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