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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a theory associated with sociobiology?
(a) Offspring Consent.
(b) Colony Odor.
(c) Kin Selection.
(d) Parental Manipulation.

2. What does the stridulatory organ in an ant's anatomy do?
(a) Makes sound.
(b) Emits odors.
(c) Processes scent.
(d) Vibrates with sound.

3. What happens to the offspring of a queen when she is forced into a polygyny society?
(a) She will no longer produce offspring.
(b) The number of her offspring decreases.
(c) The number of her offspring increases.
(d) The number of her offspring is unaffected.

4. Who coined the term "social insects"?
(a) Morton.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Wheeler.
(d) Holldobler.

5. Which of the following terms expresses the ideal of group production with the disregard of individual needs?
(a) Tershonomics.
(b) Fillionomics.
(c) Ergonomics.
(d) Hedonomics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many levels of genealogical relationships do sweat bees have with one another?

2. What type of hierarchy does Wilson use to describe an ant colony?

3. How long is the desert ant's life expectancy?

4. What percentage of ant colonies are lost due to ground-feeding birds?

5. Which of the following ants are considered most altruistic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during the founding stage of an ant colony?

2. What malleable criteria were used to decide that ant colonies were units rather than large groups of individuals?

3. Why is communication between ants important during transportation?

4. Why are male ants typically neglected in taxonomic studies?

5. What study was performed on fire ants leading to the understanding the foragers will respond to the nutritional needs of their colony?

6. What are barrack nests?

7. How are ant colonies defined?

8. What are the most common ways through with an ant colony becomes polygynus?

9. How do male ants function within the colony caste system?

10. What is the Hymenoptera order, and how do ants fit in this order?

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