Forensics quiz Tuesday

A specialized examiner of human skeletal remains for law enforcement.

(They help with the recovery of the remains, identifying the remains, interpreting trauma, and estimating the time of death.)

• forensics

• forensic anthropologist

• crime scene

• approach the scene

• autopsy

The place where something unlawful happened and where forensic evidence can be gathered.

• secure and protect the scene

• initiate preliminary survey

• prepare a narrative of the scene

• crime scene

A specialized surgical procedure that is used to determine the cause and manner of death.

• forensics

• forensic anthropologist

• crime scene

• approach the scene

• autopsy

A suspect is

• a person claiming innocence

• someone with beady eyes

• someone who is thought to have possibly committed the crime

• a person who has a solid alibi

An alibi is

• evidence that you committed a crime

• a credible statement that the person was somewhere else when the crime occurred

• a guess that the person was somewhere else when the crime occurred

• a hunch that the person did the crime

A medical examiner determines the cause of death through autopsy.

• True

• False

Fingerprints can be lifted from carpeting.

• True

• False

Loops, whorls and arches are used to describe

• hair evidence

• DNA

• fingerprints

• handwriting evidence

All evidence must be collected in glass test tubes.

• 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