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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 | Charles Lyell |
B | Georges Cuvier |
C | Charles Darwin |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 2 |
A | females |
B | species |
C | males |
D | individuals |
E | men |
Question 3 |
A | sudden changes to the environment can result in extinction of some species and repopulation by completely a new one |
B | the geological forces that influenced the world long time ago continue to influence the world today. |
C | even though species can change, they all have a common ancestor. |
D | the world was created 6,000 years ago. |
Question 4 |
A | Genetically, they have much less common genes with modern day primates. |
B | None of the answers posted here are correct. |
C | It is difficult to explain how they arrived in South America because of the vast oceans that separate landmasses. |
D | Genetically, they are inferior to the Old World monkeys. |
Question 5 |
A | Organic structures are completely destroyed by replacing minerals. |
B | Very clear and complete record of paleobiological record. |
C | Organic structures are well preserved by the precipitating minerals around it. |
D | Preservation of complete organisms. |
Question 6 |
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 7 |
A | morphological structures change according to use. |
B | the monkeys are the direct ancestors of modern humans. |
C | no clue what you are asking here! |
D | acquired characteristics are heritable. |
Question 8 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 9 |
A | Hominoidea |
B | Cebidae |
C | Cercopithecinae |
D | Cercopithecoidea |
Question 10 |
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 11 |
A | Carbon |
B | Hydrogen |
C | Isotopic oxygen 18 |
D | Nitrogen |
E | Isotopic oxygen 16 |
Question 12 |
A | Female bias |
B | Dual sex bias |
C | Male bias |
D | All of the answers are incorrect. |
Question 13 |
A | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/1.1.3.3, 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 New World monkeys. |
C | Primitive dental formula 1.0.1.0/1.0.0.3, which has been retained in Old World monkeys. |
D | Primitive dental formula 2.1.3.3/2.1.2.3, 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 New World monkeys. |
Question 14 |
A | variation, directional selection, disruptive selection |
B | variation, inheritance, over-production |
C | variation, genetic drift, gene mutation |
D | genetic drift, inheritance, gene mutation |
Question 15 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 16 |
A | natural organization. |
B | cladistic systtematics. |
C | evangelical taxonomy. |
D | the great chain of being. |
Question 17 |
A | Triassic |
B | Permian |
C | Cretaceous |
D | Jurassic |
E | Devonian |
Question 18 |
A | They are cheek bones. |
B | They are tail bones that connect the rest of the tail to the skeleton. |
C | They are bone like structures that provide strength to tails of arboreal animals. |
D | They are knuckles sued for walking on land. |
Question 19 |
A | During Paleocene epoch. |
B | During Pleistocene epoch. |
C | During Eocene epoch. |
D | During Miocene epoch. |
E | During Oligocene epoch. |
Question 20 |
A | Bonobo |
B | Chimpanzee |
C | Orangutan |
D | Gibbons |
Question 21 |
A | 0.5 A and 0.5 a |
B | 0.35 A and 0.65 a |
C | 0.65 A and 0.35 a |
D | 0.25 a and 0.75 A |
E | 0.75 A and 0.25 a |
Question 22 |
A | mutation |
B | interbreeding |
C | gene flow |
D | genetic drift |
Question 23 |
A | Seed-producing plants such as pine and fir. |
B | Group of plants that produce high energy food for primates. |
C | Seed-producing plants that also produce flowers. |
D | A defective primate sperm that will lead to undesirable offspring. |
E | Group of plants with deep complex roots. |
Question 24 |
A | Howler monkeys |
B | Chimpanzees |
C | Squirrel monkeys |
D | Jam monkeys |
Question 25 |
A | stabilizing selection. |
B | disruptive selection. |
C | directional selection. |
D | environmental selection. |
Question 26 |
A | Giving birth to twins. |
B | Sexual monomorphism |
C | Decreased care of infants by fathers. |
D | Infant parking. |
Question 27 |
A | no idea |
B | new habitat development. |
C | speciation. |
D | increased competition. |
E | new traits being passed on to the next generation. |
Question 28 |
A | The sex that is recessive. |
B | The sex that disperses at sexual maturity. |
C | The sex that is dominant. |
D | The sex that stays in the natal group their entire lives. |
Question 29 |
A | False |
B | True |
C | Neither true nor false because it depends on the population in question. |
Chapter 4 - Speciation and Phylogeny
Question 30 |
A | Uranium |
B | Potassium–argon |
C | Carbon-14 dating |
D | Thermoluminescence |
E | Electron-spin-resonance |
Question 31 |
A | Gondwanaland |
B | Supercontinent |
C | Pangaea |
D | Laurasia |
Question 32 |
A | the arboreal theory. |
B | the terminal branch theory. |
C | the angiosperm radiation theory. |
D | the visual predation theory. |
Question 33 |
A | Charles Darwin |
B | Charles Lyell |
C | Georges Cuvier |
D | Jean Baptiste-Lamarck |
Question 34 |
A | Carbon-14 dating |
B | Potassium–argon dating |
C | Thermoluminescence dating |
D | Electron-spin-resonance dating |
Question 35 |
A | Ordovician |
B | Permian |
C | Cambrian |
D | Devonian |
E | Triassic |
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