FIS 205 Final Exam/Quizzes (IUPUI)
questions with verified answers
The study of humans, their culture and their biology past and present (multidisciplinary and
requires a professional) - correct answer ✔✔Anthropology
The study of human teeth - correct answer ✔✔Odontology
Paleoanthropology, Bioanthropology, Archaeology, Ethnology - correct answer ✔✔The four
main disciplines of Anthropology:
the study of human culture (through the recovery and analysis of material remains and
environmental data) - correct answer ✔✔Archaeology
Study of past human populations - correct answer ✔✔Paleoanthropology
Study of present human populations - correct answer ✔✔Bio Anthropology
The human skeleton - correct answer ✔✔What is the main focus of a forensic anthropologist?
Archaeological methods; paleoanthropological methods - correct answer ✔✔How are remains
collected, and how are they identified/analyzed?
Consists of 206 bones, which are mostly paired left or right, or grouped by area like the skull or
the spine - correct answer ✔✔The human skeleton
,An active organ system, not dead material, it is a tissue and structure that can repair and alter
itself over time - correct answer ✔✔Bone is
Support, motion, protection, growth - correct answer ✔✔The functions of bones are
The epiphyseal union - correct answer ✔✔What region of the bone is used for estimating age?
Skeletal remains are rarely found above the ground, so if a bone is found, a search for the rest
starts, it is processed the same as a crime scene, a GRID is setup with one point as datum
(reference) which all measurements originate - correct answer ✔✔Where are bones found?
Digging around and under the bones to get a clean picture of the skeleton - correct answer
✔✔What is pedestalling the body?
First determine if it is bone, then if it is human or animal, then what bone? - correct answer
✔✔How do you analyze skeletal remains?
Sex, age at death, race, height - correct answer ✔✔What does the biological profile consist of?
a software used for collection of bone measurements for ritual comparison - correct answer
✔✔What is FORDISC?
The pelvic bone and skeleton, females bear babies and their skeleton develops faster than
males, the sciatic knot has is wide in females - correct answer ✔✔How do you determine sex?
The pubic symphysis, gradually it flattens and smoothes out, It is not precise and gives a range
only based on growth and maturation and decline in the skeleton; fusions of bones indicate age
too - correct answer ✔✔How do you determine age?
, The skull, eyes, dentition, ridges, the mastoid process, chin - correct answer ✔✔How is ancestry
determined?
Long bones, but sex and ancestry must be known because of the equations - correct answer
✔✔How is height determined?
Femur, tibia, humerus, radius ( men and women have different proportions so they use separate
formulas) they can estimate within +/- 7.5 cm - correct answer ✔✔What are the long bones?
Adding clay or drawing the likeness of a person based on the skeleton in hopes someone will
recognize them - correct answer ✔✔What are facial reproductions?
Identify people who aren't identifiable, and develop biological profiles to look for indivualizing
traits - correct answer ✔✔What do forensic anthropologists do?
study of teeth - correct answer ✔✔What is odontology?
Comparison of dental records to ante or postmortem records, it is usually seen is MASS
DISASTERS or identifying someone with no other identifiable features - correct answer
✔✔What is dental identification?
Enamel, which is hard and why they last the longest - correct answer ✔✔What are teeth made
of?
Fresh, bloated, and active decay - correct answer ✔✔Autolysis
Final stage, basically the skeleton is exposed - correct answer ✔✔Skeletonization
questions with verified answers
The study of humans, their culture and their biology past and present (multidisciplinary and
requires a professional) - correct answer ✔✔Anthropology
The study of human teeth - correct answer ✔✔Odontology
Paleoanthropology, Bioanthropology, Archaeology, Ethnology - correct answer ✔✔The four
main disciplines of Anthropology:
the study of human culture (through the recovery and analysis of material remains and
environmental data) - correct answer ✔✔Archaeology
Study of past human populations - correct answer ✔✔Paleoanthropology
Study of present human populations - correct answer ✔✔Bio Anthropology
The human skeleton - correct answer ✔✔What is the main focus of a forensic anthropologist?
Archaeological methods; paleoanthropological methods - correct answer ✔✔How are remains
collected, and how are they identified/analyzed?
Consists of 206 bones, which are mostly paired left or right, or grouped by area like the skull or
the spine - correct answer ✔✔The human skeleton
,An active organ system, not dead material, it is a tissue and structure that can repair and alter
itself over time - correct answer ✔✔Bone is
Support, motion, protection, growth - correct answer ✔✔The functions of bones are
The epiphyseal union - correct answer ✔✔What region of the bone is used for estimating age?
Skeletal remains are rarely found above the ground, so if a bone is found, a search for the rest
starts, it is processed the same as a crime scene, a GRID is setup with one point as datum
(reference) which all measurements originate - correct answer ✔✔Where are bones found?
Digging around and under the bones to get a clean picture of the skeleton - correct answer
✔✔What is pedestalling the body?
First determine if it is bone, then if it is human or animal, then what bone? - correct answer
✔✔How do you analyze skeletal remains?
Sex, age at death, race, height - correct answer ✔✔What does the biological profile consist of?
a software used for collection of bone measurements for ritual comparison - correct answer
✔✔What is FORDISC?
The pelvic bone and skeleton, females bear babies and their skeleton develops faster than
males, the sciatic knot has is wide in females - correct answer ✔✔How do you determine sex?
The pubic symphysis, gradually it flattens and smoothes out, It is not precise and gives a range
only based on growth and maturation and decline in the skeleton; fusions of bones indicate age
too - correct answer ✔✔How do you determine age?
, The skull, eyes, dentition, ridges, the mastoid process, chin - correct answer ✔✔How is ancestry
determined?
Long bones, but sex and ancestry must be known because of the equations - correct answer
✔✔How is height determined?
Femur, tibia, humerus, radius ( men and women have different proportions so they use separate
formulas) they can estimate within +/- 7.5 cm - correct answer ✔✔What are the long bones?
Adding clay or drawing the likeness of a person based on the skeleton in hopes someone will
recognize them - correct answer ✔✔What are facial reproductions?
Identify people who aren't identifiable, and develop biological profiles to look for indivualizing
traits - correct answer ✔✔What do forensic anthropologists do?
study of teeth - correct answer ✔✔What is odontology?
Comparison of dental records to ante or postmortem records, it is usually seen is MASS
DISASTERS or identifying someone with no other identifiable features - correct answer
✔✔What is dental identification?
Enamel, which is hard and why they last the longest - correct answer ✔✔What are teeth made
of?
Fresh, bloated, and active decay - correct answer ✔✔Autolysis
Final stage, basically the skeleton is exposed - correct answer ✔✔Skeletonization
