Forensics Mid-term Review Units 1 & 2

types of physical evidence are?

• hair

• bone

• eye witness testimony

physical evidence can prove a crime has been committed.

• false

• true

Who collect's physical evidence?

• witnesses

• police

• ems

hair samples are physical evidence.

• true

• false

Blood evidence should be placed in a plastic bag immediately.

• True
• False

If the chain of custody is broke while handling evidence it may be inadmissible in court. And the criminal could get away with murder....

• True
• False

The first responding officer is responsible for

• sketching the scene
• collecting evidence
• securing the scene
• photographing evidence

Person who studies insects to gain clues about a crime is a(n)

• anthropologist
• accident reconstruction
• entomologist
• DNA specialists

Forensics is

• the study of body fluids.

• the study of bones.

• the study of speech writing.

• the system of rules that regulates action w/in society.

• application of science to the law.

Which field of forensics is responsible for identifying skeletal remains?

• Anthropometry

• Odontology

• Anthropology

• Entomology

• Psychiatry