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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 Every one of these statements is true
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 Evolutionary anthropologists try to understand humans by understanding how we evolved
C It is a multidisciplinary approach
D Evolutionary anthropologists have no interest in social justice; it is only an academic pursuit
Question #3
A skeletal remains at crime scenes
B non-human primates
C human skeletal material
D disease in earlier human groups
Question #4
A The study of human genetic diversity.
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 Studying the fossils of human ancestors.
Question #5
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 #6
A population genetics
B race classification and skull measurements
C humans as a single population with very little genetic variation
D advancing an understanding of the life sciences
Question #7
A Should not be concerned with modern theories of evolution
B Should be referred to as biological anthropology rather than physical anthropology
C Should be called physical anthropology rather than biological anthropology
D Can only focus on the measurement of isolated groups of humans
Question #8
A osteology
B physical/biological anthropology
C archaeology
D primatology
Question #9
A the anatomy of the larynx
B courtship dances among non-human primates
C how language is used to reinforce hierarchical relationships
D patterns of lines on ancient pottery
Question #10
A primarily recover valuable artifacts
B are not interested in human behavior
C never work with physical anthropology
D study earlier human groups using artifacts and structures as their evidence
Question #11
A applied anthropology
B linguistic anthropology
C anthropometry
D ethnology
Question #12
A focuses solely upon the study of traditional societies
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 has no practical application in modern society
Question #13
A Cultural
B Archaeology
C Psychological
D Linguistic
Question #14
A It is a very broad branch of the social sciences
B American anthropologists only study Americans
C It includes four subfields
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 A narrow field of study that is not concerned with other branches of the social sciences
D Only studies modern cultures
Question #16
A one of the academic life sciences
B one branch of the social sciences
C only practiced by adventurers who wear fedoras and use bullwhips
D the recovery of dinosaur fossils