BIOLOGY PRE-TEST EXAMINATION 2026
DIAGNOSTIC AND READINESS ASSESSMENT IN GENERAL BIOLOGY: CELL BIOLOGY
• GENETICS • EVOLUTION • ECOLOGY • HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
CORE BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE PRIOR TO FORMAL BIOLOGY STUDIES
SPRING SEMESTER EXAMINATION [2025/2026]
What will most likely be the result if all the mitochondria are removed from a plant cell?
A. It will be unable to carry out respiration
B. It will lose water through osmosis
C. It will break down the ribosomes in the cell
D. It will be unable to photosynthesize
It will be unable to carry out respiration
What process best explains how a nerve cell and a muscle cell can both develop from the same
fertilized egg?
A. Differentiation
B. Natural selection
C. Selective Breeding
D. Genetic engineering
Differentiation
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,During Strenuous exercise, body temperature increases. The body responds to the increase in
temperatures by sweating, which helps to reduce body temperature. Which is demonstrated in
this situation?
A. Excretion
B. Metabolism
C. Homeostasis
D. Synthesis
Homeostasis
Before mitosis begins, which happens before the nucleus starts dividing?
A. The cytoplasm separates
B. The DNA replicates
C. The sister chromatids separate
D. The homologous chromosomes cross over
The DNA replicates
What is the function of autotrophs in the carbon cycle?
A. to use oxygen to produce glucose
B. to take in excess water
C. to use carbon dioxide to produce glucose
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, D. to feed on herbivores
To use carbon dioxide to produce glucose
Two different populations of birds live in the same area and eat the same types of food. Which
most likely describes the relationship between these two populations of birds?
A. competition
B. mutualism
C. parasitism
D. predator-prey
Competition
What will most likely happen if the human population continues to grow at current rates?
A . There will be fewer natural resources available for future generations.
B. There will be an increase in nitrogen levels in the atmosphere.
C. There will be a decrease in water pollution.
D. There will be an increase in the number of strong hurricanes.
There will be fewer natural resources available for future generations.
A strand of DNA has these bases:
AGC CAT GTA TAC
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DIAGNOSTIC AND READINESS ASSESSMENT IN GENERAL BIOLOGY: CELL BIOLOGY
• GENETICS • EVOLUTION • ECOLOGY • HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
CORE BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE PRIOR TO FORMAL BIOLOGY STUDIES
SPRING SEMESTER EXAMINATION [2025/2026]
What will most likely be the result if all the mitochondria are removed from a plant cell?
A. It will be unable to carry out respiration
B. It will lose water through osmosis
C. It will break down the ribosomes in the cell
D. It will be unable to photosynthesize
It will be unable to carry out respiration
What process best explains how a nerve cell and a muscle cell can both develop from the same
fertilized egg?
A. Differentiation
B. Natural selection
C. Selective Breeding
D. Genetic engineering
Differentiation
1|Page
,During Strenuous exercise, body temperature increases. The body responds to the increase in
temperatures by sweating, which helps to reduce body temperature. Which is demonstrated in
this situation?
A. Excretion
B. Metabolism
C. Homeostasis
D. Synthesis
Homeostasis
Before mitosis begins, which happens before the nucleus starts dividing?
A. The cytoplasm separates
B. The DNA replicates
C. The sister chromatids separate
D. The homologous chromosomes cross over
The DNA replicates
What is the function of autotrophs in the carbon cycle?
A. to use oxygen to produce glucose
B. to take in excess water
C. to use carbon dioxide to produce glucose
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, D. to feed on herbivores
To use carbon dioxide to produce glucose
Two different populations of birds live in the same area and eat the same types of food. Which
most likely describes the relationship between these two populations of birds?
A. competition
B. mutualism
C. parasitism
D. predator-prey
Competition
What will most likely happen if the human population continues to grow at current rates?
A . There will be fewer natural resources available for future generations.
B. There will be an increase in nitrogen levels in the atmosphere.
C. There will be a decrease in water pollution.
D. There will be an increase in the number of strong hurricanes.
There will be fewer natural resources available for future generations.
A strand of DNA has these bases:
AGC CAT GTA TAC
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