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WorksheetsReview Intro to Forensics
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 42mins
Who was the first to introduce firearms examinations?
John Evangelist Purkinje
Joseph Bell
Alphonse Bertillon
Calvin Goddard
Who was the first to apply anthropometry (body measurements) to forensic science?
John Evangelist Purkinje
Joseph Bell
Alphonse Bertillon
Calvin Goddard
Who was the first to develop a fingerprint identification system?
Francis Galton
Bill Bass
J. Edgar Hoover
Alec Jeffreys
Who was the first to organize a FBI crime lab?
Francis Galton
Bill Bass
J. Edgar Hoover
Alec Jeffreys
Who was the first person to establish a police laboratory and known as the father of criminalistics?
Edmund Locard
Bernard Spilsbury
Mathieu Orfila
Roman Quintilian
Which is the most accurate statement about the Locard Exchange Principle?
It states that violent crimes always produce trace evidence.
It states that trace evidence is created in all crimes.
It states that perpetrators of violent crimes will always bring trace into a crime scene and take trace away from the crime scene.
It states that there is no perfect crime.
Select all that applies to criminology.
It includes the study of criminals and why they commit crimes
It is the application of science to providing evidence in criminal cases
It is the study of crime prevention
It involves collecting, examining, and drawing conclusions about evidence found at a crime scene.
Select all that applies to criminalistics.
It includes the study of criminals and why they commit crimes
It is the application of science to providing evidence in criminal cases
It is the study of crime prevention
It involves collecting, examining, and drawing conclusions about evidence found at a crime scene.
Which of the following is NOT a career in criminalistics?
Forensic Scientist
Drug Enforcement Officer
Lab Analyst
Medical Examiner
Which crime lab is headquartered in Washington, DC and is part of the nation's main law enforcement agency
ATF
FBI
USPS
DEA
Which crime lab investigates the trafficking of illegal substances into and out of the US?
ATF
FBI
USPS
DEA
If poisons were sent through the mail, which crime lab would investigate?
ATF
FBI
USPS
DEA
Which federal law enforcement organization investigates and prevents the unlawful use, manufacture, and possession of firearms and explosives; acts of arson and bombings; and illegal trafficking?
ATF
FBI
USPS
DEA
The 4 major roles and responsibilities of a forensic scientist are: to recognize, collect, and preserve physical evidence and to train others to do so; to analyze physical data; to determine admissibility of evidence in court; and to provide expert testimony in court.
True
False
Select all that is true of the Frye Standard.
It was founded based on a 1923 murder case where the defense attorney attempted to use systolic blood pressure (an untested method at the time) to prove his client's innocence.
In order to be admitted as evidence at trial, the procedure, technique or principles must be “generally accepted” by the scientific community
Replaced the Daubert Ruling
Was replaced by the Daubert Ruling
Which of the following does not contribute to eye witness reports?
Age
Use of Drugs
If they wear glasses
Race
Incorrect Eye witness identifications account for how many wrongful convictions?
25%
50%
75%
83%
Which of the following categories of the crime is the most severe?
infraction
misdemeanor
felony
Which type of witness is called to testify to their opinions on a specific matter?
lay
character
expert
informative
The application of a broad range of sciences to answer legal questions
Health Science
Biology
Physical Science
Forensic Science
In 1993 the _____ standard determined that judges decided when evidence was admissible in court.
Frye
Locard
Daubert
Miranda
Eyewitness accounts of crime scene events vary considerably from one person to another. Why?
Interest
Stress
Concentration
distrations
all of the above
A person who has seen something or someone and can communicate these facts is
an eyewitness
an personal observer
a court recorder
none of these
Perception is
faulty
not the best reflection of reality
not always accurate
all of these
all evidence is admisable in court
true
false
Deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps is
Impossible
logic
deception
deductive reasoning
In order to get a warrant you need to prove
probably cause
reasonable doubt
a crime scene
none of these
A jury is needed for which type of law
criminal
cival
statutory
public
The Innocence Project uses ____________ to help set innocent people free from jail.
DNA evidence
physical evidence
circumstantial evidence
What is your miranda right
What is the 6 admendment?
Which of these is a violation of someone's Fifth Amendment rights?
subjecting them to cruel & unusual punishment
forcing them to testify against themselves
denying them their freedom of speech
denying them a fair trial in front of a jury
Forensics is the application of scientific knowledge to (a) questions.
Forensic Science is
microscopes used for vapor
the applications of testing
applying principles of science to the law
the application of evidence to testing
What does Locard's exchange principle state?
Every crime will be solved
Every contact leaves trace evidence
All physical evidence provides information
Crimes cannot be solved without physical evidence
A defendant is informed of the charges against him/her and enters a plea during a
preliminary hearing
arraignment
plea barganing
grand jury
