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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A The Inuit are a cold-weather adapted population
B The Inuit are so well-adapted to the cold that they wear little clothing.
C The Inuit have a similar body build to Neandertals, with stocky bodies and shorter legs.
D The Inuit have a body build similar to many tropical peoples
E The Inuit are a cold-weather adapted population , The Inuit have a body build similar to many tropical peoples, The Inuit have a similar body build to Neandertals, with stocky bodies and shorter legs.
Question #2
A Climatic
B influenced by culture
C hereditarian
D polytypic
E polymorphic
Question #3
A Show that Europeans and Africans are easily distinguishable, but Asians are hard to classify
B easily sorted into 3 or 4 major groups
C show continuous clinal variation across space
D correspond to the major continents
Question #4
A subtle variations in skin color among racial groups
B the genetically determined ability to sing on key
C Genetic variation with the Cline family lineage.
D gradual variation in genetic traits across geographic regions
Question #5
A Reflected color from the blood vessels.
B the pigments carotene and melanin.
C The foods that you eat.
D The transparency or thickness of the skin.
E Reflected color from the blood vessels… And The foods that you eat….and The transparency or thickness of the skin. …and
Question #6
A based on genealogical records
B applied to endogamous breeding populations
C culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based on biology
D based on DNA testing
Question #7
A a genetic adaption to the malarial parasite
B always debilitating
C present in all people of West African descent.
D the result of genetic experiments gone awry.
Question #8
A show no significant differences in intelligence among human populations
B are culturally biased
C can discriminate between genetic and cultural factors in native intelligence
D Are a reliable indicator of genetic differences in intelligence
Question #9
A universally present in all human groups
B a recessive allele
C determined purely by genetic traits
D due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Question #10
A the product of natural selection occurring over thousands of years
B a group of people defined statistically by clusters of linked genetic traits
C a social classification that is often assumed to have a biological basis
D a clearly defined biological breeding population
E a biological classification based on the presence or absence of specific genetic traits