Murder on Mars

Murder on Mars

By Bioverse Manipal​

Setting

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Mars is colonized, though there’s no air outside the domes. There is an agricultural lab set up in one of these domes where research is being conducted to cultivate food on mars 

The scientist heading the research, Hunter is murdered and it is your responsiblity as the lead investigator of this case to find out who the killer is.

During the course of the investigation you  interrogate the people who were in contact with Hunter, You speak to Bob, Sue, Lisa and John during the course of your interrogation ​

Multiple Choice

What is the sequence in which the forensic investigator will get evidence in order to solve the case? (45 seconds)

• Preserve, Interpret, Collect, Recognize

• Recognize, Preserve, Collect, Interpret

• Interpret, Collect, Preserve, Recognize

• Collect, Recognize, Interpret, Preserve

Bob

Bob is the brother of our victim hunter he was never a bright kid always in the shadow of hunter and jealous of him and has issues with his brother regarding their family heirloom money and property 

Multiple Choice

Given the parental genotypes for Bob's parents-

BBCc and Bbcc, where

B stands for black eyes

b stands for blue eyes

C stands for curly hair

c stands for straight hair

Predict the phenotype of Bob.

(2 Minutes)

• Blue eyes, straight hair

• Black eyes, Curly hair

• Black eyes, straight hair

• Insufficient data

Sue

Sue has been working as a scientist for over ten years now. She is Hunter's colleague in the lab and was Hunter's batchmate back in college. She was always jealous of him as he was at the top of his class. This grudge extends to the present, where she is not included in the research project that Hunter was in charge of.

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John

John works with our victim, Hunter in the agricultural sector. Their relationship isn't that great, since Hunter was able to take up a “secret project” in the medical sector, while John had to keep working on seeds. 

Lisa

Suspects illicit affair going on between Hunter and Sue, Frustrated at Hunter for not giving enough time to family life. 

​You now want to check the lab where Hunter used to work for evidence.

In​ order to enter the lab, you need to answer a question.

Multiple Choice

To gain access to the lab you need to answer the following question: Identify the element from the given picture which is a silvery-white soft metal that can be easily cut with a knife. (30 Seconds)

• Carbon

• Boron

• Potassium

• Lanthanum

​Upon investigating, you have found a set of fingerprints.

Your first task is to analyze these fingerprints. Now show case your knowledge about it by answering the following questions.

Multiple Choice

What part of the fingerprint is x? (45 Seconds)

• Center

• Core

• Whorl

• Midsection

Multiple Choice

A negative or reversed impression of the friction ridge pattern is thereby produced as prints that occur when the finger touches or presses against a soft pliable surface such as an adhesive is: (45 Seconds)

• Latent prints

• Visible/Patent prints

• Molded/Plastic prints

• Photographing prints

​You see a computer in front of you.

However, in order to access it, you need ​to find the output for a simple program.

You have successfully accessed the computer. Now, as you are going through its contents, you run into a picture file. Analyse the picture.

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Multiple Choice

What does the picture depict? (45 Seconds)

• Cloning humans

• Human Brain Transplant

• Stem cell transplant

• Drug delivery

You now know that the "human cloning" practice that the picture depicted was the reason Hunter got murdered.

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 In order to uncover further evidence, you need to know about inheritance of traits, to show that you are well versed with it answer the following questions

Multiple Choice

B = brown hair 

b = white hair

In the punnett square, what is the probability for white hair? (2 minutes)

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

​The suspect has bite marks on him/her, you have to match these bite marks with respect to the teeth structure analyzed in victims dental X-rays, which branch of the forensic department will you hand this task to? (45 Seconds)

• Forensic Odontology

• Forensic Entomology

• Forensic Dentology

• Forensic Analysis

Your partner in the investigaation has some technical doubts, help them with the same

Multiple Choice

How are Short Tandem Repeat's used in forensic analysis? (30 Seconds)

• Cannot be used in forensic analysis

• Can exclude suspects, but not fully identify one

• Can fully identify a suspect

• Can include suspects, but not fully identify one

Multiple Choice

You have found a sample of blood, upon further visualisation using Biosoftwares you got a structure, which structure matches the image of the sample? (45 Seconds)

You found a blood sample at the scene, and sent it to the lab for analysis where gel electrophoresis was done.

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Multiple Choice

Based on these results whose blood was found in the blood stain at the crime scene? (45 Seconds)

• Bob

• Sue

• John

• Lisa

From the blood testing we know that our murderer is

John​