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