Forensics: Chapter 1 Quiz

A fact is a statement or information that can be verified.

• True

• False

What we perceive about a person depends, in part, on their mannerisms and gestures

• True

• False

One of the most important tools of the forensic investigator is the ability to:

• observe, interpret and report observations clearly

• observe assumptions clearly

• report assumptions clearly

• None of these choices

Perception is...

• faulty

• is not always accurate

• does not always reflect reality

• All of these choices

Criminal Investigations depend on the observation skills of all involved. Those involved include:

• police investigators

• forensic scientists

• witnesses

• All of these choices

The Innocence Project at the Benjamin Cardozo School of law was created with the purpose of re-examining post conviction cases using:

• DNA evidence to provide conclusive proof of innocence

• DNA evidence to provide conclusive proof of guilt

• Eye witness accounts to provide conclusive proof of innocence

• Circumstantial evidence to provide conclusive proof of innocence

The verbal testimony of a forensics scientist alone may not be entered into evidence without:

• the proper documentation

• the proper explanation

• the necessary proof of facts, whether oral or written

• None of these choices

Whether observing at a crime scene or examining collected evidence in the laboratory, the forensic examiner must be able to:

• identify the evidence

• record the evidence

• determine the significance of the evidence

• All of these choices

Eyewitness accounts of crime-scene events vary considerably from one person to another. What you observe depends on your level of:

• interest

• stress

• concentration and the amount and kind of distraction that may be present

• All of these choices

Interpreting information from the senses is a (or an)......

• observation

• opinion

• perception

• fact