Forensics Blood Chapter 11

Luminol would be considered a presumptive test for blood.

• True

• False

Blood typing cannot be used on dried blood.

• True

• False

Most people in the US have type A blood.

• True

• False

White blood cells produce antibodies.

• True

• False

A blood droplet will remain spherical in space until it comes in contact with a surface.

• True

• False

The softer the target surface the more a blood droplet will break apart.

• True

• False

The direction of blood that falls on carpet cannot be determined.

• True

• False

Blood typing is considered

• a class characteristic

• an individual characteristic

• both of these

• neither of these

Investigators can individualize blood evidence by

• determining the blood group

• observing the blood cells

• comparing the DNA from the cells

• using the Kastle-Meyer test

To test whether a suspected blood stain is human or animal, an investigator could use the:

• secretor test

• luminol test

• Kastle-Meyer test

• precipitin test