i guess it depends on the school. i just took animal behavior at a liberal arts college and everything was paper based. all assignements and midterms and the final project were a bunch of papers, no traditional textbook based multiple choice questions or the essay based exams.
i guess the professor decided to do a paper based course because there weren't that many kids in the course, 17 or 18.
however, i just finished a comparative psych course and the textbook we used was titled animal behavior. we had a lot of multiple choice questions and essays for the examinations.
like all paper based courses, its always hard to get that A, but i guess if its multiple choice based, the answer is definite and you can rack up points and get an A. So yea, it depends on the school.
hope that helped.