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Year 12 QCE Biology practice questions

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Practice cells, living systems, ecosystems, genetics, evolution, biodiversity, disease, biotechnology, and scientific inquiry.

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practice QCE Year 12 Biology practice questions DNA and genes hard protein-synthesis diagram

1. A DNA template triplet is CGA. Which mRNA codon is transcribed from it?

QCE 12 transcription triplet DNA mRNA GCU
Choices
  • GCU
  • CGA
  • GCT
  • UCG
Explanation:

RNA uses complementary pairing with U in place of T: C pairs with G, G with C, and A with U.

practice QCE Year 12 Biology practice questions Heredity hard Punnett square

2. A Punnett square shows Bb x bb. What proportion of offspring are expected to be bb?

QCE 12 Bb by bb Punnett square B b bb
Choices
  • 50%
  • 25%
  • 75%
  • 100%
Explanation:

The Bb parent can pass B or b, while the bb parent passes b. Half the boxes are bb.

practice QCE Year 12 Biology practice questions Immunity hard immune-response graph

3. The graph shows antibody concentration rising after vaccination without severe illness. What is the role of the vaccine antigen?

QCE 12 vaccine antibody graph vaccine memory antibody
Choices
  • It stimulates immune memory.
  • It becomes a ribosome.
  • It destroys every antibody.
  • It prevents all cell division.
Explanation:

Vaccine antigens can trigger lymphocyte activation and memory-cell formation without causing the full disease.

practice QCE Year 12 Biology practice questions Continuity of life hard disease-spread graph

4. A disease curve falls after the average number of new infections per case drops below 1. Which statement is supported?

QCE 12 disease curve R below 1 cases decline
Choices
  • Transmission is not being sustained.
  • The pathogen has no genetic material.
  • Every host is infected at once.
  • The population must be extinct.
Explanation:

When each case causes fewer than one new case on average, the outbreak declines over time.

practice QCE Year 12 Biology practice questions Biotechnology hard DNA gel diagram

5. A gel diagram shows the smallest DNA fragment at the band furthest from the wells. Which labelled band is smallest?

QCE 12 gel fragment model wells Band D smallest
Choices
  • Band D
  • Band A
  • Band B
  • The well
Explanation:

Small DNA fragments move more easily through the gel and travel further from the wells.

practice QCE Year 12 Biology practice questions Homeostasis hard homeostasis loop

6. A feedback loop shows blood glucose dropping below normal during fasting. Which hormone response helps raise it?

QCE 12 glucose fasting loop low glucose glucagon normal
Choices
  • Glucagon secretion increases.
  • Insulin secretion increases only.
  • Antibodies digest glucose.
  • Blood glucose cannot change.
Explanation:

Glucagon stimulates release of glucose into the blood, helping return levels toward normal.

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