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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 | They are tail bones that connect the rest of the tail to the skeleton. |
B | They are knuckles sued for walking on land. |
C | They are cheek bones. |
D | They are bone like structures that provide strength to tails of arboreal animals. |
Question 2 |
A | no clue what you are asking here! |
B | the monkeys are the direct ancestors of modern humans. |
C | acquired characteristics are heritable. |
D | morphological structures change according to use. |
Question 3 |
A | environmental selection. |
B | directional selection. |
C | disruptive selection. |
D | stabilizing selection. |
Question 4 |
A | speciation. |
B | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
C | new habitat development. |
D | no idea |
E | increased competition. |
Question 5 |
A | The sex that disperses at sexual maturity. |
B | The sex that is dominant. |
C | The sex that stays in the natal group their entire lives. |
D | The sex that is recessive. |
Question 6 |
A | natural organization. |
B | evangelical taxonomy. |
C | the great chain of being. |
D | cladistic systtematics. |
Question 7 |
A | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
B | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in New World monkeys. |
C | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, which has been retained in New 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 | During Miocene epoch. |
B | During Paleocene epoch. |
C | During Pleistocene epoch. |
D | During Eocene epoch. |
E | During Oligocene epoch. |
Question 9 |
A | Gondwanaland |
B | Supercontinent |
C | Pangaea |
D | Laurasia |
Question 10 |
A | Orangutan |
B | Bonobo |
C | Gibbons |
D | Chimpanzee |
Question 11 |
A | the visual predation theory. |
B | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
C | the arboreal theory. |
D | the terminal branch theory. |
Question 12 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 13 |
A | genetic drift |
B | interbreeding |
C | mutation |
D | gene flow |
Question 14 |
A | the geological forces that influenced the world long time ago continue to influence the world today. |
B | sudden changes to the environment can result in extinction of some species and repopulation by completely a new one |
C | the world was created 6,000 years ago. |
D | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
Question 15 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 16 |
A | Hominoidea |
B | Cercopithecinae |
C | Cercopithecoidea |
D | Cebidae |
Question 17 |
A | Squirrel monkeys |
B | Jam monkeys |
C | Howler monkeys |
D | Chimpanzees |
Question 18 |
A | All of the answers are incorrect. |
B | Male bias |
C | Dual sex bias |
D | Female bias |
Question 19 |
A | Genetically, they have much less common genes with modern day primates. |
B | It is difficult to explain how they arrived in South America because of the vast oceans that separate landmasses. |
C | Genetically, they are inferior to the Old World monkeys. |
D | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
Question 20 |
A | True |
B | False |
C | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
Question 21 |
A | Charles Lyell |
B | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
C | Georges Cuvier |
D | Charles Darwin |
Question 22 |
A | Potassium–argon dating |
B | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
C | Carbon-14 dating |
D | Thermoluminescence dating |
Question 23 |
A | Permian |
B | Ordovician |
C | Triassic |
D | Devonian |
E | Cambrian |
Question 24 |
A | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
B | Preservation of complete organisms. |
C | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
D | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
Question 25 |
A | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
B | Nitrogen |
C | Carbon |
D | Hydrogen |
E | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
Question 26 |
A | Seed-producing plants that also produce flowers. |
B | Seed-producing plants such as pine and fir. |
C | Group of plants that produce high energy food for primates. |
D | A defective primate sperm that will lead to undesirable offspring. |
E | Group of plants with deep complex roots. |
Question 27 |
A | Carbon-14 dating |
B | Electron-spin-resonance |
C | Uranium |
D | Thermoluminescence |
E | Potassium–argon |
Question 28 |
A | Giving birth to twins. |
B | Sexual monomorphism |
C | Infant parking. |
D | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
Question 29 |
A | 65 million years ago |
B | 225 million years ago |
C | 4.3 billion years ago |
D | 135 million years ago |
E | 3.5 billion years ago |
Question 30 |
A | Cretaceous |
B | Triassic |
C | Devonian |
D | Jurassic |
E | Permian |
Question 31 |
A | all green yellow pea plants in the F2 generation. |
B | all green pea plants in the F1 generation. |
C | 3/4 green pea plants and 1/4 yellow pea plants in the F1 generation. |
D | 3/4 yellow and 1/4 green plants in the F2 generation. |
Question 32 |
A | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
B | Charles Darwin |
C | Charles Lyell |
D | Georges Cuvier |
Question 33 |
A | males |
B | species |
C | men |
D | individuals |
E | females |
Question 34 |
A | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
B | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
C | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
D | variation, inheritance, over-production |
Question 35 |
A | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
B | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
C | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
D | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
E | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
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