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