ARW2 - Midterm Exam - Virtual 202203 Avanzado 11 19 - 16-22 - 46

ARW2 - Midterm Exam
Due
Mar 10 at 10:46pm
Points
100
Questions
4
Available
Mar 10 at 8:54pm - Mar 10 at 10:46pm
about 2 hours
Time Limit
50 Minutes
Instructions
Dear student,
Next, you will be assessed on the contents of the course.
This written exam focuses on Reading Comprehension and Writing.
You will only have one opportunity to take the test.
You will have 50 minutes to complete the test.
This quiz was locked Mar 10 at 10:46pm.
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Section I-A: Reading Comprehension
To read for main ideas, details, and inference
Partial Question 1 15
/ 25 pts
Read the following text and use the information to

answer the questions below.
What makes an animal clever?
Research shows intelligence is not just about

using tools
By Ivo Jacobs and Megan Lambert
1. Humans set themselves apart from other animals

in a number of ways, including our ability to make
tools. When the anthropologist Jane Goodall
discovered that wild chimpanzees frequently make
and use tools, her advisor Louis Leakey famously
joked that “now we must redefine tool, redefine man,
or accept chimpanzees as humans”.
2. Numerous other species have joined
chimpanzees in knocking humans off their pedestal.
Boxer crabs use stinging anemones as defensive
weapons. American alligators place sticks on top of
their snouts to catch egrets during their nesting
season. Parrots frequently use a variety of objects to
scratch themselves. A jay and a crow have once been
observed to use sticks as weapons to jab at each
other. Elephant bulls sometimes throw young
elephants at fences to create a passage. The list goes
on, and continues to grow with new research. For
example, we recently discovered that New Caledonian
crows use tools to transport objects, and that greater
vasa parrots use pebbles to grind calcium powder
from seashells for ingestion.
3. Despite the large variation in which species use
tools and how, this behavior still has special
significance. New reports of tool use in animals often
feature words such as “intelligent”, “smart” or “clever”.
But is this really the case or is it time to abandon tool
use as a measure of intelligence?
4. Finding a single measure of intelligence for
species as different as fish and elephants is extremely
difficult. But one place to start is by looking at how
flexibly animals can solve problems or, in other words,
if they can learn more general rules and use these to
solve new problems. For example, if an animal usually
uses a stone to crack open a nut, but there are no
stones around, will the animal choose another heavy,
hard object to crack open the nut? This would suggest
a more abstract understanding about the type of
object needed.
5. In the case of the Egyptian vulture and many
other species, tool use occurs in one very specific
context and is relatively inflexible. On the other hand,
some species use a range of different tools to solve
different problems. Chimpanzees, for example, have a
broad toolkit: they use stones to crack nuts, leaf stems
to fish for termites, stick tools to probe for honey and
leaves to soak up water for drinking. Similarly, New
Caledonian crows make and use several different
tools from different materials to probe for insects, and
also use tools to explore new and potentially
threatening objects.
6. This type of flexible tool use may allow
individuals to innovate new and creative solutions to
difficult problems. But even so, tool-using species
aren’t necessarily better at solving problems than
species that don’t use tools. Humans are clearly not
the only animals to use tools for a wide variety of
purposes. And while tool use may not always reflect
the spark of a bright mind, it still provides a fascinating
glimpse into how different species interact with their
environments.
Questions:
1. Chimps, boxer crabs, parrots, alligators, and so on are
examples of... [ Select ]
2. When Jane Goodall discovered that chimps made and

used tools, Louis Leaky really thought that ...
[ Select ]
3. The authors think that a better way to measure animal

intelligence would be to see ...
[ Select ]
4. According to the authors, animals that use tools ... show
their amazing interaction with the environment.
5. In the article, the authors use this quotation “now we must

redefine tool, redefine man, or accept chimpanzees as
humans” to support the idea that ...
[ Select ]
Answer 1:
animals that use tools like humans do.
Answer 2:
chimpanzees are just like humans.
Answer 3:
if they can use different tools to solve new problems.
Answer 4:
show their amazing interaction with the environment.
Answer 5:
Numerous other species have joined chimpanzees in

knocking humans off their pedestal.
Section I-B: Reading Comprehension
To recognize hedging language
Question 2 10
/ 10 pts
Read the following text and use the information to

answer the questions below.
A. Finding a single measure of intelligence for species

as different as fish and elephants is extremely difficult.
But one place to start is by looking at how flexibly animals
can solve problems or, in other words, if they can learn
more general rules and use these to solve new problems.
For example, if an animal usually uses a stone to crack
open a nut, but there are no stones around, will the
animal choose another heavy, hard object to crack open
the nut? This would suggest a more abstract
understanding about the type of object needed.
B. This type of flexible tool use may allow individuals to

innovate new and creative solutions to difficult problems.
But even so, tool-using species aren’t necessarily better
at solving problems than species that don’t use tools.
Humans are clearly not the only animals to use tools for a
wide variety of purposes. And while tool use may not
always reflect the spark of a bright mind, it still provides a
fascinating glimpse into how different species interact with
their environments.
Questions:
1. What hedging language do the authors use in A? This

would suggest a more abstract understanding.
2. Do the authors use this hedging language in B? Tool use

may not always reflect the spark of a bright mind.
Answer 1:
This would suggest a more abstract understanding.
Answer 2:
Tool use may not always reflect the spark of a bright mind.
Section II: Skills for Writing
Restating the author's idea

Question 3 15
/ 15 pts
Read each quote and the paraphrases below. Choose

the best paraphrase for each quotation.
1. Mario said, “I need to

Mario explained that he
begin a project to
needed to start an activity to
investigate animals’
research on animals’ abilities.
skills.”
2. Roger said, “The

advantage of reward-
based training method is [ Select ]
that animals will do what

we want them to do.”
3. The employee wrote in

his blog, “Even if I got 100
on my exam, I would not [ Select ]
have chances to get

promoted.”
Answer 1:
Mario explained that he needed to start an activity to

research on animals’ abilities.
Answer 2:
Roger said that a positive aspect of the reward-based
training method is that it makes animals perform actions we
intent to try with them.
Answer 3:
The employee wrote he wouldn’t have opportunities to be

promoted even if he obtained 100 on the final evaluation.
Section III: Written Expression
Identifying and extracting main ideas from a text

to write a summary
Question 4 35
/ 50 pts
Now, write a summary paragraph about the article in

Section I. Remember your summary must have a thesis
or main idea. Do not include many details or examples.

Your Answer:
What makes an animal clever? By Ivo Jacobs and Megan

Lambert
We always thought that humans are more intelligent than

animals. An anthropologist discovered something that could
change that statement. Animals have shown that they are
able to deal with problems. Ivo and Megan demonstrated
that animals can solve it by using tools. If they do not have
something that will help, they try to look for something that
will be more useful. For another, experts found that some
other animals have a variety of tools that they can use in
different situations. To sum up, it is difficult to generalize that
all animals have the same way of thinking. Every kind of
them demonstrates their ability to dominate tools in order to
solve problems.

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ARW2 - Midterm Exam

Next, you will be assessed on the contents of the course.

This written exam focuses on Reading Comprehension and Writing.

You will only have one opportunity to take the test.

You will have 50 minutes to complete the test.

This quiz was locked Mar 10 at 10:46pm.

Submitted Mar 10 at 10:40pm

To read for main ideas, details, and inference

Read the following text and use the information to

What makes an animal clever?

Research shows intelligence is not just about

By Ivo Jacobs and Megan Lambert

1. Humans set themselves apart from other animals

1. Chimps, boxer crabs, parrots, alligators, and so on are

examples of... [ Select ]

2. When Jane Goodall discovered that chimps made and

3. The authors think that a better way to measure animal

5. In the article, the authors use this quotation “now we must

animals that use tools like humans do.

chimpanzees are just like humans.

if they can use different tools to solve new problems.

show their amazing interaction with the environment.

Numerous other species have joined chimpanzees in

To recognize hedging language

Read the following text and use the information to

A. Finding a single measure of intelligence for species

B. This type of flexible tool use may allow individuals to

1. What hedging language do the authors use in A? This

2. Do the authors use this hedging language in B? Tool use

This would suggest a more abstract understanding.

Section II: Skills for Writing

Restating the author's idea

Read each quote and the paraphrases below. Choose

1. Mario said, “I need to

2. Roger said, “The

that animals will do what

3. The employee wrote in

have chances to get

Mario explained that he needed to start an activity to

The employee wrote he wouldn’t have opportunities to be

Section III: Written Expression

Identifying and extracting main ideas from a text

Now, write a summary paragraph about the article in

What makes an animal clever? By Ivo Jacobs and Megan

We always thought that humans are more intelligent than

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