ASM 275 / ASM275 Exam #1 Answers:

1. How long does rigor mortis take to begin?

Which bones are part of the pelvic girdle?
Which cranial suture runs antero-posteriorly on the vault?

The bones of juvenile humans are commonly misidentified as animal remains.

2. The type of data that can be ordered or ranked but not measured, with differences
between categories of unknown and unfixed amount. Satisfaction surveys are an example.
The bones of the wrist are called the:
3. Forensic archaeology involves:
During a crime scene investigation, you are examining the skeletal remains and pick up one
of the fragments. It is very dense, is heavier than you expected and feels polished. You
conclude that the fragment must be
4. from:

Forensic Anthropology involves a sociological study of death.

Which of the following does not describe a possible manner of death?
5. This is likely to be a forensically relevant case.
How many teeth does the typical adult human have in their mouth?
Skeletal remains are generally NOT forensically (that is, medicolegally relevant) significant if:
Under a microscope, a histological section of human bone will exhibit which of the
following:
The vertebrae make up the bones of the neck.
Remains of medico-legal significance are generally less than 50 years old.
The ability of a measurement to be consistently reproduced.
The insects from deceased remains can be used to help establish:
6. While excavating a grave, you notice that the soils in the walls of the burial are
banded with darker soils at the top and lighter soils at the
bottom. This is an example of:
The technical name for the kneecap is what?
The proximal humerus articulates with the medial aspect of the clavicle.
The two primary insects found at a decomposing body are:
results from the cell death and activity of the enzymes that destroy the cells.
7. What bone is this?
The vertebrae are lateral to the carpals
8. What indicates that this individual is not likely to be a forensically relevant case?

The mode is the most common value in a data set.

In the video we watched on the Body Farm, according to Bill Bass the rate of human decay is
impacted by:
9. In the article we read by Davis and Halla-Borrelli, the main trend in the last 20 years
in law enforcement and forensic services is:
10. In the video we watched on the Forensic Entomology, according to Dr. Felix Sperling
the first insects to find a dead body are: