Forensics Quiz

All of the following are ways to improve our observational skills except

• be sure to look at the entire area, not just the body, weapons, or signs of break-in

• observe everything no matter how big or small

• when collecting evidence, record only those things that you are sure are important

• write down and photograph everything you find

Locard’s exchange principle implies all of the following except

• Fibers can be transferred from one person to another

• Blood spatter can be used to identify blood type

• Cat hair can be transferred to your pants

• Soil samples can be carried from the yard into your home

Blood types are determined by the presence of protein located on

• all of the blood cells

• only the white blood cells

• only on the T-helper cells

• only on the red blood cells

Blood proteins that determine blood types are

• on the surface of the cell membrane

• inside of the cytoplasm

• both on the cell membrane and inside of the cytoplasm

• found in the bone marrow

If a person has type O+ blood, then they have

• the A and the B protein, but lack the Rh protein

• an O protein but not the Rh protein

• none of the ABO nor the Rh proteins

• the Rh protein but not the A or the B proteins

The reason someone dies is called the:

• manner of death

• type of death

• cause of death

• None of these choices

The specific change in the body that brought about the cessation of life is called the

• cause of death

• manner of death

• proximate cause of death

• mechanism of death

Liver mortis means roughly, the:

• moment of death

• death colour

• day of death

• time of death

Pooling of blood in the body, known as lividity, provides a clue as to how long the person has been dead. Lividity first begins about:

• two hours after death

• six hours after death

• four hours after death

• eight hours after death

Death stiffness is roughly defined as:

• cause of death

• rigor mortis

• manner of death

• liver mortis