Forensic Science Unit 01 - Review

The investigation of drugs and poisons in the body in cases of illegal drug use, drug abuse, poisoning, and death is an example of forensic:

• toxicology

• ontology

• anthropology

• pathology

Danny has been called to work because a body or part of a body has been found in an advanced state of decay. When he arrives on scene, Danny will offer assistance in identifying bodily remains. Danny is a :

• forensic toxicologist

• forensic biologist

• forensic anthropologist

• forensic entomologist

Forensic Science is

• microscopes used for vapor

• the applications of testing

• applying principles of science to the law

• the application of evidence to testing

A medical examiner determines the cause of death through autopsy.

• True

• False

All evidence gathered at a crime scene must be

• labeled and documented

• analyzed in a scientific manner

• handled carefully so not to contaminate the specimen

• all of the above

Of the following, select all the things which can be used as evidence from the crime scene.

• Tire impressions

• Soil from crime scene

• Teeth impressions

• Fiber particles

Observation

• What a person perceives using his or her senses
• A statement or assertion of information that can be verified
• deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps
• Conclusions drawn from assumptions and known facts

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Define Criminalistics

• The examination of physical evidence

• Investigators of sudden, unexplained, or violent death

• Anything that tends to prove or disprove a fact

Define the "Locard's Principle."

• the scientific examination of evidence in a criminal investigation
• states that criminals always take a trace of something with them or leave a trace of something behind at the scene of the crime
• a type of evidence
• the person who runs the Locard School

Small but measurable amounts of evidence are called...

• Trace evidence

• Physical evidence

• Class evidence

• Direct evidence