ASM 275 TEST 2025/2026 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
GRADED A+
✔✔Which bone does not comprise the vault of the skull? - ✔✔Maxilla
✔✔At a crime scene, you notice the teeth from a set of heavily stained human remains
are extremely worn and have large amounts of dental calculus. You conclude the
remains are likely: - ✔✔From an archaeological context
✔✔24. What bone is this? - ✔✔Humerus
✔✔At the microscopic level, what is the basic structure of a human bone called? -
✔✔The osteon
✔✔This anatomical term refers to that aspect of a bone that is CLOSEST to an articular
point with the trunk of the body. - ✔✔Proximal
✔✔The mode is the most common value in a data set. - ✔✔True
✔✔In the article we read by Grivas and Komar, to pass the Frye test a method must: -
✔✔Be generally accepted as relevant in the scientific community
✔✔In the article we read by Obledo, natural taphonomoic events include all of the
following EXCEPT: - ✔✔Deposition of liter
✔✔In the video we watched on the Forensic Entomology, according to Dr. Felix
Sperling the presence of maggots on a body an be used to estimate: - ✔✔Time since
death
✔✔ Remains from a looted grave from the Civil War would have medico-legal
significance - ✔✔False
✔✔The white, outer layer of a tooth is composed of what material? - ✔✔Enamel
✔✔What is the dense bone on the outside surfaces of a skeletal element called? -
✔✔Cortical bone
✔✔The primary growth center of a long bone is called what? - ✔✔Diaphysis
✔✔5. What bone is this? - ✔✔Sternum
✔✔You have been notified of a potential clandestine grave in Daly Park. Which of the
following methods could you use to locate this burial? - ✔✔Site-surface survey
GRADED A+
✔✔Which bone does not comprise the vault of the skull? - ✔✔Maxilla
✔✔At a crime scene, you notice the teeth from a set of heavily stained human remains
are extremely worn and have large amounts of dental calculus. You conclude the
remains are likely: - ✔✔From an archaeological context
✔✔24. What bone is this? - ✔✔Humerus
✔✔At the microscopic level, what is the basic structure of a human bone called? -
✔✔The osteon
✔✔This anatomical term refers to that aspect of a bone that is CLOSEST to an articular
point with the trunk of the body. - ✔✔Proximal
✔✔The mode is the most common value in a data set. - ✔✔True
✔✔In the article we read by Grivas and Komar, to pass the Frye test a method must: -
✔✔Be generally accepted as relevant in the scientific community
✔✔In the article we read by Obledo, natural taphonomoic events include all of the
following EXCEPT: - ✔✔Deposition of liter
✔✔In the video we watched on the Forensic Entomology, according to Dr. Felix
Sperling the presence of maggots on a body an be used to estimate: - ✔✔Time since
death
✔✔ Remains from a looted grave from the Civil War would have medico-legal
significance - ✔✔False
✔✔The white, outer layer of a tooth is composed of what material? - ✔✔Enamel
✔✔What is the dense bone on the outside surfaces of a skeletal element called? -
✔✔Cortical bone
✔✔The primary growth center of a long bone is called what? - ✔✔Diaphysis
✔✔5. What bone is this? - ✔✔Sternum
✔✔You have been notified of a potential clandestine grave in Daly Park. Which of the
following methods could you use to locate this burial? - ✔✔Site-surface survey
