BIOLOGY 1082 FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
07/29/2025
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BIOL 1082 FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
2025
You find yourself standing next to a beautiful rosebush. Based on the current evolutionary data, which
of the following do you and the rose have in common?
A. You both are multicellular.
B. You both lack a membrane-bound nucleus.
C. You are both prokaryotic.
D. You and the rose have nothing in common.
A. You both are multicellular.
Which of the following statements is false?
A. Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was influenced by his experiences as a pigeon
breeder.
B. Individuals evolve according to Darwin's theory.
C. Death rates in nature are usually high.
D. Offspring tend to resemble their parents.
B. Individuals evolve according to Darwin's theory.
Convergent evolution occurs when two species living in
A. the same area becomes reproductively isolated.
B. different areas become reestablished and are able to reproduce.
, BIOLOGY 1082 FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
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C. the same area are competing for the same resource thus causing one to evolve away from the other.
D. different areas evolve similarities through natural selection acting on those characteristics.
D. different areas evolve similarities through natural selection acting on those characteristics.
Humans and chimpanzees both have large brains because their common ancestor had a large brain.
Thus, their large brain size is considered a(n)_______ trait.
A. analogous
B. homoplastic
C. homologous
D. coincident
C. homologous
Geographical speciation is also known as
A. reinforcement.
B. sympatric speciation.
C. Darwinian speciation.
D. allopatric speciation.
D. allopatric speciation.
A biologist doing a long-term study on a wild spider population observes increased variation in silk
thickness. Which of the following could the spider population be experiencing?
A. Directional selection
B. Stabilizing selection
, BIOLOGY 1082 FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
07/29/2025
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C. Disruptive selection
D. Sexual selection
C. Disruptive selection
Suppose 64% of a remote mountain village can taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and must therefore
have at least one copy of the dominant PTC taster allele. If this population conforms to Hardy-Weinberg
expectations for this gene, what percentage of the population must be heterozygous for this trait?
A. 48%
B. 40%
C. 32%
D. 16%
A. 48%
For biologists studying a large flatworm population in the lab, which Hardy-Weinberg condition is most
difficult to meet?
A. No selection
B. No genetic drift
C. No gene flow
D. No mutation
D. No mutation
Which of the following describes the most likely order of events in speciation?
A. Genetic isolation, genetic drift, divergence
07/29/2025
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BIOL 1082 FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
2025
You find yourself standing next to a beautiful rosebush. Based on the current evolutionary data, which
of the following do you and the rose have in common?
A. You both are multicellular.
B. You both lack a membrane-bound nucleus.
C. You are both prokaryotic.
D. You and the rose have nothing in common.
A. You both are multicellular.
Which of the following statements is false?
A. Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was influenced by his experiences as a pigeon
breeder.
B. Individuals evolve according to Darwin's theory.
C. Death rates in nature are usually high.
D. Offspring tend to resemble their parents.
B. Individuals evolve according to Darwin's theory.
Convergent evolution occurs when two species living in
A. the same area becomes reproductively isolated.
B. different areas become reestablished and are able to reproduce.
, BIOLOGY 1082 FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
07/29/2025
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
C. the same area are competing for the same resource thus causing one to evolve away from the other.
D. different areas evolve similarities through natural selection acting on those characteristics.
D. different areas evolve similarities through natural selection acting on those characteristics.
Humans and chimpanzees both have large brains because their common ancestor had a large brain.
Thus, their large brain size is considered a(n)_______ trait.
A. analogous
B. homoplastic
C. homologous
D. coincident
C. homologous
Geographical speciation is also known as
A. reinforcement.
B. sympatric speciation.
C. Darwinian speciation.
D. allopatric speciation.
D. allopatric speciation.
A biologist doing a long-term study on a wild spider population observes increased variation in silk
thickness. Which of the following could the spider population be experiencing?
A. Directional selection
B. Stabilizing selection
, BIOLOGY 1082 FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
07/29/2025
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
C. Disruptive selection
D. Sexual selection
C. Disruptive selection
Suppose 64% of a remote mountain village can taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and must therefore
have at least one copy of the dominant PTC taster allele. If this population conforms to Hardy-Weinberg
expectations for this gene, what percentage of the population must be heterozygous for this trait?
A. 48%
B. 40%
C. 32%
D. 16%
A. 48%
For biologists studying a large flatworm population in the lab, which Hardy-Weinberg condition is most
difficult to meet?
A. No selection
B. No genetic drift
C. No gene flow
D. No mutation
D. No mutation
Which of the following describes the most likely order of events in speciation?
A. Genetic isolation, genetic drift, divergence
