ASM 275 REAL EXAMINATION TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔epiphysis - ✔✔secondary centers of ossification
✔✔metaphysis - ✔✔neck portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the
diaphysis
✔✔trabecular bone - ✔✔spongy bone inside of skeletal elements (cancellous bone)
✔✔diploe - ✔✔trabecular bone of the cranial vault
✔✔cortical bone - ✔✔dense bone on surfaces of skeletal elements.
✔✔sources of variation in the human skeleton - ✔✔age, sex, ancestry, occupational,
genetic, pathology, cultural
✔✔five factors to help you assess if the remains are contemporary - ✔✔state of
preservation,
body modification, unintentional body changes, personal belongings/material culture,
conditions
of interment and context
✔✔cause of death - ✔✔the immediate reason for a person's death (such as heart
attack, kidney failure, gunshot wound)
✔✔manner of death - ✔✔How death occurred; 5 possibilities
- natural
-accidental
-suicide
-homicide
-undetermined
✔✔sequence of events involved in recovery - ✔✔location of
remains, search for associated materials, mapping, collecting, and excavating
✔✔disturbed vegetation - ✔✔plants surrounding body are dead, not aligned with
surrounding plants, no plants at all, etc.
✔✔soil compactions - ✔✔grave pit depression, secondary depression, damaged
vegetation, cracks and slopping
✔✔secondary depression - ✔✔-represents abdominal cavity collapsing
-shallow graves only -24-36 inches deep
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔epiphysis - ✔✔secondary centers of ossification
✔✔metaphysis - ✔✔neck portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the
diaphysis
✔✔trabecular bone - ✔✔spongy bone inside of skeletal elements (cancellous bone)
✔✔diploe - ✔✔trabecular bone of the cranial vault
✔✔cortical bone - ✔✔dense bone on surfaces of skeletal elements.
✔✔sources of variation in the human skeleton - ✔✔age, sex, ancestry, occupational,
genetic, pathology, cultural
✔✔five factors to help you assess if the remains are contemporary - ✔✔state of
preservation,
body modification, unintentional body changes, personal belongings/material culture,
conditions
of interment and context
✔✔cause of death - ✔✔the immediate reason for a person's death (such as heart
attack, kidney failure, gunshot wound)
✔✔manner of death - ✔✔How death occurred; 5 possibilities
- natural
-accidental
-suicide
-homicide
-undetermined
✔✔sequence of events involved in recovery - ✔✔location of
remains, search for associated materials, mapping, collecting, and excavating
✔✔disturbed vegetation - ✔✔plants surrounding body are dead, not aligned with
surrounding plants, no plants at all, etc.
✔✔soil compactions - ✔✔grave pit depression, secondary depression, damaged
vegetation, cracks and slopping
✔✔secondary depression - ✔✔-represents abdominal cavity collapsing
-shallow graves only -24-36 inches deep
