WEEK 5

Week 5 — Short Practice Quiz

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1. The juvenile mortality rate is the annual number of deaths of juveniles per

a. 100 births
b. 1000 births
c. 100 live births
d. 1000 live births

2. Pan traps are used for sampling

a. bees
b. butterflies
c. non-pollinator insects
d. pollinator insects

3. ___ employs selecting every kth unit starting from random 1..k

a. Simple random sampling
b. Systematic sampling
c. Stratified sampling
d. Multistage sampling

4. Which of these is not a measure of absolute population density?

a. total count
b. pelt count
c. capture-recapture method
d. removal method

5. The logistic growth equation, when plotted, appears

a. I shaped
b. J shaped
c. S shaped
d. O shaped

6. A sampling procedure such that each possible combination of sampling units has the same chance is called

a. Simple random sampling
b. Systematic sampling
c. Stratified sampling
d. Multistage sampling

7. The minimum replacement level fertility for population to grow should be greater than

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

8. Cover board surveys are typically used for sampling

a. herpetofauna
b. fishes
c. large mammals
d. carnivores

9. Which of these is true?

a. Physiological longevity > Ecological longevity
b. Physiological longevity = Ecological longevity
c. Physiological longevity < Ecological longevity
d. a or b

10. ___ is how close measured values are to the correct value.

a. Accuracy
b. Precision
c. Bias
d. Variance