Laguna University

Laguna Sports Complex, Bubukal, Sta. Cruz, Laguna

Prelim Examination in Science and Technology
2nd Semester A.Y. 2019

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DO NOT submit your answer sheet without complete answers.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the BEST letter of the correct answer. If there is no correct answer choose letter E. Write your answer
on the answer sheet
What is the basic and fundamental unit of life?
W. atoms Y. cell
R. macromolecules K. molecules
1. Which of the following is NOT a principle of the cell theory?
A. Cells are the basic units of life.
B. All living things are made of cells.
C. Very few cells are able to reproduce.
D. All cells are produced from existing cells.
2. Not all cells are alike. Which of the following is NOT a true
statement about differences between cells?
A. Cells come in many different shapes.
B. Different kinds of cells are different sizes.
C. Some cells have a nucleus, but others do not.
D. Most cells have a membrane, but some do not.
B. larger than those of multicellular organisms.
C. able to carry out all of the functions necessary for life.
D. unable to respond to changes in their environment.
10. You are told that the cells on a microscope slide are plant,
animal, or bacterial. You look at them through a
microscope and see cell walls and membrane-bound organelles.
You conclude that the cells
A. are plant cell C. could be either plant or bacterial.
B. are animal cells. D. could be plant, animal, or bacterial.
11. Organelles found outside a eukaryotic cell and usually
involved in movement of the cell.
A. cilia and flagella C. Cell walls and cytoplasm
B. Nucleus and nucleolus D. cytoplasm and endoplasm

3. Which of the following best describes the relationship between 12. How many chromosomes do humans have in each sex cell?
the nucleus and the cytoplasm? A. 46 C. 23
A. The cytoplasm is a fluid that fills the inside of the nucleus. B. 48 D. 22
B. The cytoplasm is an organelle that is usually found near the
13. Where does cellular respiration occur?
nucleus. A. mitochondria C. nucleus
C. The nucleus is an organelle that is surrounded by the B. chloroplast D. ribosome
cytoplasm.
D. The nucleus is a fluid and it mixes with the fluid cytoplasm. 14. The death of cells which occur as a normal and controlled
part of an organism's growth or development.
4. Which organelle breaks down organelles that are no longer A. metabolism C. division
useful? B. phagocytosis D. apoptosis
A. Golgi apparatus C. lysosome
15. He discovered that all plants were made of cells, which
B. endoplasmic reticulum D. mitochondrion
contributed to the development of the cell theory.
A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek C. Robert Hooke
5. Which of the following is a function of the cytoskeleton? B. Theodor Schwann D. Matthias Schleiden
A. helps a cell keep its shape
B. contains DNA 16. Who was the first person to see cells under the microscope
C. surrounds the cell and give them a name?
D. helps make proteins A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek C.Robert Hooke
B. Theodor Schwann D. Matthias Schleiden
6. The primary function of the cell wall is to…
17. Tiny structures that carry out cell functions are collectively
A. support and protect the cell.
called:
B. store DNA. A. animalcules C. organelles
C. direct the activities of the cell. B. tissues D. ribosomes
D .help the cell move.
18. Which of the following organelles provide support to the
7. Which organelles are involved in energy formation? cell?
A. cell wall, central vacuole, chloroplast
A. mitochondria and chloroplasts
B. vacuole, lysosome, nucleus
B. mitochondria and ribosomes C. ribosome, smooth er, rough er
C. smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum D. cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, cell membrane
D. Golgi apparatus and chloroplasts
19. An organelle responsible for protein synthesis.
8. Unlike the cell membrane, the cell wall is… A. ribosomes C. vesicle
A. found in all organisms. B. rough ER D. golgi body
B. composed of a lipid bilayer.
20. Which among following organism reproduce by means of
C. selectively permeable.
fragmentation and regeneration?
D. non-living layer A. starfish C salamander
B. snail D. bacteria
9. The cells of unicellular organisms are…
A. specialized to perform different tasks.
21. Which of the following is the correct order for decreasing C. ant looking for food
complexity? D. camouflage of chameleon
A. cells -> organ systems -> organs -> tissues
B. cells -> tissues -> organs -> organ systems
33. According to him a protocells is a large, organized structures,
C. organism -> organ systems -> tissues -> cells
D. organism -> cells -> organ systems -> organs surrounded by a membrane.
A. Sidney Fox C. Harold Urey
22. Living organisms are characterized by: B. Alexander Oparin D. Francesco Redi
A. adapting to the environment.
B. evolving over time. 34. All organisms store the complex information they need to
C. displaying homeostatic mechanisms. live, grow and reproduce and it is written in a molecule called…
D. all of the choices pertain to living organisms.
A. DNA C. ATP
23. All ecosystems taken together make up a B. Chromosome D. Genes
K. biosphere L. community
T. population D. habitat

24. Chemical reactions that occur within the body are best 35. In what kind of organelle the DNA located?
categorized by which characteristic of life? A. nucleus C. mitochondria
P. metabolism O. homeostasis
Q. evolution W. respond to stimuli B. ribosome D. all of the following except
letter B
25. Which product of technology is essential for the development
of the cell theory? 36. A type of cellular respiration where is only happen in sexually
P. telescopes O. antiseptics reproducing animals?
N. microwaves M. microscopes A. metabolism C. metaphase
B. meiosis D. mitosis
26. Which of the following statements about the nucleus is NOT
true? 37. What chemical release by the pancreas if the blood glucose
X. The nucleus stores the coded instructions for making the cell’s level is high?
proteins. A. glucagon C. insulin
G. The nucleus usually contains a nucleolus region which is B. catabolism D. anabolism
where ribosome assembly begins.
Y. The nucleus is the site of protein assembly. 38. ATP is the energy currency of our body.
L. The nucleus is surrounded by a nuclear envelope that lets A. yes, because every task are equivalent to ATP production
materials in and out. B. yes, because all of our activity uses energy
C. yes, because in order to survive we need to adapt
27.Mimosa pudica, locally known as makahiya is called as such D. yes, because it is a process breaking and forming energy
because its leaflets tend to close when touched. This organismal
response to a given stimuli is called: 39. He discovered boxlike structures in a cork and named them
K. hydrotropism A. thigmotropism cells.
V. geotropism X. phototropism A. Leeuwenhoek C. Schleiden
B. Hooke D. Virchow
28. Theory that proposes that materials from outer space may
have carried organic material to form the first organism?
40. The energy-rich molecules present in all living things used to
M. theory of panspermia
F. theory of evolution power its various life processes is called…
D. theory of acquired characteristics A. sugar C. DNA
T. theory of divine creation B. fats D. ATP

29. Which of the following groups of scientists provided 41. Which among the following is not a concept in the cell
experimental to the abiotic origin of life ? theory?
A. Cells come from pre-existing cells
1. Lamarck and Darwin
2. Miller and Urey B. Cells may come from non-living things
3. Oparin and Haldane C. All living things are made up of cells
4. Bonnet and Lamarck D. Cell are the basic unit of life

30. Which among the following is not a component of Earth’s 42. The best feature of eukaryotic cells is…
early atmosphere? A. large vacuole C. small nucleus
A. ammonia C. methane
B. Carbon dioxide D. H O vapor
2
B. membrane-bound nucleus D. thick cell membrane

31. The following is the composition of Earths early atmosphere 43. Plant cell are strong and can withstand pressure because it
EXCEPT contains…
A. H O vapour
2 C. methane A. peptidoglycan C. cellulose
B. carbon dioxide D. H gases
2
B. chitin D. ribosome

32. Which is the best example of biogenesis? 44. Cell that are capable of undergoing photosynthesis contain…
A. legumes response to stimuli A. rough ER C. centriole
B. birthing of leopard B. mitochondria D. chloroplast
 C. presence of centriole
45. Which life process enables organisms to react to changes in D. common example is bacteria
surroundings to survive?
A. adaptation C. stimulus 57. What is the top of biological organization?
B. metabolism D. reproduction A. atom C. biosphere
B. cell D. ecosystem
46. Which among the following does not show homeostasis?
A. body temperature in warm blooded animals 58. Division phospholipid layer that head contain glycerol and
B. pH of the blood phosphate therefore it attracts water.
C. hormonal imbalance A. hydrophilic C. hydrophobia
D. muscle contraction B. hydrophobic D. hydrophillia

47. How living organisms produce their own kind? 59. What is the unexpected product from the experiment of
A. by means of evolution Miller and Urrey?
B. through reproduction A. protocell C. cell
C. communication B. panspermia D. amino acid
D. adaptation
60. Organelles that usually noticeable in plant cell and
48. Metabolism is… characterize as storage of minerals, lipids, toxins and water.
A. the organism’s maintenance of its normal condition of their A. vesicles C. cytosol
internal body B. vacuoles D. cell membrane
B. a genetic material of all living things
C. normal phenomena to all living things especially to
heterotroph
D. the ability of organisms to break down food to supply them
with energy

49. How many energy form in a single cycle of cellular

respiration?
A. 38 C. 46
B. 40 D. 23

50. Sunflower is known because it does always face the sun. What
characteristic of life does the sunflower show?
A. living things respond to their environment
B. living things reproduce
C. living things evolve
D. living things accumulate energy

51. He stated that all animals are made up of cells

A. Hooke C. Schawnn
B. Schleiden D. Virchow

52. How many organ systems does the human have?

A. 10 C. 13
B. 11 D. 12

53. He popularized the term biogenesis as opposed to

spontaneous generation?
A. Pasteur C. Oparin
B. Redi D. Miller

54. This organ system is known as first protective layer or first

line of defence?
A. skeletal system C. endocrine system
B. excretory system D. integumentary system

55. Which is not living things?

A. peptidoglycan of bacterial cell
B. large vacuole of plant cell
C. centrioles of animal cell
D. flagella of sperm cell

56. The following is characteristics of prokaryotic cells EXCEPT

A. cells that lack a nucleus
B. no membrane-bound organelles