General Biology Quiz 2
Gen Bio II, Spring 2013 Extra Credit Quiz 2
1) If two modern organisms are distantly related in an evolutionary sense, then one should expect that
A) they live in very different habitats.
B) they should share fewer homologous structures than two more closely related organisms.
C) their chromosomes should be very similar.
D) they shared a common ancestor relatively recently.
E) they should be members of the same genus.
2) Within a few weeks of treatment with the drug 3TC, a patient's HIV population consists entirely of 3TC-resistant viruses. How can this result best be explained?
A) HIV can change its surface proteins and resist vaccines.
B) The patient must have become reinfected with 3TC-resistant viruses.
C) HIV began making drug-resistant versions of reverse transcriptase in response to the drug.
D) A few drug-resistant viruses were present at the start of treatment, and natural selection increased their frequency.
E) The drug caused the HIV RNA to change.
The graph in Figure 22.3 depicts four possible patterns for the abundance of 3TC-resistant HIV within an infected human over time.
Figure 22.3
3) If 3TC resistance is costly for HIV, then which plot (I—IV) best represents the response of a strain of 3TC-resistant HIV over time, if 3TC administration begins at the time indicated by the arrow?
4) A biologist studied a population of squirrels for 15 years. During that time, the population was never fewer than 30 squirrels and never more than 45. Her data showed that over half of the squirrels born did not survive to reproduce, because of competition for food and predation. In a single generation, 90% of the squirrels that were born lived to reproduce, and the population increased to 80. Which inference(s) about this population might be true?
A) The amount of available food may have increased.
B) The number of predators may have decreased.
C) The squirrels of subsequent generations should show greater levels of genetic
1) If two modern organisms are distantly related in an evolutionary sense, then one should expect that
A) they live in very different habitats.
B) they should share fewer homologous structures than two more closely related organisms.
C) their chromosomes should be very similar.
D) they shared a common ancestor relatively recently.
E) they should be members of the same genus.
2) Within a few weeks of treatment with the drug 3TC, a patient's HIV population consists entirely of 3TC-resistant viruses. How can this result best be explained?
A) HIV can change its surface proteins and resist vaccines.
B) The patient must have become reinfected with 3TC-resistant viruses.
C) HIV began making drug-resistant versions of reverse transcriptase in response to the drug.
D) A few drug-resistant viruses were present at the start of treatment, and natural selection increased their frequency.
E) The drug caused the HIV RNA to change.
The graph in Figure 22.3 depicts four possible patterns for the abundance of 3TC-resistant HIV within an infected human over time.
Figure 22.3
3) If 3TC resistance is costly for HIV, then which plot (I—IV) best represents the response of a strain of 3TC-resistant HIV over time, if 3TC administration begins at the time indicated by the arrow?
4) A biologist studied a population of squirrels for 15 years. During that time, the population was never fewer than 30 squirrels and never more than 45. Her data showed that over half of the squirrels born did not survive to reproduce, because of competition for food and predation. In a single generation, 90% of the squirrels that were born lived to reproduce, and the population increased to 80. Which inference(s) about this population might be true?
A) The amount of available food may have increased.
B) The number of predators may have decreased.
C) The squirrels of subsequent generations should show greater levels of genetic