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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 | the monkeys are the direct ancestors of modern humans. |
B | acquired characteristics are heritable. |
C | morphological structures change according to use. |
D | no clue what you are asking here! |
Question 2 |
A | Male bias |
B | Dual sex bias |
C | Female bias |
D | All of the answers are incorrect. |
Question 3 |
A | Hominoidea |
B | Cercopithecoidea |
C | Cebidae |
D | Cercopithecinae |
Question 4 |
A | Charles Darwin |
B | Georges Cuvier |
C | Charles Lyell |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 5 |
A | They are tail bones that connect the rest of the tail to the skeleton. |
B | They are cheek bones. |
C | They are bone like structures that provide strength to tails of arboreal animals. |
D | They are knuckles sued for walking on land. |
Question 6 |
A | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
B | Thermoluminescence dating |
C | Potassium–argon dating |
D | Carbon-14 dating |
Question 7 |
A | Squirrel monkeys |
B | Jam monkeys |
C | Chimpanzees |
D | Howler monkeys |
Question 8 |
A | During Oligocene epoch. |
B | During Paleocene epoch. |
C | During Eocene epoch. |
D | During Miocene epoch. |
E | During Pleistocene epoch. |
Question 9 |
A | speciation. |
B | new habitat development. |
C | increased competition. |
D | no idea |
E | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
Question 10 |
A | Group of plants that produce high energy food for primates. |
B | Group of plants with deep complex roots. |
C | Seed-producing plants that also produce flowers. |
D | A defective primate sperm that will lead to undesirable offspring. |
E | Seed-producing plants such as pine and fir. |
Question 11 |
A | Genetically, they are inferior to the Old World monkeys. |
B | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
C | It is difficult to explain how they arrived in South America because of the vast oceans that separate landmasses. |
D | Genetically, they have much less common genes with modern day primates. |
Question 12 |
A | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
B | Hydrogen |
C | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
D | Nitrogen |
E | Carbon |
Question 13 |
A | Infant parking. |
B | Giving birth to twins. |
C | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
D | Sexual monomorphism |
Question 14 |
A | 3/4 yellow and 1/4 green plants in the F2 generation. |
B | all green pea plants in the F1 generation. |
C | all green yellow pea plants in the F2 generation. |
D | 3/4 green pea plants and 1/4 yellow pea plants in the F1 generation. |
Question 15 |
A | The sex that is dominant. |
B | The sex that is recessive. |
C | The sex that stays in the natal group their entire lives. |
D | The sex that disperses at sexual maturity. |
Question 16 |
A | interbreeding |
B | genetic drift |
C | gene flow |
D | mutation |
Question 17 |
A | Thermoluminescence |
B | Potassium–argon |
C | Carbon-14 dating |
D | Electron-spin-resonance |
E | Uranium |
Question 18 |
A | environmental selection. |
B | disruptive selection. |
C | directional selection. |
D | stabilizing selection. |
Question 19 |
A | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
B | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
C | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
D | Preservation of complete organisms. |
Question 20 |
A | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
B | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
C | variation, inheritance, over-production |
D | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
Question 21 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 22 |
A | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
B | the arboreal theory. |
C | the visual predation theory. |
D | the terminal branch theory. |
Question 23 |
A | 65 million years ago |
B | 225 million years ago |
C | 135 million years ago |
D | 3.5 billion years ago |
E | 4.3 billion years ago |
Question 24 |
A | the geological forces that influenced the world long time ago continue to influence the world today. |
B | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
C | the world was created 6,000 years ago. |
D | sudden changes to the environment can result in extinction of some species and repopulation by completely a new one |
Question 25 |
A | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
B | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
C | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
D | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
E | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
Question 26 |
A | Triassic |
B | Devonian |
C | Permian |
D | Cretaceous |
E | Jurassic |
Question 27 |
A | Pangaea |
B | Gondwanaland |
C | Laurasia |
D | Supercontinent |
Question 28 |
A | Chimpanzee |
B | Bonobo |
C | Orangutan |
D | Gibbons |
Question 29 |
A | individuals |
B | females |
C | species |
D | men |
E | males |
Question 30 |
A | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, 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 Old World monkeys. |
C | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/1.1.3.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
D | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, which has been retained in New World monkeys. |
E | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in New World monkeys. |
Question 31 |
A | False |
B | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
C | True |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
Question 32 |
A | Permian |
B | Cambrian |
C | Triassic |
D | Ordovician |
E | Devonian |
Question 33 |
A | evangelical taxonomy. |
B | cladistic systtematics. |
C | natural organization. |
D | the great chain of being. |
Question 34 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 35 |
A | Charles Darwin |
B | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
C | Charles Lyell |
D | Georges Cuvier |
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