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