Biology for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

An organism has the genotype Bb. How is it described?

  1. AHeterozygous
  2. BHomozygous dominant
  3. CHaploid
  4. DHomozygous recessive
2.Easy

What is cytokinesis?

  1. AThe condensing of chromosomes in prophase
  2. BThe division of the cytoplasm into two cells
  3. CThe pairing of homologous chromosomes
  4. DThe copying of DNA before division
3.Easy

Which pigment absorbs light energy for photosynthesis?

  1. AMelanin
  2. BKeratin
  3. CHaemoglobin
  4. DChlorophyll
4.Medium

A person with blood type AB has both A and B antigens on the red cells. What kind of inheritance is this?

  1. ACodominance
  2. BIncomplete dominance
  3. CComplete dominance of A over B
  4. DSex-linked inheritance
5.Medium

Clostridium tetani grows in deep puncture wounds but is killed by oxygen. How is this bacterium described?

  1. AA photosynthetic bacterium
  2. BAn obligate anaerobe
  3. CAn obligate aerobe
  4. DA facultative anaerobe
6.Medium

What is an inversion mutation?

  1. AA whole extra chromosome is added to the cell
  2. BA segment of a chromosome is lost completely
  3. CA chromosome segment breaks off and is reattached the wrong way round
  4. DA segment of a chromosome moves to a different, non-matching chromosome
7.Hard

A cell is 0.00002 m wide. Which value is equal to this width?

  1. A20 µm
  2. B0.2 mm
  3. C2 µm
  4. D200 µm
8.Hard

Both parents have blood type O. Which blood type can their children have?

  1. AType AB only
  2. BOnly type O
  3. CAny of the four types
  4. DType A or type O

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Heterozygous
  2. 2. B · The division of the cytoplasm into two cells
  3. 3. D · Chlorophyll
  4. 4. A · Codominance
  5. 5. B · An obligate anaerobe
  6. 6. C · A chromosome segment breaks off and is reattached the wrong way round
  7. 7. A · 20 µm
  8. 8. B · Only type O

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