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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A there has been continual genetic drift throughout the human range
B some diagnostic traits, such as skin color, are due to nutrition in adition to heredity
C There are no pure races
D racial classifications reflect cultural, not biological categories
Question #2
A show continuous clinal variation across space
B easily sorted into 3 or 4 major groups
C Show that Europeans and Africans are easily distuinguishable, but Asians are hard to classify
D correspond to the major continents
Question #3
A can discriminate between genetic and cultural factors in native intelligence
B are culturally biased
C show no signficant differences in intelligence among human populations
D Are a reliable indicator of genetic differences in intelligence
Question #4
A a clearly defined biological breeding population
B a biological classification based on the presence or absence of specific genetic traits
C the product of natural selection occurring over thousands of years
D a group of people defined statistically by clusters of linked genetic traits
E a social classification that is often assumed to have a biological basis
Question #5
A Genetic variation with the Cline family lineage.
B gradual variation in genetic traits across geographic regions
C subtle variations in skin color among racial groups
D the genetically determined ability to sing on key
Question #6
A to have fewer toes than people from colder climates
B to have greater lung capacity than people from colder climates
C to have more hair than people from colder climates
D to have longer legs and arms that people from cold climates
Question #7
A applied to endogamous breeding populations
B based on DNA testing
C based on genealogical records
D culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based on biology
Question #8
A Americans are more logical in their classification of racial types
B there is greater human variation in Brazil than in the United States
C Brazilians are more concerned about race than are Americans
D Portugese is a richer, more expressive language than English
E in both societies racial classification is a cultural taxonomy reflecting a particular world view
Question #9
A present in all people of West African descent.
B always debilitating
C a genetic adaption to the malarial parasite
D the result of genetic experiments gone awry.
Question #10
A Have undergone genetic selection for larger chests and greater lung capacity
B Show no signs of genetic adaptation to altitude
C Have stocky builds
D Show acclimatization to altitude due to developmental plasticity