FORM TP 2014140} 6. Isbooklet with jo may result snot ign tow ante Yeo ar Faure to Be Irarngualication. _-_———— ane AMINATIONS COUNCIL Db PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION® rest cove O21 07010 MAY/UNE 2014 CARIBBEAN EX CARIBBEAN ADVANCE! BIOLOGY - UNIT 1 Paper 01 L hour 30 minutes READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. You will have | hour and 30 minutes to answer them This test consists of 45 items. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet, Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there items in thts tesl. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C),(D). Read euch ite 30 you are about to answer and decid: which choice is best. On vour answer sheet, find the nuniber which corresponds to your item and shade the atthe sample item below h Sample [em Which of the following metal atoins is present Sample Answer ina Averiaglohin malecute? tA) Caleium (8) jum ORG i B©0@ (D) so answer space (1D) has been shaded, The best vmipletely before you till in your new Talisiwers, You may do any rowyh ws HN LO sea Pt> Vhichof the following 46 NOF a polyme, 1. Whichinreourmitelowingcharscteriaics 2, Whichetike of water are 04 bigtogical sigmificare?’ i sere 1 Excellent solvent properties iO Th Relatively tugh heat cap: Ih Lower surface tension the: aiqueta we Density decreases below 4 °C ost (A) LMband tl ABT Nand IV (©) Landi (D) li itand tv 3.08 which or he following BEST represents the structure of @ triglycende” os] (B) CHOH CH.OK CHOW --9. -o gt) on Lon Yodo Y. + +—Y ou on on é o HYe- C00 AAA o i HC-0-E-R | 2 NC- C00 AA "e-O-c-a’ | oO |. 2 We-0-P-0 iC-0-¢-R" ZC 0-C-k ui° ~on \ 4.48) Which of the following bonds is formed between these two molecules during @ condensatics 1 reaction? (A) Ester BT Peptide: (C) Hydrogen | (D) — Glycosidie Item 5 refers to the following information, ‘A student crushes two foods, X and Y, and performs food tests on the extracts, The results ar shown in the table betow. Test ‘Observation Food X Food ¥ Benedict's toe ‘Orange precipitate Todine Bluc-black Blue-black Emulsion Cloudy Clear Biuret_ [Buc Purple 5. Which of the following combinations indicates which molecules may be present in the foods, and Y? y Food X Food ¥ [Ay [Fau, stareh, sucrose Protein, starch, sucrose (B) [Glucose, protein, stareh (| F. |, SUCrOSE (Cy 4 Fat, starch, sucrose Glucose, protein, starch Glucose, protein, starem refers to the following gag, | showing a chloroplast . Whichofthe following occurs in the tertiary structure but NOT in the primary structure of'a protein? Taste Which of the following is true about the thylakoid” (A) Iteansists of two membranes, (B) It manutactures enzymes for the process of photosynthesis Wis involved ia the hght-dependent reaction of photosynthesis, 5 Ss Itiginvolvedin the iwht-independent “arin action of photosynthests, ain reaction of photasy 9 Which of the Following is NOT likely gw be seen in an electron micrograph of 1 abu 8. (c) cell” What is the HIGHEST devel of protein (A) Tonoplast | structure exhibited by haemoglobin? (B) — Ribosome Oe Controle (D) Golgi apparatus | (A) Prim | (B) Secon (CL. Tertiary | Quaternary 10. Which structure is found BOTH @. | e prokaryotic und eikarwite call? | | (A) Ribosome {B)_ Chloropladt Mitschondrion (D) Nuclear membranerespectively. Each cylinder is weighed at halhourimervals forsixhours The graph below shows the results obtained Substrate £2) goucentration| \ r 1. The table Below shows th invotved in the movement ae meee 1 Whi graph showsthe changes in suDstre AF055 sell mene ne OF substances ee eeroet during the course of af Blisvingecne fhach oF the cenayme-catalysed reaction? preetinecortsstysimtes whethertnethece | Processes shown are ative oF passive in | ogee | [7 TW ithsion endocytosis (AsT active lAstive \ ive [Passive TiPassive PAcune | Passive ™ (Df Passive | Passive [Passive | Substrate \ ® concentration | 12, Foureytinders of equal mass are cut from 4 single potato One cylindsr is piaced in | Gistelled water and the others in 02M, | 0.4 M and 0.8 M sucrose solution, ma eT Which curve MOST likely represents the 0.4 M sucrose solatian? ‘Substrate concentrating} aw uw (eo ° ~) 4 : | NK | |14, (A) (BD (C) rem LS refers to the graph below oy, the rates of reaction of @7 SMZyTae with a Whiehofthe following graphsBEST shows the effect of pH om the ceaction velocity of eee “en = Maximnur rate of \ enzymescatalysed reaction \ Reaction x velocity ‘ Y pH 2 : z Reaction i velocity 3 pa high low - Substrate concentration Reaction, velocity 15. Which of the following desvribes the reaction represented by the curves, X,Y and Z? pH Reaction with | Reaction with | Reaction with No tanibitor | a Competicive enpetver Innibiror Reacting velocits pHis, 17, a a0 amino ged ——— tem 17 reter HRMLT relers tothe following process of ranscription occurring in a cell nucteus, & Nuctea membran \— Newly formed messenger RNA (mRNA) Double helix unwinds — 27 ‘The base sequence of the codon labelled X is (Aa) GAG (8) GCG (Cy, GGG BY ccc jtem 18refessto the foltowing process of translation o¢curTingate ribosome jn cell that synthesises enzymes. Growing protein Thestructure. P MOST lnkely represents tAn a protean (By anbesome (Cr, prvelectide29. to the graph below wy “ tem 21 refers to the huey, tem 19 refers to the Following drawings represents the relative amounts of DX iustracing foar stages in mitosis. pernustens daring many cell divisions ip an animal cell. & a | B f | Naclear g2 | \ develope SE ans a | \ ' EE an Chron) R oceurring at A and B’ Homologous —| Eeaaeins x B (Bj |Fetilization _[Cyakinesis 48) [DNA synthesis |Terailization 40) [Feriization [DNA synthesis Sepsiaten (ce 19. Thecorrect order of these mitotic stages is AT 13.24 (B) 14.2.3 (C) Nua? (2) 4231 Which of the following is NOT true of homologous chromosomes? (A) They are the same length. LBL They contig the same alleles % (C) They contuin the same number eff genes. | (D)— Exchromana and heterochromatin bands are the same.24 822-23 ref, ; 22: fer to the following Apariculard an! reed ofdornesti i Mestic cats can hav tHiher black, white or brown tureolou yh H dominant allete, B, of fsblack . B, of one gene gives bla fur and the recessive allele b, 0 ied a by gives brown Many of the shite cats cary @ dominant atlele, B ofa secand gene which inhibitsall pigment production. The recessive allele, P, has no ¢ffect on the colour of he fur. The two different genes are not linked nor ace they on the X chromosome. This type of gene interaction is described as (A) epistasis (B) — sex-linkage (C)_ codominance dominanvrecessive a Which ofthe fotlowing pairs of geaotypes would BOTH produce cats with white fur? BbPP, boPP (By BBPP, Bbpp (C) _bbPp. BBpp (D) — bepp. Bbpp Environmental tactorsthatkeep populations in check are called selection pressures Woich of the following i LEAST bkely 1» exarnple of selection pressure? ww be a (A) Disease (8) Predation “) Te te to. 25. Mutations may arixedueto non-cisunction ‘of chromosomes. Inwhichofthefollowing would such a mutation be transmitted to the offspring? Dunng the division of cells in the carnbiun 1 Duning the division of malignant cells in the skin During the development of the secondary oocyte #9 an animal After the fusion of a male aucleug with polar qucleus in a plant 4A) @) @) ‘A possible benefit of producing tracspenic plants is 26. PATH production of clones increased use of pestic des (By (C) improved human nutrition (D) determination of human genome30. In sickle-cell anaemia, the sickling cf reg blood ceils isa result of a mutation of a single base pair in the gene thac encodes for the alpha-globin polypeptide a single base pair in the gene thar f (8) tpeodes for the betaeglodin polypeptide (©) two base pairs in the gene that encodes for the alpha-globin polypeptide (D) two base pairs in the gene that encodes for the beta-globin polypeptide: is an experiment to use this plasmid as ee i insulin gene, for MAND of Se Doldowing reasons Would the 667 choose Bami | to cut this ems 31-32 refer to the following diagram showing the embryo sac of flowering plant. w (Dy In answering items 31-32, each labelled bart may be used once, more than once or stot at all. 28 ip addon to the human insulin gene, Owing would be required Which of the latelled structures 31. is the temale gamete’! x 33. Which ofthe folowing are formed dunng ‘the develo pment.of pollen graine? FH Woe nd low ihe MOST sugntig fe NN alopatie specrapioir? {A} Antipodals (3) Sycargds (C) Polar auctes APY Tube nets"1S Use_mechanisen nisms fertilization? 1A Divecious plants & Monoecious plants Plants with cleisto; gaMOUS lowers (©) Plants with hermaphroditic flowers 35. A hortiguituralist has bred a Hibiscus Variety which bears violet flowers. Which method of propagation would be MOST appropriate for rapid production of a large number of clonal plants? (A) Seed BR Cutting (Cy Fragmentanon (©) Tissue cutture 36. Which of the fo\lowing eceur in asexual reproduction ONLY? (A) Gametes are never involved and there is fusion of haploid nuclei. (B) Gametes are never involved and offspring are genetically different (C) _, Offepring are genetically the same and there is figsion of gametes. Offspring are genetically the same and gametes are almost never invotved. Jkem 37 refers to the folowing flow chart which shows the life cycle of « flowering plane. He Flowers Mater flowering pi is Ovaries Stamens Orvis robes ance ra 3 Embryosae Pollen mother mothe cell ells ts Matureembryo Pollen graios ‘Tube nucleus 8 anc Gonecative cell 2 Enabryoe— Ovum —2 mate gamete nuctet Seed scope — 37. Which of the following pairs correctly shows where meiosis takes place? “iY 2 and 3 (8) 4 and 5 (C), . 6 and? : ae 4 (D) 8 ando 38. Whichof the following istrueaboutdouble fertilization in flowenng plants? (A) Two sperm nuclei fuse with one egg cell (B) Two sperm nuclei fuse with (wo eug cells $2I™ One sperm nucleus fuses with on egg cell and » polar nucleus Two sperm nuclei fuse with an egg cell and polar nucle), respects ely (D)“(ae ihe levels of the Ovarian dl which shows the changes 17 # £ 49 voters to the fallowing diagram tee ch regulate the human mens! trual cycle. hormon | f™ Endometrial cycle Lf ms ot 4 891011121314 1516171819021 22 23 24 25 26.2728 39. Which of the following BEST describes the events highlighted by the arrows labelled X and ¥? rc x v oo casing levels of gestragen promote] Increasing levels of progesterone prepare thickeniag oF the endometrium the endometrium for implartation | ofa fertilized ovurn. | increasing fevels of LH promote thickening | A surge in RSH cancentation prepares ihe bf the endometrium endometnun for mplantaaon of [ a fertilize unum, Increasing levels uf progesterone rontete | A Surge fa LEL couccathaion proparce kenuniss oF (he emgourieti urn | endometnum for implantaDon ofa | i | _ Ferteltzed ovurn '(B) teresting levels of FSH rromota-thickening ‘Increasing levats *foestregen prepare the } | of the endometium. | tndomedium for mplartadon ofa L | ____ferttived ovur-14. 0 reters to the following diggram a2 showing the Key stages of oogetete Human spermatozoa have to spend several ‘hours inthe female genital tract before they can ferilize an oocyte During this time, they are activated in a process called “tA —copacitation (8) ejiculation | (©) conception ) copulation Legs 43 refers to the following diagram which shows a transverse section through the middle piece of a spermatozoon Corpas tetewe 40. Which of the following shows the correct number of chromosomes for Stages 1, U and 1V? t iy Ww im a 2 43. The structure Iabelled His MOST likely [3 [20 aha (cy 2n 2a a fag a nucleus: Dts ah Bn (B) — anacrosome | : = = (Cy amicroubule 4 The hormone that stimulates (Dy wmutochondrion, 4 spermatogenesis in thesemaniferoustubules, (Ay intra (8) lestosterone (C)— lutenmsany hormone (Oy tollicle-stemutatiny hormone, |} Marernai Sood) space j ” Be as ser itn cmap }Rx oe i v4 i L Wham “ § ephisns iy Goieect for two Visible differences between the maternal red: ed hood cet! Maternal Red Blood Cell | Foetal Reif Biood Cet os enictoned by capillary ages, enclosed by capillary as END OF TEST IF VOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED. CHECK YOUR WORK ON THUS TEST.