Forensic Science Unit 1 Review

What is forensic science?

• When scientists improve plants by using DNA
• The use of science in growing trees
• Any legal action that requires a police investigation
• When science is used for the purposes of the law

The main job of a crime scene investigator is to .....

• interview witnesses
• conduct laboratory tests including electrophoresis
• determine the manner of death of a victim
• Objectively identify, collect and document evidence 

Forensic scientists...

• analyze evidence

• testify in court

• both analyze and testify

• none

Define Criminalistics

• The examination of physical evidence

• Investigators of sudden, unexplained, or violent death

• Anything that tends to prove or disprove a fact

What is another name for Forensic Science?

• Polygraph

• DNA Analysis

• Criminalistics

• Anthropology

Which of the following is a benefit of the "CSI effect"?

• Juries are calling for more forensic evidence

• Juries use scientific words that have no bearings on trial

• People are found innocent due to lack of forensic evidence

• More people entering the field

T of F: Locard's Exchange Principle states that objects in motion will stay in motion

• True

• False

What can forensic scientists testify about during trial?

• Personal knowledge

• specialized scientific knowledge

• both

• neither

Which of the following can be used to identify a suspect?

• All of these

• DNA Evidence

• Fingerprints

• Dental records

Typically they are the first to arrive at a crime scene and they secure the scene

• detectives

• specialists

• district attorney

• police officers