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