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    This document contains a test bank with 27 multiple choice and true/false questions about life tables and demography from Chapter 9 of the textbook "Ecology: Global Insights and Investigations". The questions cover topics such as cohort life tables, survivorship curves, population growth rates, and generation times. Sample questions calculate population sizes, mortality rates, and average generation times based on data from life tables.

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    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    Chapter 09
    Life Tables and Demography

    Multiple Choice Questions

    1. A cohort is
    A. A group of same aged young which grow and survive at different rates
    B. A group of different aged young which grow and survive at similar rates
    C. A number of individuals alive in different age classes
    D. A group of same aged young which grow and survive at similar rates
    E. A graphical representation of the numbers of individuals alive at various ages

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    2. Survivorship of which of the following organisms is likely to be analyzed with a static life
    table?
    A. Butterfly
    B. Annual plant
    C. Elephant
    D. American robin
    E. Barnacle

    Bloom's Level: 5. Evaluate


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    9-1
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    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    3. In a life table, qx is
    A. The number alive at the start of a time period
    B. The number dying during a time period
    C. The proportion dying during a time period
    D. The proportion surviving during a time period
    E. Life expectancy

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    4. In a life table the proportion of individuals surviving in an age class is given by


    A. nx
    B. dx
    C. lx
    D. qx
    E. ex

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    5. If n0 = 100 and d0 = 20, what is q0?


    A. 0.2
    B. 0.8
    C. 5.0
    D. 800
    E. 2

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    9-2
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    any manner. This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part
    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    6. The following data represent sparrow survival, from age 0-6 on an offshore Canadian
    island: 115, 25, 19, 12, 2, 1, 0. In which age is the proportion surviving the highest?
    A. Year 1
    B. Year 2
    C. Year 3
    D. Year 4
    E. Year 5

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    7. If n2 = 800 and d2 = 200, what is n1?


    A. 0.25
    B. 4.0
    C. 600
    D. 1000
    E. 160,000

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    8. In a life table qx=


    A. nx/n0
    B. n0/nx
    C. dx/nx
    D. nx/dx
    E. nx +nx+1/2

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    9-3
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    any manner. This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part
    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    9. If nx = 600 and nx+1 = 400, what is Lx?


    A. 0.67
    B. 1.5
    C. 200
    D. 500
    E. 1000

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    10. The following data give the numbers of gypsy moth life history stages in a forest in
    Connecticut over a generation: eggs 450, young caterpillars 315, older caterpillars 57, pupae
    47, adults 16. In which stage is the mortality rate the highest?
    A. eggs
    B. young caterpillars.
    C. older caterpillars.
    D. pupae
    E. adults.

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    11. If nx = 100, lx = 0.8, qx = 0.2, Lx = 50 and Tx = 2000, what is ex?


    A. 0.25
    B. 4
    C. 20
    D. 40
    E. 500

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    9-4
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    any manner. This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part
    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    12. Which type of survivorship curve best fits large animals?


    A. I
    B. II
    C. III
    D. IV

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    13. Which type of survivorship curve best fits insects?


    A. I
    B. II
    C. III
    D. IV

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    14. Good juvenile survival is dictated by which type of survivorship curve?


    A. I
    B. II
    C. III
    D. IV

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    9-5
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    any manner. This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part
    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    15. Given the following data which details numbers of turtles in subsequent years from birth
    to death, which type of survivorship curve is supported?

    Data: 1000, 500, 250, 125, 63, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1, 0.

    A. Type I
    B. Type II
    C. Type III
    D. Type IV

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    16. The number of offspring born to females of a given age is


    A. lx
    B. mx
    C. lx mx
    D. lx mx
    E. xlx mx

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.02
    Topic: Population Growth

    9-6
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    any manner. This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part
    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    17. Net reproductive rate, R0, is given by


    A. lx
    B. mx
    C. lx mx
    D. lx mx
    E. xlx mx

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.02
    Topic: Population Growth

    18. If Nt = 50 and R0 =2, Nt+1=


    A. 0.04
    B. 25
    C. 52
    D. 100
    E. 1000

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.02
    Topic: Population Growth

    19. A population increases in size if R0


    A. <1
    B. =0
    C. =1
    D. >1

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.02
    Topic: Population Growth

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    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    20. If R0=1 then we say population size is


    A. Decreasing
    B. At equilibrium
    C. Increasing
    D. Declining
    E. Going up

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.02
    Topic: Population Growth

    21. If xlxmx for a population rats is 2.0 and the net reproductive rate is 1.6, then what is the
    average generation time?
    A. 0.4
    B. 0.8
    C. 1.25
    D. 2.0
    E. 3.6

    Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze


    Learning Outcome: 09.02
    Topic: Population Growth

    True / False Questions

    22. A cohort life table follows a group of individuals from birth to death.
    TRUE

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    9-8
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    any manner. This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part
    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    23. A survivorship curve for barnacles in Washington state shows huge mortality in the first
    years of life.
    TRUE

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    24. Cohort survivorship curves ignore environmental variation.


    FALSE

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    25. Larger organisms generally have longer generation times.


    TRUE

    Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


    Learning Outcome: 09.02
    Topic: Population Growth

    26. You need to get the most accurate survivorship curve for a rare parrot. The best method is
    to construct a cohort life table?
    TRUE

    Bloom's: Level: 2. Understand


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    9-9
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    any manner. This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part
    Chapter 09 - Life Tables and Demography

    27. Shooting older males of Dall Mountain sheep would increase the qx of later age groups.
    FALSE

    Bloom's Level: 5. Evaluate


    Learning Outcome: 09.01
    Topic: Life Tables

    9-10
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