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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 | During Pleistocene epoch. |
B | During Eocene epoch. |
C | During Paleocene epoch. |
D | During Oligocene epoch. |
E | During Miocene epoch. |
Question 2 |
A | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, 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 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 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, which has been retained in New World monkeys. |
E | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/1.1.3.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
Question 3 |
A | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
B | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
C | Nitrogen |
D | Hydrogen |
E | Carbon |
Question 4 |
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 yellow pea plants in the F2 generation. |
D | all green pea plants in the F1 generation. |
Question 5 |
A | Triassic |
B | Ordovician |
C | Cambrian |
D | Permian |
E | Devonian |
Question 6 |
A | Howler monkeys |
B | Chimpanzees |
C | Squirrel monkeys |
D | Jam monkeys |
Question 7 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 8 |
A | Cretaceous |
B | Devonian |
C | Jurassic |
D | Triassic |
E | Permian |
Question 9 |
A | the world was created 6,000 years ago. |
B | the geological forces that influenced the world long time ago continue to influence the world today. |
C | sudden changes to the environment can result in extinction of some species and repopulation by completely a new one |
D | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
Question 10 |
A | new habitat development. |
B | no idea |
C | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
D | speciation. |
E | increased competition. |
Question 11 |
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 12 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 13 |
A | natural organization. |
B | the great chain of being. |
C | evangelical taxonomy. |
D | cladistic systtematics. |
Question 14 |
A | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
B | Genetically, they are inferior to the Old World monkeys. |
C | It is difficult to explain how they arrived in South America because of the vast oceans that separate landmasses. |
D | Genetically, they have much less common genes with modern day primates. |
Question 15 |
A | Potassium–argon dating |
B | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
C | Thermoluminescence dating |
D | Carbon-14 dating |
Question 16 |
A | Gondwanaland |
B | Laurasia |
C | Supercontinent |
D | Pangaea |
Question 17 |
A | species |
B | males |
C | females |
D | individuals |
E | men |
Question 18 |
A | interbreeding |
B | mutation |
C | genetic drift |
D | gene flow |
Question 19 |
A | directional selection. |
B | environmental selection. |
C | stabilizing selection. |
D | disruptive selection. |
Question 20 |
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 21 |
A | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
B | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
C | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
D | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
E | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
Question 22 |
A | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
B | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
C | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
D | variation, inheritance, over-production |
Question 23 |
A | Infant parking. |
B | Sexual monomorphism |
C | Giving birth to twins. |
D | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
Question 24 |
A | Seed-producing plants that also produce flowers. |
B | Group of plants with deep complex roots. |
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 25 |
A | Georges Cuvier |
B | Charles Lyell |
C | Charles Darwin |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 26 |
A | Gibbons |
B | Orangutan |
C | Bonobo |
D | Chimpanzee |
Question 27 |
A | They are knuckles sued for walking on land. |
B | They are cheek bones. |
C | They are tail bones that connect the rest of the tail to the skeleton. |
D | They are bone like structures that provide strength to tails of arboreal animals. |
Question 28 |
A | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
B | Preservation of complete organisms. |
C | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
D | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
Question 29 |
A | True |
B | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
C | False |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
Question 30 |
A | 65 million years ago |
B | 135 million years ago |
C | 225 million years ago |
D | 3.5 billion years ago |
E | 4.3 billion years ago |
Question 31 |
A | Cercopithecoidea |
B | Cercopithecinae |
C | Hominoidea |
D | Cebidae |
Question 32 |
A | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
B | Charles Darwin |
C | Charles Lyell |
D | Georges Cuvier |
Question 33 |
A | the visual predation theory. |
B | the arboreal theory. |
C | the terminal branch theory. |
D | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
Question 34 |
A | Potassium–argon |
B | Electron-spin-resonance |
C | Carbon-14 dating |
D | Thermoluminescence |
E | Uranium |
Question 35 |
A | Female bias |
B | Male bias |
C | All of the answers are incorrect. |
D | Dual sex bias |
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