ASM 275 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
ANSWERS
◉ Daubert Standard. Answer: Must be testable
Must have been subject to peer review
Must have established standards
Must have a known and potential error rate
Must have widespread acceptance in the scientific community
◉ Kumho Decision. Answer: Expert witnesses can develop theories
based on observations and experiences outside of the case
All expert testimony is held to the same standard of rigor
Daubert Ruling is flexible
◉ What is forensic anthropology?. Answer: intersection of forensic
and biological anthropology
◉ Goals of forensic anthropology. Answer: Determine age, stature,
sex
Determine bone trauma v pathology
Determine when did they die
Help recover bodies
,◉ Continuous data. Answer: quantitative data
◉ discontinuous data. Answer: categorical, whole intergers
◉ nominal. Answer: discrete and discontinuous, no specific order
m/f or f/m
◉ ordinal. Answer: discrete, ranked
distance between categories are not fixed
◉ interval. Answer: continuous, ordered, qualified, set interval
temperature
◉ ratio. Answer: ordered, quantified, set interval
have an absolute 0
◉ mean. Answer: average
◉ median. Answer: middle
◉ mode. Answer: peak
, ◉ Frequency. Answer: mode
◉ Frye v. United States. Answer: Case that set the "general
acceptance" standard for the admission of expert testimony into
court
◉ Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 702. Answer: an expert can testify
in their opinion
◉ Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals. Answer: judges are the
gatekeepers
◉ US v Starzecpyzal. Answer: non-scientific evidence has looser
standards
◉ General Electricity v Joiner. Answer: reaffirmed Daubert
◉ Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael. Answer: closed the non-
scientific loophole
◉ accuracy. Answer: degree it conforms to true value
ANSWERS
◉ Daubert Standard. Answer: Must be testable
Must have been subject to peer review
Must have established standards
Must have a known and potential error rate
Must have widespread acceptance in the scientific community
◉ Kumho Decision. Answer: Expert witnesses can develop theories
based on observations and experiences outside of the case
All expert testimony is held to the same standard of rigor
Daubert Ruling is flexible
◉ What is forensic anthropology?. Answer: intersection of forensic
and biological anthropology
◉ Goals of forensic anthropology. Answer: Determine age, stature,
sex
Determine bone trauma v pathology
Determine when did they die
Help recover bodies
,◉ Continuous data. Answer: quantitative data
◉ discontinuous data. Answer: categorical, whole intergers
◉ nominal. Answer: discrete and discontinuous, no specific order
m/f or f/m
◉ ordinal. Answer: discrete, ranked
distance between categories are not fixed
◉ interval. Answer: continuous, ordered, qualified, set interval
temperature
◉ ratio. Answer: ordered, quantified, set interval
have an absolute 0
◉ mean. Answer: average
◉ median. Answer: middle
◉ mode. Answer: peak
, ◉ Frequency. Answer: mode
◉ Frye v. United States. Answer: Case that set the "general
acceptance" standard for the admission of expert testimony into
court
◉ Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 702. Answer: an expert can testify
in their opinion
◉ Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals. Answer: judges are the
gatekeepers
◉ US v Starzecpyzal. Answer: non-scientific evidence has looser
standards
◉ General Electricity v Joiner. Answer: reaffirmed Daubert
◉ Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael. Answer: closed the non-
scientific loophole
◉ accuracy. Answer: degree it conforms to true value
