S.6 BiologyTest 1 2015

In which of the following plants showing alternation of generations is the Sporophyte generation dominant?
1. Mosses and Algae.
2. Ferns and Gymnosperms
3. Algae and Ferns.
4. Ferns and Mosses.
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. notochord.
3. post-anal tail.
4. Endoskeleton
The epithelium present in the lining of stomach and intestine is_______
1. simple squamous.
2. simple cuboidal..
3. simple columnar.
4. stratified squamous.
. Which of the following would most probably be found in a chemical analysis of a cell membrane?
1. protein and waxes.
2. Protein and carbohydrates.
3. Waxes only.
4. Lipids and proteins.
.In which one of the following animals is the digestive system the most rudimentary?
1. Bristle worm( a marine worm).
2. Snail.
3. Round worm
4. Flatworm.
.The chief function of the Golgi apparatus in a living cell is
1. Destruction of worn-out organelles
2. Synthesis of cell wall components
3. Intercellular transport
4. Synthesis of proteins
A good example of a prokaryote is
1. Entamoeba
2. Plasmodium
3. Trypanosoma
4. Blue-green algae
Which of the following are adaptations of the reptiles for the terrestrial environment?
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.
Which of the following arthropod characteristics is both
i) common to all insects
ii) found in insects only?
1. Segmented exoskeleton.
2. Six legs.
3. Paired antennae.
4. Paired wings.
The main distinguishing character of an eukaryotic cell is
1. membraned organelles.
2. lack of nuclear membrane.
3. presence of nucleus.
4. presence of DNA double strands.
Which of the following organelles would most likely be abundant in the tail of a tadpole at a time of its reabsorption during metamorphosis?
1. Centrioles.
2. Lysosomes.
3. Golgi apparatus.
4. Endoplasmic reticulum.
Which one of the following has non septate hyphae?
1. Penicillium
2. Rhizopus
3. Yeast
4. Agaricus
.The classification unit that would first differentiate the cat from the dog is
1. Phylum
2. Class
3. Order
4. Family
Which one of the following animals belongs to a different phylum from others?
1. Planarian
2. Roundworm.
3. Tapeworm
4. Liverfluke
A good example of a prokaryote is
1. Trypanosoma
2. Anabaena
3. Plasmodium
4. Entamoeba
Chlamydomonas uses the following for locomotion
1. Pseudopodia
2. Cilia.
3. Tentacles.
4. Flagella.
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. chlorophyta
2. cyanophyta
3. rhodophyta.
4. phaeophyta
Which one of the following statements does not apply to coelenterata?
1. They sometimes form colonies.
2. They may cause disease.
3. Their skeletons may form flint and chalk
4. They possess stinging cells which they use for protection.
A cougar can be described as:
1. triploblastic coelomate.
2. diploblastic acoelomate.
3. diploblastic coelomate.
4. triploblastic acoelomate.
Which one of the following has fucoxanthin?
1. cyanophyta.
2. phaeophyta.
3. chlorophyta.
4. rhodophyta.
Which one of the following is a storage substance in both plants and animals?
1. Sucrose
2. Glycogen
3. insulin
4. Lipids
Which of the following is a class?
1. Platyhelminthes
2. Nematoda
3. Annelida
4. Trematoda
Which of the following tissues is found in animals only?
1. .Epidermal tissue.
2. Storage tissue.
3. Contractile tissue
4. Secretory tissue.
In Bryophytes gametes are produced by
1. sporophytes through mitosis.
2. gametophytes through meiosis
3. gametophytes through mitosis
4. sporophytes through meiosis
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. 2,3,5,7
2. 2,3,6,7
3. 1,2,5,7
4. 1,4,6,7
Which of the following insects does not possess compound eyes?
1. termite
2. fruitfly
3. moth
4. dragon fly
Which one of the following animals is terrestrial?
1. Crab
2. mite
3. Barnacles
4. Lobster
Which one of the following classes does a centipede belong to?
1. Chilopoda
2. Arachnida
3. Crustacea
4. Diplopoda
Which part of an Amoeba is concerned with active release of water?
1. Contractile vacuole.
2. Cell membrane
3. Pseudopodia
4. Ectoplasm.
In what form does the malaria parasite enter the human body?
1. Gametocyte
2. Sporozoite
3. Merozoite
4. Trophozoite
To which phylum do the sponges belong?
1. Cnidaria.
2. Protozoa
3. Echinodermata
4. Porifera.
Which of the following best describes the jelly fish ? It is a
1. Triploblastic metazoa
2. Diplobastic multicellular organism
3. unicellular organism having trichocysts.
4. Platyhelminthe with three distinct layers.
Which of the following is not a protoctist?
1. Mucor
2. Trypanosoma
3. Plasmodium
4. Entamoeba
Which of the following are target cells for the HIV (AIDS virus).
1. neurones
2. fibroblasts
3. leucocytes
4. Erythrocytes.
Which of the following organisms does not possess antennae?
1. Termite
2. Scorpion
3. Tsetse fly
4. Centipede
Which one of the following animals has a double circulatory system?
1. mussel.
2. shark.
3. ray
4. newt
Which one of the following belongs to phylum Cyanobacteria?
1. Staphylococcus.
2. Streptococcus.
3. Chroococcus.
4. Diplococcus.
Which of the following requires inorganic materials from the environment?
1. Plasmodium.
2. Virus.
3. Yeast.
4. Euglena.
In the life history of an alga the diploid vegetative form results when
1. meiosis does not occur in the zygote at the time of germination.
2. meiosis occurs in the diploid thallus.
3. meiosis occurs in the haploid thallus during gametogenesis.
4. meiosis occurs at gametogenesis and during germination.
Which one of the following may not increase the chances of survival of young mammals?
1. Smaller litter size.
2. Longer gestation periods.
3. Large foetal size.
4. Greater parental care
Which of the following is not an adaptation of Phytophthora infestans as a parasite?
1. Presence of haustoria that extracts nutrients from the cell cytoplasm
2. Possession of hyphae that produce protease to digestion the cell walls
3. Produces large numbers of spores
4. Ability to produce persistent zygospore
Which of these may occur in both angiosperm and gymnosperm?
1. Seeds are surrounded by a fruit at maturity.
2. Pollen is carried by wind for pollination.
3. Seeds develop within-a cone.
4. Seeds develop within a flower.
Which of the following organelles is not found in plant cells ?
1. Nucleus.
2. Vacuole.
3. Golgi apparatus
4. Centrioles
Which one of the following statements best describes cyanobacteria?
1. Posses membrane-bound organelles.
2. Lack DNA.
3. Contain chromosomes.
4. Lack interior organelles.
During alternation of generation in Dryopteris, the life cycle is dominated by;
1. The gametophyte.
2. The sporophyte.
3. The archegonia
4. The protonema
Which one of the following organisms does not possess simple eyes?
1. Butterfly
2. Millipede
3. Spider
4. Centipede
Which one of the following is a difference between flowers of dicotyledonous plants and those of monocotyledonous plants?Flowers of dicotyledonous plants usually
1. possess superior ovaries
2. bear floral parts in groups of 4s and 5s.
3. lack sepals.
4. possess fused petals.
Which pair of features could be used as the final step of a dichotomous key to distinguish between a crustacean and an insect?
1. Paired or non-paired appendages.
2. Non-segmented or segmented.
3. Calcified or noncalcified exoskeleton
4. Terrestrial or aquatic.
Into which phylum would you place the sea squirt?
1. Coelenterata
2. Mollusca
3. Porifera
4. Chordata
Hirudo gets rid of nitrogenous wastes through structures called
1. tracheoles.
2. malpighian tubules.
3. nephridia.
4. nephron.

S.6 BiologyTest 1 2015

s6biologytest1 Feb 2015