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 of the following techniques could you use to more accurately age this individual? Answers: Appearance of the pubic symphysis Dental development Skeletal development Epiphyseal fusion • Question 2 0 out of 1 points Which is the method most commonly used for estimating age at death in adult skeletons? 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? Answers: African African European Asian Native American • Question 4 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is NOT indicative of male sex? 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? 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. 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? 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 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: Answers: male sex female sex subadult age at death elderly woman with many children • Question 11 0 out of 1 points 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. 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? 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? 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? Answers: European European Asian African Native American