Anthropology 201 – Introduction to Primatology and Human Evolution. The Midterm I only covers materials from Chapter 1 to 4. The subjects include Adaptation by Natural Selection, Genetics, Modern Synthesis and Speciation and Phylogeny. Spending on your professor and class number, some or all questions may or may not appear on your exam.
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Anthropology 201 (ANTH 201-UCAL) Midterm Exam I
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Question 1 |
A | Directional selection |
B | Biophysical selection |
C | Stabilizing selection |
D | Disruptive selection |
E | Environmental section |
Question 2 |
A | Natural selection |
B | Mutation |
C | Genetic drift |
D | Macroevolution |
Question 3 |
A | modern anthropology with animal behavior. |
B | Mendelian and modern biology. |
C | Mendelian and blending inheritance. |
D | modern genetics and Darwinism. |
E | anthropology and biology. |
Question 4 |
A | convergent evolution. |
B | a homologous trait. |
C | None of the answers are correct. |
D | an analogous trait. |
Chapter 5 - Primate Diversity and Ecology
Question 5 |
A | parenting behavior. |
B | mating methods. |
C | form of courtship. |
D | nurturing behavior. |
Question 6 |
A | The fraction of the chromosome at a genetic locus that are a particular allele, which can result in different phenotype. |
B | A linear body in the cell nucleus and appears during cell division. |
C | A segment of the DNA in eukaryotes that is translated into protein. |
D | A segment of the chromosome that produces a recognizable effect on phenotype and segregates as a unit during gamete formation. |
Question 7 |
A | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
B | A method for establishing the function of a genetic trait by comparing different species. |
C | A method for establishing the function of a phenotypic trait by comparing different species. |
D | A method for establishing the function of a genetic and phenotypic trait by comparing different species. |
E | A method for establishing relationships between different species using statistical analysis of historical evolutionary changes. |
Question 8 |
A | Evolutionary biology |
B | Genetics |
C | Homology |
D | Analogy |
E | Cell biology |
F | Ecology |
Question 9 |
A | Different speed of swimming within the same the same species of fish in the same pond. |
B | Two different colours of the peas observed by Mendel during his experiments. |
C | Slight variation in skin colour within the same Northern European population of humans. |
D | Dramatic differences in distribution of body weight across countries with high GDP and countries with low GDP. |
E | People who live in the mountain regions of Himalayas are more adapted to high altitude living than people in Calgary. |
Question 10 |
A | Speciation |
B | Mutation, natural selection and gene flow |
C | Ecological evolution |
D | Only through genetic drift |
E | Mutation, natural and artificial selection and gene flow |
F | Molecular evolution occurs through small changes in the molecular or cellular level |
Question 11 |
A | Family |
B | Superfamily |
C | Kingdom |
D | Genus |
E | Species |
Question 12 |
A | All of the answers listed here are correct |
B | To understand what species consumed/eat |
C | To understand the mechanism by which new traits evolve |
D | To understand why species evolved certain traits |
Question 13 |
A | Arboreal primates are exclusively meat eaters. |
B | Insects have compound eyes. |
C | Humans and most vertebrates have compound eyes. |
D | Some primates do not have vertebrates. |
E | Early primates produced their offspring through fertilized eggs outside of their bodies (like birds). |
Question 14 |
A | Generation with both physical characteristics of the F1 generation parents. |
B | F0 generation |
C | Much more advanced generation than the parent F1 generation. |
D | Generation with higher genetic diversity than the parent generation. |
E | F2 generation |
Question 15 |
A | 4,000 |
B | 1.33 |
C | 15,000 |
D | 3.75 |
E | 0.27 |
Question 16 |
A | It operates exclusively on the phenotype of organisms. |
B | It favors better genes over poorly adapted genes within populations. |
C | It is the primary driving mechanism for genetic diversification. |
D | It always benefits the population. |
E | It will only respond to biological pressures and have no influence from environmental and other factors. |
Question 17 |
A | Mutations in gametes caused by either environmental or biological factors. |
B | Differences in sexual organs. |
C | Increased in predatory organisms within an environment. |
D | Population pressures due to rapid growth. |
E | Increase in gene flow. |
Question 18 |
A | Species are immutable. |
B | Tortoises are the modern descendants of glyptodonts. |
C | None of the statements posted here are correct. |
D | All of the statements posted here are correct.
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E | All individuals have an equal chance of surviving and reproducing. |
Question 19 |
A | Distribution of heights of people is a good example of discontinuous variation. |
B | Darwin thought that discontinuous variation did not play an important role in evolution. |
C | Biological variations can only be studied using genetics because phenotype have too many variables. |
D | It is observed that small random variations are insignificant and have no impact on the natural selection. |
E | Fecundity is inversely proportional to frequency of biological variation within a population. |
Question 20 |
A | Exposure to harmful chemicals and other hazards within the environment. |
B | Cellular division |
C | Introduction of new species to a region. |
D | Sexual reproduction |
E | Abnormal genetic mutations |
Question 21 |
A | Cross bread between aa x bb |
B | Cross bread between AA x aB |
C | Cross bread between aA x aB |
D | Cross bread between aA x BB |
E | Cross bread between AA x BB |
Question 22 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 23 |
A | genetic |
B | theoretical |
C | morphological |
D | species |
E | statistical |
Question 24 |
A | there is selection that favors novel genotypes and thus leads to genetic change. |
B | selection pressures that favor average phenotypes without altering the mean value of a trait. |
C | altruistic acts will be favored by selection if the product of the benefit to the recipient. |
D | females choose who they mate with. |
E | an evolutionary change occurs as a result of a second selection correlated to that change. |
F | there is selection against novel mutants that preserves the existing genotype. |
Question 25 |
A | mRNA , DNA |
B | DNA , mRNA |
C | DNA , tRNA |
D | tRNA , DNA |
Question 26 |
A | species |
B | families |
C | phylas |
D | genus |
E | orders |
Question 27 |
A | hominoid effect. |
B | convergence. |
C | homology. |
D | heritability. |
E | divergence. |
Question 28 |
A | DNA produces the proteins which later transcript into mRNAs. |
B | DNA transcription results in mRNAs which are translate into proteins. |
C | DNA produces the proteins which later translate into mRNAs. |
D | DNA translation results in mRNAs which are transcript into proteins. |
E | Nuclear division result in production of DNA which transcript into proteins. |
Question 29 |
A | Slow genetic diversification. |
B | Fitness variation. |
C | Slow and/or poor adaptation to changing environment. |
D | Limited environmental resources. |
E | Inheritance variation. |
Question 30 |
A | None of the listed answers are correct. |
B | Charles Lyell |
C | Gregor Mendel |
D | Carolus Linnaeus |
E | Charles Darwin |
Question 31 |
A | Transportation of oxygen. |
B | Development of complex genetic structures. |
C | Breaking down of fats and lipids for energy processing. |
D | Encoding of DNA, mRNA and tRNA molecules. |
E | Production of new blood cells. |
Question 32 |
A | A-T and C-G |
B | A-H and T-C |
C | A-G and C-T |
D | A-G and T-H |
E | A-C and T-G |
Question 33 |
A | Complex adaptations often result in distinct phenotype with no intermediate within populations. |
B | Discontinuous variation is important for the evolution of complex adaptations. |
C | Complex adaptions are almost always caused by mixing of two different species or organisms. |
D | Complex adaptations are often caused by rapid genetic mutations within the dominant allele. |
E | Complex adaptations arise through the accumulation of small random variations. |
Question 34 |
A | Phylum and Family |
B | Order and Family |
C | Class and Species |
D | Genus and Species |
Question 35 |
A | sexual reproduction , diploid |
B | sexual reproduction , haploid |
C | meiosis , haploid |
D | mitosis , diploid |
E | gene mutation , diploid |
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Credits: Based on the excellent class notes provided by, TBA during Winter 2013 and textbook ISBN-978-0-393-93271-3. This version has been updated on between September and December 2015.
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