) organs of the body grow at the same rate
B) increase in size is accompanied by change in shape.
C) growth is intermittent.
D) organs of the body do not grow at the same rate.
34) In which habitat do animals that secrete uric acid crystals live?
A) Freshwater.
B) Marine.
C) Terrestrial and very dry.
D) Terrestrial and very wet.
35) In a response to inflammation, which leukocytesare killed along with the pathogen
forming pus at the infection site?
A) Leucocytes.
B) Basophils.
C) Eosinophils
D) Neutrophils
36) Which of these biomes is characterised by a hot humid weather with no seasonal
changes?
A) Tundra
B) Taiga.
C) Deciduous forest.
D)Tropical rainforest
37) Complementary DNA (cDNA) is made by copying:
A) DNA
B) mRNA.
C) TRNA
D) Plasmids
38) This pigment gives brown algae their colour is:
A) Phycobilins
B) Chlorophylls
C) Fucoxanthin
D) Carotenoids.
39) choose the DNA strand which is synthesized in a discontinuous manner.
A) I cading strand.
B) Discontinuous strand.
C) Lagging strand.
D) Okazaki fragment strands
40)amount which organisms is the competition for light and nutrirents most serve?
A) closely related organisms growing in the th same habitat
B) closly related organism growing in the same niche
C) distantly related organisms growing in tne same niche
D) closly related organism growing in different niches
41) The enzyme amylase can break glysosidic linkages between glucose monomers only if
the monomers are the a form, which of the following could amylase break down?
A) glycogen
B) Cellulose,
c) Chitin
D) glycogen and chitin only,
E) glycogen, Cellulose, and chitin
42) Lactose, a sugar in milk, is composed of one glucose molecule Joined by a glycosidic
linkage to one galactose molecule. How is lactose classified?
A) as a Pentose.
B) as a hexose,
C) as a monosaccharide
D) as a disaccharide
E) as a polysaccharide
43) How do we describe transformation in bacteria?
A) the Creation of strand of DNA form an RNIA molecule,
B) the Creation of a Strand of RNA form a DNA molecule.
C) The influence of cells by a Pnoge DNA molecule.
D) the type of semiconservative replication show by DNA.
E) assimilation of external DNA Into a Cell
44) lytosine make up 42% of the nucleotides in a sample of DNA form of an organism.
Approximately what percentage of the nucleotide In this sample will be thymine?
A) 8%
B) 16%
C) 31%
D) 42%
E) it cannot be determined form the Information provided.
45) In an analysis of the nucleotide Composition of DNA, which of the following will be
found?
A) A = C
B) A = G and C=T
c) A+ C = G+T
D) G+ C=T+A

46) starting with one molecule of isociate, and ending with fumite, how many ATP molecules
can be made through substrate-leve Phosphorylation (see figure above) ?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 11
D) 12
E) 24
47) Carbon sheletons for amino acid biosynthesis ore supplied Intermediates of the Citric
acid cycle, which Intermediate would supply the carbon skeleton for synthesis of a five-coub
amino acid (see figure above)
A) succinates
B) malate
c) Citrate.
D) a-ketogluțiate
E) isocetrate.
48) for each mole of glucose (C6H12O6) Oxidized by Cellular respiration, how many moles
of CO2, are released In the Citric acid cycle (see figure above)
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 12
E) 3
49) if Pyruvate oxidation is blocked, what will happen to the level of oxaloacetate and citric
acid in the Citric acid cycle shown in the figure above?
A) There will be no Citric acid Longer change In the levels of oxaloacetate and citric acid
B) oxaloacetate will decrease and citric acid will accumulate.
C) oxaloacetate will acumulate and citric acid will decrease.
D) Both oxaloacetate and Citric acid will decrease,
50) After eating a Carbohydrate-rich meal the mammalian pancrea Increases it’s secretion
A) ecdyoone
B) glucagon
C) thyroxine.
D) oxytocin
E) growth hormone,
51) In a healthy human, the typical life span of a red blood cell is?
A) 24 hour
B) one week
C) one month
D) four months
E) 80 years or more.
52) the production of red blood Cell is stimulate by
A) low-density lipoproteins
B) Immunoglobulins
C) epinephrine
D) erythropoietin.
E) platelets,
53) the animal that has four chambered heart is ?
A) snake
B) turtles
C) dolpins
D) sharks
54) if one temporal lobe in the head is damage, oyu would expect :
A) blindness in one eye
B) total blindness
C) loss of hearing in one ear
D) partial loss of hearing in both ears

Instructions ; read carefully the questions and tick the correct answer

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For questions 55 to 60 there are two statements. Read through the statements and then
choose:
A) if both statements are true and the second explains the first.
B) if both statements are true but the second does not explain the first
C) if the first statement is true and the second is false
D) if the first statement is false and the second is true.
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First Statement Second Statement
55. Glucose is the first product of the Calvin The Calvin cycle produces the
cycle building block for all other cellular organic
molecules

56. Mitochondria and chloroplast contain Not all eukaryotic ribosomes are found on
ribosomes that resemble those of all the surface of rough endoplasmic reticulum
prokaryotes.
57. The ideal soil pH effective for most Soil pH does not affect the absorption of
plants to grow is between 6.0 to 7.0. mineral salts by plants

58. Photorespiration is a wasteful process. C3 plants carry out photorespiration, though

no ATP is formed during the process
59. Fresh water fish produce ammonia as High concentrations of ammonia in fresh
nitrogenous waste water, makes it difficult for fish to eliminate
ammonia from their bodies
60. Cholecystokinin is an enzyme secreted Cholecystokinin stimulates the pancreatic
by the intestinal walls. cells to secrete digestive juices and induces
. the gall bladder to release bile
GBHS SANCHO, pre mock Advanced level Biology paper II
Time 1hr 30 minutes

Instructions ; Answer any 3 questions below.

1) A) Draw a fully labeled diagram of a generalized Animal cell as seen under the
electron microscope
B) give the differences between this cell and collorenchyma cell?
C) state 5 disadvantages of preparing and viewing cells under the electron
microscope
D) why are electron microscoped not found in laboratories in cameroonian schools.
(10, 2, 5, 3)
2) A) Explain why lower organisms such as unicellular animals and Cnidarians lack a
respiratory organ
b) Name any three respiratory pigments in the animals rangdom, Their Corresponding
metals, and a group of animals in which each is found (Tabulate your answer)
C) i) Describe the Ventilation mechanism in a named bony fish
ii) Give reasons why gaseous exchange Is more effective in a. bony than a cartilaginous
fish. (3.6, 6, 5)

3) a) Explain what is meant by the term ecosystem.

b) with reference to examples from a named ecosystem explain what you understand by
each of the follow
i) Detritus feeders.
ii) Decomposers
iii) Edophic factors
iv)Pyramid of Biomass
(4,4,4,4,)

4) a ) what are the main features of the genetic code?

(b) with the aid of an ANNOTATED flow diagram only, show the stages involved in sperm
formation In man
c) Describe the processes leading to double fertilization in flowering plants.
(4, 6, 10)
5) a) explain why metabolic reactions occur in small_ steps.
b) Describe and illustrate how the following factors affect the rate of enzyme reactions.
i) Substrate Concentration –
ii) temperature and temperature coefficient.
(iii) Hydrogen ion Concentration
c) Differentiate between Competitive and non-compete-Ace Inhibitors
(4, 4, 4, 4,4)