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Biol 212 Exam 3 Practice Exam

Choose the best answer for each question.

  1. Technique utilizing fluorescent cDNA to index gene activity
  2. Polymerase Chain Reaction
  3. Microarray
  4. Southern Blot
  5. Gene therapy
  6. Shotgun Mapping
  7. Which of these is unrelated to the others?
  8. endonuclease
  9. sticky ends
  10. Type II restriction Enzymes
  11. Hydrogen bonding between purines and pyrimidines
  12. Producing recombinant DNA
  13. Which of these cells is/are dead at maturity?
  14. Sieve tube members
  15. Vessel elements
  16. Tracheids
  17. B and C
  18. All of the above
  19. Which of the following types of cells is not part of ground tissue?
  20. Parenchyma
  21. Mesophyll
  22. Tracheid
  23. Meristem
  24. cortex
  25. Which is the correct order of dicot layers going from the inside out?
  26. Pith>primary xylem>secondary xylem>vascular cambium>secondary phloem>primary phloem>cortex>periderm
  27. Pith>periderm>primary xylem>secondary xylem>vascular cambium>primary phloem>secondary phloem>cortex
  28. Pith>sapwood>heartwood>vascular cambium>cortex>periderm
  29. Cortex>Phloem>vascular cambium>Sapwood>Heartwood>Pith
  30. Pith>primary xylem>secondary xylem>vascular cambium>primary phloem>secondary phloem>cortex>periderm
  31. Primary target cells for gene therapy
  32. Initial
  33. Totipotent
  34. Derivative
  35. Pluripotent
  36. daughter
  37. Roundup
  38. Causes plants to synthesize aromatic amino acids which then kills the plant
  39. Blocks insect ion pump needed for digestion
  40. Enables plants to resist herbicides
  41. Breaks down type II restriction enzymes so plant can’t defend against viral DNA
  42. Blocks EPSP synthase
  43. DNA fingerprinting
  44. Use an electric current
  45. Identify bands of repetitive DNA
  46. Tags genes with fluorescent dye
  47. A and B
  48. All of the Above
  49. Which of the following is not characteristic of a monocot?
  50. Fibrous roots
  51. Parallel veins
  52. Ring-shaped distribution of vascular bundles
  53. One cotyledon
  54. Flowers in multiples of threes
  55. Which of the following transports water in a tree three years old?
  56. Sapwood
  57. Only the outermost ring of xylem
  58. Only the innermost ring of phloem
  59. Heartwood
  60. Only the innermost ring of xylem
  61. Which hormone is correctly paired with its function?
  62. Auxin-promotes lateral growth
  63. Brassinosteroids-promotes root growth
  64. Cytokinins- promotes apical dominance
  65. Ethylene- promotes leaf abscission
  66. Gibberellins- promotes seed dormancy
  67. What does NOT happen to promote seed germination?
  68. Release of gibberellins
  69. Dilution of abscisic acid
  70. Phytochrome binding of red light
  71. Synthesis and release of alpha-amalase
  72. Phytochrome binding of far red light
  73. The casperian strip of the endodermis
  74. Allows easy transport into the vascular bundles using the apoplastic route
  75. allows a mutualistic relationship between the plant and endomycorhizae
  76. barrier regulating transport of water and sugar into and out of the vascular bundles
  77. only allows water and minerals into and out of the vascular bundles
  78. only allows water and minerals into the vascular bundles using the symplastic route
  79. The germinating root is called the
  80. Epicotyl
  81. Radicle
  82. Cotyledon
  83. Coleoptile
  84. Micropile
  85. Adding solutes to a solution
  86. Increases the solute potential
  87. Will cause water to flow into a cell
  88. Decreases solute potential
  89. A and B
  90. B and C
  91. Plants reproduce by
  92. Apomixes
  93. Clones
  94. Fragmentation
  95. A and C
  96. All of the above
  97. Germination without light will cause
  98. Etoliation
  99. De-etoliation
  100. Phototropism
  101. Triple Response
  102. thigmotropism
  103. Flowering is cued by
  104. Exposure to red light
  105. Exposure to far red light
  106. Photoperiod
  107. Daylength
  108. Phytochrome activation
  109. Plants detect gravity by
  110. Thigmotropism
  111. Secondary compounds
  112. radicle
  113. coleoptile
  114. Staoliths
  115. Plant sexual reproduction does NOT involve
  116. Pollen tube growth through the micropyle
  117. 2 sperm nuclei fuse with egg and endosperm
  118. Triploid endosperm formation
  119. A and C
  120. None of the above; all occur for plant sexual reproduction