TABLE OF SPECIFICATION INDICATING THE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES OF

THREE MAJOR EXAMINATIONS IN THE SUBJECT GENETICS FOR BS BIOLOGY 4

STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OF NVSU BAMBANG

CONTENT OBJECTIVES NUMBER OF TEST PLACEMENT

ITEMS/POINTS
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
HEREDITY Identify different kinds of
-The principles of heredity genes
-monohybrid and dihybrid Distinguished between Test I
crosses phenotypes and genotypes 25 Items 1 25
-genes and chromosomes Familiarize themselves with
-gene mutation the types of genes and
-chromosome mutation chromosomes
-phenotype and genotype Recall and lists the
- dominant and recessive principles of heredity 20 Test II
genes Recall and lists the Items 1-6
-polygenes functions of amniocentesis
-amniocentesis Enumerate the causes of
gene and chromosome
mutations
Identify the abnormalities 20 Test III
brought about by changes Items 2
in chromosome number
Distinguish between
dominant and recessive
traits
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
- Translocation Identify the ways in which
-Deletion chromosome structure
-Inversion changes Test I
Recall and list factors 25
-Duplication Items 1-25
causing gene mutation
-Gene mutation/ point - Recall and list the
mutation characteristics of cancer
-Metastasis Recall and list the warning
-Oncogenes signs of cancer 30 Test II
-Carcinogens Identify the major sources
of damage to chromosome Items 1-6
-Tumor Suppresor genes
-Initiation Identify the genetic
disorders in human
-Promotion resulting from recessive 20 Test III
genes
Explain and illustrate the Item 1
effects of inheriting
abnormal numbers of sex
chromosomes

FINAL EXAMINATION
HUMAN SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
-meiosis Identify the concepts use
-Spermatogenesis and involve in humanhe Test I
study of sexual 25
-oogenesis reproduction which deals Items 1-25
-hemizygotes with the inheritance of
-monozygotes and dizygotes traits.
-heteropaternity
- chimera and hermaphrodites Recall and list down
-chromosome theory of chromosome
inheritance abnormalties
-Barr bodies
Recall and list down 15 Test II
-codominance and incomplete human polygenic traits
dominance Items 1-3
-Novel phenotypes Identify the functions of
-epistasis cells Test III
-Pleiotropy Explain the concept of 15
-linkage and recombination sex-linkage Item 1
-polygenic traits
- sex linkage

PREPARED BY :

JORGELINDO R. LUCAS, Ph.D.