Forensic Science Spring Final Exam Review

Tandem repeats of short DNA sequences with varying numbers of repeats found among individuals.

• STR (Short Tandem Repeat)

• PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)

• VNTR (Variable number of Tandem Repeats)

Clavicle?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 recognizes five Schedules of drugs. Which Schedule of drugs contains drugs that have severely restricted medical use and a high potential for abuse (and includes cocaine, methamphetamine, methadone, and oxycodone)?

• Schedule I

• Schedule II

• Schedule III

• Schedule IV

• Schedule V

What is the most widely misused, legal depressant?

• Alcohol

• Marijuana

• Cocaine

• Phenolbarbitol

Fingerprint impressions that are not readily visible are called ___________.

• latent

• invisible

• plastic

• mushy

Fibula?

• 13

• 14

• 15

• 6

The molecular "scissors" used to CUT DNA are called

• restriction enzymes

• RFLP's

• STRs

• helicases

No two people have been found with exactly the same fingerprint pattern.

• True

• False

What type of whorl is this?

• Double loop

• Central pocket loop

• Accidental

• Tented

The Controlled Substance Act established five schedules of classification for substances based on a drug's: 

• potential for psychological dependence. 
• potential for abuse. 
• potential for physical dependence. 
• all of the above