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PETERS HIGH SCHOOL -BUSABALA
COMPETENCE BASED ASSESSMENT
PRE-MOCK EXAMINATION 2025
S.4 BIOLOGY PAPER 1
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
This paper consist of two items A and B
Attempt all items in section A
Section B has two parts, I and II
Attempt 2 questions in each part.
Item 1
MR. Okello is a renowned farmer in Pallisa district and carries out
subsistence farming. He recently acquired a piece of land on a hilly place
near a dusty marram road. He prepared his garden well, applied fertilizers
and later planted beans and maize. At the time of flowering, he observed
that the upper surfaces of all the leaves were covered by dust, turned to
dark green and the shoots of the bean plants had developed more flower
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buds, and the area did not receive rain until the time of harvesting. Mr.
Okello received very poor yields from his garden.
Task
(a) State the processes in plants that were affected by the conditions in
the area.
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(b) Explain how the conditions in the area contributed to the very poor
yields in Mr.Okello’s garden.
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(c) How did some of the plants manage to give some yields despite the
conditions?
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Item 2
Mr.Zedde, a 62 year old officer in a government agency retired from
active duty two years ago and now spends much of his time seated at his
retirement home. He however experiences persistent back pain, bone
weakness, frequent urination and feeling thirsty all the time. He also has
difficulty in hearing and has resorted to drinking alcohol much of his time.
Task
(a) Identify the health conditions affecting Mr.Zedde
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(b) Explain the causes of the health conditions affecting Mr.Zedde.
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(c) Advise Mr.Zedde on how to improve his health state for a better life
in his retirement.
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Item 3
A 15-year old girl became pregnant and claimed that her boyfriend from the
neighboring school was responsible for the pregnancy .She was expelled
from school and her parents disowned her. She later started falling sick
often, gave birth to a baby with extremely low birth weight, and during
delivery her pelvis was damaged. The baby was also an albino. Her
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boyfriend rejected the baby, claiming it was impossible for such a couple to
have an albino child.
Task
(a) Explain the dangers the girl and her boyfriend’s behavior caused to
her.
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(b) Show how the baby could have inherited the condition.
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(c) Explain how the condition of the baby can be managed to avoid
adverse effects.
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SECTION B
Part I( attempt one item)
Item 4
In 2019, there was an outbreak of famine in Teso-region , in response to this
the government through the ministry of agriculture provided cassava
cuttings to the residents to enable them to grow their own food, the
residents cleared many shrubs and indigenous trees on their land in order
to mass produce cassava which is their staple food. Many also used
different insecticides to destroy ant hills to limit chances of termites
destroying the cassava plants as well as applying fertilizers to boost the
harvest. However, these actions have resulted into a number of
environmental challenges.
Task
(a) Explain to the residents the challenges they have caused to the
environment as a result of their actions.
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(b) Why it was important for the residents to conserve their
environment amidst the prevailing famine problem.
Item 5
Kigezi region is a renown hilly place, however due to the increasing
population of the citizens as the 2024 National census and need to
improve livelihood among most residents in the area, many have started
to practice human activities like cutting of trees for timber in the area
and production of charcoal sold for money, farming and rearing of cattle
in most areas previously occupied with vegetation. Those carrying out
farming usually first burn the bushes in preparation for planting and dig
up and down the hills which has resulted into a lot of negative impacts in
the area like flooding of gardens in valley, mud slides and even strong
winds.
Task
(a) How the different human activities have caused the challenges in
the area
(b) How the above challenges can be overcome.
Part II (attempt one item)
Item 6
Turinayo has been smoking for the past 20 years , feeds on a lot of fatty
foods and rarely brushes his teeth, recently he started experiencing
complications such as tooth ache, difficulty breathing and trouble moving
his limbs on one half of the body . Following a visit to a hospital, medical
examination further revealed that Turinayo was diagnosed with high blood
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pressure. Doctors advised him to change his lifestyle but has no idea how to
do this.
Task
(a) Explain how Mathias’ lifestyle has affected the functioning of his
body.
(b) Advise Turinayo on how to manage his health condition.
Item 7
Kinene was involved in a car accident lost a lot of blood, sustained injuries
and became unconscious so was rushed to a hospital where he was
administered with a glucose solution, transfused with blood and other
medications. After an hour, he regained consciousness and felt stronger and
returned to normal state, however further ex-ray tests showed that
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Kinene’s lungs had been injured.
Task
(a) Explain how the car accident affected the functioning of Kinene’s
body.
(b) Describe how the doctor’s intervention enabled Kinene return to
normal state.
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