Evidence Analysis Review

Evidence in the Michael Peterson case supports that Mrs. Peterson was killed by

• neighbor angry he wasn’t invited to their annual party.

• transient who was sleeping in their guest house.

• Mr. Kerr who lived next door

• a Great Horned Owl

Ballistics expert's testimony in the Oscar Pistorius case showed

• Oscar accidentally shot Reena Steenkamp

• Oscar paused between shots during his encounter with Steenkamp

• Oscar was not using his prosthetics during the murder

• Oscar beat Steenkamp using a cricket bat

The first country to adopt fingerprints was

• USA

• Germany

• Argentina

• Peru

The three principles that allow fingerprints to be used in forensics include 1. Fingerprints are an individual characteristic, 2. Fingerprints remain unchanged during an individual’s lifetime and

• Fingerprints can be systematically classified

• Fingerprints always contain loops

• Fingerprints are inherited traits

• Fingerprints can be used to determine sex

The most common fingerprint characteristic is the ____________.

• Arch

• Loop

• Whorl

• None of the above

An example of a level 2 fingerprint characterization is ___________.

• Loop

• Ridge Ending

• Scar

• Whorl

A fingerprint left on a glass window should be dusted for by using ____________.

• IBIS

• Iodine Fuming

• Black Powder

• Ninhydrin

The procedure for recovering a filed down serial number on a gun is to: first, polish the metal and second _______________.

• Add a base

• Add an acid

• Add iodine

• Add methanol

An example of a level 3 fingerprint characterization is ____________.

• Ridge pore

• Arch

• Island

• Whorl

The markings on the shell casings (fig 3) indicate these shells were fired from the same gun.

• True

• False