Forensic Final Exam Questions

Arch, Loop, and Whorl are three types of what?

• ride features on the Colosus roller coaster

• parts of the small intestine

• National Parks

• fingerprint patterns

Forensics is the study and application of ___________________ to matters of law.

• science

• assumption

• imagination

• creativity

Who created the first forensic lab?

• Edmond Locard

• J. Edgar Hoover

• Albert Einstein

• J. Edmond Hillary

“Every criminal can be connected to a crime by particles carried from the crime scene. Anyone entering or leaving a crime scene alters the evidence, by leaving something behind or taking something with them.” This is known as

• A common misconception

• Locard’s Principle

• Murphy’s Law

• Law of averages

Which unit of a basic crime lab examines body fluids?

• the Biology unit

• the Toxicology unit

• the Physical Science unit

• the Parks and Recreation unit

Which unit of a basic crime lab examines blood splatters?

• the Biology unit

• the Toxicology unit

• the Physical Science unit

• the Evidence Collection unit

The following are the seven____________skills necessary to work through and solve crimes.

*Deductive and inductive reasoning skills

*Classifying skills

*Comparing and contrasting skills

*Problem solving skills

*Analyzing Perspectives

*Constructing Support

*Error Analysis

• Scientific method

• facets of guilt

• federal rules of evidence

• complex reasoning skills

Who may be an expert witness in a trial and has an obligation to present the truth about the evidence collected to the best of his or her ability?

• medical examiner or his representative

• investigators

• first police officer on the scene

• forensic scientist

What is the examination of physical evidence for legal purposes?

• criminalistics

• forensics

• criminology

• complex reasoning skills

A person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense

• victim

• suspect

• officer

• bad guy