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Question #1
A species that has a 50% chance of going extinct within the next five years is classified as:
A.
extremely vulnerable
B.
critically endangered
C.
endangered
D.
none of the above
Question #2
A species that has a 50% chance of going extinct within the next five years is classified as:
A.
that the animals are more vulnerable to attack
B.
that there is less protection for individuals
C.
males must compete for mating
D.
that there is less food for everyone
Question #3
Males in multimale groups often compete for priority of access to females rather than for sole access females.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #4
_________________ is considered to be the most basic adaptation characterising the behavior of the most primate species.
A.
sociality
B.
nocturnal adaptation
C.
a solitary lifestyle
D.
none of the above
Question #5
To learn why nonhuman primates are social, primatologists study:
A.
the benefits of being social
B.
evolutionary processes that promoted sociality
C.
the costs of being social
D.
none of the above
Question #6
Gibbons live in monogamous pairs and are therefore:
A.
better adapted to life in the forest
B.
have intense male competition for mates
C.
not dimorphic with respect to body size
Question #7
Which of the following is true of polyandry?
A.
It usually involves multifemale groups
B.
Males assist in infant caregiving
C.
It is the most common nonhuman primate social system
D.
all of the above
Question #8
Most modern studies of primate behavior are:
A.
field studies
B.
performed in laboratories
C.
semi-free-ranging studies
D.
semi-free-ranging studies
Question #9
Gibbons are highly sexually dimorphic.
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #10
High altitudes are a stress on human physiology because there is lower air pressure.
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #11
Carriers of the sickle-cell allele (i.e. those with a heterozygous genotype) are fittest in environments with high frequencies of:
A.
Malaria
B.
HIV/AIDS
C.
Syphillis
D.
Cholera
E.
Tuberculosis
F.
Small pox
Question #12
The nation(s) involved in World War II that was/were NOT racist included:
A.
The United States and Japan
B.
Japan
C.
none of these
D.
The United States
E.
Germany
Question #13
How do the concepts race and ethnic group differ?
A.
Races are separated from one another by social barriers.
B.
The concept of race explicitly incorporates sociocultural factors.
C.
Ethnic groups are separated from one another by social barriers.
D.
The term ethnic group has been replaced by the term race.
Question #14
The scientific study of human variation has always been shaped by political and cultural forces.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #15
Carriers of the allele that causes Tay-Sachs disease (i.e. those with the heterozygous genotype) may have had a reproductive advantage:
A.
as a result of change in climate
B.
because they have resistance to infectious disease (Tuberculosis)
C.
as a result of dietary deficiencies
Question #16
An important factor that may influence the evolution of skin color is ________________ synthesis.
A.
Vitamin D
B.
protein
C.
calcium
D.
melanin
Question #17
In regions where malaria occurs in high frequencies, ____________________ have greater reproductive success (or fitness).
A.
people who do not have any sickle cell (HbS) alleles
B.
people who are homozygous for sickle cell disease
C.
carriers of the sickle cell (HbS) allele
D.
all of the above
Question #18
The arboreal hypothesis explains primate traits as:
A.
adaptations to preying on insects
B.
adaptations to living on the ground
C.
none of these
D.
giving birth to live young
Question #19
Most primate species have a herbivorous diet.
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #20
Humans are the most sexually dimorphic of the primates.
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #21
Which one of the following primates is most closely related to humans?
A.
lemurs
B.
baboons
C.
monkeys
D.
gibbons
E.
bonobos
Question #22
All primates use the same locomotion pattern (this terms refers to the way animals move around).
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #23
Some of the primates classified in the Infraorder Catarrhini evolved a prehensile tail.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #24
Identify the features shared by Old World monkeys:
A.
none of these features characterize Old World monkeys
B.
all of these
C.
bilophodont molars
D.
ischial callosities
E.
a greater range of body size than New World monkeys
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