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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 Evolutionary anthropologists have no interest in social justice; it is only an academic pursuit
B It is a multidisciplinary approach
C Evolutionary anthropologists try to understand humans by understanding how we evolved
D It is concerned with modern human behavior and culture
Question #3
A skeletal remains at crime scenes
B human skeletal material
C non-human primates
D disease in earlier human groups
Question #4
A Investigating skeletal remains to determine whether or not a crime has been committed.
B Studying disease and injury in human and animal remains.
C Studying the fossils of human ancestors.
D The study of human genetic diversity.
Question #5
A Studying disease and injury in human and animal remains.
B The study of human genetic diversity.
C Investigating skeletal remains to determine whether or not a crime has been committed.
D Studying the fossils of human ancestors.
Question #6
A humans as a single population with very little genetic variation
B advancing an understanding of the life sciences
C race classification and skull measurements
D population genetics
Question #7
A Can only focus on the measurement of isolated groups of humans
B Should be called physical anthropology rather than biological anthropology
C Should be referred to as biological anthropology rather than physical anthropology
D Should not be concerned with modern theories of evolution
Question #8
A primatology
B physical/biological anthropology
C archaeology
D osteology
Question #9
A patterns of lines on ancient pottery
B the anatomy of the larynx
C courtship dances among non-human primates
D how language is used to reinforce hierarchical relationships
Question #10
A primarily recover valuable artifacts
B study earlier human groups using artifacts and structures as their evidence
C are not interested in human behavior
D never work with physical anthropology
Question #11
A applied anthropology
B anthropometry
C linguistic anthropology
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 Archaeology
B Cultural
C Linguistic
D Psychological
Question #14
A It is often focused on trying to find solutions for human problems
B American anthropologists only study Americans
C It is a very broad branch of the social sciences
D It includes four subfields
Question #15
A A narrow field of study that is not concerned with other branches of the social sciences
B Only studies modern cultures
C Includes the study of all things human except laws and legal codes
D Studies humans and primates of the past and the present
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