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PBS 2020 Quiz 4 Unit 1 Forensic Science

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Material deposited at a crime or accident scene that can only be detected through a deliberate processing procedure. An individual entering any environment will deposit traces of his or her presence, and this material can be used as evidence. Examples- hairs and fibers is called?

a)

Trace Evidence

b)

Blood Splatter

c)

DNA Profiling

d)

Pattern evidence

2.

The technique by which DNA fragments are placed in a gel and charged with electricity. An applied electric field then separates the fragments by size, as part of the process of creating a genetic profile is called?

a)

Physical Evidence

b)

Mass Spectrometry

c)

DNA Electrophoresis

d)

Gas Chromatograph (GC)

3.

______ is the red blood cell protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the bloodstream. Provides the red coloring of blood

a)

Rigor Mortis

b)

Toxicology

c)

Narcotics

d)

Hemoglobin

4.

A single test that specifically identifies a substance is called?

a)

Composite Drawing

b)

Confirmation test

c)

Laceration

d)

Abrasion

5.

What is the Examination of Body fluids and organs for the presence or absence of drugs and poisons called?

a)

Toxicology

b)

Pathology

c)

Stimulatlogy

d)

Forensic Science

6.

____ is A cordlike object used for strangulation

a)

Laceration

b)

Abrasion

c)

Ligature

d)

Contusion

7.

Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Scans fingerprints electronically and plots the positions of their ridge characteristics, comparing them with prints in a database

a)

AFIS

b)

Caliber

c)

Ecstasy

d)

Chain of Custody

8.

Fingerprint ridges that rise above one another at their center like an arch are called?

a)

Accelerant

b)

Trauma

c)

Autopsy

d)

Arches

9.

______ is A sketch of a suspect produced from eyewitness descriptions of one or more persons

a)

Forensic Science

b)

Pattern evidence

c)

screening test

d)

Composite Drawing

10.

______ are psychedelic ("mind-manifesting") drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input

a)

Narcotics

b)

Forensic Science

c)

Hallucinogens

d)

Hemoglobin

11.

Fingerprint patterns that resemble small whirlpools revolving around a point are called?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Whorls

c)

Tents

d)

Arches

12.

______ are a class of opium-related drugs that suppress the sensation of pain by binding to and stimulating the nervous system's natural receptor sites for endorphins

a)

Ecstasy

b)

Hemoglobin

c)

Ketamine

d)

Narcotics

13.

______ is Used to trace ancestry. Type of DNA located in the mitochondrion of most cells. Last longer than nuclear DNA. Only comes from the mother

a)

DNA

b)

Mitochrondrial DNA (mtDNA)

c)

mRNA

d)

GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate)

14.

The act of ruining evidence by accidentally depositing outside trace evidence, including DNA, on items from a crime scene or suspect is _____

a)

Contamination

b)

Functions of a Forensic Scientist

c)

Forensic work

d)

Criminology

15.

Lie Detection by means of a machine that charts how respiration and other bodily functions change as questions are asked of the person being tested. Also known as a polygraph. An attempt to knowingly provide false answers can cause changes in bodily functions is called?

a)

Polygraphy Unit

b)

DNA Profiling

c)

Mass Spectrometry

d)

Presumptive test

16.

Deoxyribonucleic Acid is known as

a)

Ligature

b)

PCR

c)

DNA

d)

RNA

17.

______ is A bruise in which the skin is not broken

a)

Contusion

b)

Abrasion

c)

Absorption

d)

Laceration

18.

The term Before death means?

a)

Manner of Death

b)

Francis Galton

c)

Coroner

d)

Antemortem

19.

DNA Testing that pinpoints ethnicity is called?

a)

Ligature

b)

Forensic Computer and Digital Analysis

c)

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)

d)

Double Nucleotide Polymorphism (DNP)

20.

The term "After death" is...

a)

Crime Scene Investigation

b)

Manner of Death

c)

Postmortem

d)

Antemortem

21.

A synthetic variant of the male hormone testosterone that mimics some of its effects is _____

a)

Latent fingerprint

b)

Composite Drawing

c)

anabolic steroids

d)

Ligature

22.

A wound or a physical or emotional shock to the body is known as _____

a)

Trauma

b)

Abrasion

c)

Fracture

d)

Laceration

23.

____ is a Fuel used to make a deliberately set fire burn more vigorously

a)

Entomology

b)

Laceration

c)

Abrasion

d)

Accelerant

24.

Polymerase chain reaction. A "molecular photocopying" technique that amplifies specific regions of a DNA strand, used to copy DNA is known as ____

a)

Loops

b)

Fracture

c)

Evidence

d)

PCR

25.

_______ is The scientific study of disease and its causes, processes, and effects

a)

Toxicology

b)

Absorptionlogy

c)

Pathology

d)

Anthropology

26.

_______ is A witness who through education and /or experience has knowledge on a subject that aids in the incrimination of a suspect

a)

Medical Examiner

b)

Leone Lattes

c)

Expert Testimony

d)

Evidence Technicians

27.

_____ is A person assigned of a suspect collecting and storing evidence

a)

Medical Examiner

b)

Expert

c)

Evidence Technicians

d)

Crime Scene Investigator

28.

_____ is The diameter of the bore of a rifled firearm, usually expressed in hundredths of an inch or in millimeters

a)

Caliber

b)

Hemoglobin

c)

Genome

d)

Evidence