Forensic Science Semester 1 Review

What factors influence ability to recall crimes/event details?  

• time of day
• age
• emotional state
• all of the above

Our brains selectively take in information.

• True

• False

Forensic science is strictly concerned with uncovering evidence that stands as fact.

• True

• False

"Once contact is made between two surfaces a transfer of material(s) will occur" is known as

• Leonardo's Exchange Principle

• Lattes Exchange Principle

• Locard's Exchange Principle

The Innocence Project

• uses fingerprints to examine post-conviction cases to conclusively decide guilt or innocence

• uses eye-witness testimony to examine post-conviction cases to conclusively decide guilt or innocence

• uses DNA to examine post-conviction cases to conclusively decide guilt or innocence

Personal belief founded on judgement rather than on direct experience or knowledge

• opinion

• percerption

• deductive reasoning

A statement or information that can be verified

• Opinion

• Fact

• Logical

Relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal questions.

• forensic

• percerption

• deductive reasoning

The FBI's database used for sharing fingerprints is...

• IBIS

• IAFIS

• CODIS

• USDA

Blood Typing is considered what type of evidence?

• Indiviual
• Class
• Trace
• Physical

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2