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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 | all green yellow pea plants in the F2 generation. |
B | 3/4 yellow and 1/4 green plants in the F2 generation. |
C | all green pea plants in the F1 generation. |
D | 3/4 green pea plants and 1/4 yellow pea plants in the F1 generation. |
Question 2 |
A | directional selection. |
B | stabilizing selection. |
C | environmental selection. |
D | disruptive selection. |
Question 3 |
A | Electron-spin-resonance |
B | Thermoluminescence |
C | Potassium–argon |
D | Carbon-14 dating |
E | Uranium |
Question 4 |
A | Female bias |
B | All of the answers are incorrect. |
C | Male bias |
D | Dual sex bias |
Question 5 |
A | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
B | Preservation of complete organisms. |
C | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
D | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
Question 6 |
A | evangelical taxonomy. |
B | cladistic systtematics. |
C | natural organization. |
D | the great chain of being. |
Question 7 |
A | Cebidae |
B | Hominoidea |
C | Cercopithecoidea |
D | Cercopithecinae |
Question 8 |
A | men |
B | individuals |
C | males |
D | species |
E | females |
Question 9 |
A | Charles Lyell |
B | Georges Cuvier |
C | Charles Darwin |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 10 |
A | Permian |
B | Triassic |
C | Devonian |
D | Jurassic |
E | Cretaceous |
Question 11 |
A | increased competition. |
B | new habitat development. |
C | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
D | no idea |
E | speciation. |
Question 12 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 13 |
A | Potassium–argon dating |
B | Carbon-14 dating |
C | Thermoluminescence dating |
D | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
Question 14 |
A | The sex that stays in the natal group their entire lives. |
B | The sex that is recessive. |
C | The sex that disperses at sexual maturity. |
D | The sex that is dominant. |
Question 15 |
A | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
B | Hydrogen |
C | Carbon |
D | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
E | Nitrogen |
Question 16 |
A | During Eocene epoch. |
B | During Pleistocene epoch. |
C | During Paleocene epoch. |
D | During Oligocene epoch. |
E | During Miocene epoch. |
Question 17 |
A | Infant parking. |
B | Giving birth to twins. |
C | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
D | Sexual monomorphism |
Question 18 |
A | 65 million years ago |
B | 225 million years ago |
C | 3.5 billion years ago |
D | 4.3 billion years ago |
E | 135 million years ago |
Question 19 |
A | morphological structures change according to use. |
B | acquired characteristics are heritable. |
C | the monkeys are the direct ancestors of modern humans. |
D | no clue what you are asking here! |
Question 20 |
A | False |
B | True |
C | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
Question 21 |
A | Squirrel monkeys |
B | Jam monkeys |
C | Chimpanzees |
D | Howler monkeys |
Question 22 |
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 23 |
A | Laurasia |
B | Pangaea |
C | Gondwanaland |
D | Supercontinent |
Question 24 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 25 |
A | genetic drift |
B | gene flow |
C | interbreeding |
D | mutation |
Question 26 |
A | They are knuckles sued for walking on land. |
B | They are bone like structures that provide strength to tails of arboreal animals. |
C | They are cheek bones. |
D | They are tail bones that connect the rest of the tail to the skeleton. |
Question 27 |
A | the visual predation theory. |
B | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
C | the terminal branch theory. |
D | the arboreal theory. |
Question 28 |
A | Gibbons |
B | Bonobo |
C | Chimpanzee |
D | Orangutan |
Question 29 |
A | Devonian |
B | Cambrian |
C | Triassic |
D | Permian |
E | Ordovician |
Question 30 |
A | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
B | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
C | variation, inheritance, over-production |
D | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
Question 31 |
A | Charles Lyell |
B | Georges Cuvier |
C | Charles Darwin |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 32 |
A | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
B | sudden changes to the environment can result in extinction of some species and repopulation by completely a new one |
C | the geological forces that influenced the world long time ago continue to influence the world today. |
D | the world was created 6,000 years ago. |
Question 33 |
A | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
B | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, which has been retained in Old 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 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in New World monkeys. |
E | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/1.1.3.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
Question 34 |
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 35 |
A | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
B | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
C | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
D | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
E | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
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