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Biology Crime Scene Basics for High Schoolers
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Crime Scene Basics Quiz
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1
Which method of estimating PMI (Post-Mortem Interval) is least reliable if a person has been dead for less than 12 hours
Algor mortis
Livor mortis
Potassium levels in the eye
Rigor mortis
2
Marbling occurs as a result of
muscles contracting after death
Fats being broken down by bacteria
chemical reactions of sulfur and hemoglobin
lactic acid formation as a result of reduced oxygen levels in the blood
3
WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FIREARMS UNIT OF A CRIME LAB?
EXAMINE DISCHARGED BULLETS
EXAMINE FIREARMS
SHOOT SUSPECTS OF A CRIME
LOOK FOR PRESENCE OF GUNSHOT RESIDUE
4
WHAT IS A BUCCAL SWAB?
CHEEK SWAB TO COLLECT A DNA SAMPLE
SWAB FROM YOUR BELT BUCKLE TO COLLECT DNA
A WAY TO COLLECT DNA THAT IS QUICK, PAINLESS, AND EASY
ONE OF THE HARDEST WAYS TO COLLECT DNA FROM A SUSPECT
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WHAT IS THE JOB OF A FORENSIC SCIENTIST?
STUDY CRIME SCENES TO SOLVE CRIMES
TAKE WITNESS TESTIMONY
MAKE THE POLICE'S JOB EASIER
DEFEND A SUSPECT IN A COURT OF LAW
6
WHAT IS THE CORRECT WAY TO SPELL DNA?
DEOXIRIBONUCLEIC ACID
DEOXYRIBONULCEIC ACID
DIOXYRIBINUCLEIC ACID
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID
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cloudiness of the eyes usually occurs after two hours if the eyelids are open
False
True
8
ANY PHYSICAL LOCATION WHERE A CRIME HAS OCCURRED OR BEEN SUSPECTED OF HAVING OCCURRED....
ACCOMPLICE
ALIBI
SUSPECT
CRIME SCENE
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A PERSON SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING A CRIME
SUSPECT
CRIMINAL
PERPETRATOR
DEFENDANT
10
PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH SOMEONE EXPECTED OF COMMITTING A CRIME....
SUSPECT
ALIBI
WITNESS
ACCOMPLICE
11
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF "LIVOR MORTIS"?
A PERSON WHO EXAMINES A DEAD BODY
THE SETTLING OF BLOOD IN AREAS OF BODY CLOSEST TO GROUND
THE DISEASED LIVER OF A CRIMINAL
STIFFENING OF MUSCLE TISSUE AFTER DEATH
12
WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BIOLOGY UNIT OF A CRIME LAB?
LOOK AT TEETH AND BONES OF A VICTIM
PHOTOGRAPH A CRIME SCENE
IDENTIFY AND DNA-PROFILE DRIED BLOOD
TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF DRUGS IN A VICTIM
13
INVESTIGATION OF SUDDEN, UNNATURAL, UNEXPLAINED, OR VIOLENT DEATHS IS CALLED
FORENSIC SCIENCE
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY
14
WHERE IS DNA FOUND INSIDE THE CELL?
NUCLEOLI
RIBOSOMES
NUCLEUS
MITOCHONDRIA
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EVIDENCE FOUND IN SMALL, BUT MEASURABLE AMOUNTS...
PHYSICAL
EYE-WITNESS
SPECIAL
TRACE
16
Forensic death investigations have changed little since the late 1800s
True
False
17
A FACIAL COMPOSITE IS....
USED EXTERNALLY OR INTERNALLY
A PART OF WITNESS TESTIMONY
A SKETCH OF A SUSPECT'S FACE
NOT REALLY USEFUL IN SOLVING CRIME
18
FORENSIC SCIENCE IS DEFINED AS...
APPLYING CIVICS TO LAW
APPLYING PHYSICS TO LAW
APPLYING CRIMINALISTICS TO LAW
APPLYING SCIENCE TO LAW
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WHICH INDIVIDUAL IS NOT INVOLVED IN CONDUCTING/PROCESSING A CRIME SCENE?
POLICE
WITNESS
CORONER
LAWYER
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A STATEMENT OF WHERE A SUSPECT WAS AT THE TIME OF A CRIME IS CALLED A(N).....
TESTIMONY
SUSPECT
ALIBI
COMPOSITE
21
Once skin slippage begins, it is impossible to obtain fingerprints
False
True
