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Chapter 18. Obtaining an Identification.

TRUE/FALSE. Write "T" if the statement is true and "F" if it is false

1. Identifications can be of three types: positive, probable, and certain.
Answer: False      p. 357

2. Comparison of pre- and postmortem radiographs of the teeth is the only way of obtaining a "positive" identification of skeletal remains.
Answer: False      p. 357 – 360

3. Radiography of various skeletal elements can lead to "positive" identification of skeletal remains.
Answer: True      p. 358

4. Scalloping of the upper borders of the frontal sinuses is not useful in obtaining a "positive" identification of skeletal remains.
Answer: False      p. 358 – 359

5. The configuration of trabecular bone seen in radiographs of various skeletal structures can be used in obtaining a "positive" identification of skeletal remains.
Answer: True      p. 359

6. An unusual healed trauma can aid in obtaining a "positive" identification of skeletal remains.
Answer: True      p. 360

7. Identification of skeletal remains obtained by combining probabilities using Bayesian statistics cannot result in a positive identification.
Answer: False      p. 361

8. The imposition of pictures of a person’s face over a skull cannot lead to positive exclusion
Answer: False      p. 361

9. The point-by-point comparison of a picture of a person’s face superimposed over a skull can lead to a probable identification.
Answer: True      p. 361 – 364

10. Many of the questions posed by forensic odontologists are similar to those of forensic anthropologists.
Answer: True      p. 364

11. Ancestry can be easily determined from a person’s teeth.
Answer: False      p. 365


12. Age at death can be determined from teeth only from the information on tooth formation and tooth eruption described in Chapter 9.
Answer: False      p. 366

13. The point-by-point comparison of antemortem radiographs and records from decedents with postmortem examinations of their remains can lead to a positive identification.
Answer: True      p. 367 – 371

14. Antemortem and postmortem radiographs of amalgams and other dental appliances are used by forensic odontologists to obtain a positive identification.
Answer: True      p. 369 – 371

15. Identification by exclusion is useful in most forensic anthropological cases.
Answer: False      p. 371


MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

16. A forensic anthropologist would not make a positive identification of an individual from which of the following?
A   Skull/face superimposition
B   Comparison of pre- and postmortem radiographs
C   Rare occurrences of malocclusion
D   None of the above
Answer: A      p. 357 – 371

17. In the past, which of the following has been used by forensic anthropologists to obtain a positive identification from radiography?
A   Frontal sinuses
B   Unique shape of first rib
C   Odd contour of proximal edge of scapula
D   All of the above
Answer: D      p. 358

18. Which of the following cause problems in the comparison of antemortem and postmortem radiographs of the frontal sinuses when used to make a positive identification?
A   Magnification of features in postmortem radiographs
B   Differing angles between ante- and postmortem radiographs
C   Blurry antemortem radiographs
D   All of the above
Answer: D      p. 359




19. Which of the following appliances can be used in obtaining a positive identification?
A   Prosthetic hip
B   Surgical plates
C   Orthopedic appliance
D   All of the above
Answer: D      p. 360

20. Which of the following characteristics would not be used when obtaining a probable identification using Bayesian statistics?
A   Demographic characteristics
B   Position of body
C   Skeletal pathology
D   All of the above
Answer: B      p. 361

21. Which of the following characteristics would not be examined during the analysis of skull/face superimposition?
A   Position of ears
B   Position of nose
C   Thickness of the lips
D   Height of face
Answer: C      p. 362

22. Which of the following is not examined during the analysis of smile/teeth superimposition?
A   Shoveling, cusp 7 and bushman canine
B   Rotation of teeth
C   Spacing between teeth
D   Size of teeth
Answer: A      p. 363

23. Which of the following is a question that a forensic odontologist would attempt to answer from the teeth of a forensic case?
A   What class of tooth/teeth are present?
B   Was the person male or female?
C   What was the cause of death?
D   All of the above
Answer: D      p. 364

24. Which of the following characteristics of teeth are the most useful in attributing ancestry to decedents from their teeth?
A   Shovel-shaped incisors
B   Cusp 7 of molars
C   Bushman canines
D   All of the above are equally valuable
Answer: A      p. 365

25. Which of the following characteristics is least able to be determined from teeth?
A   Age at death
B   Sex of decedent
C   Teeth are from a “Civilized” person
D   Cause of death
Answer: B      p. 366

26. Which of the following characteristics would be determined during a postmortem dental exam of a decedent?
A   Inventory of teeth
B   Identification of amalgams and prosthetics
C   Malocclusion, if present
D   All of the above
Answer: D      p. 367 – 371

27. Which of the following inconsistencies between antemortem and postmortem dental records would lead to an exclusion of a decedent?
A   Difference in number of teeth present
B   Difference in pattern of missing, filled, and unrestored teeth
C   More amalgams seen postmortem than antemortem
D   All of the above
Answer: B      p. 368

28. During which of the following steps of positive identification from dentition would a decedent be excluded because of improperly fitting dental plates?
A   Comparison of written records
B   Comparison of casts and dental appliances
C   Comparison of radiographs
D   All of the above
Answer: B      p. 369

29. Which of the following characteristics could be useful in obtaining a positive identification from decedents based on their occupation?
A   Wear facets from pipe smoking
B   Smoke staining
C   Dental grooves
D   Enamel hypoplasias
Answer: C      p. 371

30. Which of the following can be used in an “identification by exclusion”?
A   Only unidentified body in a plane crash
B   Unidentified bodies in a mass grave
C   Similar demographics to antemortem records
D   All of the above
Answer: A      p. 371
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