Biology for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is the main job of the Golgi apparatus?

  1. AModifying and packaging proteins
  2. BCopying DNA before the cell divides
  3. CProducing ATP by cellular respiration
  4. DControlling which genes are switched on
2.Easy

Which base is found in RNA but not in DNA?

  1. AGuanine
  2. BAdenine
  3. CThymine
  4. DUracil
3.Easy

How many millilitres are in one litre?

  1. A1000
  2. B100
  3. C10
  4. D10 000
4.Medium

Why is red-green colour blindness more common in males than in females?

  1. AFemales cannot inherit the allele from their fathers
  2. BThe allele is carried on the Y chromosome
  3. CThe allele is dominant in males and recessive in females
  4. DMales have one X chromosome, so one allele is enough
5.Medium

During which division of meiosis do homologous chromosomes separate?

  1. ANeither, because they separate in mitosis
  2. BBoth meiosis I and meiosis II
  3. CMeiosis I
  4. DMeiosis II
6.Medium

Two heterozygous parents (Aa × Aa) are crossed. What is the expected genotype ratio?

  1. A2 AA : 1 Aa : 1 aa
  2. B1 AA : 1 aa
  3. C1 AA : 2 Aa : 1 aa
  4. D3 AA : 1 aa
7.Hard

Two plants are crossed, and about half of the offspring show the dominant trait and half show the recessive trait. What are the most likely genotypes of the parents?

  1. AHomozygous dominant × homozygous recessive
  2. BHeterozygous × heterozygous
  3. CHeterozygous × homozygous recessive
  4. DHomozygous dominant × heterozygous
8.Hard

In an onion root tip, 90 of 100 cells are in interphase and 10 are in mitosis. If the whole cell cycle takes 20 hours, about how long does mitosis last?

  1. A2 hours
  2. B18 hours
  3. C10 hours
  4. D0.5 hours

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Modifying and packaging proteins
  2. 2. D · Uracil
  3. 3. A · 1000
  4. 4. D · Males have one X chromosome, so one allele is enough
  5. 5. C · Meiosis I
  6. 6. C · 1 AA : 2 Aa : 1 aa
  7. 7. C · Heterozygous × homozygous recessive
  8. 8. A · 2 hours

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