introduction to forensic science

Which best summarizes the Locard Exchange Principle?

• Evidence must be gathered in observable, empirical, and measurable methods.

• Every contact with another person, place or thing results in exchange of physical materials.

• Always practice suspicion on a crime scene based on sound reasoning and fact.

• Crime scenes, evident and the criminal will underogo chage as time progresses making them unrecognizable.

Which of the following best describes toxicology?

• The science of skeletal analysis.

• The science of evidence collection and analysis.

• The science of dental analysis.

• The science of poisons.

Which of the following is NOT a method which has been used as identification?

• Body measurements

• DNA

• Fingerprints

• Pheromones

If a body is found on a crime scene, who will be called to investigate the scene?

• criminalist

• investigator

• medical examiner

• photographer

Which of the following is NOT a type of evidence found at a crime scene?

• documentary evidence

• physical evidence

• electronic evidence

• auditory evidence

Which of the following best describes the role of a criminalist?

• Questioning witnesses and suspects

• Performing tests and analysis on evidence and determining what can be proven based on results

• Examining bodies after death to determine the cause of death

• Isolate or identify substances within a body which may have contributed to the crime

Crime scene investigators preserve and submit evidence on the crime.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Medical examiners are present on every crime scene.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Crime scene investigators analyze the evidence found on the scene of a crime.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Forensic scientists typically specialize in a type of evidence analysis.

• TRUE

• FALSE