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Praxis II: Biology Content Knowledge Exam Prep - Question List

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11. Of the following, which of the groups below has the smallest number of species?
  1. Order
  2. Kingdom
  3. Phylum
  4. Class
  5. Genus
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12. The DNA sequence ATGCCTAGGTC is transcribed to what RNA sequence?
  1. CTTGGATCCGTA
  2. UACGGAUCCAG
  3. TACGGATCCAG
  4. CGTAAGCTTGA
  5. UAGCCAUGGAC
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13. Which of the following describes having three copies of a chromosome?
  1. Monosomy
  2. Disomy
  3. Trisomy
  4. Tetrasomy
  5. Pentasomy
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14. A scientist is studying the inheritance of two traits encoded by two different genes: eye color and hair color. Brown eye color is dominant of green eye color; brunette hair color is dominant over blond hair color. If parent A is homozygous for both brown eyes and brunette hair and parent B is heterozygous for brown eye color and brunette hair, what is the likelihood that an offspring will be born with green eyes and blond hair?
  1. 50%
  2. 25%
  3. 15%
  4. 10%
  5. 0%
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15. Blood typing can often be used to determine biological fatherhood. Three men, X, Y, and Z, are all possible fathers for child with bood type B. Blood testing determines that the mother's blood type is O. Which blood type must a candidate father have to be eliminated as a possible father?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. AB
  4. All of the above
  5. None of the above
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