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Forensics Midterm Review Game 2018-2019

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of fingerprint is this?

a)

Tented Arch

b)

Radial Loop

c)

double whorl loop

d)

accidental whorl

2.

What is ridge characteristic "A"?

a)

dot

b)

delta

c)

ending ridge

d)

hook

3.

What is ridge characteristic "B"?

a)

dot

b)

delta

c)

bridge

d)

hook

4.

What is ridge characteristic "C"?

a)

dot

b)

delta

c)

ending ridge

d)

hook

5.

What is ridge characteristic "D"?

a)

dot

b)

bifurcation

c)

Island ridge

d)

hook

6.

What is ridge characteristic "E"?

a)

dot

b)

bifurcation

c)

Island ridge

d)

hook

7.

This toxin was found in cosmetics (in early 20th century) and could be confused with bismuth. Fanny Creighton utilized this to murder her in-laws, her brother, and a roomate...

a)

arsenic

b)

cycanide

c)

ricin

d)

carbon dioxide

8.

When a fingerprint expert takes the witness stand and says "she's absolutely certain" two fingerprints match, it means she has found ...

a)

At least 8 minutiae

b)

At least 12 minutiae

c)

At least 20 minutiae

d)

At least 50 minutiae

9.

If blood lands on a porous surface, such as wood or ceiling tile, then the edges of the drop form extensions called...

a)

spikes

b)

splats

c)

satellites

d)

gushes

10.

A crime scene sketch should include all of the following EXCEPT?"

a)

a label to indicate the direction of north on the diagram

b)

a scale of size

c)

the location of the crime scene

d)

the type of search pattern detectives used to make the sketch

e)

all of the above should be included

11.

Ninhydrin and Superglue can be used to lift invisible prints because they react with what part of the print?

a)

amino acids

b)

salt found in sweat

c)

lipids found in oils

d)

carbohydrates in the print

12.

This toxin was very slow acting, and was thought to be "good for you" because it shrank tumors. It killed most of the workers in a clock/watch factory during WWI. The body thinks that it is calcium and replaces the calcium in your bones.

a)

Ricin

b)

Radium

c)

Cyanide

d)

Carbon Dioxide

13.

This chemical test is used to detect arsenic and was the first use of toxicology in a jury trial?

a)

Orfila

b)

Jenson

c)

Marsh

d)

Locard

e)

Gross

14.

A material that can be related to a single source

a)

circumstantial evidence

b)

class evidence

c)

individual evidence

d)

direct evidence

15.

It is important to separate witnesses at a crime scene in order to...

a)

Protect them in case the perpetrator is among them

b)

prevent contamination of evidence

c)

prevent them from talking and forming a collusion

d)

prevent them from leaving the scene

16.

which of the following is true about blood spatter?

a)

It can help determine the velocity at which the blood traveled

b)

it can be used to determine angle of impact

c)

it shows the direction the blood traveled

d)

it can be used to locate the point of origin where the blood came from

e)

all of the above are true

17.

A circular drop of blood, dropped at 90 degree angle indicates what kind of injury?

a)

beating

b)

gunshot

c)

dripping wound

d)

blunt onect impact

18.

Which test uses antibodies that react with human blood; that differentiates between human and mammalian blood.

a)

Kastle-Meyer

b)

Luminol

c)

ELISA

d)

Fluorescin

19.

The ability to establish the exact whereabouts of an item of evidence and under whose control it was from its collection at the crime scene to its presentation in the courtroom and everywhere in between is called:

a)

chain of command

b)

chain of custody

c)

continuity of an investigation

d)

record of evidence

20.

Locard's exchange principle implies all of the following EXCEPT?

a)

Fibers can be transferred from one person's clothing to another

b)

Blood at a crime scene can be used to identify blood type

c)

Hair from your pet may be transferred to your clothing

d)

All of the above imply Locard's exchange principle