FORENSICS MIDTERM REVIEW 2

Why was the Secret Service established in 1865?

What is NOT a job of the pathologist? (ME or corner)

_________ is the set of instructions compiled into a program that performs a particular task.

#55 Connects muscle to bone

A software program that offers many options to help you recreate a person’s facial features.

Person thought to be capable of committing a crime

Toxicology: Drug Type: Benzodiazepines

#66 Which manner of death is the most common?

#7 How would the characteristics of teeth help investigators?

#26 You will look for unique characteristics, wear patterns/defects with what impression type?

These features are analyzed for tire track evidence.

Type of evidence found in blood, body fluid, and tissues that contains genetic information.

______ is a system capable of reading, classifying, matching, and storing fingerprints

#36 The distance from center of front wheel of a vehicle to the center rear wheel on same side.

Kelly Lawson is the ______________________

#59 The weakening of bones

What is his real name?

Which of the following is a MODE of death?

Studies have shown what two items increases the likelihood of an accurate identification?

The Daubert Report established guidelines for the ____________________ of scientific evidence.

What kind of forgery is done by overlaying paper over the authentic?

Fingerprints have general __________.

The handwriting sample is showing what characteristic?

Father of Personal Identification

#19 A mark produced along the edge of a surface as it is cut is a(n)....

Any evidence found at a crime scene in the form of a physical object.

Adding content to an already prepared document is called what?

Impressions left by friction ridge skin on a surface, such as a tool handle, glass, door, etc.

Helps to determine if any search warrants are required to proceed and obtains from judge.

Name this type of fingerprint.

Name this type of fingerprint.  It is from the left hand.

#39 Tool marks are considered to be a form of circumstantial evidence.

Combined DNA Index System used by law enforcement agencies to compare DNA samples.

This type of forgery includes removing, adding, or changing a portion of the original document

This is achemical that bonds with amino acids. Used on surfaces like paper and cardboard

#95 Toxin exposure: Drugs taken to treat an illness or relieve pain

#30 These are produced by a damaged/overloaded tire during/immediately after impact.

Toxicology: Drug Type: Valium

#78 Which of the following is not a manner of death?

Once a file is deleted by a user, it is deleted from the system and cannot be recovered.

Name this type of fingerprint.

What Crime Scene unit would analyze wood comparison?

What Crime Scene unit would analyze explosives?

This is the study of bullets and ammunition

Which of the following is a cause of death?

#82 If there's still food in the stomach, how many hours did they die after their last meal?

What Crime Scene unit would analyze signatures on a life insurance policy?

#50 Suture lines are used to help determine someone's age.

What kind of forgery is done by looking at the authentic?

#81 What is the time frame that bugs will normally start to lay their eggs after death?

Which type of microscope is used in forensic science to compare tool marks? (15)

Counterfeiting-detecting pens are inexpensive special pens and markers containing the element: 

A simulated forgery is made by tracing a real signature.

Bonus: What is the study of lip prints called?

Impression that allows for the size and shape of the tool to be determined (9)

The Iceman

Name this fingerprint.

What is one of the main problem effecting digital forensics?

#58 Bands of tissue connecting together two or more bones

DocumentAnalysis is the examination and comparison of questioned documents with known material.

To guard against counterfeiting, US currency

Handwriting comparisons are useful because

__________ is malicious software used to disrupt computer operation.

Intentionally setting fire to cause damage or destroy evidence of another crime.

Statement of where a suspect was a the time of the crime.

#11 It is possible for shoe prints to leave behind individual characteristics.

Toxicology: Schedule: PCP

Toxicology: Schedule: Cocaine

Physical evidence that is found at a crime scene in small but measurable amounts.

Creating a cast of an impression is a 3-D Method.

Which of the following in NOT included in class characteristics? (4)

Which of the following can alter a person's handwriting?

#15 A mark produced when pressure is applied as a surface slides across another surface.

If a body is found face down and lividity is found on their back, was the person moved?

Documents the crime scene in detail and collects any physical evidence

Name this type of fingerprint.

The handwriting sample is showing what characteristic?

#60 This wraps the ends of bones for protection & keeps them from scraping against one another

#84 Which manner of death is the most common manner of death?

This type of powder works better on shiny surfaces or plastic baggies or containers.

Which IS NOT a Facet of Guilt?

What is the first step in a digital forensics investigation?

The use of bones in crime scene investigation is known as Forensic___________.

An adult will write his or her signature 

The use of teeth in crime scene investigation is known as_____________________________.

Famous catchphrase

Can reveal GSR on a suspect’s person or clothing.

The study of the uniqueness of ridge structures and their use for personal identification.

Tool with fine toothed blade; will leave tiny squares that look like tic tac toe boards

Can be classified as arches, loops or whorls.

A device that reveals text from an indented impression (used in Case 2) is

Which of the following is not a method used to remove writing from a document?

There are three types of patterns, loop, whorl and arch.

Which are the following are shearing tools?

What characteristic is 1?

What pattern is this?

#54 Adults have 204 bones.

Infrared luminescence is used to reveal writing that has been erased.

Remains may provide clues as to the cause of death or the victim’s history.

Toxicology: Drug Type: PCP

#20 A 3D impression found in soft materials such as soil, snow, or congealing blood.

Which is not a characteristic of paper?

What characteristics indicate that a sample of handwriting has been forged?

Which of the following are items a document examiner would analyze?

Interviews witnesses and works with the CSI unit to investigate the crime

These two patterns require two deltas to be present

Father of Toxicology

The ____ is one of the few mammals that has fingerprints remarkably similar to humans

Materials used to make this will be compared to evidence found in the suspect’s possession.

Which is not a type of fingerprint which may appear on a tool? (13)

#74 Rigor mortis is...

#57 A visible line that marks where cartilage is being replaced by bone

#79 A human body typically loses ___ degrees F per hour after the first 12 hours.

Which tool or instrument is NOT used to find alterations?

Statement of where a suspect was at the time of the crime.

#77 Which of the following is not a manner of death?

#47 Male vs Female = Thick brow ridge

A blind forgery is made by copying a real signature.

Rifling marks can be matched to a specific type or brand.

When minutiae on two different prints match, these are called points of ____

The handwriting sample is showing what characteristic?

Which of these is another term for the exemplar?

How are tool and tool mark evidence primarily collected? (1)

#88 A human body typically loses ____ degrees F per hour for the first 12 hours.

Developed technique to type dried blood.

What ridge characteristic is 5?

A second person associated with committing a crime.

#65 The study of physical anthropology as it applies to human skeletal remains legally

The use of body measurements for personal ID is known as_____________________________.

#5 Why would investigators measure the depth of shoe impressions?

Chromatography, in one form or another, can be used for 

Blood, semen, sweat, saliva, and urine can be evidence to provide information about crime.

Helps determine if a search warrant is required to proceed and obtains warrants from a judge.

Toxicology: Drug Type: Xanax

#80 What species of insects are often studied in forensic science to estimate the PMI?

Initial comparisons of documents are done with: 

The original location of a crime or accident.

The "stiffness of death" is referred to as:

#33 These are produced when a vehicle travels in a curved path faster than it can handle.

Name the triangular object in a fingerprint.

If a detective collects some good evidence it may __________that a crime has been committed

Shoe print evidence is a type of

Which of the following objects grasp objects with jaws? (3-7)

#46 Male vs Female = Smooth skeleton

#38 From tire marks on pavement, it's possible to est the speed of a vehicle before braking.

Bite marks should always be swabbed for bodily fluids to run DNA tests.

What is a permanent impression of a fingerprint found on a tool? (13)

What is baseline habit?

The "temperature of death" is referred to as:

What Crime Scene unit would analyze drugs?

Determines the preliminary cause of death at the crime scene and conducts the autopsy.

Toxicology: Schedule: Marijuana

Which of the following is not a way to alter a document?

#13 If a tire has a central rib, it will have an ______ number of ribs.

Document ink can be chemically compared using what method?

What is line quality?

Which alteration involves attempting to destroy the sections or entire documents?

Who is this girl?

Toxicology: Schedule: LSD

The most common fingerprint pattern is the

What is the process of digital forensics?

This type of forgery includes adding a number to make it look like a larger amount

An object is broken, torn or cut two unique edges are formed (Fracture lines)

Toxicology: Drug Type: Codeine

____materials or objects that retain the characteristics of other objects through directcontact

This type of evidence could leave behind a mark, saliva, and or blood.

Criminals can alter or acquire checks in many ways, including:

Unauthorized intrusion of a computer is called:

May be called in if an expert is needed to analyze insect evidence or skeletal remains.

Evidence that can be plastered to see brand of shoe.

What Crime Scene unit would analyze blood?

#29 These are usually curved or irregular in width.

#10 Tool marks can be classified as...

I'm ready for the test tomorrow.

#92 If eyes remain open, potassium will enter the eyes & cause them to be cloudy. Time frame?

What kind of alteration is changing the 3 to an 8 on a check ?

#52 The occipital protuberance is commonly present in both males and females.

Applied Scientific Method to Crime Scene Investigation

Latent Data is the data that is hidden from view.

An expert witness SHOULD give their opinion about the reliability of tests they conducted. 

The main characteristic of handwriting is:

#9 Dental impressions are considered to be...

What ridge characteristic is 3?

#31 These produce audible squeals and visible smoke is produced.

#67 During the first 12 hours of death, the body loses how many degrees per hour?

Which database is used to identify typewriters?

This is the study of fingerprint identification

#73 Outside of corpse appears normal, but starting to decompose from bacteria & autolysis.

What Crime Scene unit would analyze bullets?

What type of altered document uses a strong oxidizing agent to make the ink colorless?

Tiny nicks and chips form on the edges of an object as it is used

An alternate location where additional evidence of a crime may be found.

Toxicology: Drug Type: Cocaine

____ powder and UV lightsare used to help find latent prints on multi-colored or dark surfaces

Toxicology: Drug Type: Morphine

A person's "baseline habits" in their writing refers to what?

This tool can be used to determine if more than 1 type of ink was used on a document.

Particles found at the scene can be put together like a puzzle.

A study of body fluids to determine the presence of drugs and poisons

#4 Why would investigators swab a bite mark?

Which of these tools is used parallel to the working surface? (3-7)

Examiners will analyze a ransom note or other documents to find ink clues.

Evidence that includes eyewitness accounts of an accident or crime scene.

#93 If eyes remain closed, potassium will enter the eyes & cause them to be cloudy. Time frame?

Documents the crime scene in detail and collects any physical evidence.

This is a fuming method used to develop latent fingerprints on a variety of objects.

What ridge characteristic is 2?

Interviews witnesses and works with CSI unit to investigate the crime.

#43 Male vs Female = Square eye sockets

#69 The pooling of blood in the body is known as...

Toxicology: Schedule: Crystal Meth

These patterns have a ridge that enters and exits on the same side

Toxicology: Drug Type: LSD

#18 A mark/impression made by a tool pressed directly onto a softer surface

When a counterfeit detection pen is used on a fake $100 bill what color does it turn?

What type of evidence does the FBI consider to be the most valuable?

#87 Livor mortis begins how soon after death?

Which of the following is not a major factor influencing a person's handwriting style?

What are the two types of tool marks?

Toxicology: Drug Type: Crystal Meth

Which tools cut through objects with two blades which are adjacent to one another? (3-7)

The recommended method of shredding medical records, employee files, and bank statements is:

Classified Fingerprints into 9 categories

#3 The purpose of a tire's ridges and grooves is to...

An expert witness SHOULD give their opinion about the guilt or innocence of the suspect. 

#32 These can determine the area of impact.

Toxicology: Schedule: Xanax

First to arrive at a crime scene; responsible for securing the scene and detaining people.

Forgeries are documents:

#44 Male vs Female = Occipital protuberance is present

Exemplars should contain ________ that is/are present in the questioned document.

The person who saw a crime occur.

#17 An individual ridge of tread running around the circumference of a tire.

How do you stop this killer rabbit?

Person thought to be capable of committing a crime.

#1 An impression is ...

These patterns are related to the position of the radius and ulna bones

Evidence that includes eyewitness accounts of an accident or crime scene.

What are the three main classes of fingerprint patterns

Toxicology: Drug Type: Ecstasy (MDMA)

What is the study of fingerprint identification?

Which of the following are flat action tools?

What kind of evidence is handwriting?

Which of the following is also known as accidental characteristics? (5)

Regarding handwriting analysis, it:

What ridge characteristic is 7?

Father of Forensics

What who was BTK?

Name this fingerprint.

Toxicology: Schedule: Morphine

What may play a role in the accuracy of an eyewitness’ statement or identification of a suspect

Proved handwriting analysis is a valid science

Partially visible impression left in the sheet of paper underneath the one written on.  

The use of bugs in crime scene investigation is known as_____________________________.

A cluster is a group of ___________ in multiples of __________.

This evidence can reveal where a person has traveled.

#56 A process that replaces soft cartilage with hard bone

#37 Measuring the length of a foot/shoe impression can accurately estimate a person's height.

#51 The coronal suture is completely fused around the age of 32.

#35 The distance from center of the tread on left tire to the center of tread on right tire.

Two individuals ___________ have identical handwriting.

Which is not a type of fingerprint?

Which will NOT affect handwriting?

Name this type of fingerprint.

#41 Male vs Female = rough & bumpy skeleton

#53 The sagittal suture is completely fused by the age of 50.

#85 Which of the following is an example of an undetermined death?

Which is NOT a requirement of the Daubert Ruling?

#49 The lambdoidal suture is completely fused by the age of 30.

The handwriting sample is showing what characteristic?

Which can cut objects in any direction with a single, sharp blade? (3-7)

#2 Which of the following is an example of impression evidence?

When you analyzed ink using chromatography, the eluent (solvent) & absorbent were composed of

#91 "Corpse is beginning to dry out. Most of the flesh is gone" Decomposition stage?

A fingerprint will remain unchanged; however, the print may change due to ____ and ____

Cyanoacrylate fuming is a procedure used to develop latent fingerprints using this type of glue

Each of the 32 teeth in humans is unique due to age and wear.

Things to be analyzed for tool mark evidence

Which Units are OPTIONAL? (only high-end lab would have?)

#6 Where can bite marks usually be found?

Usually the first to arrive on scene; responsible for securing the area and detaining witnesses

When is digital forensics helpful?

Today many police departments are using facial reconstruction _________.

What pattern is this?

In what year did the govt. start adding new security features to paper money to stop scanning?

#83 SKIPPED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE THE ANSWERS ARE TOO LONG :( All answers are correct. BE FAST!

Which of the following is not a questioned document?

#98 Which of the following is not a characteristic trait of handwriting?

Dusting impressions with fingerprint powder to be photographed or lifted is a 3-D method

What is the FIRST thing a Forensic Scientist should do?

What ridge characteristic is 6?

Toxicology: Schedule: Heroin

#86 Where in the body is the temperature of a corpse taken?

Toxicology: Schedule: Valium

Any evidence found at a crime scene in the form of a physical object

The handwriting sample is showing what characteristic?

#70 The post mortem interval or PMI is the amount of time...

Testimonial evidence includes oral or written ______________?

Can identical twins have the same fingerprint?

_________ is created by computer printers, type writers and fax machines.

Choose the evidence that is not impression evidence.

What Crime Scene unit would analyze saliva?

#12 Which of the following is a tissue that makes up part of a tooth?

#23 A 2D impression that is visible to the unaided eye is a....

#45 Male vs Female =Subpubic angle of 105°

Toxicology: Drug Type: Marijuana

#25 You will look at tread patterns, size, and depth with which type of impression?

Which of the following is a MANNER of death?

#71 The cooling of the body after death is known as...

What is cyber terrorism?

#21 The part of a tire that meets the road or the pattern on the sole of a shoe.

#42 Male vs Female = Oval shaped pelvic cavity

Which of the following is NOT a type of impression? (4)

#68 Temporary stiffening of the body is known as...

#96 Toxin exposure: Ingested/exposed; unintentional overdose/combinations

What branch of science is it?

This print has ridges that enter on one side and exit out the other

What ridge characteristic is 8?

These are used to make clothing, carpet and furniture.

Tool that would leave a messy cut and roughened edge on bone

#27 You will look for wear patterns caused by the way someone walks with which impression type?

When a material gain, such as money, accompanies a forgery, it is called:

Which of the following tools is created to constrict by pressure or impact? (3-7)

#8 How does the color of a bite mark area help investigators?

What Crime Scene unit would analyze tiremarks?

Which of the following are slicing tools?

#90 "Very strong odor. Parts of the flesh appear black. Gases escape & corpse collapses" Stage?

A known sample of the suspect's writing, which can be compared to an unknown is called:

Created National Fingerprint File

How evidence is used can link a _________________with a crime scene or a victim.

Which type of fingerprint depends on which hand it is located on?

#61 The location where bones meet

What is the last step in a digital forensics investigation?

What is the ridge characteristic for 4?

What kind of alteration is scraping off writing or ink in order to replace it?

Combined DNA Index System used by law enforcement to compare DNA samples to known suspects.

Toxicology: Schedule: Ecstasy (MDMA)

A standard document of unknown origin is known as an exemplar.

A traced forgery is made without a model of the signature present.  

#64 An area of cartilage between the shaft&cap of an immature bone causing bone lengthening

#40 How many bones do adults have?

Tool?

#34 The diameter of the smallest circle to be driven by a vehicle.

#62 Est. of a deceased's sex, age, stature, ancestry&injuries as derived from skeletal remains

FULL RIGOR occurs around ____________ hours after death.

Which notorious serial killer's conviction was based off of bite marks?

All of the following methods are used to identify characteristics of paper except?

Physical evidence that is found at a crime scene in small but measurable amounts.

The alternate location where additional evidence of a crime can be found.

Which of the following are gripping tools?

In a personal computer, where is data primarily stored?

Impressions that occur from direct contact to the surface with no lateral movement (7)

Your body temperature drops ________________ Degrees Fahrenheit/hour after death.

Which of the following are compression tools?

Which type of powder is not used to recover latent prints from a surface?

#76 Algor mortis is...

Contact between two items, there will be an exchange.

Tool used for cutting bones; commonly used in medical field

Name this fingerprint.  It is from the right hand.

These can be examined to identify their origin such as human or animal.

A fingerprint is what type of evidence

What is placed on a hard disk drive to track certain information about its visitors?

#24 You will swab for body fluids with which type of impression?

#75 Livor mortis is...

Choose the one that is not a ridge characteristic found in fingerprints

Attempting to copy a signature or handwriting sample from a genuine article is this:

This is the not last question

#63 The shaft of a bone

#14 When matching an impression to a vehicle of a suspect, the vehicle is known as the....

#16 An impression, scratch, or abrasion made when contact occurs between a tool&another object.

As a tool hits a softer surface, the shape of the tool and imperfections stay in its surface.

Determines the preliminary cause of death at the crime scene and conducts the autopsy

Toxicology: Drug Type: Heroin

Which of the following methods are not used by document examiners?

This can indicate either class (what type) or individual (color).

Many fingerprinting brushes are made out of____

The data that is readily available to a computer user is known as _________.

#94 Toxin exposure: Suicide/exposures intended to harm/kill others.

#72 Corpse is almost dry. Further decay is very slow from the lack of moisture.

Type of evidence found in blood, body fluid, and tissues that contains genetic information.

A second person associated with committing a crime.

Choose A letter... :-P

As a tool moves across a surface, it may leave ridges or striations behind

The "color of death" is referred to as:

#89 "Odor of decaying flesh is present & the corpse appears swollen" is which stage of decomp?

A forgery is an item that is made with the intent to deceive.

When false documents or other items are copied for the purpose of deception, it is called:

What kind of alteration is washing all the ink off a check in order to rewrite it?

An exemplar is a known writing sample.

Which of the following is not an anti-counterfeiting security feature?

Toxicology: Schedule: Codeine

How many points of similarity is considered a match in the US

What are the faint marks in paper that you can see when you hold the paper up to the light?

Name the original location of a crime or accident.

#22 An impression that requires special techniques to be visible to the unaided eye.

Toxicology: Drug Type: Alcohol

__________ is the physical component of a computer.

The most common fingerprint in all forensic classes is

What are unusual letters?

#28 These are made when a car stops suddenly and the wheels lock.

Bit stands for _________.

____are impressions left by friction ridge skin on a surface

Refined art of Bullet Comparison

#48 Male vs Female = Heart shaped pelvic cavity

How long does it take to complete casting an impression? (5)