American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Inc. · Official competencies effective July 17, 2024, verified against ABFA's current publications on October 9, 2026. The assigned workbook label maps to the Diplomate (D-ABFA) Examination under ABFA's new multilevel certification program. The traditional Diplomate examination ended in 2025; the redesigned examination is scheduled for January 2028. Published competencies establish its scope, but ABFA states that examination details remain under development.

This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.

• ABFA — Diplomate Certification
• ABFA — Multilevel Certification Program
• ABFA — Analyst & Diplomate Competencies Assessed on Certification Exams
• ABFA Certificant Manual — Revised February 11, 2025
• ANSI/ASB Standard 135 — Scene Detection and Processing in Forensic Anthropology, First Edition, 2023
• ANSI/ASB Standard 150 — Determination of Medicolegal Significance from Skeletal Remains, First Edition, 2021
• ANSI/ASB Standard 149 — Taphonomic Observations in Support of the Postmortem Interval, First Edition, 2022
• ANSI/ASB Standard 146 — Resolving Commingled Remains in Forensic Anthropology, First Edition, 2021
• ANSI/ASB Standard 133 — Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology, First Edition; publisher listing identifies 2024
• ANSI/ASB Standard 090 — Sex Estimation in Forensic Anthropology, First Edition, 2019
• ANSI/ASB Standard 045 — Stature Estimation in Forensic Anthropology, First Edition, 2019
• ANSI/ASB Standard 134 — Analyzing Pathological Conditions and Anomalies in Forensic Anthropology, First Edition, 2021
• ANSI/ASB Standard 148 — Personal Identification in Forensic Anthropology, First Edition, 2024
• ANSI/ASB Standard 147 — Analyzing Skeletal Trauma in Forensic Anthropology, First Edition, 2024
• ASB Technical Report 214 — Forensic Anthropology: Terms and Definitions, First Edition, 2026
• OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e — 6.3 Bone Structure
• Lee et al. — The Effects of Different Maceration Techniques on Nuclear DNA Amplification Using Human Bone, 2010
• NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook — Predicting a Single Response and Its Uncertainty
• United States Courts — Federal Rules of Evidence
• Federal Rules of Evidence — December 1, 2024
• Paulo Akira Kunii — Proposal for a Methodology to Manage Contextual Information in Forensic Handwriting Examination
• NIST — Accreditation vs. Certification
• AAFS — Standard for Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology
• ABFA — Resources
• ABFA — Code of Ethics and Conduct
• 2012__klales_et_al_ajpa_nonmetric_pelvis.pdf
• Client Challenge
• Radiofrequency ablation of a misdiagnosed Brodie’s abscess - PMC
• 386430-sternal-foramen-mimicking-gunshot-injury-a-forensic-case-report.pdf
• Client Challenge