BSC 2011 - Exam 1 | University of Florida | UPDATED
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Q1: B. Grade of D
A: If after Dr. Ortega adds the 0.6 points to round up up my final grade, I have a score of
69.99. Then my final grade for the course will be
A. Grade of F
B. Grade of D
C. Grade of C
D. Grade is negotiable
Q2: A. True
A: Regarding the final grade of this course. Dr. Ortega will drop the lowest grade of one of
the four exams (including the final).
A. True
B. False
Q3: A. Drop the course or talk with Lauralis about having an
incomplete grade that follows the regulations indicated in the
syllabus
A: If am struggling in this course because family, health job-related, academic, emergency
reasons I should
A. Drop the course or talk with Lauralis about having an incomplete grade that follows
the regulations indicated in the syllabus
B. Talk with Lauralis a few weeks before the semester ends so that I can have a special
assignment not indicated in the syllabus
C. Do very well in the final exam, and this will be the only exam that will be considered
for my grade
D. Ask Lauralis to have my grade based on just two of the exams of the semester
Q4: C. The four other options are correct
A: As a matter of respect to Dr. Ortega and other students during lectures I should
A. No chat with other students
B. Inform Dr. Ortega if I plan to leave class early
C. The four other options are correct
D. If I arrive late to class, then I should enter the lecture room through one of the back
doors and try to minimize class disruption
E. (1) have my cell phone disconnected and (2) not use my tablet or laptop to visit
internet sites that are not part of the lecture
Q5: E. All of the other options are correct
A: During the exams
A. Food is not allowed
B. Drinks are not allowed
,C. Cell phones cannot be inside my pockets
D. Smart watches and calculators are not allowed
E. All of the other options are correct
Q6: A. True
A: All four exams, including the final are equally important; therefore, if I miss exam 1, 2 or 3
then the final exam will the make up for the missing exam
A. True
B. False
Q7: A. True
A: Canvas is a rudimentary program to calculate grades. Therefore it is not possible for
Lauralis nor Dr. Ortega to give details of my grades during the semester
A. True
B. False
Q8: A. True
A: Grades are based on class performance only. Therefore items like: this is my last
semester, I must have particular grade for my GPA scores, I cannot come to class, I
cannot come to office hours, I do not have time to study, the course material is too
difficult cannot be considered components to calculate grades
A. True
B. False
Q9: A. True
A: Exams account for 95% of the grade and weekly quizzes for 5% of the grade
A. True
B. False
Q10: A. True
A: The only extra credit activities of this course are (1) maximum of 15 extra points in one
exam based on clicker question performance and (2) two extra credit points from
reflections for exams 1, 2, 3 and final (3) CfAS workshops for TLC. Dr Ortega will
announce if any any other extra credit is implemented. Dr Ortega has also implemented a
system by which if I miss class occasionally my clicker question performance is not
penalized.
A. True
B. False
Q11: A. True
A: Grades cannot be rounded up twice. These are the days of the Exams.
Exam 1: Monday, February 5
Exam 2: Monday, March 11
, Exam 3: Monday, April 15
Final Exam: To be announced
A. True
B. False
Q12: Systematics
A: Branch of biology that deals with classification of organisms
Q13: phylogenies
A: Evolutionary trees or ___________ to classify organisms → Systematics
If you have three species, you can only have three trees. As you increase the number of
species, the number of possible trees increases exponentially.
Q14: synapomorphies
A: traits that change and evolve into new traits; something that makes an old group different
from new groups in a cladogram
Q15: cladistics
A: the study of evolutionary trees
Q16: algi
A: This group has sporangia, spores instead of seeds, no vascular tissues, nutrients move
through diffusion, known as outgroup (the most ancestral traits)
Q17: derived characteristic
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Q1: B. Grade of D
A: If after Dr. Ortega adds the 0.6 points to round up up my final grade, I have a score of
69.99. Then my final grade for the course will be
A. Grade of F
B. Grade of D
C. Grade of C
D. Grade is negotiable
Q2: A. True
A: Regarding the final grade of this course. Dr. Ortega will drop the lowest grade of one of
the four exams (including the final).
A. True
B. False
Q3: A. Drop the course or talk with Lauralis about having an
incomplete grade that follows the regulations indicated in the
syllabus
A: If am struggling in this course because family, health job-related, academic, emergency
reasons I should
A. Drop the course or talk with Lauralis about having an incomplete grade that follows
the regulations indicated in the syllabus
B. Talk with Lauralis a few weeks before the semester ends so that I can have a special
assignment not indicated in the syllabus
C. Do very well in the final exam, and this will be the only exam that will be considered
for my grade
D. Ask Lauralis to have my grade based on just two of the exams of the semester
Q4: C. The four other options are correct
A: As a matter of respect to Dr. Ortega and other students during lectures I should
A. No chat with other students
B. Inform Dr. Ortega if I plan to leave class early
C. The four other options are correct
D. If I arrive late to class, then I should enter the lecture room through one of the back
doors and try to minimize class disruption
E. (1) have my cell phone disconnected and (2) not use my tablet or laptop to visit
internet sites that are not part of the lecture
Q5: E. All of the other options are correct
A: During the exams
A. Food is not allowed
B. Drinks are not allowed
,C. Cell phones cannot be inside my pockets
D. Smart watches and calculators are not allowed
E. All of the other options are correct
Q6: A. True
A: All four exams, including the final are equally important; therefore, if I miss exam 1, 2 or 3
then the final exam will the make up for the missing exam
A. True
B. False
Q7: A. True
A: Canvas is a rudimentary program to calculate grades. Therefore it is not possible for
Lauralis nor Dr. Ortega to give details of my grades during the semester
A. True
B. False
Q8: A. True
A: Grades are based on class performance only. Therefore items like: this is my last
semester, I must have particular grade for my GPA scores, I cannot come to class, I
cannot come to office hours, I do not have time to study, the course material is too
difficult cannot be considered components to calculate grades
A. True
B. False
Q9: A. True
A: Exams account for 95% of the grade and weekly quizzes for 5% of the grade
A. True
B. False
Q10: A. True
A: The only extra credit activities of this course are (1) maximum of 15 extra points in one
exam based on clicker question performance and (2) two extra credit points from
reflections for exams 1, 2, 3 and final (3) CfAS workshops for TLC. Dr Ortega will
announce if any any other extra credit is implemented. Dr Ortega has also implemented a
system by which if I miss class occasionally my clicker question performance is not
penalized.
A. True
B. False
Q11: A. True
A: Grades cannot be rounded up twice. These are the days of the Exams.
Exam 1: Monday, February 5
Exam 2: Monday, March 11
, Exam 3: Monday, April 15
Final Exam: To be announced
A. True
B. False
Q12: Systematics
A: Branch of biology that deals with classification of organisms
Q13: phylogenies
A: Evolutionary trees or ___________ to classify organisms → Systematics
If you have three species, you can only have three trees. As you increase the number of
species, the number of possible trees increases exponentially.
Q14: synapomorphies
A: traits that change and evolve into new traits; something that makes an old group different
from new groups in a cladogram
Q15: cladistics
A: the study of evolutionary trees
Q16: algi
A: This group has sporangia, spores instead of seeds, no vascular tissues, nutrients move
through diffusion, known as outgroup (the most ancestral traits)
Q17: derived characteristic
