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Semester 1 Final Forensic Science

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the Control

a)

Regular eating for the week

b)

No salt eating for the week

c)

Heart rate

d)

Salty Food

2.

Identify the Dependent Variable

a)

Regular eating for the week

b)

No salt eating for the week

c)

Heart rate

d)

Salty Food

3.

Identify the InDependent Variable

a)

Regular eating for the week

b)

No salt eating for the week

c)

Heart rate

d)

Salty Food

4.

Identify the Dependent Variable

a)

Group With free Lunch

b)

Group Without Free Lunch

c)

Productivity

d)

Free Lunch

5.

What should Homer's conclusion be?

a)

The Experiment work

b)

The experiment did not work

c)

Not enough evidence to make an conclusion

6.

Forensic Science is

a)

microscopes used for vapor

b)

the applications of testing

c)

applying principles of science to the law

d)

the application of evidence to testing

7.

What does the Daubert vs Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals explain?

a)

It allowed vaccines in the country.

b)

It explains the four amendments involved in forensic evidence.

c)

It dictates the standards that must be met for evidence to be admissible in court.

d)

It was the first type of standard for the court.

8.

The case that decided that evidence allowed in court depends on what is “generally accepted” by the relevant scientific community was

a)

Frye v United States

b)

Dow v State of Michigan

c)

Frye v Daubert

d)

Daubert v Dow

9.

Who created the Exchange Principal

a)

Edmond Locard

b)

Edward Locard

c)

Edmond Locald

d)

Edward Locald

10.

A cross transfer of evidence between a suspect and victim

a)

Chain of Custody

b)

District Attorney

c)

Locard Exchange principle

11.

True or False: most wrongful convictions are the result of faulty eyewitness testimony.

a)

true

b)

false

12.
Which of the following statements is an inference about the picture
a)
The vase is broken.
b)
The girls' bow is blue and purple.
c)
The girl broke the vase.
d)
The girl has blonde hair.
13.

A sample that comes from a known source is considered:

a)

Control

b)

Questioned

14.

Evidence that is going to change or dissipate over time is called:

a)

Transient

b)

Class

c)

Individual

d)

Circumstantial

15.

Which type of evidence is produced by contact between persons and/or objects?

a)

Conditional

b)

Individual

c)

Class

d)

Pattern

16.

Jewelry found at a crime scene would be considered which type of evidence?

a)

Transfer

b)

Conditional

c)

Associative

d)

Pattern

17.

Hair fibers of victim found in suitcase at a crime scene would be considered which type of evidence?

a)

Transfer

b)

Conditional

c)

Associative

d)

Pattern

18.

Blood, semen, saliva, are examples of what type of classification of evidence?

a)

Chemical

b)

Miscellaneous

c)

Physical

d)

Biological

19.

Factors that affect testimony could be.....

a)

Nature of the offense and the situation in which the crime is observed

b)

Characteristics of the witness

c)

Length of time between the offense and the identification

d)

All of the above

20.

What does Locard's Exhchange Principle state?

a)

every crime will be solved

b)

all physical evidence provides information

c)

every contact leaves trace evidence

d)

crimes cannot be solved without phyiscal evidence

21.

All evidence gathered at a crime scene must be

a)

labeled and documented

b)

analyzed in a scientific manner

c)

Handled carefully so not to contaminate it

d)

all of the above

22.

What does Locard's Exhchange Principle state?

a)

every crime will be solved

b)

all physical evidence provides information

c)

every contact leaves trace evidence

d)

crimes cannot be solved without phyiscal evidence

23.

Which crime scene search pattern is shown in the image?

a)

line (AKA parallel or strip)

b)

grid

c)

zone (AKA quadrant)

d)

spiral

24.

Which crime scene search pattern is shown in the image?

a)

line (AKA parallel or strip)

b)

grid

c)

zone (AKA quadrant)

d)

spiral

25.

Which crime scene search pattern is shown in the image?

a)

line (AKA parallel or strip)

b)

grid

c)

zone (AKA quadrant)

d)

spiral

26.
Chain of custody
a)
the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
b)
(indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not to prove it
c)
the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene
d)
small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at crime scene
27.

Evidence can

a)

provide proof that a crime has been committed

b)
establish key elements of a crime
c)
exonerate the innocent
d)
all of the above
28.

The reason it is important to separate the witnesses at the crime scene is to

a)

prevent contamination of the evidence

b)

prevent fighting among the witnesses

c)

prevent the witnesses from colluding with each other

d)

protect witnesses from the perpetrator

29.

The purpose of a crime scene sketch is to give the courts a ___________ depiction of the crime scene.

a)

rough

b)

made up

c)

accurate

d)

lovely

30.

Chain of custody must be maintained

a)

so that the evidence does not have to be examined again.

b)

or the evidence may not be admitted into court

c)

only by the first officer on the scene

d)

only by the forensic scientist who examines the evidence

e)

all of these are true

31.
What pattern is this?
a)
Loop
b)
Arch
c)
Whorl
32.
What pattern is this?
a)
Loop
b)
Arch
c)
Whorl
33.
What pattern is this?
a)
Loop
b)
Arch
c)
Whorl
34.
The area indicated by "A" in the diagram is known as a(n)
a)
Core
b)
Delta
c)
Whorl
d)
Arch
35.
The area indicated by "B" in the diagram is known as a(n)
a)
Core
b)
Delta
c)
Whorl
d)
Arch
36.

What type of whorl is this?

a)

Accidental

b)

Double loop

c)

Central pocket loop

d)

Tented

37.

What type of whorl is this?

a)

Double loop

b)

Central pocket loop

c)

Accidental

d)

Tented

38.

What are the two patterns found in arches?

a)

Circles and spirals

b)

Plain and tented

c)

Tented and looped

d)

Right loops and left loops

39.
Name this minutiae type
a)
Enclosure
b)
Island (pick me! pick me! you know you want to)
c)
Bifurcation (fork) 
d)
Ridge ending 
40.

Name this minutiae type

a)

Enclosure

b)

Island

c)

Bifurcation (fork)

d)

Ridge ending

41.
Name this minutiae type
a)
Sludge
b)
Island (dot) 
c)
Bifurcation (fork) 
d)
Pore
42.

Match the following

a)
1.

Visible

b)
2.

Plastic

c)
3.

Latent

43.

Identify the minutiaes in this print:

1. ​ ​ ​ (a)  

2.​ ​ (b)  

4.​ (c)  

5.​ (d)  

Choose from the below words
ending ridge
eye
Double Bifurcation
Island
44.
Name this minutiae type
a)
Sludge
b)

Dot 

c)
Bifurcation (fork) 
d)
Pore
45.
Name this minutiae type
a)
Delta
b)
Core
c)
Enclosure (eye) 
d)
Hook (spur)
46.
Name this minutiae type
a)
Bridge 
b)
Island (dot) 
c)
Bifurcation (fork) 
d)
Pore
47.
The picture is for the minutiae _______.
a)
ridge ending
b)
bifurcation
c)
delta
d)
island
48.

Determine the primary identification number for the following patterns taken from a suspect.

a)

9/1

b)

19/4

c)

18/7

d)

19/1

49.

Determine the primary identification number for the following patterns taken from a suspect.

a)

9/1

b)

19/4

c)

18/7

d)

19/1