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WorksheetsIntro to Forensic Science - Spr 2021
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
The premise in which Locard's Exchange Principle is based is that every criminal can be connected to a (a) by dust particles carried from the crime scene.
Which of the following is not an optional service, which maybe provided by a full-service crime laboratory?
Polygraph Unit
Photography Unit
Latent Fingerprint Unit
Vocieprint Analysis Unit
The OLDEST forensic laboratory in the United States is that of the:
F.B.I. Laboratory.
New Jersey State Police Laboratory
Los Angeles Police Department
New York City's Crime Laboratory
Forensic science is defined as "the application of science to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a medical system.
True
False
In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Frye v. United States precedent is an absolute prerequisted to the admissibility of scientific evidence.
True
False
Check all of the reasons for committing a crime.
Reward
Money
Revenge
Emotion
The United States is one of the only a handful of countries in the world that have created and maintained forensic facilities.
True
False
What are the two types of crime scenes?
(a)
The first system of personal identification was fingerprinting.
True
False
All of the following are basic services provided by "full-service crime laboratories" except:
Document Examination Unit
Firearms Unit
Toxicology Unit
Biology Unit
Which discipline does not fall under the umbrella of forensic science:
Anthropology
Pathology
Cryptology
Entomology
Which individual contributed knowledge to the forensic characterization of blood:
Alphonse Bertillon
Albert Osborn
Thomas Taylor
Alec Jefferies
A basic function of a forensic scientist includes:
providing expert testimony.
furnishing training on the proper collection of physical evidence.
analysis of physical evidence.
all of the above.
Check all that have crime labs:
DEA
ATF
Dept of Treasury
FBI
The examination of bitemark evidence and its relation to a criminal investigation is known as:
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Odontology
Forensic Entomology
Forensic Biology
