Forensic Science Final Exam

Which of the following is not a job of a forensic scientist ?

• process and document crime scenes

• collect and preserve evidence

• determine the guilt or innocence of a party

• provide expert testimony

This branch of forensic science studies, sex, age, race and height of body remains found at a crime scene

• forensic toxicology

• forensic psychiatry

• forensic entomology

• forensic anthropology

Weapons and guns are analyzed by this unit of forensic science

• document examination unit

• photography unit

• biology unit

• Firearms unit

Blood and urine and other bodily fluids are analyzed by this forensic science unit.

• fingerprint unit

• voice analysis unit

• Toxicology unit

• evidence collection unit

Correct collection of evidence requires which of the following?

• documenting the location where the evidence was found

• correct packaging of evidence

• maintaining proper chain of custody

• all of the above

A crime scene sketch should include all of the following EXCEPT

• a scale of distance

• date and location of the crime scene

• a North heading on the diagram

• the type of search pattern used to collect the evidence

Refers to physical evidence that is found in small but measurable amounts, such as strands of hair, fibers, or skin cells.

• Direct evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

• Biological evidence

• Trace evidence

First hand observations of what happened at a crime scene from a video recording, a confession or an eyewitness account is considered

• Direct evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

• Biological evidence

• Trace evidence

Whenever two objects come into contact with each other, there is always a transfer of material. This concept is known as

• the Locard exchange principle

• the law of probability

• the law of circumstantial facts

• the law of comparison

The reason it is important to separate the witnesses at a crime scene is to

• to prevent contamination of the evidence

• to prevent fighting among the witnesses

• to prevent the witnesses from talking to each other

• to protect them from the perpetrator