Forensic Anthropology MCQs

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1. What is forensic anthropology?
(A) The application of anthropological techniques to legal investigations involving human remains
(B) The study of ancient artifacts
(C) The study of animal remains
(D) The analysis of plant materials

2. What is the primary role of a forensic anthropologist?
(A) Analyzing fingerprints
(B) Determining the age of fossils
(C) Identifying human remains and assisting in criminal investigations
(D) Analyzing handwriting

3. What type of evidence does a forensic anthropologist analyze?
(A) Financial records
(B) Witness testimonies
(C) Digital footprints
(D) Biological materials such as bones and teeth

4. Who was the founder of modern forensic anthropology?
(A) Margaret Mead
(B) T. Dale Stewart
(C) Clyde Snow
(D) Thomas Dwight

5. Which of the following is NOT a method used in forensic anthropology?
(A) DNA analysis
(B) Isotope analysis
(C) Retinal scanning
(D) Radiocarbon dating

6. What is the first step in a forensic anthropological analysis of skeletal remains?
(A) DNA extraction
(B) Soil analysis
(C) Radiographic imaging
(D) Determination of age, sex, and ancestry

7. What does “postmortem interval” refer to?
(A) The time it takes for DNA analysis
(B) The time of burial
(C) The time since death based on decomposition
(D) The time it takes to conduct an autopsy

8. Which bone is often used to determine the age of an individual?
(A) Radius
(B) Femur
(C) Skull
(D) Clavicle

9. What can isotopic analysis of bones reveal?
(A) Age at death
(B) Geographic origin and diet
(C) Cause of death
(D) Gender

10. What is the purpose of facial reconstruction?
(A) To create a digital avatar
(B) To animate historical figures
(C) To identify individuals based on skeletal remains
(D) To design prosthetic limbs

11. What does “biomechanics” involve?
(A) Analysis of skeletal trauma and injuries
(B) Study of artifacts
(C) Study of plants
(D) Study of handwriting

12. What is the significance of taphonomy?
(A) Study of fingerprints
(B) Study of dental records
(C) Study of isotopes
(D) Study of processes affecting remains after death

13. Which is NOT used to determine sex from skeletons?
(A) Pelvic morphology
(B) Skull shape
(C) Marital status
(D) Long bone measurements

14. What is the role of a forensic anthropologist in mass disasters?
(A) Collecting evidence
(B) Identifying victims and assisting recovery
(C) Conducting autopsies
(D) Analyzing handwriting

15. What is the purpose of DNA analysis?
(A) Identifying individuals
(B) Determining age
(C) Analyzing plants
(D) Radiocarbon dating

16. What are perimortem injuries?
(A) After death
(B) Around the time of death
(C) Caused by animals
(D) Caused by disasters

17. What can dental analysis reveal?
(A) Age
(B) Origin
(C) Gender
(D) All of the above

18. What is the significance of forensic entomology?
(A) Study of ancient insects
(B) Study of animal remains
(C) Using insect activity to estimate time of death
(D) Study of plant materials

19. What does stabbing trauma suggest?
(A) Sharp force injuries
(B) Gunshot
(C) Natural death
(D) Blunt force

20. What is the purpose of facial approximation?
(A) Artistic representation
(B) Animate historical figures
(C) Analyze handwriting
(D) Identify individuals from skeletal remains

21. What is used to estimate stature?
(A) Skull
(B) Long bones
(C) Dental records
(D) DNA

22. What is the significance of linea aspera?
(A) A fracture type
(B) Dental characteristic
(C) Marker for age on femur
(D) DNA marker

23. What is an osteometric board used for?
(A) Handwriting analysis
(B) Facial reconstruction
(C) DNA analysis
(D) Measuring skeletal elements

24. What is the significance of hair analysis?
(A) Determining age
(B) Diet
(C) Estimating time of death
(D) Identifying individuals

25. What is anthropometry?
(A) Measurement of body parts
(B) Plant study
(C) Fingerprint analysis
(D) Ancient scripts

26. Purpose of isotopic analysis?
(A) Analyze diet and origin
(B) Determine age
(C) Estimate time of death
(D) Identify genetically

27. What does trauma analysis involve?
(A) Plants
(B) Handwriting
(C) DNA
(D) Examining skeletal injuries

28. What is anthropological criminology?
(A) Applying anthropology to investigations
(B) Ancient crimes
(C) Financial crime
(D) History of criminology

29. Significance of isotopic variation?
(A) Identify individuals
(B) Determine origin and diet
(C) Handwriting
(D) DNA

30. Age estimation relies on:
(A) DNA
(B) Dental records
(C) Hair
(D) Skeletal development

31. Role of forensic odontology?
(A) Handwriting
(B) Identification via dental records
(C) Radiocarbon dating
(D) Plants

32. Significance of decomposition?
(A) Estimating time of death
(B) Estimating age
(C) DNA
(D) Identity

33. What is a biological profile?
(A) Personality
(B) Physical traits (age, sex, ancestry, stature)
(C) Criminal history
(D) Diet

34. Bone commonly used for DNA extraction?
(A) Femur
(B) Humerus
(C) Tibia
(D) Radius

35. What is forensic archaeology?
(A) Excavation and analysis of burial sites
(B) Ancient texts
(C) Fingerprints
(D) Facial approximation

36. Significance of stature estimation?
(A) Identify individuals
(B) Cause of death
(C) Handwriting
(D) Culture

37. Anthropological trauma analysis involves:
(A) Age at death
(B) DNA
(C) Analyzing injuries to reconstruct events
(D) Hair

38. Radiographic imaging provides:
(A) Handwriting
(B) Age
(C) Internal bone visualization
(D) DNA

39. Forensic pathology focuses on:
(A) Artifacts
(B) Cause of death via tissue analysis
(C) Dental records
(D) Skeletal ID

40. Role of forensic entomology?
(A) Insect activity to estimate death time
(B) Ancient insects
(C) Hair
(D) Radiography

41. Osteobiography involves:
(A) Creating a life profile from bones
(B) Ancient texts
(C) Plants
(D) Dental ID

42. Significance of osteological analysis?
(A) Age at death
(B) Studying skeletal structure for ID and trauma
(C) Fingerprints
(D) Artifacts

43. Contribution of forensic geology?
(A) Age estimation
(B) Soil to trace scenes
(C) Dental records
(D) Radiography

44. Focus of forensic bioarchaeology?
(A) Ancient cultures
(B) Texts
(C) Plants
(D) Archaeological remains for legal purposes

45. Significance of forensic taphonomy?
(A) Ancient texts
(B) Hair ID
(C) Dental records
(D) Understanding postmortem processes

46. What is skeletal trauma?
(A) Plants
(B) Injuries on bones
(C) DNA
(D) Facial reconstruction

47. Role of forensic molecular biology?
(A) DNA techniques for ID
(B) Plants
(C) Radiography
(D) Trauma

48. Paleopathology studies:
(A) Texts
(B) Diseases in ancient populations
(C) Insects
(D) Hair

49. Purpose of forensic isotopic analysis?
(A) Age
(B) DNA
(C) Diet, migration, origin
(D) Plants

50. Forensic archaeology at crime scenes involves:
(A) Texts
(B) Excavating and documenting evidence
(C) Dental records
(D) Skeletal ID

51. Significance of skeletal morphology?
(A) Texts
(B) Plants
(C) Determining sex, age, ancestry
(D) DNA

52. Forensic odontological analysis focuses on:
(A) Handwriting
(B) Soil
(C) Artifacts
(D) Dental records and bite marks

53. Role of forensic radiology?
(A) Radiographic imaging of bones
(B) Texts
(C) DNA
(D) Dental ID

54. Purpose of forensic facial reconstruction?
(A) Artistic displays
(B) DNA
(C) Plants
(D) Reconstruct faces for ID

55. Focus of forensic genetics?
(A) Texts
(B) DNA profiling for identification
(C) Plants
(D) Radiography

56. Goal of forensic anthropology in investigations?
(A) Identify human remains and provide legal info
(B) Identify suspects
(C) Financial records
(D) Autopsies

57. Significance of forensic archaeology in history?
(A) Texts
(B) Radiography
(C) Excavation for historical context
(D) Dental records

58. Role of forensic biology?
(A) Plants
(B) Radiography
(C) Biological evidence analysis
(D) Dental ID

59. Role of forensic chemistry?
(A) Plants
(B) Chemical residue analysis
(C) Radiography
(D) Dental ID

60. What is forensic toxicology used for?
(A) Detecting toxins in biological samples
(B) Skeletal analysis
(C) Texts
(D) Plants

61. Significance of forensic pathology?
(A) Determining cause of death through tissues
(B) Plants
(C) Dental ID
(D) Radiography

62. Role of forensic anthropology in identifying unknown victims?
(A) Handwriting
(B) Texts
(C) Analyzing skeletal remains for ID
(D) DNA

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