ACBS 160D1 Midterm Prep: Real Questions & Answers to Study Smarter | 2025 Exam

ACBS 160D1 Midterm Prep: Real Questions & Answers to Study Smarter | 2025 Exam UPDATES. VERIFIED. About This Midterm Review: This ACBS 160D1 Midterm Review is designed to help students ace their Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences midterm exam. It features verified questions and answers on critical concepts such as animal physiology, anatomy, biomedical principles, and disease mechanisms. Whether you're refreshing key topics or preparing for a comprehensive exam, this guide ensures you have everything you need for exam success. "Corralling the Aurochs" by Fagan described parasite of the cow as - -the case of Nuer herding people- keep cattle for milk and blood "Friends, Foes and Fashion Statements" (Herzog) states that wolf dogs - -Become affectionate and obedient but precautions must be taken: not letting them get in a position over a person's head "Human- animal" distinction - -originated with domestication of animals, justified by Western philosophers "In Man Created Dog" what traits lead wolves survival advantage around humans? - -Least aggressive, least territorial, most curious "Lassie get help" results - -None of the dogs tested helped their owners "Sally Anne" false belief test is - -Measure of high level of cognitive empathy "Williams- Beuren" syndrome leads to - -Extremely high sociability and trusting behavior 3 course themes - -1. Close relationship humans have with particular species 2. Ethical implications of animal use 3. Causes and consequences of domestication 3 types of symbioses - -Mutalism, commercialism, and parasitism Accidental products of inbreeding - -Increased hip joint problems, incidence of cancer, "hidden" genetic diseases According to Evolution by Natural Selection, what is "fitness"? - -the extent to which an individual's traits (genes) are represented in subsequent generations due to better survival or reproduction According to research on hunter-gatherer cultures today, which of the following would NOT be a reason for a hunter-gatherer family to keep dogs? - -Dogs serve as pets and play companions for children in the family According to the reading, at this point there is no clear evidence of pets providing an evolutionary benefit (i.e., enhancing survival or reproduction). Therefore, anthrozoologists suggest that pet keeping is .... (select all that apply) - -not itself adaptive but is a by-product of our attraction to and empathic feelings for infants, expected to be variable across cultures, with some having pets and others not having the concept of pets, more frequent in cultures where people can afford pets as luxury items, the result of dogs co-opting the human empathic "cute response" Although it is unclear whether goat attuement to humans is due to domestication, experiments that have tested goat's attunement to human faces and body postures indicate that goats - -look at the experimenter seemingly for help in solving a problem when he is turned toward them Although studies show that dogs have an emotional attachment to their owners, according to one study, which do dogs work harder for? - -Food treats Anatomically modern humans Homo sapiens eventually spread throughout the world, originating from - -Africa about 100,000 years before present Anatomically modern humans Homo sapiens originated from - -Southern Africa about 100,000 years before present Ancestor to modern cattle - -Auroch Ancestors recognize danger and food value of animals because of - -the brain's visual system evolved to quickly identify/ recognize animals Animal X lives in the same area as a village of humans. Over time, humans have become more comfortable with Animal X and increased their interactions. The humans in the village like to hunt Animal X for food and will sometimes capture groups of Animal X so that they can breed it in an enclosed space. However, the humans do not influence which of the animals breed, and they cannot approach the animals. True or False: Humans have domesticated Animal X. - -False Animals from commensal pathway domesticated because - -Close associations with humans Animals from prey pathway domesticated because - -Humans hunted them Animals that followed commensal pathway - -Dog, cat, pig, pigeon, guinea pig, rat, chicken, duck, and goose Animals that followed directed pathway - -Carp, bees, moths, silk worms, and rabbits Animals that followed prey pathway - -Large meat: sheep, goat buffalo, reindeer, llama, alpacas, and turkeys Approach used to understand complexity of relationship with animals is - -based on scientific evidence, examines development of relationships over time, multi-disciplinary, and geographic region, and cultural contexts Archaeological evidence from Neolithic age shows - -First settlements was 20 mud walled houses Archeological evidence from the Neolithic shows that - -the first permanent settlements were still small, consisting of about 20 mud-walled houses. Archeological evidence from the Neolithic shows that - -the first permanent settlements were still small, consisting of about 20 mud-walled houses. As an example of a close relationship between sheep and sheep-owner, the 2001 epidemic of Hoof & Mouth disease led to a large increase in sheep-owner suicide. - -true As described in Chapter 2, there are different perspectives on the emergence of cognitive empathy in the human linage. The archeologist Stephen Mithen has argued that the capacity to read an animal's mind, to see the world from an animal's perspective, first appeared in fully modern humans (i.e., only very recently in human evolution). In Mithen's view, earlier pre-modern ancestral humans, although successful hunters, - -used mind reading only for other humans but not for other animals As described in the textbook (Chapter 1), humans generally place animals into different categories according to their use. However some animals can have multiple uses and thus can fall into multiple cultural categories. For example, in the United States pigs are considered food and sometimes also pets. In other countries, such as ______________ dogs are considered pets and also food. - -South Korea As described in the textbook Chapter 3, an efficient hunting-gathering mode of subsistence among our men and women ancestors involved - -a division of labor where men provided food from hunting and women provided food from gathering As it relates to the Hominin Family Tree, please select the correct chronological order from oldest to most recent. - -Australopithecus species, early Homo species, Homo sapiens As shown in the video clip "The Stranger Test" which of the following demonstrates that dogs are attached to their owners? - -When the owner leaves the room, the dog becomes agitated and looks for the owner. At approximately what point in time (and among what Hominin) did cave paintings of animals begin to appear? - -40,000 BP among Homo sapiens Based on archaeological evidence, the earliest connection between Hominins and other animals included: - -Hominins as scavengers of carcasses, Hominins as prey of carnivores, Hominins as opportunistic hunters of small game, Hominins as cautious or fearful of poisonous or venomous animals Based on current evidence, what kind of empathy is a trait of humans AND many other animals? - High levels of emotional empathy