Forensic Science 1st Semester Final Exam Review

Eyewitness testimony in a courtroom can be __________________.

• unfair since it is so accurate

• unimportant to the crime

• unreliable and inaccurate

• a distraction for the jurors

What type of evidence is usually the evidence that is used to exonerate those falsely convicted in the Innocence Project?

• ballistics

• DNA

• eyewitness accounts

• chemicals

What was started in 1992 by Scheck & Neufeld that helps exonerate innocent people convicted of crimes.

• The Scfeld Investigative Group

• The Innocence Project

• Supreme Court case against Eyewitness testimony

• Neufeld Scheck Institute

Which of the following is the best definition of forensic science?

• The science of studying dead people.
• The application of science to the law.
• The application of science to medicine.
• The study of poisons.

Interpreting the information that we received from our senses is...

• perception

• observation

• investigating

• remembering

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A belief based on past experiences or personal beliefs.

• opinion

• observation

• objective thinking

• investigation

A person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense

• victim
• officer
• suspect
• bad guy

A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime

• officer

• victim

• out of luck

• suspect

Which of the following is an observation of the picture?

• The person is wearing a T-shirt
• It is a sunny day
• The person is going to a birthday party
• The gift is a DVD player

Every second we are gathering data using:

• sight

• smell

• touch

• sound

• All of the senses

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