Subject Matter and Sample Questions for UT Austin Test for Credit in Biology BIO 311C At UT Austin

Biology 311C. Introductory Biology: Cell & Molecular, including molecules and chemical bonds; prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell ctructure; membrane structure, function, transport; cell signaling systems; metabolism, cellular respiration and photosynthesis; DNA structure, replication, transcription, translation, mutation; control of gene expression.

SUGGESTED TEXTBOOK FOR THE BIOLOGY TEST

The UT Austin Tests for Credit in Biology are not based on a specific textbook. The most common texts currently used for BIO 311C, 311D at UT Austin is:

- Campbell and Reece. Biology, 7th ed. (Benjamin/Cummings, 2005)

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

The following are examples of the questions that may be used in the examination. Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case. There are five sample questions for each course.

311C-1. In one complete turn of the Krebs cycle, what is the maximum number of ATP molecules that can be produced in the Krebs cycle itself?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

311C-2. Which of the following do chloroplasts and mitochondria NOT have in common?
(A) ATP synthase
(B) electons transport chain
(C) ATP
(D) NADH
(E) DNA

311C-3. Microfilaments are part of the structure of
(A) cilia
(B) mitotic spindles
(C) cell cleavage furrows
(D) flagella
(E) nuclear lamina

311C-4. The presence of an extra chromosome in a eukaryotic cell is most likely due to

(A) linkage
(B) fertilization
(C) transposition
(D) crossing-over
(E) non-disjunction

311C-5. Which of the following is a function of a signal peptide?

(A) to direct DNA polymerase to a site on DNA
(B) to direct RNA polymerase to a site on DNA
(C) to direct a ribosome to insert an RNA into the E.R.
(D) to direct a ribosome to insert a growing protein into the E.R.
(E) to terminate translation on an mRNA

ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. E
5. D

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR BIO 311D   

 

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