Forensic 1 - Prelims

The science or art of obtaining images in scientific materials by the action of electromagnetic radiation rays.

• Polygraphy

• Photography

• Dactyloscopy

• Chemistry

A police photographer needs knowledge and skills of how to use a camera to document the crime scene. In relation to forensic photography, you are documenting the scene for the purpose of –

• properly reconstructing the crime scene.

• familiarity when it comes photography techniques such as close photography.

• recording the objects and the scenes to be used for and within legal process.

• the admissibility of crime scene sketches.

It is an art or science which deals with the study of the principles of photography, the preparation of photographic evidence, and its application to police work.

• Photograph

• Forensic Photography

• Police Photography

• Modern Photography

When an individual is focusing on the fundamentals of photography for police work application and submitted his work for court presentation, what does this statement refers to?

It is known as the birth year of photography since from its creation.

William Fox Talbot invented what particular object which uses a paper impregnated with light sensitive compounds.

• Calotype

• Daguerreotype

• Wet plate

• Camera Obscura

A Chief of Police in a certain station found out that there are rodents roaming around in their office. Immediately he requested for a clean-up drive in removing the pests at their office. In this case, the ultraviolet radiation would be more effective, which of this wave in the UV would be appropriate in this clean-up drive?

• The long wave UV

• The short wave UV

• The medium wave UV

• All of these

A term being applied to a wide variety of relatively inexpensive light sources which use filtered white light.

• Ultraviolet lamp

• Alternative Light Source

• LASER

• Forensic Light Sources

The English astronomer who coined the term “Photography” and in turn united all the prototypes of early photography.

• John F.W. Herschel

• Thomas Wedgewood

• William H. F. Talbot

• Scott Archer

Objects that allow sufficient visible light to pass through them that the object on the other side may be clearly seen.

• Transparent

• Opaque

• Translucent

• Filter