Sample Questions for Test 3

This is a practice "quiz" of 9 questions.  Your exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions (see review).  The questions below represent the type of wording, format, or content you can expect to find on your actual test. 

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1. Which of the following is best for estimating stature?

   1. Humeral length

   2. Tibia length 

   3. Femoral length

   4. Radial length

   5. Length of the spinal column
       

2. One way of establishing identity using facial features is photo superimposition.  Another, synonymous, term for this method is:

   1. Facial reconstruction

   2. Facial reproduction

   3. Skull/photo video superimposition

   4. Photo skull-face sketching

   5. Facial imprinting
       

3. Which bone feature indicative of age progresses from flat to V-shaped around the edges, to deeper in the center, and ultimately to ragged and irregular with a porous center?

   1. Tooth roots

   2. Sternal rib end

   3. Osteon shape

   4. Cranial suture

   5. Epiphyses of the vertebral bodies

    

4. Which of the following is the least accurate for assessing stature?

   1. Maximum humeral length

   2. Metacarpal lengths

   3. Fully's Anatomical method

   4. Maximum tibial length

   5. Fragmentary femur measures
       

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5. Which of the following is an age estimation method best applied to subadults?

   1. Examining morphological changes of the pubic symphysis

   2. Examining the timing of appearance of secondary centers of ossification

   3. Examining cranial suture closure

   4. Examining osteophytes

   5. Examining cartilage mineralization
       

6. Which of the following provides the most useful information on the size and shape of the nose in a facial reconstruction effort?

   1. Length of  nasal bones and angle of articulation with the frontal bone

   2. Width of the nasal aperture and its distance below the orbits at midpoint in the face

   3. Location of the nasal spine and robusticity of the zygoma

   4. Length of the nasal spine and width of the nasal aperture

   5. All of the above are necessary to reconstruct the nose in a facial reproduction
       

7. Maples, in Chapter 8:  "Unnatural Nature", discusses the unusual skeletal pathology of what historic individual he had the opportunity to examine?

   1. Billy the Kid

   2. Joseph Merrick

   3. Cameron Kenan

   4. Abraham Lincoln

   5. Sarah Winchester
       

8. Which of the following dental age estimation methods is most reliable for distinguishing teenagers from young adults?
    

   1. Third molar root development
      

   2. Third molar crown development
      

   3. Timing, sequence and eruption of the secondary teeth
      

   4. Eruption of the third molar (wisdom tooth)
      

   5. Alveolar bone resorption
       

9. A 45 year old male is most likely to show which skeletal features indicative of age?
    

   1. A fused basilar suture, some costal cartilage mineralization, moderate osteophytic lipping

   2. Obliterated ectocranial sutures, ridged and amorphous pubic symphysis, flat sternal rib end

   3. Almost complete epiphyseal union, slight dental attrition, large and octagonal osteons

   4. A completely mature skeleton according to Fully's Anatomical Method, softer thyroid cartilage, some osteoarthritis

   5. Brittleness of the primary ossificiation centers, beginning dental calcification, fully fused epiphyses

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