American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA) · Published multilevel certification competencies effective 2024-07-17, read on 2026-10-10. The workbook label 'Board Certified Forensic Anthropologist (D-ABFA)' maps to the official Diplomate (D-ABFA) Examination. ABFA discontinued the traditional Diplomate examination after 2025; its redesigned examination is planned for January 2028. This material follows the published Diplomate competencies, not the separate Analyst examination.

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 11 February 2025
• NIAMS — What Is Bone?
• ANSI/ASB Standard 147 — Standard for Analyzing Skeletal Trauma in Forensic Anthropology, 2024
• NISTIR 7928 — The Biological Evidence Preservation Handbook, April 2013
• ANSI/ASB Standard 135 — Scene Detection and Processing in Forensic Anthropology, 2023
• ANSI/ASB Standard 150 — Standard for Determination of Medicolegal Significance from Skeletal Remains in Forensic Anthropology, 2021
• ANSI/ASB Standard 149 — Standard for Taphonomic Observations in Support of the Postmortem Interval, 2022
• SWGANTH — Skeletal Sampling and Preparation, Revision 1, 25 May 2011
• ANSI/ASB Standard 146 — Standard for Resolving Commingled Remains in Forensic Anthropology, 2021
• ANSI/ASB Standard 090 — Standard for Sex Estimation in Forensic Anthropology, 2019
• ANSI/ASB Standard 133 — Standard for Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology
• ANSI/ASB Standard 045 — Standard for Stature Estimation in Forensic Anthropology, 2019
• ANSI/ASB Standard 132 — Standard for Population Affinity Estimation in Forensic Anthropology, 2023
• NIST/SEMATECH Handbook — Predicting a Single Response and Its Uncertainty
• ANSI/ASB Standard 134 — Standard for Analyzing Pathological Conditions and Anomalies in Forensic Anthropology, 2021
• ANSI/ASB Standard 148 — Standard for Personal Identification in Forensic Anthropology, 2024
• United States Courts — Federal Rules of Evidence
• NISTIR 8503 — Forensic DNA Interpretation and Human Factors: Improving Practice Through a Systems Approach, May 2024
• NIST — Accreditation vs. Certification
• Kranioti, Grigorescu, and Harvati — State of the art forensic techniques reveal evidence of interpersonal violence ca. 30,000 years ago, 2019
• AAFS Standards Board — Standard for Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology
• AAFS Standards Board — Standard for Sex Estimation in Forensic Anthropology
• Combining uncertainty components
• NIST.IR.8503.pdf