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WorksheetsPBS 2020 Quiz 4 Unit 1 Forensic Science
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
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?
Trace Evidence
Blood Splatter
DNA Profiling
Pattern evidence
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?
Physical Evidence
Mass Spectrometry
DNA Electrophoresis
Gas Chromatograph (GC)
______ is the red blood cell protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the bloodstream. Provides the red coloring of blood
Rigor Mortis
Toxicology
Narcotics
Hemoglobin
A single test that specifically identifies a substance is called?
Composite Drawing
Confirmation test
Laceration
Abrasion
What is the Examination of Body fluids and organs for the presence or absence of drugs and poisons called?
Toxicology
Pathology
Stimulatlogy
Forensic Science
____ is A cordlike object used for strangulation
Laceration
Abrasion
Ligature
Contusion
Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Scans fingerprints electronically and plots the positions of their ridge characteristics, comparing them with prints in a database
AFIS
Caliber
Ecstasy
Chain of Custody
Fingerprint ridges that rise above one another at their center like an arch are called?
Accelerant
Trauma
Autopsy
Arches
______ is A sketch of a suspect produced from eyewitness descriptions of one or more persons
Forensic Science
Pattern evidence
screening test
Composite Drawing
______ are psychedelic ("mind-manifesting") drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input
Narcotics
Forensic Science
Hallucinogens
Hemoglobin
Fingerprint patterns that resemble small whirlpools revolving around a point are called?
Abrasion
Whorls
Tents
Arches
______ 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
Ecstasy
Hemoglobin
Ketamine
Narcotics
______ 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
DNA
Mitochrondrial DNA (mtDNA)
mRNA
GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate)
The act of ruining evidence by accidentally depositing outside trace evidence, including DNA, on items from a crime scene or suspect is _____
Contamination
Functions of a Forensic Scientist
Forensic work
Criminology
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?
Polygraphy Unit
DNA Profiling
Mass Spectrometry
Presumptive test
Deoxyribonucleic Acid is known as
Ligature
PCR
DNA
RNA
______ is A bruise in which the skin is not broken
Contusion
Abrasion
Absorption
Laceration
The term Before death means?
Manner of Death
Francis Galton
Coroner
Antemortem
DNA Testing that pinpoints ethnicity is called?
Ligature
Forensic Computer and Digital Analysis
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)
Double Nucleotide Polymorphism (DNP)
The term "After death" is...
Crime Scene Investigation
Manner of Death
Postmortem
Antemortem
A synthetic variant of the male hormone testosterone that mimics some of its effects is _____
Latent fingerprint
Composite Drawing
anabolic steroids
Ligature
A wound or a physical or emotional shock to the body is known as _____
Trauma
Abrasion
Fracture
Laceration
____ is a Fuel used to make a deliberately set fire burn more vigorously
Entomology
Laceration
Abrasion
Accelerant
Polymerase chain reaction. A "molecular photocopying" technique that amplifies specific regions of a DNA strand, used to copy DNA is known as ____
Loops
Fracture
Evidence
PCR
_______ is The scientific study of disease and its causes, processes, and effects
Toxicology
Absorptionlogy
Pathology
Anthropology
_______ is A witness who through education and /or experience has knowledge on a subject that aids in the incrimination of a suspect
Medical Examiner
Leone Lattes
Expert Testimony
Evidence Technicians
_____ is A person assigned of a suspect collecting and storing evidence
Medical Examiner
Expert
Evidence Technicians
Crime Scene Investigator
_____ is The diameter of the bore of a rifled firearm, usually expressed in hundredths of an inch or in millimeters
Caliber
Hemoglobin
Genome
Evidence
