Forensics Day 5 Checkpoint Test

Which is the least likely setting for forensic analyses to take place?

• Kitchen

• Laboratory

A cyber crime is a crime committed using:

• Firearms

• Computers

Carlie is analyzing a fingerprint from a crime scene. She notices a circular shape formed by an enclosed set of lines. She sees:

• A loop

• A whorl

Which statement is true about fingerprints?

• No two people have the same prints.

• The chance of matching prints is 1 in 1 billion.

If the print from the tip of a person's finger is not available for identification purposes, all of the following can be used except

• The ball of the foot

• The palm of the hand

• The front of the knee

A forensic anthropologist is asked to examine a bone that is found at a crime scene. By analyzing the bone, she determines the bone is from the ulna, a bone in the arm. She also identifies several important characteristics about the deceased person. Which of the following characteristics can be determined from the bone sample?

• The age, eye color, and hair color

• The gender, age, and height

You were born with certain characteristics that you inherited from your biological parents. What characteristic does not change throughout your life?

• Blood Type

• Height

• Hair Color

Which of these is not a real blood type:

• Rh-C+

• AB+

• B-

About half of Americans have blood type O. This means that this blood type:

• Is not useful by itself in identifying a suspect

• Is not often found at a crime scene

• Is not found at crime scenes in other countries

In an emergency, when there isn’t time to test a patient’s blood, which donor blood type could be safely given to every patient? (Universal Donor)

• B+

• O-

• AB+