Forensic Science Quiz

What is Locard’s Exchange Principle?

• Principle stating every contact results in an exchange of physical materials

• Principle stating every crime scene is unique

• Principle stating evidence is always visible

• Principle stating only DNA is exchanged

What does anthropology study in forensic science?

• Science of poisons

• Science of skeletal analysis

• Science of dental analysis

• Science of fingerprint analysis

What is the focus of criminalistics?

• Science of poisons

• Science of evidence collection and analysis

• Science of crime scene photography

• Science of DNA analysis

What does odontology study?

• Science of poisons

• Science of dental analysis

• Science of fingerprint analysis

• Science of blood spatter

What is the study of toxicology concerned with?

• Science of skeletal analysis

• Science of poisons

• Science of DNA analysis

• Science of crime scene photography

What does criminology study?

• Academic study of crime and criminals

• Science of evidence collection

• Science of poisons

• Science of skeletal analysis

Who is a criminologist?

• Officer who investigates deaths

• Individual who studies crime and criminals

• Forensic scientist responsible for collecting evidence

• Expert in poisons

What is self-incrimination?

• Act of implicating oneself in a crime

• Act of accusing another person

• Act of collecting evidence

• Act of analyzing poisons

What is the role of a coroner?

• Officer who investigates deaths

• Officer who collects evidence

• Officer who studies poisons

• Officer who analyzes DNA

What is a treatise?

• Formal written work providing a comprehensive discussion of a subject

• Informal note on a subject

• Short article on a topic

• Brief summary of a book