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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 | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
B | Charles Lyell |
C | Georges Cuvier |
D | Charles Darwin |
Question 2 |
A | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
B | sudden changes to the environment can result in extinction of some species and repopulation by completely a new one |
C | the geological forces that influenced the world long time ago continue to influence the world today. |
D | the world was created 6,000 years ago. |
Question 3 |
A | Permian |
B | Devonian |
C | Triassic |
D | Cretaceous |
E | Jurassic |
Question 4 |
A | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
B | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
C | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
D | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
E | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
Question 5 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 6 |
A | During Miocene epoch. |
B | During Paleocene epoch. |
C | During Eocene epoch. |
D | During Oligocene epoch. |
E | During Pleistocene epoch. |
Question 7 |
A | Preservation of complete organisms. |
B | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
C | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
D | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
Question 8 |
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. |
Question 9 |
A | Permian |
B | Devonian |
C | Cambrian |
D | Triassic |
E | Ordovician |
Question 10 |
A | individuals |
B | species |
C | males |
D | men |
E | females |
Question 11 |
A | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
B | It is difficult to explain how they arrived in South America because of the vast oceans that separate landmasses. |
C | Genetically, they have much less common genes with modern day primates. |
D | Genetically, they are inferior to the Old World monkeys. |
Question 12 |
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 13 |
A | genetic drift |
B | mutation |
C | gene flow |
D | interbreeding |
Question 14 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 15 |
A | Cercopithecinae |
B | Cercopithecoidea |
C | Hominoidea |
D | Cebidae |
Question 16 |
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 17 |
A | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
B | Carbon |
C | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
D | Hydrogen |
E | Nitrogen |
Question 18 |
A | All of the answers are incorrect. |
B | Female bias |
C | Dual sex bias |
D | Male bias |
Question 19 |
A | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
B | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
C | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
D | variation, inheritance, over-production |
Question 20 |
A | no idea |
B | new habitat development. |
C | increased competition. |
D | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
E | speciation. |
Question 21 |
A | Chimpanzee |
B | Bonobo |
C | Gibbons |
D | Orangutan |
Question 22 |
A | Charles Lyell |
B | Georges Cuvier |
C | Charles Darwin |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 23 |
A | Thermoluminescence dating |
B | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
C | Potassium–argon dating |
D | Carbon-14 dating |
Question 24 |
A | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in New 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 Old 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 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
Question 25 |
A | Group of plants that produce high energy food for primates. |
B | Seed-producing plants that also produce flowers. |
C | Seed-producing plants such as pine and fir. |
D | A defective primate sperm that will lead to undesirable offspring. |
E | Group of plants with deep complex roots. |
Question 26 |
A | disruptive selection. |
B | stabilizing selection. |
C | directional selection. |
D | environmental selection. |
Question 27 |
A | Squirrel monkeys |
B | Howler monkeys |
C | Chimpanzees |
D | Jam monkeys |
Question 28 |
A | 4.3 billion years ago |
B | 135 million years ago |
C | 225 million years ago |
D | 65 million years ago |
E | 3.5 billion years ago |
Question 29 |
A | natural organization. |
B | evangelical taxonomy. |
C | the great chain of being. |
D | cladistic systtematics. |
Question 30 |
A | Infant parking. |
B | Giving birth to twins. |
C | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
D | Sexual monomorphism |
Question 31 |
A | acquired characteristics are heritable. |
B | no clue what you are asking here! |
C | morphological structures change according to use. |
D | the monkeys are the direct ancestors of modern humans. |
Question 32 |
A | Potassium–argon |
B | Electron-spin-resonance |
C | Carbon-14 dating |
D | Uranium |
E | Thermoluminescence |
Question 33 |
A | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
B | the arboreal theory. |
C | the visual predation theory. |
D | the terminal branch theory. |
Question 34 |
A | True |
B | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
C | False |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
Question 35 |
A | Supercontinent |
B | Pangaea |
C | Laurasia |
D | Gondwanaland |
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