ASM 275 / ASM275 Exam #4 Answers:

1. You are conducting a bite mark analysis on an individual in your lab. What features would
best help you make an identification of the perpetrator?
2. Which of the following is an example of cultural/behavioral modifications to the skeleton
that could be useful in identification?
Which of the following infectious diseases affect the face and facial portion of the skeleton:
3. The pathological condition found in the eye orbits due to iron deficiency anemia and
red blood cell production is known as:

4. The type of pathology that is due to iron deficiency anemia and that is found on the vault of
the skull is called?
5. Facets on the lower tibiae (shin bones) and the talus (ankle bone) may be indicative of
which habitual activity?
6. To estimate body weight from bones, one must take into account which of the
following factors? Size of the muscle markings
7. Habitual pipe smoking may be reflected in the teeth in the form of rounded facets on the
occlusal (biting) surfaces.
8. The role of JPAC is to...
9. Bite mark analysis has withstood years of scrutiny and is now widely regarded as a well
established approach to forensic identification
10. For the Pedro de Corpa case study discussed in class, what was the only available skeletal
evidence that this project was based on:
11. Evidence of focused or concentrated use of certain body segments that may give an
anthropologist some insight into a person’s occupation before death can be found in:
The Bosnian genocide occurred during the 1990s.
12. You find a skeletonized individual out in the desert. You notice that there is beveling around
the left glenoid fossa (shoulder socket), the left humerus is heavier and the left deltoid
tuberosity is larger. You conclude which of the following about this individual?
13. The Fort King George skull showed the tell tale signs of scalping and was therefore positively
identified as Pedro de Corpa.
14. Anatomical variants can provide information on normal human skeletal and dental variation
which can be useful for making a positive identification.
The lines that appear on the teeth as a result of non-specific stress during growth are called:
15. One can usually tell what a person did for a living by observing occupational stress
markers on the skeleton
16. The sole goal of facial reproduction is to produce an exact replica of the individual for
identification purposes.
Whose bite mark did we discuss most specifically in class?
All of the following can be used to determine handedness except:
17. Examining bone pathology on a decedent (dead person) can provide information on
their socio- economic status and help lead to a positive identification
What type of lesion involves excessive osteoclastic activity and focalized bone loss?
Excess osteoclasic activity produces lesions; excess osteoblastic activity produces lesions.
18. Which of the following types of pathology will appear on bone as areas of eburnation,
pitting, and lipping, especially on joint surfaces?
19. According to Dr. Stojanowski in the lectures, it is easy to infer a specific activity or
occupation from a particular occupational stress marker.
 20. Non-specific stress markers are the result of physiological disruptions caused by poor
environmental circumstances and usually form during childhood.
21. In the article we read by Ubelaker and colleagues, recovering the human remains from
the Branch Davidian Compound was difficult because they were encased in :
According to the forensic facial reconstruction video we watched, facial reconstruction begins by:
22. In the article we read by Ubelaker and colleagues, most of the human remains
recovered from the Branch Davidian Compound were charred and/or decomposed.