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Most Anthropology 201 exams are cumulative with greater emphasis on the last section of the course. This quiz includes some questions from the first two sections, but it is highly recommended practice using Midterm I and Midterm II quizzes for materials from the past. If your final exam is not cumulative, please ignore questions that do not apply to your exam. Some questions may have explanations on where and what section of the textbook is used for the question.
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Anthropology 201 (ANTH 201-UCAL) Final Exam
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Question 1 |
A | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
B | variation, inheritance, over-production |
C | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
D | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
Question 2 |
A | Potassium–argon dating |
B | Carbon-14 dating |
C | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
D | Thermoluminescence dating |
Question 3 |
A | It is difficult to explain how they arrived in South America because of the vast oceans that separate landmasses. |
B | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
C | Genetically, they have much less common genes with modern day primates. |
D | Genetically, they are inferior to the Old World monkeys. |
Question 4 |
A | speciation. |
B | no idea |
C | increased competition. |
D | new habitat development. |
E | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
Question 5 |
A | Giving birth to twins. |
B | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
C | Sexual monomorphism |
D | Infant parking. |
Question 6 |
A | males |
B | species |
C | females |
D | individuals |
E | men |
Question 7 |
A | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in New World monkeys. |
B | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, which has been retained in New World monkeys. |
C | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
D | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/1.1.3.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
E | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
Question 8 |
A | disruptive selection. |
B | directional selection. |
C | environmental selection. |
D | stabilizing selection. |
Question 9 |
A | Bonobo |
B | Gibbons |
C | Chimpanzee |
D | Orangutan |
Question 10 |
A | interbreeding |
B | gene flow |
C | genetic drift |
D | mutation |
Question 11 |
A | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
B | Preservation of complete organisms. |
C | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
D | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
Question 12 |
A | Jam monkeys |
B | Howler monkeys |
C | Squirrel monkeys |
D | Chimpanzees |
Question 13 |
A | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
B | Nitrogen |
C | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
D | Hydrogen |
E | Carbon |
Question 14 |
A | Cercopithecinae |
B | Cercopithecoidea |
C | Cebidae |
D | Hominoidea |
Question 15 |
A | The sex that stays in the natal group their entire lives. |
B | The sex that is dominant. |
C | The sex that disperses at sexual maturity. |
D | The sex that is recessive. |
Question 16 |
A | During Oligocene epoch. |
B | During Eocene epoch. |
C | During Pleistocene epoch. |
D | During Paleocene epoch. |
E | During Miocene epoch. |
Question 17 |
A | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
B | True |
C | False |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
Question 18 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 19 |
A | They are knuckles sued for walking on land. |
B | They are tail bones that connect the rest of the tail to the skeleton. |
C | They are cheek bones. |
D | They are bone like structures that provide strength to tails of arboreal animals. |
Question 20 |
A | no clue what you are asking here! |
B | acquired characteristics are heritable. |
C | the monkeys are the direct ancestors of modern humans. |
D | morphological structures change according to use. |
Question 21 |
A | Ordovician |
B | Devonian |
C | Cambrian |
D | Triassic |
E | Permian |
Question 22 |
A | All of the answers are incorrect. |
B | Dual sex bias |
C | Female bias |
D | Male bias |
Question 23 |
A | the world was created 6,000 years ago. |
B | sudden changes to the environment can result in extinction of some species and repopulation by completely a new one |
C | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
D | the geological forces that influenced the world long time ago continue to influence the world today. |
Question 24 |
A | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
B | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
C | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
D | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
E | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
Question 25 |
A | all green yellow pea plants in the F2 generation. |
B | all green pea plants in the F1 generation. |
C | 3/4 yellow and 1/4 green plants in the F2 generation. |
D | 3/4 green pea plants and 1/4 yellow pea plants in the F1 generation. |
Question 26 |
A | Charles Lyell |
B | Charles Darwin |
C | Georges Cuvier |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 27 |
A | 3.5 billion years ago |
B | 225 million years ago |
C | 4.3 billion years ago |
D | 135 million years ago |
E | 65 million years ago |
Question 28 |
A | A defective primate sperm that will lead to undesirable offspring. |
B | Seed-producing plants that also produce flowers. |
C | Group of plants with deep complex roots. |
D | Group of plants that produce high energy food for primates. |
E | Seed-producing plants such as pine and fir. |
Question 29 |
A | Pangaea |
B | Laurasia |
C | Gondwanaland |
D | Supercontinent |
Question 30 |
A | natural organization. |
B | evangelical taxonomy. |
C | cladistic systtematics. |
D | the great chain of being. |
Question 31 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 32 |
A | the arboreal theory. |
B | the visual predation theory. |
C | the terminal branch theory. |
D | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
Question 33 |
A | Carbon-14 dating |
B | Potassium–argon |
C | Electron-spin-resonance |
D | Thermoluminescence |
E | Uranium |
Question 34 |
A | Permian |
B | Triassic |
C | Devonian |
D | Jurassic |
E | Cretaceous |
Question 35 |
A | Georges Cuvier |
B | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
C | Charles Lyell |
D | Charles Darwin |
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