UNIT 3 Exam NAME ____________________________
Per _______
Population Biology
1. An ecosystems carrying capacity for a
population is determined by all of the
following factors EXCEPT
A. Space
B. Energy
C. Water
D. Food
E. Climactic events
2. Which type of population distribution
would enhance protection from
predators?
A. Random distribution
B. Uniform distribution
C. Clumped distribution
D. Both a and c
E. None of the above
3. When organisms are found to be
distributed uniformly throughout an
ecosystem it is often because
A. They form social groups
B. They are interbreeding
C. Resources are not limited
D. They mate for life
E. They are territorial
4. The human population is currently
following a J-shaped curve. This
means that the population is growing
A. Arithmetically
B. Exponentially
C. Logistically
D. Sigmoidally
E. Decreasingly
5. Tagging is used to do all of the
following except
A. Track individuals
B. Count population
C. Locate an individual
D. Monitor movement
E. Monitor Numbers
6. Punching is often used to track and
monitor animal population instead of
plastic or metal tags because it
A. Is more expensive
B. Will not fall off
C. Gets caught on shrubs
D. Attracts predators
E. Is less painful
7. The intrinsic growth rate of a
population
A. Directly affects environmental
resistance
B. Causes changes in birth rates
C. Causes changes in death rates
D. Is the maximum rate at which a
population may increase
E. All of the above
8. Rapid growth may temporally be
observed in a population in response
to all of the following EXCEPT
A. Elimination of a pollutant
B. Elimination of predators
C. Increase food supply
D. Introduction od a new parasite
E. Introduction into a new habitat
9. The diagram above represents
A. Logistic growth
B. Exponential growth
C. Carry capacity
D. Death rate
E. Birth Rate
 C. Remaining the same
D. Will expand for one generation
10. A population of rabbits, introduced to E. Slowing
an island, has rapid growth for a few
years; then its growth slows. The
population becomes stable because
A. The carrying capacity has been
reached
B. Environmental resistance
declines
C. Immigration is reduced
D. R declines A B
E. Bergman’s principal takes
effect C C

15. Using the figures above, choose the

Population Dynamics statement that best describes
11. Developing countries tend to have an population A.
________ age structure diagram A. This is a developed nation
A. Rectangular shaped B. Women have access to
B. Inverted triangle education
C. Pyramid shaped C. Women have access to family
D. Square planning
E. Round D. Birth rates are above
replacement level fertility
E. The population will double in
two years
12. The following is an example of an
animal that exhibits R reproductive
strategies.
A. Cows 16. Population B represents a population
B. Rabbits that is
C. Elephants A. Growing quickly
D. Humans B. Growing slowly
E. Kangaroos C. Stable
D. Declining
E. Not enough data to tell

13. An animal that has K reproductive

strategies does all of the following
except 17. At current growth rates, which
A. Have a few, large offspring country will probably be the most
B. Adults are typically large in size populous in the world after 2050?
C. Give some type if parental care A. China
D. Reach reproductive maturity B. Brazil
early C. India
E. Stabilize near carrying capacity D. Indonesia
E. United states

14. If a population age structure diagram

looks like a pyramid, the population is 18. Which of the following statements
A. Expanding about China’s one child policy are
B. Shrinking incorrect?
 A. It has resulted in male
dominance
B. It has created a larger middle
class
C. Families are given economic
incentives to have less children
D. China uses less resources as a
result
E. Chinas population has begun to
stabilize
19. Education of women has a direct
correlation with
A. Lower birth rates
B. Higher birth rates
C. Economic decline
D. Economic gain
E. Woman’s health
20. ___________ is an example of a
developing country and ____________ is
and example of a developed country.
A. U.S., Russia
B. China, Denmark
C. China, India
D. U.S., China
E. France, China
Population Size and Impacts
21. At the start of a study there were 200
spotted salamanders in an old-growth
forest patch in northern California.
Over the next year a biologist tracking
the salamanders saw that 25 new
salamanders hatched and 5 died.
Thus r for this year was _______
A. 0.1
B. 5
C. 20
D. 25
E. 200
22. The most critical factor in controlling
human population growth is
A. Controlling reproductive lifespan
B. Decreasing the age of first birth
C. Degreasing the average number
of births per woman
D. Decreasing infant death
E. Increasing overall wellness for
the human race.
23. A population of river otters has a
growth rate of r=.2 per year. If the
population started at 50 individuals
and there is no migration, how many
would you expect after one year?
A. 10;2
B. 52;54
C. 60;70
D. 60;72
E. 70;90
24. The total fertility rate is an estimate
of
A. The number of children that will
survive to adulthood.
B. The number of years a typical
infant will live
C. The number of children each
woman will have
D. The number of births her 1000
people per year
E. The percentage of woman in a
population that are able to have
children
25. If a population of 100 birds increases
to 120 birds the following year, r=
________
A. .16
B. .20
C. 1.2
D. 2
E. 20
26. Population growth rates are high in
developing countries because
A. Infant mortality rates are low
B. Women tend to have children
late in life
C. Family planning is common
D. Children are often an important
economic advantage
E. All of the above
27. Which developed country has the
fastest population growth rate today?
A. France
B. Denmark
 C. Nigeria
D. United States
E. Russia

33. All of the following are true about

Tuberculosis EXCEPT:
28. At present, Earths human population A. Many people world wide are infected
is white not all have developed the
A. Stable disease
B. Declining B. The disease in associated with
C. Increasing exponentially airborne transmission
D. Increasing at a constant rate C. Symptoms of the disease include
E. Increasing at about 10% a year weakness and coughing up blood
D. The disease primarily affects the
stomach
29. U.S. citizen have a large ecological E. Inappropriate use of antibiotics led to
footprint because of their high antibiotic resistant strains of the
consumption of disease
A. Food
B. Lumber 34. A metropolitan region of 100,000
C. Energy resources people has 2,000 births, 500 deaths,
D. Space 200 emigrants and 100 immigrants
E. All of the above over a 1 year period. Its population
growth rate is
A. 1.2 percent
30. Using the rule of 70, a population B. 1.4 percent
growing at 10% would double in C. 1.6 percent
A. 7 years D. 1.8 percent
B. 10 years E. 2.0 percent
C. 15 years
D. 17 years
E. Not enough information
provided
35.A pathogen of an emergent virus that
lives in hundreds of species of birds
and is transmitted by mosquitos is
31. A countries impact on the A. Malaria
environment is influences by B. Avian Flu
I. Population C. West Nile
II. Technology D. Ebola
III. Affluence E. Yersinia pestis
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and III
E. I, II and III Ecosystem Diversity
36. What is most significant when
determining the diversity of an
ecosystem?
32. Choose the answer that best A. The number of organisms
represents replacement level fertility present
A. 0.5 B. The number of species present
B. 1.5 C. The amount of land the
C. 2.0 ecosystem covers
D. 2.5 D. The amount of precipitation an
E. 3.0 ecosystem receives
 E. The interactions between
producers and consumers
37. Which of the following measures of
biodiversity takes into account the
number of species present and the
relative abundance of the species
present?
A. Shannon’s index
B. Species richness
C. Species evenness
D. Biodiversity index
E. Hardy –Weinberg Index
38. In the diagram shown, which pair of
organisms have the closest
evolutionary relationship?
A. Leopard and Lamprey
B. Tuna and Turtle
C. Tuna and Leopard
D. Turtle and Salamander
E. Lamprey and Turtle
39. Based on the diagram which structure
is the most primitive?
A. Vertebral Column
B. Hinged Jaws
C. Four walking legs
D. Amniotic Egg
E. Hair
40.Which of the following is the best
description of evolution?
A. The genetic change in an individual
over time
B. The genetic change within a
population over one generation
C. The growth of an individual from birth
to adulthood
D. The increased reproduction of a
population
E. The genetic change within a
population over time
41. Based on the diagram above which
organism is the most complex
A. Anthophyta
B. Coniferophyta
C. Pteridophyta
D. Lycopodiophyta
E. Bryophyta
42. Based on the diagram above which
organism has seeds but no flowers
A. Anthophyta
B. Coniferophyta
C. Pteridophyta
D. Lycopodiophyta
E. Bryophyta
43. Which of the following is the best
description of evolution?
F. The genetic change in an individual
over time
G. The genetic change within a
population over one generation
H. The growth of an individual from birth 47. Which of the following decreases
to adulthood genetic variation?
I. The increased reproduction of a I. Bottle Neck
population II. Mutation
J. The genetic change within a III. Genetic Drift
population over time A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I and III

44. If a bird normally has green feathers

produces offspring with blue feathers, 48. What occurs when a small group from
this is most likely a result of: a population colonizes a new area?
A. A genetic mutation A. Artificial selection
B. Evolution B. Founder effect
C. Natural selection C. Bottleneck effect
D. Natural variation D. Sympatric speciation
E. Genotypic variation E. Genetic drift

45. When a population suddenly reduces

in size either from habitat loss, natural 49. Which of the following animals is not
disaster or other changes in the listed as endangered?
environment, its genetic variation is A. Rhinos
affected. When this occurs, it is B. Bluefin Tuna
known as: C. Giraffe
A. Founder effect D. Lions
B. Geographic isolation E. Leather back turtle
C. Genetic drift
D. Bottleneck effect
E. Mutation

46. Which of the following is the best
example of artificial selection?
A. Bees pollinating different species of
flowers.
B. Adaptation of finches to different
sources of food on different islands
C. An isolated population of frogs
develops a phenotype distinct from
the original population
D. Breeding of horses for speed
E. A small population has an unusually
high percentage of a rare phenotype
50.What is the correct order based on the
IUCN classification of endangered
animals
A. VulnerableEndangered  Critically
endangered
B. VulnerableThreatenedEndangered
C. ThreatenedEndangered Critically
endangered
D. Threatened  VulnerableCritically
endangered
E. ThreatenedEndangeredExtinct