PCAT

Question 1

Banal

Answer 1

devoid of freshness or originality, hackneyed, trite

Question 2

What is rubber derived from?

Answer 2

Latex

Question 3

Dodo

Answer 3

An extinct, large, flightless bird

Question 4

Myself is what type of pronoun?

Answer 4

Reflexive

Question 5

Spindle

Answer 5

A kind of post that holds up a hand rail

Question 6

Limestone is a key element of what material

Answer 6

Cement

Question 7

Silica is a key element of what material?

Answer 7

Glass

Question 8

Apt

Answer 8

inclined, disposed, given, prone; able to learn quickly and easily

Question 9

Miscreant

Answer 9

depraved, villainous, or base

Question 10

Do plant cells have cell walls?

Answer 10

YES

Question 11

What connects sister chromatids?

Answer 11

A Centromere

Question 12

What is the thinnest and toughest region of the chromosome?

Answer 12

The centromere

Question 13

What are the three main stages of Cellular Respiration?

Answer 13

1. Glycolysis
2. Krebs Cycle
3. Electron Transport

Question 14

True or False: Active transport requires ATP?

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

What is “Recombination Rate?”

Answer 15

It is directly related to the distance between genes on a chromosome.

Question 16

What is the assumption if a couple/few traits are inherited together?

Answer 16

Genetic Linkage

Question 17

Polygenic Inheritance

Answer 17

FILL IN LATER

Question 18

Multiple Alleles

Answer 18

FILL IN LATER

Question 19

COMPLETE DOMINANCE

Answer 19

FILL IN LATER

Question 20

Plant and Animal Cells are both in what cellular family?

Answer 20

Eukaryotic Cell Family

Question 21

Prokaryotic Cells

Answer 21

Fill in later

Question 22

Name two laboratory methods of genetic modification

Answer 22

Electroporation and combination with calcium phosphate

Question 23

What is the site of protein synthesis in a cell?

Answer 23

Ribosomes

Question 24

What is the purpose of the golgi apparatus?

Answer 24

Involved in Protein Packing and Lipid Transport

Question 25

Obligate Anaerobe

Answer 25

An organism that not only cannot utilize molecular oxygen metabolically, but can also be harmed when exposed to it.

Question 26

Antibiotics are ineffective against what types of organisms?

Answer 26

FUNGAL, PROTOZOAN, and VIRAL infections.

Question 27

What happens to Glucose in the blood when Insulin levels are increased?

Answer 27

Glucose levels in the blood decrease as the molecule is taken up and stored in cells

Question 28

Where is epinephrine produced?

Answer 28

Adrenal Gland

Question 29

What is the liver's primary function?

Answer 29

To regulated blood sugar levels

Question 30

What does the adrenal cortex secrete?

Answer 30

Steroids and mineralocortoids that regulate blood mineral levels and metabolism

Question 31

What does the Adrenal Medulla produce?

Answer 31

catecholamines such as epinephrine that stimulate the sympathetic nervous system.

Question 32

Where in the kidney does kidney reabsorption take place??

Answer 32

Proximal Convoluted Tubule of the Kidney

Question 33

What is HCG?

Answer 33

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

Question 34

What is the role of HCG?

Answer 34

To prevent the disintegration of the corpus luteum of the ovary, maintain progesterone production, which is critical for pregnancy in humans.

Question 35

What is an isotope?

Answer 35

An isotope is an element that has the same atomic number but a different mass number

Question 36

What are the combustion reaction products?

Answer 36

H2O and CO2

Question 37

Define Sublimation

Answer 37

Sublimation is the transition of a substance from a SOLID to a GAS with no liquid phase in between.

Question 38

What is bond order?

Answer 38

It is simply the number of bonds between the pair of atoms

Question 39

What chemical process will split a disaccharide into two distinct monosaccharides?

Answer 39

Hydrolysis

Question 40

What disease might high ketone levels indicate?

Answer 40

Diabetes

Question 41

Do I have the quadratic formula memorized?

Answer 41

YES

Question 42

What do you do when you want to find the inverse function?

Answer 42

Switch the variables "y" and "x" and solve for y to give you the answer.

Question 43

Fundamental Counting Principle

Answer 43

If one choice can be made "m" ways and a second choice can be made in "n" ways there are mXn ways of making the first choice followed by the second choice.

Question 44

Do I know the graph of y=e^x

Answer 44

Yes

Question 45

What is the derivative of y=e^x

Answer 45

y=e^x

Question 46

What is something important that I need to remember to do when writing my essay?

Answer 46

I need to remember to DISCUSS and EVALUATE possible ALTERNATIVE solutions to the one I am suggesting or to multiple possible solutions to the problem. I must ANALYZE my proposed solution(s) in terms of limitations, qualifications, complications, and/or objections.

Question 47

ln(e)=?

Answer 47

ln(e)=1

Question 48

ln(1)=?

Answer 48

ln(1)=0

Question 49

derivative of sin(x)=?

Answer 49

cos(x)

Question 50

derivative of cos(x)=?

Answer 50

-sin(x)