UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

RUVUMA REGION

FORM FOUR PRE- MOCK EXAMINATION

033/1 BIOLOGY 1
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TIME: 3 hours Wednesday, 17 April,
2024 A.M

Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B, and C with a total of eleven (11) questions

2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two (02) questions from section C

3. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B carries fifty four (54) marks and
section C carries thirty (30) marks

4. All writing should be in blue or black pen except for diagrams that must be drawn
in pencil

5. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.

6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet (s).

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 SECTION A (16 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1. For each of the items (i)- (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives
and write its letter beside the corresponding item number in the sheet provided

(i) Plants produce excretory products that are useful to other organism. Which
of these products is not useful to man?

A. Cannabis

B. Latex

C. Carbon dioxide

D. Papain

E. Tannins

(ii) People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) get deep sadness especially when they
are stigmatized. What is an appropriate life skill for handling this problem?

A. Critical thinking

B. Decision making

C. Empathy

D. Problem solving

E. Self-making

(iii) When the first day of menstruation was 8th April on which date is a common
of 28 days cycle most likely to ovulate?

A. 26th March

B. 22nd April

C. 5th May

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D. 16 April

E. 21st April

(iv) Which of the given food substances is tested by using iodine solution?

A. Protein

B. Starch

C. Carbohydrate

D. Non-reducing sugar

E. Reducing sugar

(v) Which among the following is an example of anaerobic respiration end

product in animals

A. Alcohol

B. Lactic acid

C. Oxygen

D. Amino acid

E. Urea

(vi) The third step in scientific methods is called

A. Experimentation

B. Collecting data

C. Identifying the problem

D. Formulating hypothesis

E. Conclusion

(vii) A band of tough fibrous connective tissue that support internal organs and
hold one bone to another at the joint is

A. Tendons

B. Muscles

C. Ligaments
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 D. Cartilage

E. Skeleton

(viii) What does it mean by statement “Growth in plant is apical”

A. It occurs at the middle of the root

B. It occurs at the middle of the stem

C. It occurs at all regions

D. It occurs at the tips

E. It occurs on the leaves

(ix) In the cowshed, a red furred cow mates with a white furred bull. In F1
generation all cows were red furred. What does this suggest?

A. Non-mendelian inheritance

B. Sex inheritance

C. Test cross

D. Back cross

E. Complete dominance

(x) Gametophyte is the dominant phase of generation in which plants?

A. Pines

B. Ferms

C. Mosses

D. Angiosperms

E. Conifer

2. Match the items in list A with correct response in List B by writing the letter of the
most correct response beside the item number in the answer sheet provided

List A List B
(i) Indigestible materials excreted in form of the A. Oesophagus

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 bowels B. Rectum
(ii) Contains acidic medium for digestion C. Pyloric sphincter
(iii) A muscular ring-like valve which regulate the D. Colon
passage of food from stomach into small E. Stomach
intestine F. Faeces
(iv) Absorbs water from indigestible food G. Cardiac sphincter
(v) Links mouth and stomach H. Duodenum
(vi) The first part of small intestine
SECTION B (54 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

3. State two adaptations for each of the following cells which enable them to perform
their roles efficiently in the body of living organisms

(i) White blood cells

(ii) Red blood cells

(iii) Spermatozoa

4. Cross pollination enables mixing of genetic quantities between different plants,

hence hybrid vigor is obtained. Explain four (4) adaptations of plants have developed
to exploit this advantage

5. A biology teacher collected leaves from various plants within the school
environment during her classroom operation and study analysis, he identified that
some of the leaves are from leguminous plants while others were cereal plants

(a) Classify the collected leaves into their class level

(b) State the three differences between these two classes identified

(c) Briefly explain three ways in which the plants collected are useful to human

6. During December holiday 2022 form two students visited Manyara national park as
the celebration for completing their form two national assessment. At the journey
they cross with animals such as antelopes, giraffes, lions and leopards climbing the
big trees. Also they were able to see grasses and shrubs of different size and large
group of mushrooms along the lake Manyara. From this journey

(a) (i) Construct a food web

(ii) From the food web in 5(a) indicate

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 (a) Primary producers

(b) Primary consumers

(c) Secondary consumers

(d) Decomposers

(b) What will happen if mushroom will be removed from Manyara national park

7. A child complains to her mother that she feels pain in her joints, abdomen and
headache. Also she was vomiting and feeling fever

(a) Which disease do you think the child was suffering from?

(b) Suggest the causes and mode of transmission of the disease

(c) How can the disease be prevented (five(05) points)

8. (a) During an experiment on crossing black fur cow with white fur bull, Teacher
Michael realized that all F1 generation cows have mixture of white and black fur.
What is the name of this phenomenon and what meant?

(b) A brown cow was mated with a white bull. In the F1 generation all the offspring
had equal patches of brown and white fur. Show F1 and F2 phenotypic and
genotypic ratios by using punnet square

SECTION C (30 marks)

Answer two (02) questions from this section

9. Form two students at Matengo secondary school were asked to volunteer on blood
transfusion programs. Low number of students responds to the program while
majority did not. What is your influence to the students who did not responded to in
blood transfusion program?

10. Some organism can fly, swim, walk and crawling while others moves only a part or
parts of their bodies for various biological and physiological purposes. Use your
biological knowledge with examples to describe the statements.

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11. The nervous system consists of nerve cells. By using illustrations determine and
describe three (03) types of nerve cells basing on structure and functions

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