Zagreb MSE Entrance Exam Example – Biology

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The eukaryotic cell contains:

Ribosomes are:

found on the endoplasmic grid
assembled on the smooth endoplasmic reticulum
found in lysosomes
composed of micro and macro subunits
composed of large and small subunits

Transformation of the recipient bacterium occurs via:

transformation of the donor bacterium
RNA molecule passed through the pilus from the donor bacterium
DNA from the donor bacterium
bacteriophage
phage or bacteriophage

Erythrocytes put in the 0.1% NaCl will:

shrink
lyse
ccumulate NaCl from the solution
become spheric
keep their biconcave shape

Which among listed are viruses?

HIV and salmonella
HPV and streptococcus
polio and gonorrhoea
HPV and herpes
smallpox and vibrio

What is NOT built accordingly to the Singer Nicholson „fluid mosaic“ model:

vesicles
nuclear envelope
mitochondrial membrane
endosomes
viral capsid

Which human cell contains a diploid chromosome set?

Active part of the nucleus is:

Spermatozoon differentiates directly from the:

spermatogonium
spermatid
spermatocyte I
spermatocyte II
primordial germ cell

A 22XY zygote:

will develop into a monkey male
will develop into a mouse male
will develop into a human male
will develop into a rat male
all is true

Within the inner cell mass the _______ and _____ are the first to differentiate:

ectoderm, mesoderm
mesoderm, yolk sac
epiblast, hypoblast
placenta, epiblast
amnion, chorion

The ultrastructure of cells is best visualized by the _________ microscope:

transmission electron
polarization
fluorescent
light
phase-contrast

An ovum with an additional chromosome 21 and a haploid sperm will form a _________zygote.

Somatic cell nuclear transfer can be used for ______.

any cloning
cloning of prokaryotes
DNA cloning
mammalian cloning
cloning of viruses

How does Escherichia coli genomic DNA differ from an eukaryotic chromosome?

It has a single centromere.
It has telomeres.
It is circular.
It does not undergo supercoiling.
It is not double stranded.

Insulin is produced by:

transcription
translation
replication
transformation
transduction

What is NOT necessary in genetic engineering?

proteases
restriction endonucleases
restriction enzymes
ligases
DNA fragments

Single stranded DNA molecule "CCC CTG AAG AAG" is a template for synthesis of the second DNA strand:

UUU GAT TTC AAC
UUU GAC UUC AAC
GGG GAC TTC TTC
UUU GAG TTC TTC
TTT GAT TTC AAG

Autosomal-dominant trait for brachydactily (B) in humans will be inherited by 50% progeny of ________ parents.

The nucleus is found in all that is mentioned EXCEPT in the:

Which are the parents of D/D E/e children?

D/D x E/e
D/D E/E x D/d E/e
D/d E/e x d/d e/e
D/E x d/e
/d e/e x D/d e/e

Parental cross is:

If + denotes wild-type genes, test-cross is represented by:

Daltonism is inherited directly from the:

mother
mother or father
grandfather
grandmother
grandfather or grandmother

Suprarenal gland produces:

melatonine and glucocorticoids
androgens, glucocorticoids, and tyroxine
adrenaline and trijodothyronine
mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids
glucocorticoids and releasing hormones

What can be used to diagnose a genetic disorder?

G2 phase of the cell cycle is occuring:

in nondividing cells
in neurons
in proliferating cells
after the mitosis
after the meiosis

Which is the type of mutation?

transformation
transduction
conjugation
translocation
reverse transcription

Small intestine consists of:

appendix and colon
caecum, colon, and rectum
colon, rectum and appendix
duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
duodenum, colon and pylorus

The combination of three of the graphical deflections seen on a typical electrocardiogram is the _______ complex:

Which is a complementary base paring possible within the DNA molecules?

adenine with cytosine
adenine with uracil
thymine with cytosine
guanine with uracil
adenine with thymine

Parts of the kidney responsible for filtration of the plasma are the:

nephron tubules
systemic capillaries
glomeruli
Bowman's capsules
basement membranes and podocytes

Which vitamin deficiency causes beri-beri?

The part of the retina with the highest resolution is the:

retinal pigmented epithelium
optic nerve
fovea centralis
retinal ganglionic layer
photoreceptor section

Exocytosis is:

the internalization of extracellular liquids
the externalization of vesicle contents
the same as endocytosis
used by erithrocytes
used by eosinophyles to remove pathogenic bacteria

The number of mitochondria in a cell can vary widely by the cell type. In human cells no mitochondria are found in the ______ and more than 2000 may be found in the _____:

erythrocyte, spermatozoon
erythrocyte, liver cell
spermatozoon, liver cell
oocyte, heart muscle cell
leukocyte, liver cell

The cradle of humankind is:

Renewable energy flows involve all EXCEPT:

While living inside the uterus the baby is enclosed in:

placenta and yolk sac
amniotic sac and placenta
yolk sac
placenta
amniotic sac

Biomes include all mentioned EXCEPT:

tropical rainforest
temperate broadleaf and mixed forest
taiga
Arctic ocean
polar desert