1.  According to standard definitions, forensic anthropology

a. involves the examination of prehistoric human remains.
b. focuses on the analysis of human soft tissues and body fluids.
c. encompasses only lab analysis of human remains.
d. involves the study of human remains in a medicolegal context.
e. All of these are correct.

2.  On a forensic team, he individual who oversees death investigations in terms of examination of the human remains is the

a. forensic anthropologist.
b. forensic pathologist.
c. forensic psychologist.
d. forensic etymologist.
e. forensic odontologist.

3.  Who is considered the father of forensic anthropology?

a. Thomas Dwight
b. William Maples
c. William Bass
d. Wilton Marion Krogman
e. George Dorsey

4.  Which of the following statements about hydroxyapatite is false?

a. Hydroxyapatite is the mineral component of bone.
b. Hydroxyapatite production is associated with vitamin D.
c. Hydroxyapatite hardens bones.
d. Hydroxyapatite is composed primarily of calcium and iron.
e. None of these statements is false; they are all true statements about hydroxyapatite.

5.  According to Byers, clues about the contemporaneity of bones include all of the following except

6.  True or False:  The human skull has both flat and irregular bones.
 

7.  True or False:  Most bone growth involves intramembranous ossification [apposition].
 

8.  True or False:  Cause [manner] of death is the circumstances surrounding a death, while manner [cause] of death is the agent responsible for ending a life.
 

9.  True or False:  The first question that must be answered in forensic anthropology is "Is it bone?"

10.  True or False:  Traits used to distinguish bone from non-bone material [human from non-human bone] are architecture (shape and morphology) and maturity (size in relation to epiphyseal fusion).

12.   Osteogenesis or ossification  is the process of bone growth.         [two possible answers]
 

13.  Metric  are those traits that can be quantified, such as the length of the femur, while non-metric   are those traits that are qualitative, such as the presence or absence of the metopic suture.      [you must answer both correctly]
 

14.  The axial skeleton includes bones of the torso, while the appendicular skeleton includes bones of the arms and legs.
 

15.  Maceration  refers to the removal of soft tissue from the skeleton.