Anthropology 001 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology » Summer 2021 » Midterm Exam 1

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Question #1
What can be learned from studying a population through time?
A.   We can learn that diets, and therefore human biology, change through time.
B.   We can learn that human physiology does not change through time.
C.   We can learn that consuming the wrong foods over time does little to population health.
D.   We can learn that lifestyles do not change over time.
Question #2
What increased early humans’ chances of hunting success?
A.   Hunting was always well planned, often using a diagram.
B.   Females led hunting, but all adults were involved.
C.   Hunting was conducted with stone tools and cooperative strategies.
D.   Hunting strategies were developed to include other animals as bait.
Question #3
Human production of stone or stone tools is an example of
A.   ideology.
B.   subsistence strategies.
C.   linguistic comprehension.
D.   material culture.
Question #4
Forensic anthropologists
A.   focus their skeletal analysis on early hominins.
B.   study the evolution of human skeletal traits.
C.   focus their work on skeletal analysis of individuals.
D.   study skeletal remains from past human populations.
Question #5
Which of the following key attributes of human uniqueness developed during the past 10,000 to 11,000 years?
A.   nonhoning chewing
B.   bipedalism
C.   complex material culture
D.   dependence on domesticated food
Question #6
What is a hypothesis?
A.   a synonym for theory
B.   a testable statement that could potentially explain specific phenomena observed in the natural world
C.   a statement unable to be refuted by future investigations
D.   a statement that concerns scientific facts assumed to be true
Question #7
Darwin’s theory of evolution proposes that
A.   species adapt and change over time based on the environment.
B.   an individual can change within its own lifetime.
C.   individuals determine their own biological adaptations.
D.   species adapt based on individual goals.
Question #8
The relevance of uniformitarianism is that it
A.   provides the primary evidence that the earth is 4.4 billion years old.
B.   proves that most changes to Earth were caused by earthquakes and floods.
C.   supports the theory of catastrophism.
D.   requires the assumption that any geological process observed today worked the same way in the past.
Question #9
Which scientist is known for developing a system of taxonomy, including a method of giving each organism two names, such as Homo sapiens for humans?
A.   Carolus Linnaeus
B.   Robert Hooke
C.   John Ray
D.   Georges Cuvier
Question #10
The lower frequency of sickle cell anemia among present-day Americans of West African ancestry as compared to people living in West Africa is attributed to
A.   natural selection.
B.   genetic drift.
C.   gene flow.
D.   new mutations.
Question #11
According to Linnaean taxonomy, what is the MOST specific category and level shared by humans, gorillas, and howler monkeys (from the New World)?
A.   superfamily Hominoidea
B.   infraorder Anthropoidea
C.   parvorder Catarrhini
D.   suborder Haplorhini
Question #12
An endemic species, such as the finches of the Galápagos, is
A.   invasive to a particular region or habitat.
B.   subject to increased rates of genetic mutation.
C.   native to a particular region.
D.   a locally extinct species.
Question #13
mtDNA is found ________ and is ________.
A.   outside of the cell’s nucleus; passed on from the father to all his offspring
B.   in prokaryotic cells; found only in females
C.   in the cell’s “powerhouse”; passed on from the mother to all her offspring
D.   in the nucleus; inherited from mother to daughter only
Question #14
The number of different chromosomes in a plant or animal
A.   reduces over the animal’s lifetime, causing aging.
B.   varies between body cells (e.g., liver cells have more than intestinal cells).
C.   determines how evolved the organism is (potatoes have only five, but camels have seventy).
D.   is the same in every cell with a nucleus; it is homoplasmic.
Question #15
Haplotypes are a group of alleles that
A.   is likely to recombine during crossovers.
B.   comes from one parent only.
C.   is not likely to recombine during crossovers.
D.   does not pass on for many generations.
Question #16
How is mitosis different from meiosis?
A.   Mitosis results in identical copies of the parent cell.
B.   Mitosis involves one DNA replication followed by two cell divisions.
C.   Mitosis results in haploid cells.
D.   Mitosis ultimately results in a reduced number of chromosomes.
Question #17
Most cells in the human body contain a nucleus,
A.   containing exactly one half of the organism’s DNA.
B.   each containing a full copy of the organism’s DNA.
C.   but the nuclear DNA itself is inactive in all but the reproductive cells.
D.   but each has a different set of DNA.
Question #18
During which process is the number of chromosomes reduced?
A.   recombination
B.   translation
C.   mitosis
D.   meiosis
Question #19
The decrease in hominin tooth size over time is an example of which pattern of natural selection?
A.   disruptive
B.   balancing
C.   stabilizing
D.   directional
Question #20
What effect does natural selection have on variation within a population?
A.   It both increases and decreases variation.
B.   It does not affect variation.
C.   It increases variation.
D.   It decreases variation.
Question #21
An individual who displays the disease sickle cell anemia must have inherited the deleterious allele from both phenotypically normal parents. This individual is therefore
A.   haplozygous.
B.   heterozygous, with one dominant and one recessive allele.
C.   homozygous with two dominant alleles.
D.   homozygous with two recessive alleles.
Question #22
The physical location of a gene within the genome is called the
A.   locus.
B.   chromosome.
C.   address.
D.   nucleus.
Question #23
In certain species of nonhuman primates there are groups where only one dominant female has access to mates. The other females must wait until the opportunity to mate presents itself. This will have direct impact on “fitness,” influencing which of the following?
A.   aggressiveness
B.   age at death
C.   reproductive success
D.   strength

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