SENIOR FIVE BIOLOGY TEST

A good example of a prokaryote is
1. Entamoeba
2. Plasmodium
3. Trypanosoma
4. Anabaena
Which of the following are adaptations of the reptiles for dry land?
1. Lungs and shelled eggs.
2. Lungs and scales.
3. Ability to regulate body temperature and body shape.
4. Ability to climb trees and lack of parental care
Hirudo gets rid of nitrogenous wastes through structures called
1. nephridia.
2. nephron.
3. tracheoles.
4. malpighian tubules.
Which of the following arthropod characteristics is both
i) common to all insects
ii) found in insects only?
1. Segmented exoskeleton.
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2. Six legs.
3. Paired antennae.
4. paired wings.
Which of the following is a class?
1. Nematoda
2. Platyhelminthes
3. Trematoda
4. Annelida
Which of the following is not a protoctist?
1. Mucor
2. Entamoeba
3. Euglena
4. Trypanosoma
Into which phylum would you place the sea squirt?
1. Chordata
2. Porifera
3. Mollusca
4. Coelenterata
Which of the following best describes the jelly fish ? It is a
1. unicellular organism having trichocysts.
2. Triploblastic metazoa
3. Diplobastic multicellular organism
4. Platyhelminthe with three distinct layers.
Which of the following organisms does not possess antennae?
1. Termite
2. Scorpion
3. Tsetsefly
4. Centipede
Which of the following organisms is found in the greatest variety of habitats?
1. Amphibians
2. Reptiles
3. Mammals
4. Insects
Which of the following are target cells for the HIV (AIDS virus).
1. Erythrocytes.
2. Thrombocytes.
3. Lymphocytes.
4. Phagocytes
Which one of the following statements best describes eukaryotic cells?
1. Contain chromosomes.
2. Posses membrane-bound organelles.
3. Lack interior components.
4. Lack DNA.
Which of the following insects does not possess compound eyes?
1. fruitfly.
2. termite.
3. dragon fly.
4. Moth.
Which one of the following statements does not apply to coelenterata?
1. They possess stinging cells which they use for protection.
2. They may cause disease.
3. They sometimes form colonies.
4. Their skeletons may form flint and chalk
Which one of the following animals belongs to a different phylum from others?
1. Tapeworm.
2. Liverfluke.
3. Roundworm.
4. Planarian
A cougar can be described as:
1. triploblastic coelomate.
2. triploblastic acoelomate
3. diploblastic acoelomate
4. diploblastic coelomate
Which one of the following animals is terrestrial?
1. Lobster.
2. Mite.
3. Crab.
4. Barnacles
Which of the following requires only inorganic materials from the environment?
1. Virus.
2. Euglena.
3. Yeast..
4. Plasmodium
Which one of the following has fucoxanthin?
1. cyanophyta.
2. rhodophyta.
3. chlorophyta.
4. phaeophyta
In the life history of an alga the diploid vegetative form results when
1. A. meiosis occurs in the haploid thallus during gametogenesis.
2. meiosis occurs in the diploid thallus.
3. In the life history of an alga the diploid vegetative form results when
  meiosis does not occur in the zygote at the time of germination.
4. meiosis occurs at gametogenesis and during germination
The vegetation of Uganda includes plants such as (1) Imparata,(2)Cyperus,(3)Typha,(4)Panicum,(5) Digitaria,(6)Pistia,(7) Spirogyra.
Which one of the following consists of aquatic and swamp types only?
1. 1,2,5,7
2. 2,3,5,7
3. 1,4,6,7
4. 2,3,6,7
Which one of the following animals has a double circulatory system?
1. A.Fish.
2. Octopus.
3. salamander
4. Squid.
In which of the following plants showing alternation of generations is the Sporophyte generation dominant?
1. Mosses and Algae.
2. Algae and Ferns.
3. Ferns and Mosses.
4. Ferns and Gymnosperms.
Which of the following groups of terrestrial animals is most adapted to water conservation.
1. Mammals.
2. Insects.
3. Birds.
4. Reptiles.
To which of the following phyla does a flat worm belong?
1. Nematoda.
2. Arthropoda.
3. Platy helminthes.
4. Coelenterates
Which one of the following is a storage substance in both plants and animals?
1. Insulin
2. Glycogen.
3. Lipids.
4. Sucrose
Which pair of features could be used as the final step of a dichotomous key to distinguish between a crustacean and an insect?
1. Calcified or noncalcified exoskeleton.
2. Non-segmented or segmented.
3. Paired or non-paired appendages.
4. Terrestrial or aquatic.
Which one of the following statements best describes cyanobacteria?
1. Contain chromosomes.
2. Posses membrane-bound organelles.
3. Lack interior organelles..
4. Lack DNA
Various polysaccharides stored in the algae are useful in the primary classification, and true starch similar to higher plant starch is only found in
1. cyanophyta.
2. rhodophyta.
3. rhodophyta.
4. chlorophyta.
During alternation of generation in Dryopteris, the life cycle is dominated by
1. Meiosis.
2. The sporophyte.
3. The gametophyte.
4. The protonema
Which one of the following has non septate hyphae?
1. Penicillium
2. Rhizopus
3. Yeast
4. Agaricus
In which one of the following animals is the digestive system the most rudimentary?
1. Bristle worm( a marine worm).
2. Snail.
3. Roundworm.
4. Flatworm
Which one of the following organisms does not possess simple eyes?
1. Spider
2. Millipede
3. Butterfly
4. Centipede
Which one of the following is not a reason for classifying a mouse and a frog in one phylum? Presence of
1. pharyngeal gill slits.
2. post-anal tail.
3. notochord.
4. Endoskeleton
Which of the following tissues is found in animals only?
1. Epidermal tissue.
2. Storage tissue.
3. Contractile tissue.
4. Secretory tissue
Which one of the following animals has a double circulatory system?
1. shark.
2. mussel.
3. newt
4. ray
In what form does the malaria parasite enter the human body?
1. Merozoite
2. Trophozoite
3. Gametocyte
4. Sporozoite
Which of the following is not an adaptation of Phytophthora infestans as a parasite?
1. Produces large numbers of spores.
2. Possession of hyphae that produce protease for digestion the cell walls.
3. Presence of haustoria that extracts nutrients from the cell cytoplasm.
4. Ability to produce persistent zygospore.
Which part of an Amoeba is concerned with active release of water?
1. Ectoplasm.
2. Contractile vacuole.
3. Pseudopodia.
4. Cell membrane.
In which of the following plants showing alternation of generations is the gametophyte generation dominant?
1. Mosses.
2. angiosperms.
3. Ferns.
4. Gymnosperms.
Which of the following organelles is not found in plant cells ?
1. Nucleus.
2. centrioles
3. Golgi apparatus
4. Vacuole.
Which of these may occur in both angiosperm and gymnosperm?
1. Seeds develop within-a cone.
2. Seeds develop within a flower.
3. Seeds are surrounded by a fruit at maturity.
4. Pollen is carried by wind for pollination.
Viruses differ from living organisms because they are
1. Extremely small size
2. Acellular
3. Both DNA and RNA
4. Specific to environment they produce in.
Which one of the following is a difference between flowers of dicotyledonous plants and those of monocotyledonous plants?Flowers of dicotyledonous plants usually
1. lack sepals.
2. possess superior ovaries.
3. bear floral parts in groups of 4s and 5s.
4. possess fused petals.
In Bryophytes gametes are produced by
1. gametophytes through mitosis.
2. sporophytes through meiosis.
3. sporophytes through mitosis.
4. gametophytes through meiosis
In which of the following kingdoms are there no organisms able to digest cellulose on their own?
1. Monera
2. Protista
3. Fungi
4. Animalia
At which stage in the life cycle of liverwort is there a dependence on dry atmo¬spheric conditions ?
1. dispersal of spores.
2. growth of seta.
3. development of antheridia.
4. formation of elaters
Which one of the following is a feature exclusive to mammals?
1. constant body temperature.
2. dorsal, hollow nerve cord.
3. hair.
4. viviparity
Which one of the following classes does a centipede belong to?
1. Arachnida.
2. Diplopoda.
3. Chilopoda.
4. Crustacea
To which phylum do the sponges belong?
1. Cnidaria.
2. Echinodermata.
3. Porifera.
4. Protozoa.