Forensics Test for the Final

T or F: A FELONY is considered a major crime.

Facial reconstruction is done on an unidentified skull to give

Where should investigators look for pupal casings?

What is the final stage of decomposition where only 10% of the body is left and the body is dry

T orF: LUMINOL would be considered a presumptive test for blood

Evidence is admissible if it

How can class evidence be used to narrow a field of suspects?

The next of kin should be notified by the

Blood evidence at a crime scene should be

Area found near the center of some fingerprint patters is the ____

T or F? It is always possible to determine racial origin of an individual basked on features

T or F: Livor Mortis shows up on the skin as a GREENISH color.

Fingerprint that has one or more ridges entering form one side then going out the same side is

After 25-30 years, it is best to use ____ ____ to determine age.

Blood typing is considered ____

The study of bones is called

T or F: A maggot mass will show a DECREASED temperature in the area where they are concentrated

The person responsible for the ABO classification system for blood is ____

T or F: RED blood cells are used in DNA typing of blood.

A person with AB blood could give blood to:

T or F: LIVOR mortis can help determine if the body has been moved.

Another term for a ridge characteristic is ___

The Glaister equations can be used to determine the rate of RIGOR mortis

The blood type known as the universal recepient/receiver is

Why are pigs sometimes used for decomposition research?

A person with A antigens would have blood type:

Human hair found at a crime scene is most likely to be in the _____

Which of these type of chemical methods should be used first?

T or F: A hair forcibly removed WILL USUALLY have follicular tissue attached.

T or F: Rigor begins in the LARGER muscles of the body.

T or F: Antigens are proteins found in the BLOOD SERUM.

Which would be the best way of visualizing a print found on a PAPER matchbook.

Which of the following is true conceding the Dabuert Ruling

To test whether or not a suspected stain is blood, an investigator could use the ____

T of F: The crime scene investigator collects EVERTHING at the scene.

Which of the following does NOT affect rigor?

T or F: It is very UNCOMMON for every person who collected, transported, and tested to testify.

What is the first stage of decomposition when the body is self breaking down by bacteria

Which of these is a type of whorl?

Which of the following is NOT true concerning taking photographs at a crime scene?

T or F: The hairs found in Asians and Native Americans would be a CRESCENT MOON shape.

T or F: Probability and statistics ARE important to the significance of circumstantial evidence

A person with O blood could give blood to:

T or F: Individual evidence has MORE probative value than class evidence.

T or F: If a crime scene investigator take photo of a crime scene, it is NOT necessary to note.

Protein (amino acid) residues are best developed into fingerprint impressions with ____

What substance is found in superglue that reactors with and visualizes a fingerprint?

What would be thet best way of visualizing a print found on a glass bottle.

Testimonial evidence is

For race, what bones could you look at?

T or F: The CORONER is always a medical doctor.

What is the second stage of decomposition when the body swells and gasses are produced

Controls for evidence such as hair and blood are collected from

The study of fingerprints is called

Testimony given by a witness based on what others have sad is known as

Microscopic examination of hair can determine ____

T or F: FLIES AND BEETLES are two of the most common order of insects found on corpses.

A fresh fingerprint is composed mostly of

For height, what bone could you look at?

T or F: A QUESTIONED sample is compared to a KNOWN sample to determine relevance.

The gender of skeletal remains can be determined by examining

From bones, a forensic anthropologist would NOT be able to determine

TRUE OR FALSE? There are more than 600 bones in the human body

T or F: Fingerprints would be considered INDIVIDUAL characteristics.

Human hair can be characterized by having a medullary index that is _____

Nuclear DNA can be identified from ____

Flies belong to the order

The injury or disease that results in a person's death is the

The blood type known as the universal donor is

Which crime unit would analyze soil?

T or F: Testimonial evidence is generally MORE reliable than physical evidence.

A person is determined to be an expert by whom

Which of the following has the most probative value?

The first step that an officer takes when approaching a crime scene is to _____

T or F: Dyed hair will have the CORTEX ONLY dyed.

The case that was decided that evidence depends on "generally accepted" by scientific community

T or F: The Glastier equation is most accurate in the first 12 hours of death.

Evidence from a suspected arson must be packaged

The body of the crime is the

T or F: ALL insects undergo a complete metamorphosis.

T or F: ALL Cities, regardless of size, have their own crime lab.

T or F: Scales are found on the CORTEX.

T or F: Ninhydrin reacts with the FATTY OILS to visualize a print.

Fingerprint patter that enters from one side of the finger and exits the other while rising up

T or F, a forensic anthropologist would give an age RANGE rather than an exact age.

T or F: Blow flies and flesh flies arrive AN HOUR after a body dies.

T or F: Environmental temperature and conditions WILL affect insect development.

A crime scene is

A person with the Rh factor is said to be

T or F: CRIMINOLOGY is another term for forensic science

T or F: 12 TO 16 POINTS are generally needed to make a fingerprint comparison

Generally, a human hair can be distinguished from an animal hair by examining _____

Describe osteons of humans and animals

Leukocytes are commonly called

True or False: The pubic bones of females has a wider angel in the pubic arch than males

Which of the following is NOT a factor in how much the body cools after death

Produced by contact between person and objects, or person and persons

Known or control sample could come from

Generally, the body cools at a rate of about

T or F: Crime scenes are always searched in a grid to encores all potential evidence is found.

Ridge characteristics can be found in

The effectiveness of an expert's testimony is always dependent on

Which of the following is NOT a form of documentation at a crime scene?

T or F: Blood typing would be considered an INDIVIDUAL characteristic.

T or F: Bodies decompose FASTER underwater than underground.

The blood type that contains no A or B antibodies is

T or F: Since children are smaller than adults, they hold heat LONGER after death.

T or F: MAGGOTS are larval stages of some insects.

T or F: An insect's habitat CAN be specific to a specific area or region.

T or F: Broken bones are a GOOD way to identify unwon remains.

____ mortis refers to the cooling rate of the body after death

T or F: A toxicologist may use the maggots to obtain information about DRUGS in a dead body.

T or F: All ARCHES have at least two deltas and a core.

Evidence that can be linked to a unique, single, specific source is __ evidence.

Evidence that addresses an issue of a particular crime is said to be ____

Bleeding out would be a ___ of death

What is the third stage of decomposition where the body looks creamy and black, strong odor

T or F: Silver nitrate reacts with ____ to visualize a print.

____ is usually a yellowish white, greasy, wax like substance that forms from the fat of body

When a body shows decomposition rates faster in areas where it should not be, it is called

T or F: Two head hairs from the same person MAY have different structural features.

The most common type of fingerprint patter is the ____

Investigators can use individualized blood evidence by ____

T or F: The absence of MELANIN creates gray or white hair.

For age, what bone could you look at?

Livor Mortis becomes fixed after

T or F: An install is a stage of the LARVAL development of an insect.

In addition to video tape, crime scene sketches

The study of insects and other anthropods is called

____ evidence implies a fact or event with out actually proving it

_____ mortis refers to the pooling of blood after death

Produced by direct contact between a person and an object or between two objects

___ mortis refers to the rigidity of the skeletal muscles after death

A loop that opens towards the thumb is called an

T or F: The first stage of hair growth is the ANTAGEN stage.

T or F: Most people in the US have type A blood.

For comparison you must collect ___ hair scalp hair and ___ pubic hairs to use as controls.

The clumping of red blood cells is called:

T or F: Hair CAN show a false positive for drugs if the person has been around drugs.

Temporary, easily changed or lost, usually observed by the first officer on scene

If evidence has class characteristics, it

If a forensic scientist can piece together broken glass from a bottle that was a weapon, it has

The right to rain silent and the right to an attorney is covered in

The triangular area in a fingerprint is called an

To test whether a suspected blood stain is human or animal, you could use the ____

What is the Glaister equation?

____ is the study of the classification of things in an orderly way

Sutures help to determine

Blow flies lay

T or F, in general, males DO NOT usually have a ventral arc.

What is the fourth stage of decomposition where the odor is "Cheesy" from acid.

The three basic cuticle patterns are ___ ____ _____.

T or F: A crime scene sketch MAY have probative value if entered as evidence in court.

Something that may link a victim or suspect with a crime scene or with each other

A person without A or B antigens on their red blood cells have blood type:

What is the equation for determining how many days it takes for a body to skeletonize?

T or F: Beetles are generally NOCTURNAL.

Thrombocytes are commonly called

Which of the following is NOT true about the value of physical evidence?

___ was the person who's stated that whenever two jets come into contact, transfer of materials

T or F: The CORONER is an elected official.

T or F: At a crime scene, the body is the property of the coroner or the medical examiner.

The racial origin of a hair can be determined _____

Beetles belong to the the order

Which of the following are found in an arch pattern.

The study of bodily fluids is called

Erythrocytes are commonly called _____ ____ _____.

Which crime unit would analyze blood stains?

For gender, what bone could you look at?

The final stage of decomposition is ____ ____ in which the bone may mummify