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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 great chain of being. |
B | natural organization. |
C | cladistic systtematics. |
D | evangelical taxonomy. |
Question 2 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 3 |
A | new habitat development. |
B | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
C | increased competition. |
D | no idea |
E | speciation. |
Question 4 |
A | 4.3 billion years ago |
B | 3.5 billion years ago |
C | 135 million years ago |
D | 65 million years ago |
E | 225 million years ago |
Question 5 |
A | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
B | Giving birth to twins. |
C | Sexual monomorphism |
D | Infant parking. |
Question 6 |
A | Genetically, they have much less common genes with modern day primates. |
B | It is difficult to explain how they arrived in South America because of the vast oceans that separate landmasses. |
C | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
D | Genetically, they are inferior to the Old World monkeys. |
Question 7 |
A | men |
B | females |
C | individuals |
D | species |
E | males |
Question 8 |
A | Thermoluminescence |
B | Uranium |
C | Electron-spin-resonance |
D | Potassium–argon |
E | Carbon-14 dating |
Question 9 |
A | Gibbons |
B | Orangutan |
C | Bonobo |
D | Chimpanzee |
Question 10 |
A | Hydrogen |
B | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
C | Carbon |
D | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
E | Nitrogen |
Question 11 |
A | the world was created 6,000 years ago. |
B | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
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 12 |
A | the terminal branch theory. |
B | the arboreal theory. |
C | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
D | the visual predation theory. |
Question 13 |
A | Charles Lyell |
B | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
C | Charles Darwin |
D | Georges Cuvier |
Question 14 |
A | All of the answers are incorrect. |
B | Male bias |
C | Female bias |
D | Dual sex bias |
Question 15 |
A | Group of plants with deep complex roots. |
B | Seed-producing plants that also produce flowers. |
C | Group of plants that produce high energy food for primates. |
D | A defective primate sperm that will lead to undesirable offspring. |
E | Seed-producing plants such as pine and fir. |
Question 16 |
A | environmental selection. |
B | directional selection. |
C | disruptive selection. |
D | stabilizing selection. |
Question 17 |
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 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, 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 New World monkeys. |
Question 18 |
A | Squirrel monkeys |
B | Jam monkeys |
C | Howler monkeys |
D | Chimpanzees |
Question 19 |
A | Pangaea |
B | Gondwanaland |
C | Laurasia |
D | Supercontinent |
Question 20 |
A | They are knuckles sued for walking on land. |
B | They are tail bones that connect the rest of the tail to the skeleton. |
C | They are cheek bones. |
D | They are bone like structures that provide strength to tails of arboreal animals. |
Question 21 |
A | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
B | Preservation of complete organisms. |
C | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
D | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
Question 22 |
A | Ordovician |
B | Cambrian |
C | Devonian |
D | Triassic |
E | Permian |
Question 23 |
A | Jurassic |
B | Permian |
C | Devonian |
D | Triassic |
E | Cretaceous |
Question 24 |
A | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
B | variation, inheritance, over-production |
C | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
D | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
Question 25 |
A | Charles Lyell |
B | Georges Cuvier |
C | Charles Darwin |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 26 |
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 27 |
A | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
B | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
C | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
D | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
E | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
Question 28 |
A | no clue what you are asking here! |
B | the monkeys are the direct ancestors of modern humans. |
C | morphological structures change according to use. |
D | acquired characteristics are heritable. |
Question 29 |
A | Thermoluminescence dating |
B | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
C | Carbon-14 dating |
D | Potassium–argon dating |
Question 30 |
A | During Pleistocene epoch. |
B | During Paleocene epoch. |
C | During Eocene epoch. |
D | During Miocene epoch. |
E | During Oligocene epoch. |
Question 31 |
A | Hominoidea |
B | Cercopithecinae |
C | Cebidae |
D | Cercopithecoidea |
Question 32 |
A | False |
B | True |
C | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
Question 33 |
A | gene flow |
B | interbreeding |
C | mutation |
D | genetic drift |
Question 34 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 35 |
A | 3/4 yellow and 1/4 green plants in the F2 generation. |
B | all green pea plants in the F1 generation. |
C | 3/4 green pea plants and 1/4 yellow pea plants in the F1 generation. |
D | all green yellow pea plants in the F2 generation. |
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