DAT Biology Practice Test 2026: 40 Questions

Last Updated on June 30, 2026

Dental Admission Test DAT Biology Practice Test 2025: 40 Questions. The biology knowledge you need for the DAT encompasses a wide variety of topics, including cell and molecular biology, diversity of life, vertebrate anatomy and physiology, developmental biology, genetics and evolution, and ecology and behavior.

Mastering biology on the DAT means not only memorizing biology vocabulary and facts but also learning to integrate your knowledge, make connections, and approach the multiple-choice questions in the Biology subtest and the entire Survey of Natural Sciences section in the best possible way.

Biology content appears in the Survey of Natural Sciences section, which contains the Biology, General Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry subtests. The Survey of Natural Sciences consists of 100 questions and must be completed in 90 minutes. Questions 1–40 are always related to biology, questions 41–70 are always associated with general chemistry, and questions 71–100 are always related to organic chemistry.

DAT Biology Practice Test: 40 Questions

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Dental Admission Test (DAT) Biology (1-40)

Dental Admission Test (DAT)
Topic: Biology
Total Questions: 40
Time Limit: 26.6 Minutes

1) In watermelons, the unlinked genes for green color (G) and for short length (S) are dominant over alleles for striped color (g) and long length (s). Predict the phenotypes and their ratios for the cross Ggss x ggSs.

2) A complex behavioral response to a specific cue or releaser, which is exhibited by all members of the species as a stereotyped response to the same stimulus, is known as a

3) Which is the smallest organelle in the cell?

4) The two daughter cells formed by mitosis and cytokinesis have

5) In respiration, oxygen

6) Consider a pair of homologous human chromosomes. In this pair one would expect

7) Organisms that have the characteristics of radial symmetry, water vascular system, a spiny skin, and are found exclusively in a marine habitat would be in which phylum?

8) The movement of water soluble molecules through cell membranes, from higher to lower concentrations, by attachment to a carrier protein, describes

9) Of the germ layers comprising the early human embryo, which one forms most of the central nervous system?

10) Which statement concerning alleles is true for diploid organisms?

  1. At most only two alleles occur at a given locus in an organisms genome.
  2. Alleles occupy an identical locus in homologous chromosomes.
  3. Alleles of a given gene usually occur on non-homologous chromosomes.
  4. A single chromosome usually carries two alleles of each gene

11) An enzyme is added to an aqueous solution of ATP, DNA, albumen, fat and glycogen; the reaction mixture is incubated for 10 minutes. If an analysis of the mixture reveals the presence of all of the above compounds plus glucose, it can be concluded that the enzyme hydrolyzed some of the

12) At some stage of development, all chordates have

13) Sexual and asexual reproduction usually differ in

14) Intracellular organelles that participate in metabolic oxidations involving H2O2 are called

15) As far as their products are concerned, all biosynthetic reactions in living cells result in

16) Under the five-kingdom classification, members of the kingdom Monera are generally separated from the members of all the other kingdoms by having

17) What cellular organelles would you expect to be absent from fungi?

18) Which chiefly stimulates action of the respiratory center?

19) The human heart beat is initiated within the

20) Each of the following is synthesized by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland of vertebrates EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

21) Clotting of human blood

22) A segment of DNA with the sequence GGCATTAGG would be transcribed into a messenger RNA segment with the sequence

23) In human beings, color blindness is controlled by an X-linked recessive allele. In a cross involving this X-linked trait, the male parent has normal color vision, but the female parent is a carrier. What are the chances (in %) that a male offspring will inherit color blindness?

24) Each of the following cell organelles have a membranous structure EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

25) Fermentation

26) Assuming no linkage, how many different kinds of gametes can be produced by an organism with the genotype AaBbcc?

27) Starch, cellulose and glycogen are all

28) For a given diameter of an axon, one factor which increases the velocity of a nerve impulse is

29) Embryonic induction is a process in which

30) Organisms that obtain their energy from light can be termed

31) The initial step in the speciation process often involves

32) The term motor unit refers to

33) The long-term natural process by which a pond eventually becomes a terrestrial community is referred to as

34) Each of the following changes the frequency of alleles in a population EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

35) The addition of potassium iodide as a nutritional supplement to common table salt would most directly affect the function of which of these glands?

36) In anaerobic glycolysis in muscle cells, one mole of glucose is oxidized to

37) Of the following, the rate and type of cleavage occurring after fertilization would be most affected by the

38) Of the following, which group of invertebrates is apparently most closely related to primitive vertebrates?

39) In the nephron of the kidney, filtration occurs between

40) Which statement is true of the archenteron?

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