CDF Review Part 1

What is Forensic Science?

• The application of science to state and federal law.

• The application of science to civil and criminal law.

• The study of a crime scene to find evidence.

• How laws work in the courtroom.

Who is Sir Conan Doyle?

• The Creator of Sherlock Holmes.

• The creator of DNA.

• The founder of forensic science.

• The father of Toxicology.

Why was Sir Alec Jefferys so critical to forensics science as we know it today?

• He discovered fingerprinting.

• He appealed the idea of it to the government and won.

• He discovered DNA.

• He was well liked.

Who made anthropometry?

• Mathieu Orfila

• Calvin Goddard

• Paul Kirk

• Alphonse Bertillion

Who made the Exchange Principle?

• Calvin Goddard

• Edmond Locard

• Sir Conan Doyle

• Alphonse Bertillion

What did Francis Galton do that was significant?

• He never married.

• He was the father of toxicology.

• He discovered Ballistics and striation marks.

• He discovered fingerprinting.

What was the biology unit about?

• How animals can affect a crime scene.

• How DNA, body fluids, hair, and plants can be applied to forensics.

• How plants can affect a crime scene.

• How humans can affect a crime scene.

What does the Document Examination Unit cover?

• Laws of the courtroom

• Style of legal work

• Examination of School documents

• Handwriting/ Questioned Documents

The __________ unit covers drugs and poison.

The ____ decision made the precedent for scientific evidence in court to be generally accepted.