BIO 172 UH MANOA EXAM TEST BANK
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS UPDATEDT 2023-2024
Which of the following is not true of reptiles?
A) they are diapsids
B) most lay shelled eggs
C) they regularly shed their skin
D) they use their skin for respiration
E) most of them are ectotherms - Answer-D) they use their skin for respiration
Comparing an amniote vertebrate with a non-amniote vertebrate, which of the following
would be expected?
A) the amniote is more likely to be a predator
B) the amniote will be able to reproduce in a drier environment
C) the amniote will produce more offspring per year
D) the amniote will have more vertebrae
E) the amniote will have scales on the outer surface of its body - Answer-B) the amniote
will be able to reproduce in a drier environment
Two main clades of living amniotes?
A) diapsids and synapsids
B) sauropsids and anapsids
C) lepidosaurs and archosaurs
D) tetrapods and anapods
E) chorion and alatois - Answer-A) diapsids and synapsids
Based on most recent evidence, tetrapod limbs first evolved in order to...
A) allow fish to escape from drying pools of water and reach the safety of larger
surrounding water pools during the Devonian period (~ 400 mya)
B) allow fish to hunt for prey on land during the Devonian period (~ 400 mya)
C) allow fish to move more effectively through submerged aquatic vegetation in shallow-
water swamps in order to escape from voracious predators in deeper water
D) allow fish to prop their bodies up out of the water in order to take advantage of
increased oxygen in the air during the Devonian period (~ 400 mya)
E) allow fish to grab onto fast-moving prey items that became more abundant during the
Devonian period (~ 400 mya) - Answer-C) allow fish to move more effectively through
,submerged aquatic vegetation in shallow-water swamps in order to escape from
voracious predators in deeper water
Which of the following is true?
A) old World monkeys appear to have reached tropical America around 40 mya by
drifting on log rafts, or perhaps a land bridge, leading to the evolution of New World
monkey
B) New World monkeys appear to have arrived in Africa from South America around 40
mya, where they subsequently outcompeted resident Old World monkeys and drove
most of them to extinction
C) New World monkeys are not arboreal
D) Old World monkeys are not arboreal
E) Old and New World Monkeys are both considered to be prosimians - Answer-A) old
World monkeys appear to have reached tropical America around 40 mya by drifting on
log rafts, or perhaps a land bridge, leading to the evolution of New World monkey
Which animal group has a yolk-sac placenta?
A) eutherians
B) rodents
C) elephants
D) rabbits
E) kangaroos - Answer-E) kangaroos
Yolk sac placenta - Answer-providing early nourishment in the form of yolk in bony
fishes, sharks, reptiles, birds, and primitive mammals.
Eutherians - Answer-Placental mammal; mammal whose young complete their
embryonic development within the uterus, joined to the mother by the placenta.
The earliest primates are thought to have most closely resembled
A) apes
B) gorillas
C) lemurs
D) baboons
E) orangutans - Answer-C) lemurs
Therapsid - Answer-considered the ancestor of mammals
Which of these groups lays shelled eggs?
A) marsupials
B) monotremes
C) placentals
, D) opossums
E) kangaroos - Answer-B) monotremes
Which is the most speciose order of eutherian mammals today, by far?
A) primates
B) carnivora
C) rodentia
D) pinnipedia (seals and walruses)
E) cetacea (whales and porpoises) - Answer-C) rodentia
Which of the following distinguishes humans from other surviving Hominidae?
A) clear sexual dimorphism
B) heavier body
C) stereoscopic vision
D) lack of hair on palms of hands
E) thumb can touch little finger on same hand - Answer-E) thumb can touch little finger
on same hand
What family is 'Paranthropus' part of? - Answer-Hominidae
Which is true about an animal's metabolic rate?
A) metabolic rate is a measure of how quickly an animal stores energy
B) all else being equal, a smaller endothermic animal will have a higher basal metabolic
rate than a larger endothermic animals
C) standard metabolic rate is higher than the basal metabolic rate
D) long term storage of energy and endothermic animals is achieved through buildup of
ATP in the peripheral body tissues
E) metabolic rate is increased when an animal enters torpor - Answer-B) all else being
equal, a smaller endothermic animal will have a higher basal metabolic rate than a
larger endothermic animals
torpor - Answer-lethargy, dormancy, sluggishness
Which tissue has a matrix?
A) cuboidal epithelium
B) skeletal muscle
C) smooth muscle
D) squamous epithelium
E) loose connective tissue - Answer-E) loose connective tissue
Cuboidal Epithelium - Answer-Type of epithelial tissue with cube-shaped cells.
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS UPDATEDT 2023-2024
Which of the following is not true of reptiles?
A) they are diapsids
B) most lay shelled eggs
C) they regularly shed their skin
D) they use their skin for respiration
E) most of them are ectotherms - Answer-D) they use their skin for respiration
Comparing an amniote vertebrate with a non-amniote vertebrate, which of the following
would be expected?
A) the amniote is more likely to be a predator
B) the amniote will be able to reproduce in a drier environment
C) the amniote will produce more offspring per year
D) the amniote will have more vertebrae
E) the amniote will have scales on the outer surface of its body - Answer-B) the amniote
will be able to reproduce in a drier environment
Two main clades of living amniotes?
A) diapsids and synapsids
B) sauropsids and anapsids
C) lepidosaurs and archosaurs
D) tetrapods and anapods
E) chorion and alatois - Answer-A) diapsids and synapsids
Based on most recent evidence, tetrapod limbs first evolved in order to...
A) allow fish to escape from drying pools of water and reach the safety of larger
surrounding water pools during the Devonian period (~ 400 mya)
B) allow fish to hunt for prey on land during the Devonian period (~ 400 mya)
C) allow fish to move more effectively through submerged aquatic vegetation in shallow-
water swamps in order to escape from voracious predators in deeper water
D) allow fish to prop their bodies up out of the water in order to take advantage of
increased oxygen in the air during the Devonian period (~ 400 mya)
E) allow fish to grab onto fast-moving prey items that became more abundant during the
Devonian period (~ 400 mya) - Answer-C) allow fish to move more effectively through
,submerged aquatic vegetation in shallow-water swamps in order to escape from
voracious predators in deeper water
Which of the following is true?
A) old World monkeys appear to have reached tropical America around 40 mya by
drifting on log rafts, or perhaps a land bridge, leading to the evolution of New World
monkey
B) New World monkeys appear to have arrived in Africa from South America around 40
mya, where they subsequently outcompeted resident Old World monkeys and drove
most of them to extinction
C) New World monkeys are not arboreal
D) Old World monkeys are not arboreal
E) Old and New World Monkeys are both considered to be prosimians - Answer-A) old
World monkeys appear to have reached tropical America around 40 mya by drifting on
log rafts, or perhaps a land bridge, leading to the evolution of New World monkey
Which animal group has a yolk-sac placenta?
A) eutherians
B) rodents
C) elephants
D) rabbits
E) kangaroos - Answer-E) kangaroos
Yolk sac placenta - Answer-providing early nourishment in the form of yolk in bony
fishes, sharks, reptiles, birds, and primitive mammals.
Eutherians - Answer-Placental mammal; mammal whose young complete their
embryonic development within the uterus, joined to the mother by the placenta.
The earliest primates are thought to have most closely resembled
A) apes
B) gorillas
C) lemurs
D) baboons
E) orangutans - Answer-C) lemurs
Therapsid - Answer-considered the ancestor of mammals
Which of these groups lays shelled eggs?
A) marsupials
B) monotremes
C) placentals
, D) opossums
E) kangaroos - Answer-B) monotremes
Which is the most speciose order of eutherian mammals today, by far?
A) primates
B) carnivora
C) rodentia
D) pinnipedia (seals and walruses)
E) cetacea (whales and porpoises) - Answer-C) rodentia
Which of the following distinguishes humans from other surviving Hominidae?
A) clear sexual dimorphism
B) heavier body
C) stereoscopic vision
D) lack of hair on palms of hands
E) thumb can touch little finger on same hand - Answer-E) thumb can touch little finger
on same hand
What family is 'Paranthropus' part of? - Answer-Hominidae
Which is true about an animal's metabolic rate?
A) metabolic rate is a measure of how quickly an animal stores energy
B) all else being equal, a smaller endothermic animal will have a higher basal metabolic
rate than a larger endothermic animals
C) standard metabolic rate is higher than the basal metabolic rate
D) long term storage of energy and endothermic animals is achieved through buildup of
ATP in the peripheral body tissues
E) metabolic rate is increased when an animal enters torpor - Answer-B) all else being
equal, a smaller endothermic animal will have a higher basal metabolic rate than a
larger endothermic animals
torpor - Answer-lethargy, dormancy, sluggishness
Which tissue has a matrix?
A) cuboidal epithelium
B) skeletal muscle
C) smooth muscle
D) squamous epithelium
E) loose connective tissue - Answer-E) loose connective tissue
Cuboidal Epithelium - Answer-Type of epithelial tissue with cube-shaped cells.
