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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A some diagnostic traits, such as skin color, are due to nutrition in adition to heredity
B There are no pure races
C there has been continual genetic drift throughout the human range
D racial classifications reflect cultural, not biological categories
Question #2
A correspond to the major continents
B Show that Europeans and Africans are easily distuinguishable, but Asians are hard to classify
C easily sorted into 3 or 4 major groups
D show continuous clinal variation across space
Question #3
A can discriminate between genetic and cultural factors in native intelligence
B show no signficant differences in intelligence among human populations
C Are a reliable indicator of genetic differences in intelligence
D are culturally biased
Question #4
A a group of people defined statistically by clusters of linked genetic traits
B a biological classification based on the presence or absence of specific genetic traits
C the product of natural selection occurring over thousands of years
D a clearly defined biological breeding population
E a social classification that is often assumed to have a biological basis
Question #5
A gradual variation in genetic traits across geographic regions
B the genetically determined ability to sing on key
C Genetic variation with the Cline family lineage.
D subtle variations in skin color among racial groups
Question #6
A to have more hair than people from colder climates
B to have longer legs and arms that people from cold climates
C to have greater lung capacity than people from colder climates
D to have fewer toes than people from colder climates
Question #7
A culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based on biology
B based on genealogical records
C based on DNA testing
D applied to endogamous breeding populations
Question #8
A Brazilians are more concerned about race than are Americans
B Americans are more logical in their classification of racial types
C there is greater human variation in Brazil than in the United States
D in both societies racial classification is a cultural taxonomy reflecting a particular world view
E Portugese is a richer, more expressive language than English
Question #9
A a genetic adaption to the malarial parasite
B the result of genetic experiments gone awry.
C present in all people of West African descent.
D always debilitating
Question #10
A Have undergone genetic selection for larger chests and greater lung capacity
B Have stocky builds
C Show acclimatization to altitude due to developmental plasticity
D Show no signs of genetic adaptation to altitude