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Forensics Intro Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the contribution of J. Edgar Hoover to forensics?

a)

fingerprints

b)

head of the FBI

c)

toxicology

d)

ballistics

2.

Forensic odontologists specialize in what?

a)

body fluids

b)

insects

c)

teeth

d)

chemicals

3.

What is an example of trace evidence?

a)

a bloody knife

b)

fingerprints

c)

a gun

d)

soil residue on tire

4.

Francis Galton's contribution to forensics dealt with...

a)

fingerprints

b)

document examination

c)

ballistics

d)

toxicology

5.

Forensic entomology deals with...

a)

body fluids

b)

skeletal remains

c)

insects

d)

car accidents

6.

Once you have taped off a crime scene - what should you do next?

a)

notify the victims family

b)

analyze fingerprints

c)

bag evidence

d)

photographs/sketches

7.

What type of search pattern is this?

a)

linear

b)

grid

c)

spiral

d)

quadrant

8.

What information is NOT needed on your sketch of a crime scene?

a)

scale

b)

name of person that drew it

c)

name of the victim

d)

locations of evidence

9.

Evidence that is NOT visible to the naked eye is called...

a)

trace

b)

meteorological

c)

ambient

d)

latent

10.

Who pioneered the use of detailed body measurements to identify people?

a)

Orfilia

b)

Osborn

c)

Bertillon

d)

Goddard

11.

The branch of forensics that focuses on structural evidence (like car accidents and building collapses) is called forensic...

a)

engineering

b)

computer science

c)

anthropology

d)

serology

12.

This is an example of what search pattern?

a)

linear

b)

grid

c)

quadrant

d)

spiral

13.

Who started the examination of documents and handwriting analysis?

a)

Goddard

b)

Bertillon

c)

Galton

d)

Osborn

14.

An eyewitness to a crime is also called a...

a)

expert witness

b)

fact witness

15.

What branch of forensics deals with skeletal remains?

a)

entomology

b)

anthropology

c)

toxicology

d)

serology

16.

What type of evidence should be placed in an air tight container?

a)

solid dry evidence

b)

bloody clothes

c)

bullet casings

d)

liquid

17.

What type of search pattern is this?

a)

linear

b)

grid

c)

spiral

d)

quadrant

18.

Which would you NOT need to include on a container of collected evidence?

a)

case number

b)

date and time collected

c)

signatures

d)

picture of where it was collected

19.

What was Mathieu Orfilia's contribution to forensic science?

a)

serology

b)

fingerprints

c)

toxicology

d)

ballistics

20.

Expert witnesses are typically NOT asked questions about which of the following in court?

a)

education and training

b)

what they observed at the time of the crime

c)

their opinion

d)

tests they performed

21.

Calvin Goddard pioneered forensic work with bullets, firearms, and shell casings. This is referred to as...

a)

anthropology

b)

odontology

c)

entomology

d)

ballistics

22.

The person that looks into your phone records, social media posts, and bank records works in which part of a forensics lab?

a)

engineering

b)

computer science

c)

serology

d)

anthropology

23.

Figuring out the blood type and DNA profile from a drop of blood found at a crime scene would be the job of which part of the forensics lab?

a)

serology

b)

tocicology

c)

anthropology

d)

odontology

24.

All the people that come into contact with a piece of evidence is called the....

a)

evidence notes

b)

investigator list

c)

chain of evidence

d)

chain of custody

25.

It is very important to take notes about the ambient temperature, decomposition of the body, and weather conditions when collecting what type of evidence?

a)

blood

b)

fingerprint

c)

trace evidence

d)

insect