Forensics Final Exam Practice

The application of scientific knowledge to legal questions is known as:

• Biology
• Forensic Science
• Criminology
• Psycology

Which of the following best describes why eye witnesses are unreliable?

• Eye witnesses lie because they often don't trust the police
• The brain remembers things accurately but often leaves large gaps
• Eye witnesses are often involved in the crime themselves
• The brain can remember details and things that did not happen

Many wrongful convictions are the result of faulty eye witness testimony?

• True
• False

What organization seeks to reexamine cases tried using eyewitness evidence now using DNA evidence?

• The DNA Project
• Eyewitness Exposure
• The Innocence Project
• Legal Aide

Hairs are an example of trace evidence.

• True
• False

Which forensic specialty uses the skeleton to determine the age, sex, and race of an individual?

• Forensic Odontologist
• Forensic Anthropologist
• Forensic Toxicologist
• Questioned Document Analysist

Why are bullets considered individual evidence?

• Two bullets fired from the same gun will be identical to each other

• Bullets are class evidence, not individual

• Fingerprints are always left on bullets making them individual

• Every bullet made is individual, even before being fired from a gun

Class evidence:

• Narrows the identity to a single person or thing
• Is the same as trace evidence
• Doesn't have much forensic value
• Narrows an identity to a group of persons or things

Which of the following is NOT an example of class evidence?

• Fingerprints
• Small Glass Fragments
• Hair
• Fibers

Which piece of evidence is least likely to allow you to narrow it down to an individual suspect?

• Shoe prints
• Fibers
• Tool marks
• Tire marks