Q1: The Lotka-Volterra model is used to describe:
- (A) Population dynamics of two species
- (B) Genetic inheritance
- (C) Enzyme kinetics
- (D) Fluid dynamics in biological systems
Answer: (A) Population dynamics of two species
Q2: The logistic growth model is used to describe:
- (A) Growth of a population with unlimited resources
- (B) Growth of a population with limited resources
- (C) Growth of a population with no competition
- (D) Growth of a single species in a non-competitive environment
Answer: (B) Growth of a population with limited resources
Q3: In the SIR model for infectious disease spread, what do the variables represent?
- (A) Susceptible, Infected, Recovered
- (B) Susceptible, Immune, Recovered
- (C) Sick, Immune, Resistant
- (D) Susceptible, Infected, Resistant
Answer: (A) Susceptible, Infected, Recovered
Q4: In a predator-prey model, the term “functional response” refers to:
- (A) The rate at which predators find prey
- (B) The rate of reproduction of prey
- (C) The change in predator population due to prey availability
- (D) The response of prey to environmental factors
Answer: (C) The change in predator population due to prey availability
Q5: The basic reproductive number,
, in an epidemiological model indicates:
- (A) The average number of secondary infections caused by one infected individual in a susceptible population
- (B) The maximum number of infections that can occur in a population
- (C) The rate of transmission of an infection
- (D) The number of infected individuals in a population at equilibrium
Answer: (A) The average number of secondary infections caused by one infected individual in a susceptible population
Q6: In the context of the logistic growth equation,
, what does
represent?
- (A) The rate of reproduction
- (B) The carrying capacity of the environment
- (C) The initial population size
- (D) The rate of death in the population
Answer: (B) The carrying capacity of the environment
Q7: In a compartmental model of infectious disease, which compartment is typically modeled by a differential equation for the rate of change?
- (A) Recovered
- (B) Susceptible
- (C) Infected
- (D) All of the above
Answer: (D) All of the above
Q8: In an enzyme kinetics model, the Michaelis-Menten constant
is:
- (A) The maximum rate of reaction
- (B) The concentration of substrate at half-maximum velocity
- (C) The rate constant of the forward reaction
- (D) The concentration of enzyme at half-maximum velocity
Answer: (B) The concentration of substrate at half-maximum velocity
Q9: In the human body, the spread of diseases like COVID-19 can be modeled by:
- (A) The predator-prey model
- (B) The SIR model
- (C) The logistic growth model
- (D) The competition model
Answer: (B) The SIR model
Q10: In mathematical biology, a model that includes both the growth of a population and the competition for resources is called:
- (A) A predator-prey model
- (B) A logistic growth model
- (C) A competitive exclusion model
- (D) A cooperative growth model
Answer: (C) A competitive exclusion model