ANT 202 WEEK 2 QUIZ

ANT 202 WEEK 2 QUIZ
1	Which of the following situations is considered a suitable fieldwork setting for an anthropologist?
a.   Business office
b.   Research laboratory
c.   Tribal village
d.   All of the choices apply
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2.	The formal rules that guide anthropological behavior toward informants is called the American Anthropological Association Code of:
a.   Fieldwork.
b.   Responsibility.
c.   Ethics.
d.   Behavior.
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3.	The AAA Code of Ethics holds that an anthropologist's primary ethical responsibility is toward the:
a.   discipline of anthropology.
b.   institution that provided funding.
c.   colleagues who work on the project.
d.   people with whom they work.
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4.	Theoretical models in anthropology are:
a.   models of ideal culture.
b.   devices for explaining and understanding cultures.
c.   approaches to fieldwork that uncovers actual cultural behavior.
d.   modes of analysis that can't be proven.
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5.	An anthropologist that includes his or her thoughts about what he or she sees as well as quotations from his or her informants is presenting what type of ethnography?
a.   Reactive
b.   Reflexive
c.   Classical
d.   Objective
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6.	Which of the following is a major challenge associated with fieldwork?
a.   Recording interviews
b.   Statistical analysis of data
c.   Culture shock
d.   Conflicting theoretical models
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7.	The "honeymoon" phase in anthropological fieldwork can be described as a:
a.   period of the inhabitants accommodating the fieldworker.
b.   time of relaxation within the culture being studied.
c.   period of intense culture shock.
d.   period of excitement after years of training.
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8.	An anthropologist doing fieldwork strives to achieve the role of:
a.   friend and teacher.
b.   key informant.
c.   privileged stranger.
d.   participant observer.
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9.	The process by which an anthropologist develops a harmonious relationship with people in the field is called:
a.   establishing rapport.
b.   formal interviewing.
c.   participant observation.
d.   informal interviewing.
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10.	A key informant is selected using a:
a.   judgment sample.
b.   random sample.
c.   stratified random sample.
d.   random stratified sample.
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11.	The primary advantage of formal interviews is that they yield data that:
a.   are real rather than ideal.
b.   reflect personal attitudes.
c.   are comparable and quantifiable.
d.   have been gathered under controlled settings.
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12.	The field method that focuses on kin relationships is known as the:
a.   life history method.
b.   formal interview method.
c.   informal interview method.
d.   genealogical method.
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13.	All of the following are part of the informal interview, EXCEPT:
a.   structured questions.
b.   conversation style dialog.
c.   conversation in an opportunistic setting.
d.   when the interviewee controls the flow of the conversation.
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14.	Photographs are an important source of data because they:
a.   accurately capture cultural belief systems.
b.   capture unique events and behavior that can be used as analytical tools.
c.   allow the anthropologist to capture images during forbidden rituals.
d.   ethical issues are not relevant.
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15.	The reporting of fieldwork information may be in the form of:
a.   an ethnography.
b.   a paper read at a professional meeting.
c.   an article written for a journal.
d.   all of the choices apply.
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16.	Linguistics became part of the discipline of anthropology because:
a.   studying syntax helps one to learn a language.
b.   a knowledge of historical linguistics improved ethnographic fieldwork.
c.   many aboriginal cultures had no written language.
d.   university departments of linguistics and anthropology merged.
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17.	The study of sound used in speech is called:
a.   syntax.
b.   descriptive linguistics.
c.   phonology.
d.   language.
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18.	All of the following are units of descriptive linguistics, EXCEPT:
a.   phonemes.
b.   syntax.
c.   morphemes.
d.   kinesics.
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19.	The first step in the descriptive linguistic study of a language is to:
a.   make a list of words in the language.
b.   identify phonemes in the language.
c.   identify morphemes used in the language.
d.   record syntax used in the language.
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20.	How many morphemes are in the word "filled"?
a.   One
b.   Two
c.   Three
d.   Four
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21.	How many phonemes are in the word "rat"?
a.   One
b.   Two
c.   Three
d.   Four
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22.	Statistical analysis of the evolution of vocabulary meanings in Indo-European languages indicates that:
a.   less used words change slowly.
b.   frequently used words change slowly.
c.   frequently used words change rapidly.
d.   both frequently and less used words change at the same rate.
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23.	The relationship between language and culture is the emphasis of which of the following areas in linguistics?
a.   Ethnolinguistics
b.   Descriptive linguistics
c.   Phonology
d.   Syntax
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24.	You are a linguistic anthropologist studying the differences between suburbs and innercity gang languages. What area of linguistic anthropology are you studying?
a.   Descriptive linguistics
b.   Historical linguistics
c.   Sociolinguistics
d.   Ethnolinguistics
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25.	Who formulated the idea that language structures our perception of reality?
a.   E. E. Evans-Pritchard
b.   Benjamin Whorf
c.   Edward Hall
d.   Leslie Sponsel
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26.	In the United States, the subsystem of English known as "African-American Vernacular English" (AAVE) appears to have come from what speech sources?
a.   White Southern and African tribal speech
b.   White Southern and Creole
c.   African tribal and Creole
d.   African tribal and hip hop
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27.	Chimpanzees are not considered to have language because their communication system is:
a.   open but lacks creative change.
b.   open but lacks syntax.
c.   closed and lacks recursion.
d.   closed and lacks calls.
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28.	The analysis of cultural gestures, facial expressions, and body positions is called:
a.   kinesics.
b.   displacement.
c.   signing.
d.   proxemics.
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29.	Silent language can be one of the most difficult aspects of another culture to learn because it:
a.   is not shared by everyone in the community.
b.   is not formally taught.
c.   does not convey the same meaning as verbal communication.
d.   causes ethnocentrism.
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30.	The study of how people perceive and use space is called:
a.   ethnolinguistics.
b.   sociolinguistics.
c.   kinesics.
d.   proxemics.
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