Scio NSZ Biology case studies
Scio NSZ Biology · Put your knowledge to work in context.
NSZ Biology (Národní srovnávací zkoušky – Biologie) is a standardized multiple-choice subject test developed by Scio, a Czech education company that has been building tests for roughly three decades. Universities and faculties in Czechia and Slovakia may use NSZ results as one component of their admissions process; whether and how a given faculty weights the Biology test is decided by that faculty, not by Scio, so always check the specific admissions rules of the programme you are applying to. The Scio NSZ Biology case studies are 5 cases and about 2,566 words.
1Lactate Threshold in a Hill-Climbing Cyclist
A 24-year-old competitive cyclist performs an incremental test. At 200 W his blood lactate is 1.4 mmol/L; at 260 W it is 2.1 mmol/L; at 300 W it rises to 4.0 mmol/L and stays near 4.2 mmol/L for several minutes at that workload.
530 words, about 3 min2A Wilting Tomato in Saline Irrigation Water
A grower irrigates tomato plants with water containing 60 mM NaCl. Control plants receive the same volume of fresh water.
493 words, about 2 min3An Enzyme Variant and a Drug Dose
A patient is genotyped before starting a drug that is inactivated by a liver enzyme. The patient is heterozygous for a variant allele that produces an enzyme with about 30% of normal catalytic activity; the other allele is the normal (wild-type) version.
465 words, about 2 min4Two Lizard Populations on Either Side of a Road
A population of small ground-dwelling lizards lives in scrub on both sides of a four-lane highway built 40 years ago. On the north side the population is large and genetically diverse.
544 words, about 3 min5A Fever That Will Not Break
A 30-year-old returns from a tropical region with a five-day history of fever to 39.5 C, headache, muscle aches, and a normal chest examination. Blood tests show a normal white cell count, mildly low platelets, and raised liver enzymes.
534 words, about 3 min