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University of California, Berkeley ANTHRO 1 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1) T/F Human are sexually dimorphic in the sound of their voices

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ANTHRO 1

TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS

1) T/F Human are sexually dimorphic in the sound of their voices.

 

2.            T/F Pair-­?bonding behavior is more common in mammals than in birds because it requires greater intelligence.

 

3.            T/F Sexual selection is a form of disruptive selection.

 

4.            T/F Bowerbird males construct elaborate nests to induce females to mate with them and lay their eggs in the bower.

 

5.            T/F Infanticide evolved as a means for less dominant males to reduce the reproductive success of more dominant males.

 

6.            T/F Polygyny is more common in species where mothers are able to care for young without help.

 

7.            T/F Species of ants and bees are unusual because they have sterile insect castes (e.g. workers). They are also unusual because males are haploid and have only one of each chromosome.

 

8.            T/F Prosimians are not found in the New World.

 

9.            T/F Old World Monkeys do not have prehensile tails.

 

10.          Which of the following is NOT a likely consequence of intense female-­?defense polygyny?

a.            Head butting contests in male Mountain Goats

b.            Large sexual dimorphism in body size

c.             Infanticide during pride take-­?over in lions

d.            Long colorful tail feathers in male Peacocks

e.            High variability in reproduction of males compared to females

 

11.          Which of these tend to be true about the gender that “invests” more in their offspring?

a.            members of the other gender tend to compete to mate with them.

b.            they are more discerning in choice of mates than the other gender.

c.             they tend to have less variation in the number of offspring than the other gender.

d.            they tend to be less likely to succumb to predation than the other gender.

e.            All of the above.

 

12.          Reciprocal altruism…

a.            only occurs in individuals that are related

b.            requires the capacity to recognize different individuals

c.             explains how eusocial insects could have evolved

d.            is a behavior unique to primates

e.            occurs when males invest highly in offspring

 

 

13.          Which of the following animals (common name) is most likely to be polyandrous?

a.            Moose.

b.            Marmoset.

c.             Penguin.

d.            Seal.

e.            Peacock.

 

14.          Lemurs differ from monkeys in which of the following traits:

a.            Monkeys have tails, lemurs don’t.

b.            Lemurs eat fruit, monkeys don’t.

c.             Monkeys have grasping hands, lemurs don’t.

d.            Monkeys have large litters, lemurs don’t.

e.            Monkeys have an enclosed orbit, lemurs don’t.

 

15.          Anthropoid primates (monkeys and apes) share one trait with birds that is unusual among other mammals. It is …

a.            nest-­?building behavior.

b.            the use of vocalization to attract mates.

c.             well-­?developed color vision.

d.            a tendency for pair-­?bonding.

e.            no fear of heights.