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