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Forensic Anthropology Exam Latest Questions with Correct Answers What are you looking for primarily when investigation child abuse cases? - Answer-* looking for pattern of abuse * bones healing in different stages Biological profile helps to narrow down missing person profiles but positive ...

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Forensic Anthropology Exam
Latest Questions with Correct
Answers

What are you looking for primarily when investigation child abuse cases? - Answer-*
looking for pattern of abuse
* bones healing in different stages

Biological profile helps to narrow down missing person profiles but positive ID still
required - Medical Examiner determines with what information. - Answer-* DNA
* antemortem records (dental)
* frontal sinus
* previous traumatic injury

What would one look for when assessing handedness? - Answer-* upper limbs
(humerus, radius, ulna)
* scapula

Anthropologists have training in the following areas: - Answer-* interpretation of
demographics from skeletal remains for purpose of ID
* burials
* surface scatter
* flagging
* gridding
* mapping
* surface recovery
* screening
* excavation techniques

What are the 5 elements of basic scene recovery? - Answer-1. survey the scene
2. walking survey
3. mapping
4. collection of remains
5. analysis

Noting the scene context during survey would involve noting 5 major things: - Answer-1.
weather
2. time
3. people/organizations present

,4. general environment
5. potential disruption

What 2 patterns can you walk in when doing the walking survey? - Answer-* grid pattern
* spiral pattern

In what scenario would a spiral pattern be the best pattern to walk in during walking
survey? - Answer-* useful for scenes when things could be spread out in all directions
like a blast

What are the 3 low tech grinding and mapping techniques? - Answer-* XYZ coordinates
* triangulation
* polar/radial/azimuth

This low tech mapping/gridding technique requires two immovable points of reference. -
Answer-* triangulation

This low tech mapping/gridding techniques is good for larger scene and uses a single
point to determine angle and distance from that point. - Answer-* polar/radial/azimuth

What are 4 major high tech grinding and mapping techniques? - Answer-1. GPS
2. LIDAR
3. total station
4. electromagnetic methods

When excavating, you would dig in levels of what height? - Answer-* 5-10 cm

What would you look for in soil at a burial site? - Answer-* changes in soil color and
texture

When analyzing remains, what is the process you would follow in order? - Answer-*
maceration/processing if necessary
* biological profile
* trauma analysis
* time since death estimation
* photographs, notes, diagrams
* case report

What are the 3 types of mass disaster? - Answer-1. natural
2. terroristi
3. accidents

During this part of scene recovery, you would take photographs - Answer-* surveying
the scene

, What are the characteristics that would affect the way we approach the scene, recover
evidence and analyze/identify remains? - Answer-* open or closed population
* size (death toll, distance of remains)
* danger (collapsing infrastructure, chemical hazards)
* political changes


What are some things Anthropology can help determine - concerning a body? - Answer-
* forensic context - importance
* human vs non-human
* sex
* ancestry
* stature
* trauma

What are the 3 Periods of Forensic Anthropology? - Answer-1. Formative Period
2. Consolidation Period
3. Modern Period

What is the time frame of the Formative Period? - Answer-* 1800 - 1938

What is the time frame of the Consolidation Period? - Answer-* 1939 - 1971

What is the time frame of the Modern Period? - Answer-* 1972 - present

What case defined the Formative Period? - Answer-* Parkman Murder Case
* first case in history to use bone fragments/teeth/dentures to identify a body

Who is the "Father of Anthropology" ? - Answer-* Thomas Dwight

In 1878, Thomas Dwight wrote the book call __ that summarized all of the different
things you could learn about bones and what they can tell you about someone's life. -
Answer-* "The Identification of the Human Skeleton - A Medico-Legal Study"

This man worked for the Smithsonia and was the first person to create a relationship
with the FBI and teach them that Anthropologists can help solve cases. - Answer-* Ales
Hrdlicka

Ales Hrdlicka was part of what Forensic Anthropology time period? - Answer-*
Formative Period

Who established AJPA in 1918 and AAPA in 1930? - Answer-* Ales Hrdlicka

This period of Forensic Anthropology is known for being the "origin of science". -
Answer-* Formative Period

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