CWB LEVEL 2 STUDY QUESTIONS REV 1 2026
FULL PRACTICE TEST
◉ screening. Answer: excavated soils are run through mesh of
different sizes, to ensure that small items are not missed
◉ after excavation : lab work. Answer: materials are returned to the
lab where they are sorted, cleaned, preserved, classified and
analyzed
lab analysis takes more work
◉ rule of thumb for both excavation and lab work. Answer: the most
interesting finds will always occur on the last day of work
◉ science
underlying principles. Answer: There is a real and knowable
universe.
the universe operates according to understandable rules, laws, or
principles
these laws are consistent across space and time
,these laws can be discerned and understood by people
◉ the scientific method. Answer: observe
induce general hypotheses or possible explanations for what was
observed
deduce specific things that must also be true if the hypothesis is true
test the hypothesis by checking against the deduced implications
◉ occam's razor. Answer: r("Entities are not to be multiplied beyond
necessity").
The explanation or hypothesis that that explains a series of
observations with the fewest assumptions or leaps (of faith) is the
best explanation or hypothesis.
◉ Nazca lines. Answer: hypothesis that ancient peruvians built the
lines
,drew the lines, or instructed the Nazcato, or somehow inspired them
to do so.
◉ nazca lines assumed that ancient peruvians were.... Answer:
clever, could sight a straight line, capable for moving stones
◉ nazca lines requirement. Answer: Requires there to be
extraterrestrial, intelligent life.
Requires them to have interstellar craft.
Requires them to have developed this technology at this particular
point in time
requires them to be very close to earth
requires them to have visited earth
requires them to need immense and bizzare airfiels
requires that they had the odd need to see birds and monkeys and
fish drawn on the ground
, ◉ pseudoscience and pseudoarchaeology. Answer: advanced
societies and civilizaitions
lost knowledge and technology
◉ a common theme in psudoarchaeology. Answer: the atlantic
connection
◉ the atlantis connection. Answer: the idea that one ( lost) advanced
civilization inspired or contributed to " unexplainable " technology
exhibited by some civilizations
◉ problems with pseudoscience. Answer: there is no real similarity
between mayan and egyptian pyramids
- smooth vs. stepped
no stairs vs stairs
solid fill vs rubble fill
tomb makers vs platform fr temple
◉ claims of evidence of atlantis have been identified with practically
every corner of the globe :. Answer: outside gibraltar
crete, or santorini
a city in turkey
FULL PRACTICE TEST
◉ screening. Answer: excavated soils are run through mesh of
different sizes, to ensure that small items are not missed
◉ after excavation : lab work. Answer: materials are returned to the
lab where they are sorted, cleaned, preserved, classified and
analyzed
lab analysis takes more work
◉ rule of thumb for both excavation and lab work. Answer: the most
interesting finds will always occur on the last day of work
◉ science
underlying principles. Answer: There is a real and knowable
universe.
the universe operates according to understandable rules, laws, or
principles
these laws are consistent across space and time
,these laws can be discerned and understood by people
◉ the scientific method. Answer: observe
induce general hypotheses or possible explanations for what was
observed
deduce specific things that must also be true if the hypothesis is true
test the hypothesis by checking against the deduced implications
◉ occam's razor. Answer: r("Entities are not to be multiplied beyond
necessity").
The explanation or hypothesis that that explains a series of
observations with the fewest assumptions or leaps (of faith) is the
best explanation or hypothesis.
◉ Nazca lines. Answer: hypothesis that ancient peruvians built the
lines
,drew the lines, or instructed the Nazcato, or somehow inspired them
to do so.
◉ nazca lines assumed that ancient peruvians were.... Answer:
clever, could sight a straight line, capable for moving stones
◉ nazca lines requirement. Answer: Requires there to be
extraterrestrial, intelligent life.
Requires them to have interstellar craft.
Requires them to have developed this technology at this particular
point in time
requires them to be very close to earth
requires them to have visited earth
requires them to need immense and bizzare airfiels
requires that they had the odd need to see birds and monkeys and
fish drawn on the ground
, ◉ pseudoscience and pseudoarchaeology. Answer: advanced
societies and civilizaitions
lost knowledge and technology
◉ a common theme in psudoarchaeology. Answer: the atlantic
connection
◉ the atlantis connection. Answer: the idea that one ( lost) advanced
civilization inspired or contributed to " unexplainable " technology
exhibited by some civilizations
◉ problems with pseudoscience. Answer: there is no real similarity
between mayan and egyptian pyramids
- smooth vs. stepped
no stairs vs stairs
solid fill vs rubble fill
tomb makers vs platform fr temple
◉ claims of evidence of atlantis have been identified with practically
every corner of the globe :. Answer: outside gibraltar
crete, or santorini
a city in turkey
