FS 319 Final Review

Which of the following substances is classified as an alkaloid?

What energy source is typically used to start the combustion process in a fire?

1. A unique feature of digital evidence is that it can be copied.

1. Only about ________ who commit suicide leave a note.

1. The McNaughten Rule is used to determine what for a defendant?

Which of the following substances is mentioned as a liquid toxin?

1. An individual’s competency is evaluated primarily in order to determine what?

1. What year was the Omnibus Crime Code for Insanity adopted?

One of the oldest forms of forensic sciences is:

Which of the following is a common accelerant used in arson cases?

How is the progression of burning in propellants and explosives typically described?

What is the initial energy input required to start a combustion reaction?

Which of the following is NOT a component of the fire tetrahedron?

forger tried but was unable to suppress their own writing habits while forging the document

The processor or “brains” of the computer is known as

1. Extortion via computers is typically carried out using ransomware.

What metric can be used to characterize the speed of a reaction in terms of burning?

1. Questioned document evidence are critical in cases such as:

1. Which of the following is one of the most common types of cybercrime?

Body Disposal is unimportant in a murder case. The only important parts are the killer and the weapon

1. Writing is a habitual acquired skill.

1. What is an example of an “Input Device”

When documenting and observing hardware for digital evidence it is important as an investigator to NOT

What is the historical classification of drugs based on their origin?

1. What is this process of copying to make a bit by bit replica called?

1. An examiner is not capable of using an ESDA recovered indented sample for comparison even if it has high quality.

1. What circumstance(s) would violate your 4th Amendment right should they choose to search your phone?

1. The computer device is more critical than the data within it.

What is the primary component of a flame in a fire?

What is the key difference between simple flame combustion, propellants, and explosives?

1. What will a tracing reveal poorly?

Forensic handwriting analysis was most famously applied in this case

When a perpetrator breaks into a secure computer or network, this is considered

1. One of the most common types of cybercrime is identity theft.

U.S. Senate modified defenses with this code deeming a person not guilty if the offender could not appreciate the crime

What method is commonly used in forensic laboratories to detect residues of accelerants after a fire?

1. Psychologists can prescribe medications after counseling.

What is the primary method used to estimate the speed of vehicles at the time of a vehicular accident?

How is arsenic primarily classified based on its chemical forms?

Intentionally altering slants, size of letters to make it less identifiable is known as what type of writing

What type of forgery is where an individual does not attempt to copy the victim’s signature or writing

1. one of the earliest forms of storage which was used in film, cameras, and movies.

1. Neuromuscular coordination and visual perception differ from individuals creating deviations in styles of penmanship.

Fraudulent writing where line quality is poor and there are clear indented impressions on the original document

provides insight into an offender’s behaviors but are beyond the acts that are necessary to commit a crime

1. What is a type of fraudulent writing?

1. Counterfeiting of currency requires physical and chemical analysis of inks, paper, and plastics.

What is the term used to describe a reaction with a direction that moves progressively?

the suspect is claiming to hear voices that told them to commit the crime with no documented mental illness

What is the process of using infrared to analyze inks where they can appear to glow, be transparent

1. Freehand simulations are a type of fraudulent writing where the offender attempts to _____ the writing

what method was used to determine the indented impressions or second-page writing on the original document?

What are the marks left on photocopies caused from dirt, scratches, etc left on the surface of paper

When was the modern regulation of drugs initiated in the United States?

This is a file sharing protocol that was a tool used in committing piracy:

1. Forensic Document Analysis in the modern day can be applied to

What is the key component of gunpowder and rocket propellants?

What type of energy is stored in the propellant of a cartridge in a firearm?

the offender continuously minimizes or denies that they have any sort of mental illness

file sharing protocol that was a tool used in committing piracy

What best describes the difference between a drug and a poison?

1. Forensic Document Analysis in the modern day can be applied to

What is the critical issue for toxicologists and law enforcement regarding the effects of drugs and poisons?

According to the text, which classification refers to a compound containing carbon?

What are propellants primarily used for?

1. A goal of the psychological autopsy is to determine:

What physical evidence is commonly analyzed in vehicular accident investigations?

What authority was granted to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) by the Comprehensive Crime Control Act in 1984?

1. What is the ultimate goal(s) of behavioral scientist when assessing the mental state of an offender?

What is the primary role of forensic engineering in accident investigations?

1. Psychology and psychiatry are disciplines that study:

A violent offender continues to blame violent video games and rock music for their offenses. What defense is this

Examiner needs an adequate number of writing standards to compare due to variations in an individual’s writing.

This allows investigators to determine the likelihood that separate crimes are linked to a single offender

What is the primary role of a fire investigator?

Chain of custody form does not need to be created for the physical item that data is stored on, such as a cell phone.

forger tried but was unable to suppress their own writing habits while forging the document

forger made no attempt to copy the original writings and they forged names using their own handwriting style

A suspect writes a variety of phrases on notebook paper for comparison to a ransom note which was also

Examining similar type documents comparable to the questioned document like grocery lists, journal entries are

In the context of explosives, where must the oxidizers typically come from?

1. When computers and the internet are used to commit crimes, this is called:

1. Most states follow what rule when determining a not guilty due to insanity?

1. What are the integral steps when acquiring digital evidence?

1. What device(s) below have expanded to contain digital evidence and fall into the “Internet of Things (IoT)”.

What analytical tool is commonly used by engineers in vehicular accident evaluations?

1.A form of fraudulent writing is:

1. This technique is used to ensure certainty that the data is identical.