Ch. 1 Quiz Review (no safety review)

What is deductive reasoning?

• a complete guess

• drawing a conclusion from the facts using a series of logical steps

• using eyewitness accounts to convict a suspect

• investigating a crime

A person who has seen something or someone related to a crime and can communicate their observations is known as a(n) ______________________.

• investigator

• suspect

• victim

• eyewitness

Forensic science is ....

• the art of public speaking

• going to court to convict a suspect

• using science to help resolve legal matters

• conducting a sting operation to catch counterfeiters

When forensic scientists go to court to testify, they provide what kind of information?

• their opinion

• the facts from their analysis of the evidence

• eyewitness accounts

• what happens when they arrested a suspect

What organization found that most faulty convictions were based on inaccurate eyewitness statements?

• Innocence Project

• FBI

• CIA

• Dr. Paul Ekman's research group

In the three case studies in Ch. 1, what was similar in all three cases?

Dr. Paul Ekman is a ___________ ___________.

• forensic anthropologist

• forensic botanist

• forensic entomologist

• forensic psychologist

Observational skills can be improved by....

• limiting distractions

• increasing awareness of your surroundings

• being very distracted

• having your airpods in and being on your phone

Interview techniques that help the observer recall events in an unbiased way to include the best eyewitness account include

• separate witnesses

• ask questions to draw out details

• interview one person at a time

• write down their observations during the interview

What does the Innocence Project do?

• convict innocent people of crimes they did not commit

• provides autopsy services to counties that don't have a medical examiner

• seeks to get convicted people out of prison when there is DNA evidence to test in the case

• collaborates with the FBI to convict murderers in court