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Blood and DNA

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does DNA stand for?

a)

deoxyribonucleic acid

b)

Do Not Activate

c)

DiNethyl TryptAmine

d)

Dirty Nucleic Areas

2.

DNA has what kind of shape?

a)

spiral staircase

b)

triple helical

c)

double helix

d)

monohelical

3.

What is PCR?

a)

poly carbon reconnaissance

b)

Polymerase Chain Reaction

c)

Poly copper reductase

d)

polyportables carbon reams

4.

PCR does what to DNA?

a)

copies

b)

cuts

c)

changes

d)

mutates

5.

Restriction enzymes do what to DNA?

a)

copy

b)

cut

c)

change

d)

mutate

6.

Where is DNA in a living organism?

a)

in the nucleus

b)

in mitochondria

c)

in the ribosomes

d)

in both the nucleus & mitochondria

7.

Mitochondrial DNA is passed down from your _______.

a)

mother

b)

father

c)

grandparents

d)

parents

8.

Which person matches the blood stain from the crime scene?

a)

Bob

b)

Sue

c)

John

d)

Lisa

9.

In gel electrophoresis, the DNA is moved through the gel by the way of _____.

a)

the electricity acting on the negatively charged DNA

b)

the gravity acting on the DNA

c)

the magnetic field of the earth

d)

the DNA acts like a living organism and crawls

10.

Which crime scene suspect matches the felon in the database?

a)

S1

b)

S2

c)

S3

11.

Mr. Jones was killed in a car accident.  Afterwards, a former girlfriend filed a paternity suit claiming that Mr. Jones was the father of her child, and thus she was entitled to the man’s estate.  Which sample of DNA would have to be from Mr. Jones if he were the child’s father? 

a)

Sample 1

b)

Sample 2

c)

Sample 3

d)

Sample 4

12.

At a crime scene a small amount of biological material was recovered.   In order to get more DNA to test the forensics team should ____.

a)

run the sample through restriction enzymes

b)

run the sample through gel electrophoresis

c)

subject the sample to STR analysis

d)

run the sample through PCR

13.

Which test is used to detect invisible blood stains?

a)

Kastle-Meyer

b)

Luminol

c)

Precipitin

d)

Huminal

14.

Blood platelets serve what function?

a)

They produce antibodies to kill bacteria and viruses

b)

they help clot blood and repair blood vessel damage

c)

they carry nutrients and wastes to the proper organs in the body

d)

they carry oxygen and carbon dioxide to the proper organs in the body

15.

Small secondary droplets around the main blood spatter are called _____.

a)

spikes

b)

scores

c)

satellites

d)

gushes

16.

In which types of blood cells would we find DNA?

a)

Red blood cells

b)

white blood cells

c)

platelets

d)

red & white blood cells

17.

The drop shown above would have more than likely been dropped from an angle of ____.

a)

90 degrees

b)

50 degrees

c)

30 degrees

d)

10 degrees

18.

The drop shown would have more than likely been dropped from an angle of around _____.

a)

90 degrees

b)

50 degrees

c)

30 degrees

d)

10 degrees

19.

What kind of evidence is blood type?

a)

individual

b)

class

c)

trace

d)

physical

20.

What blood stain pattern is created or formed by the force of gravity acting alone?

a)

passive drop

b)

low velocity impact spatter

c)

drip pattern

d)

flow pattern

21.

What blood stain pattern is created when blood is released or thrown from a blood-bearing object?

a)

cast-off

b)

walking drip

c)

medium velocity

d)

void

22.

What type of blood spatter is typically created from a gunshot?

a)

medium velocity

b)

high velocity

c)

cast-off

d)

void

23.

How does the velocity of impact change the blood stain pattern?

a)

higher velocity = larger diameter

b)

higher velocity = smaller diameter

c)

lower velocity = smaller diameter

d)

medium velocity = small diameter

24.

What blood spatter pattern is seen in the picture?

a)

low velocity

b)

cast-off

c)

arterial spurting

d)

medium velocity

25.

What direction did this blood come from?

a)

top

b)

bottom

c)

left

d)

right

26.

As blood drops from increasing heights, what happens to the size of the blood stain?

a)

gets larger

b)

gets smaller

c)

stays the same

d)

it changes color

27.

What blood spatter pattern is seen in the picture?

a)

transfer/contact

b)

swipe

c)

wipe

d)

saturation

28.

The lines in the picture are illustrating the points/lines of _____.

a)

convergence

b)

agreement

c)

tangents

d)

credit

29.

Which letter best shows the convergence point (origin point)?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

30.

What can blood spatter evidence give you insight into?

a)

the weapon used

b)

the handedness of the assailant

c)

the order of events

d)

the angle of impact

e)

all of these can come from blood spatter

31.

What are the possibilities of the child's blood types if one parent is AB and the other parent is O?

a)

100% O

b)

100% AB

c)

50% A & 50% B

d)

100% A

32.

A man with type AB blood is married to a woman with type O blood. They have two natural children and one adopted child. Jane has type A blood, Jordan has type B blood, and Marlin has type O blood. Which child was adopted? (HINT: USE A PUNNETT SQUARE if needed)

a)

Jane

b)

Jordan

c)

Marlin

d)

Both Jane & Jordan

e)

all of the children are adopted

33.

What type of blood does this person have?

a)

A+

b)

A-

c)

B+

d)

B-

e)

AB+

34.

In the DNA strand:    CCGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGTACGGATTGGCCTATA

What is the STR and how many times does it repeat?

a)

CCGT, 1

b)

GATT, 2

c)

GTAC, 12

d)

TA, 2

35.

If a strand of DNA has the base pairs  GGAATTCCGCAT, what is the complementary strand of that DNA?

a)

GGAATTCCGCAT

b)

TACGCCTTAAGG

c)

CCTTAAGGCGTA

d)

none of these

36.

There are 4 strands of DNA, one with 25 base pairs, one with 18 base pairs, one with 15 base pairs and one with 7 base pairs. Which one would travel fastest(and further) through the gel in electrophoresis?

a)

25

b)

18

c)

15

d)

7