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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Studies how humans adapt to local, environmental conditions
B Studies how humans adapt to local, environmental conditions
C Studies how humans adapt to local, environmental conditions
D Every one of these statements is true
Question #2
A It is a multidisciplinary approach
B Evolutionary anthropologists have no interest in social justice; it is only an academic pursuit
C It is concerned with modern human behavior and culture
D Evolutionary anthropologists try to understand humans by understanding how we evolved
Question #3
A non-human primates
B human skeletal material
C disease in earlier human groups
D skeletal remains at crime scenes
Question #4
A The study of human genetic diversity.
B Studying disease and injury in human and animal remains.
C Studying the fossils of human ancestors.
D Investigating skeletal remains to determine whether or not a crime has been committed.
Question #5
A Studying the fossils of human ancestors.
B Studying disease and injury in human and animal remains.
C Investigating skeletal remains to determine whether or not a crime has been committed.
D The study of human genetic diversity.
Question #6
A humans as a single population with very little genetic variation
B population genetics
C advancing an understanding of the life sciences
D race classification and skull measurements
Question #7
A Should be referred to as biological anthropology rather than physical anthropology
B Can only focus on the measurement of isolated groups of humans
C Should be called physical anthropology rather than biological anthropology
D Should not be concerned with modern theories of evolution
Question #8
A archaeology
B osteology
C physical/biological anthropology
D primatology
Question #9
A how language is used to reinforce hierarchical relationships
B courtship dances among non-human primates
C patterns of lines on ancient pottery
D the anatomy of the larynx
Question #10
A are not interested in human behavior
B study earlier human groups using artifacts and structures as their evidence
C never work with physical anthropology
D primarily recover valuable artifacts
Question #11
A ethnology
B anthropometry
C linguistic anthropology
D applied anthropology
Question #12
A includes the recovery and analysis of material culture from earlier civilization
B has no practical application in modern society
C focuses solely upon the study of traditional societies
D is the study of the patterns of belief and behavior found in modern and historical cultures.
Question #13
A Psychological
B Archaeology
C Cultural
D Linguistic
Question #14
A It includes four subfields
B It is a very broad branch of the social sciences
C American anthropologists only study Americans
D It is often focused on trying to find solutions for human problems
Question #15
A Studies humans and primates of the past and the present
B Includes the study of all things human except laws and legal codes
C Only studies modern cultures
D A narrow field of study that is not concerned with other branches of the social sciences
Question #16
A the recovery of dinosaur fossils
B one branch of the social sciences
C only practiced by adventurers who wear fedoras and use bullwhips
D one of the academic life sciences