Description and Sample Questions for UT Austin Test for Credit in Biology 311D

Biology 311D. Introductory Biology: Evolution, Physicology & Ecology including population genetics, Mendelian genetics, speciation, evolutionary adaptations, phylogenetics; population ecology; ecology of communities and ecosystems; structure, transport, growth & reproduction in vascular plants; body organization, integration, and regulation in animals, major organ systems in animals.

SUGGESTED TEXTBOOK FOR THE BIOLOGY TEST

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

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

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

311D-1. Which of the following is incorporated in the model of logistic population growth but NOT in the exponential population growth model?
(A) change in population size over time
(B) maximum sustainable population size
(C) population birth rate
(D) population death rate
(E) average age at beginning of reproduction

311D-2. Which of the following is the best example of competitive exclusion?
(A) two fish species cannot live in the same habitat
(B) an introduced plant species will exclude a similar native species
(C) two parasite species cannot occupy the same host
(D) two bird species in the same forest cannot use the same set of resources
(E) territorial individuals will exclude others of the same species

311D-3. Addition of detergents containing phosphates can disturb aquatic ecosystems because the phosphates
(A) kill bacateria
(B) poison fish
(C) stimulate algae growth
(D) fertilize crop plants.
(E) form deposits in rock

311D-4. A genetic defect prevents guard cells from closing stomata in the leaves of a plant. This plant will most likely have excessive _______.

(A) CO2 in its leaves
(B) O2 in its leaves
(C) nitgogen fixation
(D) insect infestation
(E) loss of water

311D-5. In a nephron of the human kidney, under normal conditions, urea can leave the __________ and enter the _____________.
(A) collecting duct/descending loop of Henle
(B) collecting duct/ascending loop of Henle
(C) ascending loop of Henle/descending loop of Henle
(D) ascending loop of Henle/collecting duct
(E) descending loop of Henle/collecting duct

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

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