Unit 1: Introduction to Forensics Science Review

What country was the first to recognize fingerprints for identification?

• United States

• China

• Greece

• Italy

Locard’s Exchange Principle is defined as:

• The application of forensic science to criminal matters.

• Evidence used to show whether or not a crime has been committed.

• The application of scientific knowledge to legal problems.

• Every time someone enters an environment, something is added to and removed from it.

Police officers are the first person to arrive at the crime scene.

• True

• False

What is deductive reasoning?

• is the process of drawing general conclusions based on clues, or pieces of evidence

• criminal element of the criminal justice system

• deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps

• paying attention to detail

Who is the Father of Forensic Toxicology?

• Galton

• Bertillon

• Goddard

• Orfila

Once observations are made, forensics investigators can use ___________ to solve a crime

• deductive reasoning

• individual characteristics

• observations

• conscious effort

Who was the first individual to make the first test to detect arsenic in dead people?

• Goddard

• Landsteiner

• Galton

• Scheele

What country use pigs to help them to solved muder cases?

• United States

• Italy

• Greece

• China

Who created the first system for classying fingerprints?

• Galton

• Orfila

• Goddard

• Bertillon

Of the following, which is an eyewitness MOST LIKELY to remember? 

• Gender

• Race

• Height

• Weight