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