ASM 275 / ASM275 UNIT 2 TEST
• Question 1
0 out of 1 points
You find some fully adult, likely middle-aged skeletal remains in your lab. Which
... [Show More] of the following techniques could you use to more accurately age this individual?
Selected Answer:
Epiphyseal fusion
Answers:
Appearance of the pubic symphysis
Dental development
Skeletal development
Epiphyseal fusion
• Question 2
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Which is the method most commonly used for estimating age at death in adult skeletons?
Selected Answer:
pubic symphysis
Answers: long bone length
pubic symphysis
long bone radiography
cementum annulation
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Alveolar prognathism is associated with which ancestral affiliation? Selected Answer:
Answers:
African
African European Asian
Native American
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is NOT indicative of male sex? Selected Answer:
ventral arc
Answers: large mastoid process square mandible
ventral arc
all are consistent with male sex
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
When measured, which of the following will produce the best stature estimate? Selected Answer:
Answers:
complete long bones (femur, humerus, etc.) complete long bones (femur, humerus, etc.)
bones of the hands and feet fragmentary long bones bones of the skull
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The ear-shaped joint between the sacrum and each os coxa is called the
, and can be used to estimate age at death in adult skeletons.
Selected Answer:
auricular surface
Answers: pubic symphysis acetabulum
auricular surface ischiopubic ramus ridge
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Having high angled or pitched nasal bones is associated with which ancestral affiliation? Selected Answer:
Answers:
European
European African Asian
Native American
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
The most accurate way to estimate age at death in subadult individuals is with:
Selected Answer: Answers:
dental formation patterns
dental formation patterns long bone length epiphyseal closure sternal rib ends
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A person with an ischio-pubic ramus ridge is male. Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
False
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
The presence of a ventral arc is indicative of what forensically significant variable? Selected Answer:
female sex
Answers: male sex
female sex
subadult age at death
elderly woman with many children
• Question 11
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If we assume a racial view of human prehistory is a correct reflection of what actually happened in our past, then this suggests there were long periods of geographic isolation separating different populations of humans.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True False
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
The leg bones are generally more sexually dimorphic than the arm bones.
Selected Answer: True Answers: True
False
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following features is most consistent with Asian ancestry? Selected Answer:
Answers:
shovel-shaped incisors
shovel-shaped incisors small teeth
curved femur narrow nose
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
You are trying to estimate sex for a human pelvis but the pubic bone is completely missing. Which of the following could you use to estimate sex?
Selected Answer:
Sciatic notch
Answers:
Sciatic notch
Ventral arc
Sub-pubic concavity
Ischio-pubic ramus ridge
• Question 15
1 out of 1 points
Having a sharp nasal sill is associated with which ancestral affiliation? Selected Answer:
Answers:
European
European Asian African
Native American
• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
A person with a ventral arc is male. Selected Answer: False Answers: True
False
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
All of the following are features on the pelvis useful for sex estimation EXCEPT:
Selected Answer:
nuchal crest
Answers: ischiopubic ramus ridge
nuchal crest subpubic concavity greater sciatic notch
• Question 18
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is NOT indicative of old age? Selected Answer:
lots of whole osteons, few partial osteons [Show Less]