Skeleton Keys Final

Modern forensic anthropology has roots in

The American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA)

Which of these is not a seminal, early forensic anthropologists

In what instance would a forensic anthropologist analyze historical remains

An event of the "Modern Period" in forensic anthropology is

Which of the following components are assessed or determined by forensic anthropologists?

The facility that opened at the University of Tennessee in 1980

The Parkman murder case is important because

Who was the founder of the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory

Which of these is NOT a primary subfield of Anthropology?

A Medicolegal Death Investigator

How many medical examiner districts does the state of Florida have?

Within the medicolegal system, the roles of a forensic anthropologist could include:

The goals of medicolegal death investigation include

Medical Examiners

Which of the following would be LEAST likely to initiate a medicolegal investigation

The coroner system as we know it originated in

Autopsies are performed when

Which of the following experts consult with medical examiners on forensics cases?

What does autopsy mean in Greek?

Archaeological provenience is

How does forensic archaeology differ from traditional archaeology

Locating a clandestine burial can be done using

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about forensic archaeological mapping

Which of the following is NOT a type of scene processed by forensic anthropologists

Maps of a crime scene

Which of these is NOT a stage of recovery?

In forensic recoveries "open scenes" include all of the following EXCEPT

A datum is a

All maps should have

Why do forensic anthropologist do peer reviews?

SOP stands for

Audits can be performed by the following individuals

Taphonomy and Trauma forms are examples of

Quality assurance is process

At the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory, the following materials are used for maceration

Accession

A portion of the guiding principle of quality assurance states

Which of the following forms are used in forensic anthropological lab analysis

Skeletal analysis at the CAPHIL includes

Bone that appears green-ish in color can result from

The key difference between Santeria and Palo Mayombe is

Postmortem damage can be distinguished from perimortem damage by

The "Scavenger Guild"

Locard's exchange principle states that

Delamination

True or False, shark predation of human remains is more common that shark scavenging of remains

Carnivores are known for

The settling of the blood in a body after death is known as

Bone can appear in different colors due to

Which of these bones is NOT found in humans

It is important to establish ______ standards for metric methods of analysis because of population differences

The sagittal suture lies in the _____

What bone is this

Which of the following is distal to the humerus

The mandible is _____ to the cranium

Which of these bones is not part of the arm (upper arm, forearm, wrist and fingers)

Maximum cranial length is measured with

The bones of the leg include

The sternum is ______ to the vertebrae

The female skull is characterized by

Which of the following traits is most commonly observed in females

Sex assessment of the human skeleton is based on the presence of

The average difference in size between male and female humans is

In primates, sexual selection may favor all of the following EXCEPT

The male skull is characterized by

Why do human females have such a difficult time giving birth compared to other animals

The determination of sex from the skeleton is performed using what/which method

The ______ is the second best area to look when determining sex

The type of natural selection that involves the ways in which members of one sex attract mates is known as what?

The fontanelle is

Of these joints, which fuses first?

The fusion of epiphyses occurs

Which of the following methods would give the most accurate and precise age estimate in subadult remains

Age estimation in subadults can be performed using all of the following indicators EXCEPT

You can age a(n)_______ but you can't sex him/her; you can sex a(n) _________but you can't age him/her

A skeleton's pubic symphysis presents many furrows and ridges; the third molars are in occlusion (in use) but their roots have not fully developed; you observe that most of the epiphyses are closed or in the process of closing. In your report you are most likely to conclude the age of the individual is

The measurement of long bone lengths is an appropriate method of age estimation for

Techniques of subadult age estimation are based on multiple ______ processes

During which life-stage is age most accurately estimated

For males, self-reported stature is usually _____ actual living stature

Human bodies, like those of other mammals, follow general rules of proportions dealing with

Why do adults tend to decrease in stature as they get older?

Bergmann's and Allen's rules explicitly predict which of the following

A problem with the Fully method of stature estimation is

Americans have steadily increased in height over the last century. This is an example of

Long-bone measurements are recorded using what piece of equipment?

Which of the following was discovered to be the major problem with the Trotter and Gleser stature estimation study?

By how much can cadaver stature vary from living stature in a given individual

Which of the following is NOT part of Bergmann's rule

Non-metric traits characterizing one ancestral group can be found

A given skull has flaring zygomatics, shovel shaped incisors, round orbits, and moderate nasal aperture width. The ancestry of this individual is likely

Discriminant function analysis will classify skeletal remains based on

FORDISC analysis is invalid when

Why is "Hispanic" such a different ancestry group to define?

According to Sauer 1992, the goal of the forensic anthropologist is to determine ancestry through use of _______ categories

Forensic anthropologists do not assess the ______ of an individual, because it has no ____ reality

Non-metric traits used in ancestry assessment include

A disadvantage to non-metric traits is

FORDISC is

Which of the following is a type of evidence that establishes presumptive (not positive) identification?

What is a reason for the identification of the dead?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a biological factor helpful for an ID?

Which of the following was suspected of preventing the death of Anastasia Romanov after she was shot?

The SMDA (safe medical devices act) deals with what types of materials?

Which of the following trauma was inflicted on the two Romanov children buried separately?

What did the DNA analysis of the purported Romanov remains demonstrate?

Who should the anthropologist consult for assistance with identification involving radiographs?

Which of the following is a type of evidence that establishes positive (not presumptive) identification?

Context of the remains is ______ in the identification process

To line up images in a video or photo superimposition, which of the following are used?

Facial approximations can be criticized because

Which of the following can affect the accuracy of facial approximations

Which of the following facial feature is used by forensic artist estimate the length of the nose?

Facial approximation is usually performed

Which of the following is NOT a problem with facial approximation

Why is "forensic facial reconstruction" something of a misnomer?

Which of the following features is least likely to be estimated by a forensic anthropologist, and can only be added to a facial approximation if circumstantial evidence for it exists?

Computer programs used in video superimposition allow the analyst to

To create a facial reconstruction, the forensic artist needs to know which of the following

Fractures that spread outward directly from the gunshot entrance wound are called

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Antemortem trauma

Type of saw and "teeth per inch" are ______ characteristics of saws

In blunt force trauma, the termination of one fracture into another can tell you

A hertzian cone is

In gunshot wounds, ______ are important because they can locate evidence of bullets or lead within bone that may not be visible externally

Saw marks can be found on the skeleton when

What is the most likely explanation for the hole in this cranium

The ______ of gunshot wounds can provide evidence of the type of weapon used and the events leading to death

Which of the following is NOT a category of cremation artifact

Burn patterns on the body and in bone are largely due to the pugilistic posture and

Which of the following fractures are typical of heat damage

Which of the following is NOT helpful to the death investigator compiling a life history?

As applied to commercial cremations, Locard's Principle tells us that

Which of the following fracture would you expect to see in a living individual, but not in bone that has been exposed to fire?

Of the following colors, which represents the longest exposure to fire in bone?

During the burning process, the first color bone turns is

Which of the following sources of information is LEAST likely to be obtained from remains that have been commercially cremated

Reconstruction of burned skeletal remains involves

The following question is useful in planning for a response to a mass disaster

In a mass fatality incident, the job of the forensic anthropologist is to

Most cases examined by forensic anthropologist are individual victims of homicide, and therefore come from what type of population

Hurricane Katrina differed from the World Trade Center because

Which of these is NOT a goal of initial response efforts to a mass fatality incident

Types of mass disasters and mass fatality events include

Anthropologists were vital after 9/11 attacks because they

"Commingled" describes remains that are

What is the most important task to perform immediately following a mass disaster?

The process of deciding which remains in a mass disaster have the most likelihood of resulting in a personal identification is known as what?