Rodriguez - Forensics Mid Term Review 1

What is the difference between forensic science and criminalistics?

• Forensic science is more scientific

• There is no difference

• Forensic science deals more with criminal investigation

• Criminalistics deals more with prosecution of a crime.

What type of evidence are fingerprints considered?

• Class

• Individual

• Neither

• Direct

When looking at a hair, is the medulla bigger in a human or an animal?

• humans

• animals

• there is no correlation

• they are the same size

Where was the first crime lab in the US established?

• New York

• Los Angeles

• Seattle

• Boston

Blood type is considered what type of evidence?

• class

• Individual

• None of these

• Direct

Which of the following are responsibilities of a medical examiner? (pick all that apply)

• Issue death certificates

• removing bodies from the scene

• establish cause of death

• establish time of death

Which of the following are responsibilities of coroners? (pick all that apply)

• issue death certificates

• removing bodies from the scene

• establishing cause of death

• determining time of death

What is the definition of forensic science?

• Application of science to law

• Application of law to science

• people who enforce laws, investigate crimes, and make arrests

• the branch of science concerned with the nature, effects, and detection of poisons

What is the burden of proof for an issuance of a warrant?

• probable cause

• reasonable suspicion

• reasonable doubt

• Reasonable articulable suspicion

What does the 4th Amendment protect us from?

• illegal search and seizure

• self incrimination

• freedom of speech

• right to vote