introduction to forensics

Question 1

_____ is remedial or preventive ( ex: restraining order) and are not covered by common law.

Accepted Answer

c. equity law

Question 2

Fictional exploits of ___ excited the imagination of emerging generation of forensic scientist & criminal investigators.

Accepted Answer

a. Sherlock Holmes

Question 3

A methodology used in all sciences to prove or disprove hypotheses.

Accepted Answer

c. scientific method

Question 4

Through our senses of sight, taste, hearing, smell, & touch, we gather info every single moment about what is around us.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

The application of science to criminal investigation was advocated by the Austrian magistrate _____.

Accepted Answer

a. Hans Gross

Question 6

Our emotional state has no effect on our ability to see and hear what is happening around us.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

The examination of blood, hairs, fibers, & vegetative materials is conducted in the _____ unit of a crime lab.

Accepted Answer

a. biology

Question 8

The application of science to law.

Accepted Answer

e. forensic science

Question 9

The comparison microscope became an indispensable tool of firearm examination through the efforts of _____.

Accepted Answer

b. Calvin Goddard

Question 10

A fact is a statement or assertion of information that cannot be verified and is influenced by feelings.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Which of the following would not be permitted if one was to be considered an expert witness?

Accepted Answer

b. Give opinions that are not significant

Question 12

Increasing demand for __ analyses; single most important in the recent expansion of crime laboratory services in the US

Accepted Answer

d. drugs

Question 13

_____ is responsible for developing the first statistical study proving the uniqueness of fingerprints.

Accepted Answer

a. Francis Galton

Question 14

The _____ unit dispatches trained personnel to the scene of a crime to retrieve evidence for laboratory examination.

Accepted Answer

b. evidence collection

Question 15

Anything that tends to establish or disprove a fact.

Accepted Answer

i. evidence

Question 16

Lie detector

Accepted Answer

j. polygraph

Question 17

Deriving conclusion from the facts using a series of steps or elimination

Accepted Answer

a. deductive reasoning

Question 18

Not laws, but are guaranteed by the constitution.

Accepted Answer

b. individual rights

Question 19

The first task of forensic scientists is to find, examine, and evaluate evidence from a crime scene.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

What we perceive about persons depends, in part, on their mannerisms and gestures.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Law enforcement officers are required to read this to a suspect before questioning.

Accepted Answer

d. Miranda warning

Question 22

The Italian scientist _____ devised the first workable process for typing dried blood stains.

Accepted Answer

a. Leone Lattes

Question 23

Ability of investigators to recognize & collect crime-scene evidence is dependent on the amount of __ received from the

Accepted Answer

b. training

Question 24

A system of personal identification using a series of body measurements was first devised by _____.

Accepted Answer

d. Alphonse Bertillon

Question 25

Formal means for regulating non-criminal relationships.

Accepted Answer

g. civil law

Question 26

What a person perceives using his or her senses is.

Accepted Answer

f. observation

Question 27

Largest crime lab in the world.

Accepted Answer

h. FBI

Question 28

The examination of body fluids and organs for drugs and poisons is a function belonging to the __ unit.

Accepted Answer

b. toxicology

Question 29

The application of understanding and examining physical evidence is_____.

Accepted Answer

c. criminalistics

Question 30

Examination of bullets, cartridge cases, shotgun shells, & ammunition-all types is the responsibility of the _____ unit.

Accepted Answer

c. firearms

Question 31

Early efforts at applying scientific principles to document examination are associated with _____.

Accepted Answer

c. Albert S. Osborn

Question 32

Application of chemistry, physics, & geology to identifing and comparing of crime-scene evidence is the function of the

Accepted Answer

b. physical science

Question 33

One of the first functional crime laboratories to be formed existed in Lyons, France, under the direction of _____.

Accepted Answer

c. Edmond Locard

Question 34

When evaluating eyewitness testimony, the investigator must discriminate between fact and _____.

Accepted Answer

c. opinion

Question 35

The first forensic laboratory in the United States was created in 1923 by the _____Police Department.

Accepted Answer

b. Los Angeles

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