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FORM TP 2006047 MAY/Jl1NE2006

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
•• BIOLOGY

Paper 01-General Proficiency

75 minutes

( 08 JUNE 2006 (a.m.) )

READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY

I. In addition to this test bookie!, you should have an answer sheet.

2. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are
about to answer and decide which choice is best.

3. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having
the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sampleltem

Which of the following diseases is due to

a dietary deficiency? Sample Answer
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(A) Anaemia
(B) Diabetes
(C) Influenza

4.
(D) Malaria

The best answer to this item is "Anaemia", so answer space (A) has been blackened.

lfyou want to change your answer, be sure to erase your old answer completely and fill in yournew
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choice.

5. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If you
cannot answer an item, omit it and go on to the next one. You can return to the omitted item later.
Your score will be the total number of correct answers.

6. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.

7. This test consists of60 items. You will have 75 minutes to answer them.

8. Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there are items in
this test.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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Items 1- 2 refer to the following food web Item 4 refers to the following food web.
which was observed in a small terrestrial
habitat.

(Dog Bird

I
Rabbit

\ Green plant I/
Beetle Level 2

Level 1
Aphid

Leaves
Butterfly

Flowers
Grasshopper

Stems
1. Which ofthe following pairsoforganisms is
classified as carnivores?

(A) Bird, caterpillar 4. Which level of the web will contain the
(B) Dog, rabbit largest energy reserve?
(C) Beetle, caterpillar
(D) Bird, dog (A)
(B) 2
(C) 3
2. Which of the following pairs of organisms (D) 4
is at the same trophic level?

(A) Beetle, caterpillar

(B) Dog, beetle
(C) Bird, rabbit
(D) Dog, rabbit

3. The relationship between which of the

following provides an example of
mutual ism?

(A) Man and mosquito

(B) Hen and chick
(C) Dog and flea
(D) Cattle and egret

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.ltl:rrl.S_refers to the following diagram ~fthe nitrogen cycle.

N 2 gas

Nitrates in soil I Animal tissues

Plant tissues

5. Which of the following groups of bacteria will be active at L?

(A) Dentrifying
(8) Nitrifying
(C) Nitrogen fixing
(D) Putrefying

6. If all the trees in a large area of forest were 7. In multicellular organisms, cells become
destroyed by disease, what would be the different from one another in order to carry
MOST likely effect on the composition of out particular functions. This is called
the air in the long term?
(A) adaptation
(A) The level of carbon dioxide would (8) selection
decrease. (C) specialization
(8) The level of carbon dioxide would (D) evolution
increase.
(C) ·.There would be no change in the
composition of the air.
(D) There would be more oxygen.

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Item 8 refers to the following diagrams which 12. One of the problems with nutrition for a
illustratetheresultofan investigation. vegetarian is that

(A) fats and oils are not produced by

plants
Drop of
dye
......." Distilled
water
• • (B) large quantities of food are needed
to supply essential amino acids
(C) vitamins produced by plants are of
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Start of
inferior quality
One hour
experiment later
(D) large quantities of food are needed
to supply essential mineral
nutrients

8. The process demonstrated in the diagrams

above is responsible for 13. The following diagrams are being used to
demonstrate the action of a model of the
(A) minerals entering root cells human breathing system.
(B) water entering root cells
(C) carbon dioxide entering leaf cells Which diagram correctly indicates what
(D) starch entering phloem cells happens during exhalation?

Items 9-10 refer to the following enzymes

found in the human digestive system (A)

(A) Amylase
(B) Pepsin
(C) Lipase
(D) Trypsin

9. Which enzyme would work best in an acid

(B)
pH?

10. Which enzyme is concerned with the break-

down of fat?

11. A food sample is boiled with dilute hydrochloric (C)

acid and neutralized. When tested with
Benedict's solution, (or Fehling's),an orange
red colour is produced. This indicates that the
foodcontaines

(A) fats
(B} protein
(C) amino acids (D)
(D) nonreducing sugar

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14. The alveoli of the lungs ofa mammal 18. _Whichofthefollowingcomparisonsbetween

arteries and veins is NOT correct?
(A) keep the lungs filled to capacity
continuously Arteries Veins
(B) serve to increase the absorptive
surface of the lungs (A) Have thick Have thin walls
(C) are filled with oxygen to keep the muscular walls
lungs in an expanded state (B) Blood flows Blood flows
(D) prevent the iungs from collapsing in pulses smoothly
(C) Valves present Valves absent
(D) Blood low in Blood high in
15. Which of the following BEST account for carbon dioxide carbon dioxide
the fact that one usually gets tired during
heavy exercise? 19. Which of the following sequences
represents the route along which the blood
I. Energy is not easily liberated from flows after leaving the liver?
mitochondria during heavy
exercise. (A) Liver ~ heart ~ lungs ~ body
11. .Oxygen cannot reach the muscle cells~ heart
mitochondria fast enough. (B) Liver~ heart~ lungs~ heart~
III. The level oflactic acid in the tissue body cells
is lowered. (C) Liver ~ heart ~ body cells ~
IV. The level oflacticacid in the tissue lungs ~ heart
is increased. (D) Liver~heart~ body cells

(A) I and II only

(B) I and III only Item 20 refers to the following diagram of
(C) II and III only an insect feeding on a plant.
(0) II and IV only

16. Plants give off oxygen in the day because

(A) respiration does not take place

(B) respiration takes place faster than
photosynthesis
(C) photosynthesis takes place faster
than respiration
(D) transpiration takes place

17. The common form in which carbohydrate

is transported in the blood is as 20. The insect MOST likely obtains its nutrients
from the
(A) glucose
(B) lactose (A) cambium
(C) maltose (8) epidermis
(D) sucrose (C) phloem
(D) xylem

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21. Which of the following cell structures 24. . Which of the following statements about
would be found only in a plant cell? excretory products in pla~ts are correct?

I. Cell wall I. They are stored in leaves and bark.

1I. Vacuole II. They are converted into insoluble
Ill. Chloroplast crystals and tannins.
IV. Endoplasmic reticulum III. They are removed during
transpiration.
(A) I only IV. They result in the formation of
(B) I and III only storage organs.
(C) II and IV only
(D) I, II and Ill only (A) I and II only
(B) I and IV only
(C) II and III·only
22. Which ofthe following are likely effects of (D) II and JV only
cig,arette smoking?
25. The ureter carries urine from the
I. Lung cancer
I I. Inhibition of gaseous exchange (A) nephron to the collecting tu bu le
II I. Addiction (B) collectingtubuletothepelvis
IV. Hallucination (C) kidney to the bladder
(D) bladderoutofthe body
(A) I and II only
(B) I, II and Ill only 26. While the filtrate passes through the kidney
(C) II, III and IV only tubule, most of the water moves back into
(D) I, II, III and IV the blood stream. This makes the filtrate

(A) more dilute

Item 23 refers to the diagram below which (B) darker
shows the glucose - glycogen balance in (C) more concentrated
humans. (D) paler in colour

(C) Item 27 relates to the following diagram of

~ Carbon dioxide a bone.
Glucose ~ / a n d water
(A) t' /(B) Py_ruvic

Liver
t /
acid - - - - -...
+ Lactic acid
glycogen~
(D)

23. Where in the cycle would the hormone

insulin be needed?
27. The function ofthe projections at l is for

(A) attachment of muscles

(B) giving the bone shape
(C) formation of blood
(D) secretion of synovial fluid

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Item 28 refers to the following diagrams which show test tubes set up in a respiration experiment.

Soda lime • absorbs

Woodlice
carbon dioxide

II
(;i(:\:@ ~~
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(-~~ ~~
Moist cotton wool Small green plant
wrapped around base of plant

III

A drop of dark blue ink is put into the opening of each capillary tube. Its movement along the tube
indicates oxygen uptake in respiration.

28. In which tubes will the ink drops move?

(A) I, II and III only

(B) I, II and IV only
(C) I, III and IV only
(D) II, III and IV only

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29. Which type ofjoints is found attheelbow? 33. · In which of the follewing regions in a
young root will auxins haye their greatest
(A) Gliding effect?
(B) Ball and socket
(C) Pivot (A) Root cap
(0) Hinge (B) Zoneofelongation
(C) Meri stem
(D) Zone of differentiation
Item 30 refers to the following diagram ofthe
brain.
34. Which ofthe following is NOT a function of
bones?

(A) Produce red blood cells

(B) Support the body
,~f:<:s,~-(B) (C) Act as lever systems in the body
l;:-..::.._f-e:Sl.Y-- (C) (D) Produce sodium ions
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Item 35 is based on the graph below which

shows the height of some students in a class.

30. Which part of the brain, when affected, Number

causes a drunken man to fall into a drain? of
students

31. If an object is thrown towards you, your

eyes blink. The receptors and effectors for
this reflex action are the

(A) retina and the eyelid muscles

(B) retina and the ciliary muscles (A) (B) (C) (D)
(C) pupil and the eyelid muscles
(D) pupil and the ciliary muscles Height

35. Which labelled portion ofthe graph represents

32. Which oneofthe following is NOT involved the unusually short students?
in the reflex action ofthe body known as the
knee-jerk reflex?
36. In addition to energy, which ofthe following
(A) Spinal cord are products ofaerobic respiration?
(B) Motor neuron
(C) Sensory neuron (A) Carbon dioxide and water
(D) Brain (B) Carbon -dioxide and ethanol
(C) Oxygen and glucose
(D) Oxygen and water

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37. Which ofthe following are good reasons for . Item 39 refers to the following diagram
advising gardeners to use asexual ratherthan which shows the location of some major
sexual methods to reproduce plants? endocrine glands in humans.
They can obtain

I. many new plants in a short time

11. a wide variety ofthe offspring
Ill. new plants which are identical to one
another
IV. many plants with desirable features

(A) land ll only

(B) II a,nd lII only
(C) I, lll and IV only
(D) l, II, lll and IV

38. Which of the following are necessary for

germination to take place?

I. Air
I I.
II I.
Food supply
Light
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IV. Moisture

(A) I and II only

(B) III and IV only
(C) I, II and IV only
(D) II, lII and IV only

39. The secretion from which of these glands

would be associated with preparation of
the body for rapid escape from danger?

40. During pregnancy, the developing foetus

receives from its mother protection against
infections, a perfectly balanced diet, warmth
and oxygen. Which oneofthese can a mother
no longer provide for her new-born infant?

(A) Oxygen
(B) Food
(C) Antibodies
(D) Warmth

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41. Which ofthe fol lowing statements confirms 45. .In a particular plant, red and white flower-
that the coconut is a fruit? colour show co-domina.nce. If two
heterozygous (pink) flowers are crossed,
(AJ It can be eaten. the expected phenotypic ratio of the
(BJ It is dispersed by water. offspring is
(CJ It has a plumule and a radicle.
(DJ It has a three layered pericarp. (A) all pink
(B) I red: I white
(CJ 3 red: I white
42. As a resu ltof mitosis, each daughter cell has (D) I red: 2 pink: I white

(AJ half the number of chromosomes

as the parent 46. Which of the following is an example of
(B) the same number of chromosomes continuous variatiOn in humans?
as the parent
(C) twice the number of chromosomes (A) Sex/gender
as the parent (B) Tongue rolling
(D) a variable numberofchromosomes (CJ Blood groups
(D) Adult heights

43. Which ofthe following may give rise to new

plant varieties? 47. Natural selection differs from artificial
selection because
I. Mutations
II. Mitosis (A) the environment determines the
II I. Breeding individual with the beneficial trait
(B) the environment determines the
(A) l only beneficial characteristics
(BJ II only {C) it is a slower process
(CJ I and Ill only (D) it involves non-random mating
(DJ II and Ill only

48. Natural selection can be defined as the

44. Which ofthe fo Ilowing is true about dominant process by which natural populations
allelles? They
(A) compete with other populations for
(A) do not undergo mutation survival
(B) have more of a chance of survival (B) mutate in order to survive
than recessive genes (CJ remain well adapted to their habitat
(C) are responsible for male (D) gradually bring about changes in
characteristics their habitat
(D) give the same phenotype in
heterozygous and homozygous
individuals

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ltems49-50referto an organism which has 54. Immunization is MOST effective in

24 chromosomes in its hair cells. controlling the spread of a communicable
disease if
49. The number of chromosomes in its skin
cells is (A) a vaccine is administered to an
uninfected individual
(A) 6 (B) serum is administered to an
(B) 12 uninfected individual
(C) 18 (C) a vaccine is administered to an
(D) 24 infected individual
(D) serum is administered to an infected
individual
50. The number of chromosomes in its sperm
cells is ltems55-56 refer to the information below.

(A) 6 A student found on the school's playing field

(B)· 12 a rotting log on which she could identify
(C) 18 woodlice, ants and mushrooms. She made the
(D) 24 following list.

I. Rotting log
51. At which stage in the life-history of the 11. Ants
mosquito is control easiest? Ill. Woodlice
IV. Mushrooms
(A) Egg V. Playing field
(8) Larva
(C) Pupa 55. The community consists of
(D) Imago
(A) I and Vonly
"(B) II and III only
52. Which ofthe following diseases is caused by (C) I, III and IV only
the malfunctioning ofthe pancreas? (D) II, III and IV only

(A) Anaemia
(B) Diabetes 56. Whichofthefollowingdidthestudentobserve?
(C) Malaria
(D) Haemophilia (A) A population of woodlice in the
playing field environment
(B) A population of woodlice in the
53. Which of the following is true ofantigens? playing field habitat
(C) A community of woodlice in the
(A) They are produced by white blood playing field habitat
cells. (D) A community of woodlice in the
(B) They cause the production of playing field environment
antibodies.
(C) They get rid of antibodies.
(D) They are used to treat diseases.

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57·. While ·studying the feeding relationships 59. Which of the follo\\ing are reasons to
oforganisrns in the backyard of the school, return glass bottles 0
students carried out the following activities.
I. Glass is a non-renewable resource.
I. Collected one specimen only on [I. Recycling glass !0wers production
each species for further cost.
observation. III. Raw materials are renewable
II. Returned all organisms, ali\·e, to resources.
the backyard. IV. The energy used in bottle making
!II. IVioved the rocks and logs and is non-polluting.
placed them in one heap.
(A) I and II only
Which of these activities represent good (B) landlVonly
.· . ecological practice? (C} II and Ill only
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• ·(D)" ,··Ill and IVonly·-·~...,. ···-"····· ..
(A) I and II only
(B) I and Ill only
(C) 11 and Ill only 60. Which of the following is NOT an air
(D) I, II and Ill pollutant0

(A) Carbon dioxide

58. What would be the BEST method of (B) Lead
investigating the range oforganisms found (C) Sulphurdioxide
between the low tide mark and the high (D) · Nitrogen
tide mark on a sloping, rocky sea shore?

(A) Using a line transect

(B) Collecting as many species as possible
(C) Using large quad rats
(D) Taking a complete census ofthe area

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