UCLA BDP MIDTERM PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ multitude theory of attention.
Answer: Attention is flexible and can change how much processing can
happen depending on needs of task
◍ reaction to behaviorism which had the following problems.
Answer: could not explain complex bavior
◍ radiography.
Answer: imaging technique- x-ray beams are passed through the body to
generate an image called a radiograph
◍ reversible pulpitis.
Answer: mild inflammation of the pulp due to caries, trauma, whitening-
treatment: filling or crown, no RCT needed
◍ Sexual Orientation.
Answer: individuals are attracted to members of others sex, same sex, or
both
◍ Incomplete Information: Summary.
Answer: Uncertainty can lead to war- Incentives to misrepresent- Need
costly ways to signal intentions
◍ searching working memory.
Answer: Visual Search is self-terminatingGiven list (e.g. 4,8,0 and 9)Asked
if item is in (e.g. 3)If self-terminating, then shorter times for "yes" than "no"
If exhaustive then both the same - depending upon list length
◍ (A union B).
, Answer: OR
◍ 1970s: Decline in Support for ISI.
Answer: Colonial states gaining autonomy from metropoles during
70sSmall, poor local markets-Where do people get the money to buy the
goods the LDCs started to manufacture?Low quality products-In
comparison to countries that received imports & other countries in world
market-Not as much knowledge, expertise, and experience in given
manufacturing areas (e.g., Indian textiles vs British textiles)Few exports to
world markets-Other countries preferring goods from more experienced,
higher quality goods from competitor countriesHurt many farmers-Because
so much capital went towards subsidies for new tech for factories, these
people got left out in the cold, no fertilizer to grow and feed
themselves-Reinforces individual poverty, cyclical
◍ "The Blessing of Bad Geography".
Answer: Easier to extract from places with good geography --> More slave
exportsLeads to: -More ethnic fractionalization-Warfare within African
societies-Causal inference issue-More domestic slavery-Lower trust in
economic transactionsCountries with high slave exports still poorer todayIn
modern-day sub-Saharan Africa, the worse your geography is, the better
your economic outcome is today.
◍ initial carious lesions - ICDAS 2.
Answer: white spot lesions and browns discoloration when WET-
discolorations usually go beyond the pit and fissures
◍ T or
F. The digital sensors used in modern dental radiographs are paper thin..
Answer: F
◍ Population.
Answer: People (target group) or material that contains a certain
characteristic
◍ Independent (A | B).
, Answer: (A)
◍ Reticular Formation.
Answer: Hindbrain, "ReTICKular Formation;" controls sleep, wakefulness,
arousal; nerve fibers on brain stem to connect the different parts of
hindbrain
◍ Operant Conditioning.
Answer: Skinner; a type of learning in which an individual's behavior is
modified by its CONSEQUENCES (either favorable or unfavorable);
subjects learn to modify something (e.g. kid in class to pick up water bottle)
◍ SDOH - food.
Answer: food security, access to healthy options
◍ Diversionary Incentives.
Answer: "The temptation that state leaders have to start international crises
in order to rally public support at home." Political figure trying to use
something like a security crisis to divert the public's attention away from
something that should be meaningful to them
◍ logically equivalent.
Answer: Suppose P, Q are propositions built from simpler propositions P...
Pn , then P ≡ Q if for all possible truth assignments to P1... Pn (2n total
assignments) P and Q have identical truth values
◍ Democracy.
Answer: A political system in which candidates compete for political office
through frequent, fair elections in which a sizable portion of the adult
population can vote. Compare autocracy.
◍ Realism.
Answer: Historical foundations: Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Henry
KissingerAssumptions:(1) States are main players(2) AnarchyObjectives:
security and powerStates behavior:-Bargaining (zero-sum game)-Coercion
◍ Conditional probability (A | B).
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ multitude theory of attention.
Answer: Attention is flexible and can change how much processing can
happen depending on needs of task
◍ reaction to behaviorism which had the following problems.
Answer: could not explain complex bavior
◍ radiography.
Answer: imaging technique- x-ray beams are passed through the body to
generate an image called a radiograph
◍ reversible pulpitis.
Answer: mild inflammation of the pulp due to caries, trauma, whitening-
treatment: filling or crown, no RCT needed
◍ Sexual Orientation.
Answer: individuals are attracted to members of others sex, same sex, or
both
◍ Incomplete Information: Summary.
Answer: Uncertainty can lead to war- Incentives to misrepresent- Need
costly ways to signal intentions
◍ searching working memory.
Answer: Visual Search is self-terminatingGiven list (e.g. 4,8,0 and 9)Asked
if item is in (e.g. 3)If self-terminating, then shorter times for "yes" than "no"
If exhaustive then both the same - depending upon list length
◍ (A union B).
, Answer: OR
◍ 1970s: Decline in Support for ISI.
Answer: Colonial states gaining autonomy from metropoles during
70sSmall, poor local markets-Where do people get the money to buy the
goods the LDCs started to manufacture?Low quality products-In
comparison to countries that received imports & other countries in world
market-Not as much knowledge, expertise, and experience in given
manufacturing areas (e.g., Indian textiles vs British textiles)Few exports to
world markets-Other countries preferring goods from more experienced,
higher quality goods from competitor countriesHurt many farmers-Because
so much capital went towards subsidies for new tech for factories, these
people got left out in the cold, no fertilizer to grow and feed
themselves-Reinforces individual poverty, cyclical
◍ "The Blessing of Bad Geography".
Answer: Easier to extract from places with good geography --> More slave
exportsLeads to: -More ethnic fractionalization-Warfare within African
societies-Causal inference issue-More domestic slavery-Lower trust in
economic transactionsCountries with high slave exports still poorer todayIn
modern-day sub-Saharan Africa, the worse your geography is, the better
your economic outcome is today.
◍ initial carious lesions - ICDAS 2.
Answer: white spot lesions and browns discoloration when WET-
discolorations usually go beyond the pit and fissures
◍ T or
F. The digital sensors used in modern dental radiographs are paper thin..
Answer: F
◍ Population.
Answer: People (target group) or material that contains a certain
characteristic
◍ Independent (A | B).
, Answer: (A)
◍ Reticular Formation.
Answer: Hindbrain, "ReTICKular Formation;" controls sleep, wakefulness,
arousal; nerve fibers on brain stem to connect the different parts of
hindbrain
◍ Operant Conditioning.
Answer: Skinner; a type of learning in which an individual's behavior is
modified by its CONSEQUENCES (either favorable or unfavorable);
subjects learn to modify something (e.g. kid in class to pick up water bottle)
◍ SDOH - food.
Answer: food security, access to healthy options
◍ Diversionary Incentives.
Answer: "The temptation that state leaders have to start international crises
in order to rally public support at home." Political figure trying to use
something like a security crisis to divert the public's attention away from
something that should be meaningful to them
◍ logically equivalent.
Answer: Suppose P, Q are propositions built from simpler propositions P...
Pn , then P ≡ Q if for all possible truth assignments to P1... Pn (2n total
assignments) P and Q have identical truth values
◍ Democracy.
Answer: A political system in which candidates compete for political office
through frequent, fair elections in which a sizable portion of the adult
population can vote. Compare autocracy.
◍ Realism.
Answer: Historical foundations: Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Henry
KissingerAssumptions:(1) States are main players(2) AnarchyObjectives:
security and powerStates behavior:-Bargaining (zero-sum game)-Coercion
◍ Conditional probability (A | B).
