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