Chapter 17. Additional Aspects of Individualization.TRUE/FALSE. Write "T" if the statement is true and "F" if it is false
1. Facial reproduction involves determining facial features of persons from their skulls.
Answer: True p. 345
2. Facial reproduction can be used to positively identify a person.
Answer: False p. 346
3. Facial tissue thicknesses are best measured with a thin needle or blade.
Answer: False p. 347
4. Facial reproduction using clay involves gluing posts of various lengths at various points on the skull or a cast of a skull.
Answer: True p. 348
5. There are several aspects of the face that can be determined from the skull such as the distance between the eye balls, and the width of the mouth.
Answer: True p. 349
6. The tissue thickness at some sites on the face are thicker than others.
Answer: True p. 349
7. The width of the “living” nose is unrelated to the width of the nasal opening.
Answer: False p. 350
8. The tip of the nose can be calculated fairly precisely from measurements of the skull.
Answer: True p. 351
9. Epicanthic folds, everted lips and fat pads are all aspects of the face that depend on ancestral group.
Answer: True p. 352
10. Various aspects of the living persons can be surmised from their skeletons including handedness and body weight.
Answer: False p. 353 – 355
12. Estimates of body weight can be improved when articles of clothing are found in association with human skeletal remains.
Answer: True p. 354
13. Body weight can be calculated from bone weight.
Answer: True p. 355
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
14. Which of the following aspects of individualization does not appear to be possible from current information?
A Facial reproduction
B Assessment of handedness
C Estimation of living weight
D All of the above
Answer: B p. 345
15. Which of the following methods can be used to determine the thickness of facial tissue on the skull?
A Thin blade or needle
B Ultrasound
C CT scan
D All of the above
Answer: D p. 346 – 347
16. Which of following problems plagues all methods used to determine the thickness of facial tissue on the skull?
A Location of sites on face
B Inward deformation at measurement site
C Tissue thickness changes after death
D All of the above
Answer: A p. 347
17. Which measurement of facial tissue thicknesses should be used for obese persons?
A Average measurement
B Average measurement minus 1 or 2 standard deviations
C Average measurement plus 1 or 2 standard deviations
D None of the above
Answer: C p. 348
18. If a face was being reconstructed on a white female who was anorexic at the time of her death, what would be the facial thickness over nasion?
A 3.0 mm
B 4.5 mm
C 6.0 mm
D 7.5 mm
Answer: A p. 349
19. The average thickness of the skin and other tissue at gonion for black males is:
A 5.5 mm
B 6.0 mm
C 9.3 mm
D 10.0 mm
Answer: D p. 349
20. Which step in facial reproduction immediately follows the placement of spacers on the skull or a cast of the skull?
A Estimation of mouth width
B Calculation of placement of pronasale
C Application of clay on skull
D None of the above
Answer: C p. 350
21. Which step in facial reproduction involves estimating the placement of the tip of the nose?
A Estimation of mouth width
B Calculation of placement of pronasale
C Application of clay on skull
D None of the above
Answer: B p. 351
22. Which of the following facial features would not be used in a facial reproduction involving White persons?
A Epicanthic fold
B Everted lips
C Fat pads under eyes
D All of the above
Answer: D p. 352
23. Which of the following methods can be used to create a facial reproduction from a skull or a cast of the skull?
A Application of clay to the skull
B Drawing a face based on the skull
C Computer generate face based on tissue thicknesses
D All of the above
Answer: D p. 353
24. Which of the following information can be used to estimate living body weight from a decedent?
A Weight of decedent’s bones
B Size of dress associated with decedent
C Demographic characteristics
D All of the above
Answer: D p. 354
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