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Forensic Science CTE Exam Review

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a minute form of life such as protest or bacteria called?

a)

Spore

b)

Germ

c)

Microorganisms

d)

Organelle

2.

What term is used to describe the cooling of a body after death?

a)

Algor Mortis

b)

Rancor Mortis

c)

Rigor Mortis

d)

Livor Mortis

3.

What are the two types of arch fingerprints?

a)

Peaked and regular

b)

Spiked and hill

c)

Tented and plain

d)

Normal and abnormal

4.

What type of fingerprint is formed by oil and sweat secretions deposited by a person's finger when they touch a surface that is developed by physical or chemical means?

a)

Patent/plastic

b)

Physical

c)

Latent

d)

Patent/visible

5.

What causes blood to behave in a predictable and testable manner?

a)

Hemoglobin

b)

Plasma

c)

Static and hard arteries

d)

Solid and liquid components

6.

What effect does a stimulant have on the body?

a)

Slows responses

b)

Increases heart rate

c)

Lowers blood pressure

d)

Increases sleepiness

7.

What is the nationwide database of DNA fingerprints?

a)

AFIS

b)

CODIS

c)

IAFIS

d)

IBIS

8.

What is the correct order in which body cavities are examined during an autopsy?

a)

Thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, cranial

b)

Cranial, pelvic, abdominal, thoracic

c)

Abdominal, thoracic, cranial, pelvic

d)

Thoracic, cranial, pelvic, abdominal

9.

Which of the following are examples of long bones in humans?

a)

femur, humerus, radius, tibia

b)

shoulder, knee, wrist, ankle

c)

femur, humerus, scapula, vertebrae

d)

Ulna, vertebrae, ribs, sternum

10.

What does IAFIS represent?

a)

Inferred Automated Forensic Identification Structure

b)

Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System

c)

Incorporated American Forensics Institutional Society

d)

Intermittent Automatic Fingerprint Indemnification System

11.

Which skeleton type matches the following description: Round eye orbits, 103 degree subpubic angle, regular shaped pubis, and smooth skull?

a)

Undetermined

b)

Male

c)

Child

d)

Female

12.

What is the most common method of establishing a DNA fingerprint?

a)

PCR

b)

STR

c)

RFLP

d)

Southern blotting

13.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Flow

b)

Misting

c)

Drip

d)

Impact

14.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Flow

b)

Misting

c)

Drip

d)

Impact

15.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Flow

b)

Misting

c)

Drip

d)

Impact

16.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Flow

b)

Misting

c)

Drip

d)

Impact

17.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Cast-off

b)

Transfer

c)

Projected

d)

Wipe

18.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Cast-off

b)

Transfer

c)

Projected

d)

Wipe

19.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Cast-off

b)

Transfer

c)

Projected

d)

Wipe

20.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Cast-off

b)

Transfer

c)

Projected

d)

Wipe

21.

For over 100 years, what has been the main source of identification for people?

a)

Bertillonage

b)

DNA

c)

Blood type

d)

Fingerprints

22.

What is blood spatter that has been reduced to a fine spray due to the energy or force applied to it?

a)

Transfer

b)

Wipe

c)

Misting

d)

Spine

23.

What type of evidence does a person's DNA represent?

a)

Individual

b)

Class

c)

Trace

d)

Circumstantial

24.

Which of the following are NOT types of whorl prints?

a)

Accidental

b)

Central pocket

c)

Double loop

d)

Tented

25.

Categories of drugs are based upon which condition?

a)

Addictive property

b)

Chemical composition

c)

Availability

d)

Intent

26.

What is the environment dependent stage of decomposition lasting from 10-20 days?

a)

Fresh

b)

Putrification

c)

Butyric fermentation

d)

Dry decay

27.

What term is used to describe the stiffening of muscles after 2-to-30 hours of death?

a)

Algor Mortis

b)

Rancor Mortis

c)

Rigor Mortis

d)

Livor Mortis

28.

What type of death is considered unexpected and occurs by chance?

a)

Accidental

b)

Homicidal

c)

Suicidal

d)

Natural

29.

What is the stationary phase in paper chromatography?

a)

Motion

b)

Solvent

c)

Ink/dye

d)

Paper

30.

What growth phase is hair most likely to be in when found at a crime scene?

a)

Telogen

b)

Catagen

c)

Anagen

d)

Pathogen

31.

What procedure would be used to test a presumed blood stain?

a)

Kastle-meyer test

b)

Pattern analysis

c)

Precipitin test

d)

Secretor test

32.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Arterial spurt

b)

Transfer Pattern

c)

Flow Pattern

d)

Expirated spurt

33.

What type of blood spatter does the image represent?

a)

Arterial spurt

b)

Transfer Pattern

c)

Flow Pattern

d)

Expirated spurt

34.

How is cause of death described?

a)

Immediate reason of death, such as drowning

b)

The way a person died, such as suicide

c)

The way a person commits a crime, such as homicide

d)

Physiological response leading to death, such as blood loss

35.

What type of descent is a skull that has pronounced zygomatic bones, square eye sockets, a rectangular palate, and wide nasal apertures?

a)

Mongoloid

b)

Negroid

c)

Caucasoid

d)

Asian

36.

Which latent print techniques are least destructive?

a)

Iodine, Ninhydrin

b)

Ninhydrin, Super glue

c)

Iodine, dusting

d)

Dusting, Silver nitrate

37.

What is the longest and slowest stage of decomposition?

a)

Dry decay

b)

Butyric fermentation

c)

Putrification

d)

Fresh

38.

If the majority of a blood spatter has a diameter greater than 3 mm, what type of impact velocity caused the spatter?

a)

Medium

b)

Passive

c)

Low

d)

High

39.

What type of blood cells are indicated?

a)

Platelets

b)

Erythrocytes

c)

Leukocytes

40.

What type of blood cells are indicated?

a)

Platelets

b)

Erythrocytes

c)

Leukocytes

41.

What type of blood cells are indicated?

a)

Platelets

b)

Erythrocytes

c)

Leukocytes

42.

Why can a breath test be used to determine the blood alcohol level of a person?

a)

It's proportional to the levels in the blood

b)

It's the same as the levels in the blood

c)

Breath tests are unreliable

d)

It does not relate

43.

What type of evidence does a person's blood type represent?

a)

Trace

b)

Individual

c)

Class

d)

Shift

44.

Which of the following displays the correct life cycle of an insect?

a)

Larvae, egg, pupa, adult

b)

Egg, larvae, pupa, adult

c)

Larvae, pupa, egg, adult

d)

Egg, pupa, larvae, adult

45.

What are the four bases that make up nucleotides of DNA?

a)

amorous, vitreous, gastric, aqueous

b)

astine, glycogen, chromosome, thyroid

c)

adenine, cytosine, thymine, guanine

d)

adenine, cytosine, thymine, uracil

46.

According to the picture, there is an area without any spatter. What is this pattern type called?

a)

Opening

b)

Interference

c)

Block

d)

Void

47.

What is the name of a microscope slide created with water and a cover slip?

a)

Water-based

b)

Permanent

c)

Wet mount

d)

Unprepared

48.

If a child's blood type is A- and the mother's blood type is 0+, what blood type could the father have?

a)

A-

b)

O+

c)

O-

d)

B+

49.

From whom is mitochondria DNA inherited?

a)

Both parents

b)

Father

c)

Mother

d)

Absent in humans

50.

Which of the following types of evidence must be packaged in paper evidence bags?

a)

Blood evidence

b)

Plant evidence

c)

All options listed

d)

Body fluid clothing

51.

If the majority of a blood spatter has a diameter between 1 mm - 3 mm, what type of impact velocity caused the spatter?

a)

Low

b)

Medium

c)

Substantial

d)

High

52.

Which of the following are natural fibers?

a)

Cotton, linen, wool, Dacron

b)

Jute, rayon, silk, wool

c)

Wool, cotton, silk, cashmere

d)

Linen, cotton, acetate, rayon

53.

Which of the following natural fibers is most common?

a)

Cotton

b)

Linen

c)

Cashmere

d)

Wool

54.

Which process includes denaturation as the first step?

a)

PCR

b)

Organic extraction

c)

RFLP

d)

DNA differentiation

55.

Which of the following is a synthetic fiber?

a)

Wool

b)

Silk

c)

Polyester

d)

Cotton

56.

What antigens would be present in a suspect with type 0+ blood?

a)

"O" antigen and Rh+ antigen

b)

Rh+ antigen only

c)

"AB" antigen and Rh- antigen

d)

"A" antigen and Rh+ antigen

57.

Place the offender profiling procedures in the correct order:

a)

Profiling input

Decision process models

Crime assessment

Criminal profile

Investigation

Apprehension

b)

Crime assessment

Criminal profile

Profiling input

Decision process models

Investigation

Apprehension

c)

Investigation

Apprehension

Crime assessment

Criminal profile

Profiling input

Decision process models

d)

Crime assessment

Criminal profile

Investigation

Apprehension

Profiling input

Decision process models

58.

What is a symptom of Clostridium tetani?

a)

Lock jaw

b)

Raging

c)

Hallucinations

d)

Vomiting

59.

How is mechanism of death described?

a)

The way a person commits a crime, such as homicide

b)

Immediate reason of death, such as drowning

c)

Physiological, such as blood loss

d)

The manner of death, such as suicide

60.

If a length of DNA reads AATCGCTA, what is its complimentary pair?

a)

TTAGCGAT

b)

GGACTAGT

c)

CCGATAGC

d)

AATCGCTA

61.

What is the correct procedure for a responding officer?

a)

Moving objects

b)

Eating at the scene

c)

Collecting evidence

d)

Securing the scene

62.

How many hours after time of death does livor mortis no longer change?

a)

45

b)

6

c)

12

d)

30

63.

What can be used to determine the gender of skeletal remains?

a)

All choices are correct

b)

Skull Features

c)

Relative size of the bones

d)

O.S. of the pubis

64.

What is the definition of the manner of death?

a)

Immediate reason of death, such as drowning

b)

The motive behind a crime, such as jealousy

c)

Physiological reason of death, such as blood loss

d)

The way a person died, such as suicide

65.

Which of the following treatments would be appropriate to develop a latent print if a piece of paper is suspected evidence?

a)

Dusting

b)

Casting

c)

Iodine

d)

Superglue fuming

66.

What type of basic fingerprint does the image represent?

a)

Loop

b)

Arch

c)

Delta

d)

Whorl

67.

What type of basic fingerprint does the image represent?

a)

Loop

b)

Arch

c)

Delta

d)

Whorl

68.

What type of basic fingerprint does the image represent?

a)

Loop

b)

Arch

c)

Delta

d)

Whorl

69.

Which criteria must be met in order for a person to be classified as a serial killer? (Choose 2)

a)

All victims have died within 24 hours.

b)

More than 3 people have been killed.

c)

The victim was killed as a single incident.

d)

A cooling off period exists between kills.

70.

Which of the following is part of the role of a crime scene investigator?

a)

Canvas the neighborhood

b)

Interview the witnesses

c)

Photograph the scene

d)

Determine the suspects

71.

Which of the following is NOT found in an autopsy report?

a)

Detailed family medical history

b)

Notation of disorders or malformations

c)

Recent internal or external injuries

d)

Full description of the body

72.

Which latent print treatment bonds to salts and is used to treat porous substances as well as old porous substances?

a)

Dusting

b)

Silver nitrate

c)

Iodine

d)

Super glue

73.

What is the most likely explanation for the type of injury shown in the following image

a)

Blunt force

b)

Disease

c)

Stabbing

d)

Gun shot

74.

What is the most likely explanation for the type of injury shown in the following image

a)

Blunt force

b)

Disease

c)

Stabbing

d)

Gun shot

75.

Which instrument is used to monitor a person's physiological reaction?

a)

MRI

b)

Polygraph

c)

Scope

d)

PET

76.

If the majority of a blood spatter has a diameter less than 1 mm, what type of impact velocity caused the spatter?

a)

Passive

b)

Low

c)

Medium

d)

High

77.

Label the correct part of the microscope: Letter G.

a)

Stage

b)

Objective lens

c)

Ocular lens

78.

Label the correct part of the microscope: Letter E

a)

Stage

b)

Objective lens

c)

Ocular lens

79.

Label the correct part of the microscope: Letter A

a)

Stage

b)

Objective lens

c)

Ocular lens

80.

In which age category would a skull with 18 teeth indicate when they died?

a)

Elderly

b)

Infant

c)

Child

d)

Adult

81.

What should be examined in order to determine human hair from animal hair?

a)

Color

b)

Medulla

c)

Cortex

d)

Texture

82.

Which is an example of trace evidence?

a)

All listed options

b)

Blood

c)

Pollen

d)

Gun shot residue

83.

Which procedure uses a magnetic field, radio frequency, pulses, and a computer to produce details of organs?

a)

CT scan

b)

Polygraph

c)

PTE

d)

MRI

84.

What is the function of hair in mammals? (Select all that apply)

a)

Regulate body temperature

b)

Decrease friction

c)

Protect against sunlight (UV light)

d)

Create beauty

e)

Help with sense of touch

85.

What is the structure and function of the hair follicle? (select all that apply)

a)

Sebaceous oil gland conditions hair with oil

b)

Blood vessels at end for growth, repair

c)

Generates hair shaft

d)

Provides hair strength

86.

What is the structure and function of the hair shaft? (select all that apply)

a)

Composed of dead cells

b)

Keratin provides strength

c)

Melanin provides hair color

d)

Contains nuclear DNA

87.

Which part of the brain is responsible for higher brain function such as language, senses, memory, thought and action

a)

cerebral cortex

b)

cerebellum

c)

brainstem

d)

temporal lobe

88.

What tool measures and records a physiological response to stimulus?

a)

MRI

b)

Polygraph

c)

Bertillonage

d)

Divining Rod

89.

The wound shown here is evidence of what injury?

a)

Blunt Force Trauma

b)

Bullet hole

c)

Stab wound

d)

Bite Mark

90.

Which step of the profiling process incorporates the crime scene, chronology, forensic information and police report?

a)

Criminal Profile

b)

Profiling Input

c)

Investigation

d)

Apprehension

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