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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 | Genetically, they are inferior to the Old World monkeys. |
B | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
C | Genetically, they have much less common genes with modern day primates. |
D | It is difficult to explain how they arrived in South America because of the vast oceans that separate landmasses. |
Question 2 |
A | increased competition. |
B | speciation. |
C | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
D | new habitat development. |
E | no idea |
Question 3 |
A | the great chain of being. |
B | natural organization. |
C | evangelical taxonomy. |
D | cladistic systtematics. |
Question 4 |
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 | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
D | the geological forces that influenced the world long time ago continue to influence the world today. |
Question 5 |
A | They are tail bones that connect the rest of the tail to the skeleton. |
B | They are cheek bones. |
C | They are bone like structures that provide strength to tails of arboreal animals. |
D | They are knuckles sued for walking on land. |
Question 6 |
A | Orangutan |
B | Gibbons |
C | Chimpanzee |
D | Bonobo |
Question 7 |
A | interbreeding |
B | mutation |
C | gene flow |
D | genetic drift |
Question 8 |
A | Sexual monomorphism |
B | Giving birth to twins. |
C | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
D | Infant parking. |
Question 9 |
A | Jurassic |
B | Cretaceous |
C | Devonian |
D | Triassic |
E | Permian |
Question 10 |
A | Gondwanaland |
B | Supercontinent |
C | Pangaea |
D | Laurasia |
Question 11 |
A | Seed-producing plants that also produce flowers. |
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 | A defective primate sperm that will lead to undesirable offspring. |
Question 12 |
A | Thermoluminescence |
B | Electron-spin-resonance |
C | Uranium |
D | Potassium–argon |
E | Carbon-14 dating |
Question 13 |
A | 3/4 yellow and 1/4 green plants in the F2 generation. |
B | 3/4 green pea plants and 1/4 yellow pea plants in the F1 generation. |
C | all green pea plants in the F1 generation. |
D | all green yellow pea plants in the F2 generation. |
Question 14 |
A | False |
B | True |
C | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
Question 15 |
A | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
B | Preservation of complete organisms. |
C | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
D | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
Question 16 |
A | Georges Cuvier |
B | Charles Darwin |
C | Charles Lyell |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 17 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 18 |
A | environmental selection. |
B | stabilizing selection. |
C | directional selection. |
D | disruptive selection. |
Question 19 |
A | Cambrian |
B | Devonian |
C | Ordovician |
D | Triassic |
E | Permian |
Question 20 |
A | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
B | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
C | Nitrogen |
D | Carbon |
E | Hydrogen |
Question 21 |
A | Male bias |
B | All of the answers are incorrect. |
C | Dual sex bias |
D | Female bias |
Question 22 |
A | Thermoluminescence dating |
B | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
C | Potassium–argon dating |
D | Carbon-14 dating |
Question 23 |
A | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
B | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
C | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
D | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
E | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
Question 24 |
A | Cebidae |
B | Hominoidea |
C | Cercopithecoidea |
D | Cercopithecinae |
Question 25 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 26 |
A | the terminal branch theory. |
B | the visual predation theory. |
C | the arboreal theory. |
D | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
Question 27 |
A | The sex that stays in the natal group their entire lives. |
B | The sex that is recessive. |
C | The sex that is dominant. |
D | The sex that disperses at sexual maturity. |
Question 28 |
A | Georges Cuvier |
B | Charles Darwin |
C | Charles Lyell |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 29 |
A | females |
B | men |
C | individuals |
D | males |
E | species |
Question 30 |
A | acquired characteristics are heritable. |
B | morphological structures change according to use. |
C | no clue what you are asking here! |
D | the monkeys are the direct ancestors of modern humans. |
Question 31 |
A | During Paleocene epoch. |
B | During Miocene epoch. |
C | During Oligocene epoch. |
D | During Eocene epoch. |
E | During Pleistocene epoch. |
Question 32 |
A | 4.3 billion years ago |
B | 3.5 billion years ago |
C | 225 million years ago |
D | 135 million years ago |
E | 65 million years ago |
Question 33 |
A | variation, inheritance, over-production |
B | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
C | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
D | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
Question 34 |
A | Howler monkeys |
B | Chimpanzees |
C | Squirrel monkeys |
D | Jam monkeys |
Question 35 |
A | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, 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 New World monkeys. |
C | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in New 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. |
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