Hair Analysis Quiz 2020

The tough clear outside covering of a hair shaft is

• cuticle
• cortex
• medulla
• polymer

The central core of the hair shaft is called the...?

• Medulla

• Cuticle

• Cortex

• Shaft

The middle layer of a hair shaft that contains pigment (color)

• the cortex

• the medulla

• the cuticle

• the polymer

Which ONE hair most likely belongs to a person and not animals?

• B

• C

• E

• F

• I

What is Loccard's Exchange Principle?

• Perpetrators always leave evidence behind.

• Every contact leaves a trace.

• All touches leave evidence.

• Long, violent confrontations leave evidence.

What must be present in a hair sample to obtain nuclear DNA?

• keratin

• drop of blood

• healthy cuticle

• follicular tag / follicle / cells from skin

Which ONE hair most likely belongs to a person and not an animal?

• B

• C

• E

• F

• I

Hair is useful in Forensic Science, because ______

• It is tasty to eat.

• It is regularly falling out and left behind.

• It keeps us warm.

Which phase of hair growth is the final phase of hair growth?

• anagen

• catagen

• telogen

• melanin