Forensics Quiz #1

Known as the "Father of the Crime Lab;" founded the institute of Criminalistics and was known as the Sherlock of France since he started the first crime lab in the attic of the police department in 1910.

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• Edmond Locard

• None of these

What is said in court, under oath, by a competent witness is referred to as a

• Testimony

• Oath

• Rememberence

• A Story

Tangible evidence means

• The evidence was collected by a witness

• Evidence which is real or concrete; capable of being touched or felt and has a real substance

• Refers to expert testimony in court

• None of these

Who came up with the idea that when a person comes into contact with something they transfer evidence with that object or person?

• Edmond Locard

• Calvin Goddard

• Sir Alec Jeffries

• Karl Landsteiner

True of False:

Forensic Science is the study and application of science to matters of the law (criminal and civil)

• True

• False

When a person comes in contact with an object or another person, a cross-ransfer of physical material can occur. This is called . . .

• Principle of deposit

• Locard's intensity principle

• Locard's Principle of Exchange

• Materials Exchange

True of False:

Forensic Scientists use evidence to link all aspects of a crime.

• True

• False

The scientist that is considered the "father of fingerprinting"

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Francis Galton

• Leone Lattes

• Edmond Locard

Which Scientist was the first to divise the system of person ID using series of body measurments

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Francis Galton

• Leone Lattes

• Edmond Locard

What is the difference between criminal and civil law punishments?

• Criminal law is between society and government where civil law is between citizens.

• Criminal law has punishments of prison, fines and potential death where civil has mostly fines

• Criminals the government deals with where civilians communities deal with.

• They both have the same punishments.