Forensics Final

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Quiz am Forensics Final, erstellt von Cynthia Briest am 17/12/2014.
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

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Two similar but separate optical microscopes for observation by both eyes simultaneously for low to medium magnification in the range of 4 to 40x describes which of the following?
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  • Scanning electron microscope
  • Polarizing light microscope
  • Comparison microscope
  • Stereo binocular microscope

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Which of the following microscopes permits viewing of samples at much greater magnification and resolution that is possible by light microscopes. Magnification is possible in the range of 10 to 100,000.
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  • Compound binocular microscope
  • Scanning electron microscope
  • Polarizing light microscope
  • Comparison microscope

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Regarding broken glass, these are fractures that appear to circle around the point of impact.
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  • Concentric cracks
  • Circular cracks
  • Radial cracks
  • Circulatory cracks

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Hairs cannot be distinguished as to racial origin.
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  • True
  • False

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The layer of scales covering the shaft of the hair is known as which of the following?
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  • Medulla
  • Cuticle
  • Distal
  • Cortex

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The center portion of the hair is known as which of the following?
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  • Medulla
  • Cuticle
  • Distal
  • Cortex

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Which of the following types of hair can be analyzed side by side under a microscope?
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  • Limb hair
  • Facial hair
  • Axillary hair
  • Pubic hair

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The make, model, year, and color of a vehicle can possibly be determined by the finding of a paint chip at the scene of a hit and run
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  • True
  • False

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Which of the following is NOT a base element contained in gunshot residue?
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  • Nitrogen
  • Barium
  • Antimony
  • Lead

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Only important photographs depicting evidence should be included in a photograph log.
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  • True
  • False

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What is the correct order for photographing a crime scene?
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  • Overall, close-up, midrange
  • Close-up, midrange, overall
  • Midrange, overall, close-up
  • Overall, midrange, close-up

Frage 12

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The device that allows light to pass through to the imaging system for a specified period of time.
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  • Aperture
  • Focus ring
  • Shutter
  • BIOS

Frage 13

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ISO numbers indicate the level of _____________________ of the camera to light.
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  • Placement
  • Direction
  • Sensitivity
  • Speed

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What is the most important factor in digital imaging?
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  • Speed
  • Light
  • Time
  • Distance

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Depth of field can be increased by making the aperture number smaller.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 16

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Objects of interest and evidence should be shot at ____________ degrees.
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  • 45
  • 60
  • 75
  • 90

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Which of the following is not one of the options available on most digital single lens reflex cameras?
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  • White balance
  • Gray scale
  • ISO sensitivity
  • Image quality

Frage 18

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Regarding the aperture of the camera, the smaller the number, the smaller the opening in the lens.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 19

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The main advantage of using digital cameras at crime scenes is that a photograph may be deleted if not useable for the case.
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  • True
  • False

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The device that uses a high voltage to transfer a dry origin dust or residue impression to a black film is known as a(n):
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  • Gel lifter
  • Alternate lifter
  • Electrostatic lifter
  • Electromagnetic lifter

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The approximate amount of dental stone to be used to cast one standard size shoe impression is:
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  • One pound
  • Two pounds
  • Three pounds
  • Five pounds

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Three dimensional impressions should be cast with _____________________.
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  • Venetian blue
  • Cement
  • Glue
  • Dental stone

Frage 23

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Lighting that is cast across an object at an angle almost parallel to that object is known as ________________ lighting.
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  • Oblique
  • Direct
  • Softened
  • Diametric

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When a vehicle is turning, the rear tires will track to the inside of the front tires.
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  • True
  • Flase

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Protein staining dyes such as amido black and Coomassie Blue R250 are used mainly to enhance prints in ___________________ .
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  • Dyes
  • Salts
  • Water
  • Blood

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The minimum time it takes a dental stone cast to harden enough to lift is:
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  • 5 minutes
  • 20 minutes
  • One hour
  • Two hours

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The raised rubber design on a tire are called:
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  • Octagonal design
  • Design elements
  • Pattern
  • Wear bars

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The relative dimensions between two or more tires of the same vehicle is/are known as ___________________________.
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  • Tire tracks
  • Tire impressions
  • Tire width
  • Tire length

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Impressions made on non-giving surfaces such as tile, linoleum, wood flooring and also including paper, plastics, doors, carpeting, broken glass, etc. are known as:
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  • Two dimensional impressions
  • Three dimensional impressions
  • Quad dimensional impressions
  • Lighted only impressions

Frage 30

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Adobe Photoshop can be used to enhance shoe and tire impressions.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 31

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When taking examination quality photographs of shoe impressions the camera should be handheld directly above the impression.
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  • True
  • False

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A print that requires additional processing to be rendered visible and suitable for comparison is known as a(n) ____________________ print.
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  • Latent
  • Patent
  • Plastic
  • Accidental

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Which of the following statements is true regarding examination quality photographs?
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  • Photos must be taken from 45 degrees over the impression.
  • Camera format must be 50mm or larger and capable of automatic focus
  • A scale must be placed in each photograph with the scale being the same depth as the impression.
  • Direct lighting should be used from at least three sides.

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Which of the following is a method of developing and/or lifting two dimensional shoe impressions?
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  • Dental stone
  • Cement
  • Electrostatic dust lifter
  • Plaster of Paris

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Gait characteristics can be used to positively identify a suspect.
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  • True
  • False

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Which agency maintains the footwear database?
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  • RCMP
  • ATF
  • FBI
  • DEA

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The tread wear indicator must appear at least _________ times on a tire.
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  • Two
  • Four
  • Six
  • Eight

Frage 38

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The following is a photograph of which type of microscope?
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  • Polarzing light microscope
  • Compound binocular microscope
  • Stereo binocular microscope
  • Scanning electron microscope

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Who submitted an affidavit of his examination of bloodstain evidence and findings in the case of State of Ohio v. Samuel Sheppard in 1955, which became a significant milestone in the recognition of bloodstain evidence by the American legal system?
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  • Dr. Eduard Piotrowski
  • Herbert Leon MacDonell
  • Dr. Paul Kirk
  • Dr. Victor Balthazard

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Defined as the force that pulls the surface molecules of a liquid toward its interior, decreasing the surface area and causing the liquid to resist penetration?
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  • Viscosity
  • Surface Tension
  • Molecular Forces
  • Molecular Tension

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In the drawing below, which of the bullet holes in the glass was fired first?
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  • Left
  • Right

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What are areas or patterns that result from the absence of bloodstains in otherwise continuous patters of staining?
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  • Expirated patterns
  • Transfer patterns
  • Cast off patterns
  • Void patterns

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Luminol is best used in what kind of environment?
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  • Darkened
  • Extremely bright
  • Over exposed
  • Does not matter

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What is the range of the total volume of blood in healthy individuals?
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  • 1.0 - 3.0 liters
  • 4.0 - 5.5 liters
  • 4.5 - 6.0 liters
  • 8.0 - 9.0 liters

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What is determined by examining the edge characteristics of individual stains?
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  • Terminal velocity
  • Area of convergence
  • Direction of flight
  • Area of origin

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What degree of impact is associated with blood that has a circular shape?
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  • 30 degrees
  • 50 degrees
  • 80 degrees
  • 90 degrees

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The misting effect is a pattern associated mostly with what action?
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  • Gunshot
  • Beatings
  • Stabbings
  • Blood dripping

Frage 48

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What bloodstain patterns have a linear directionality associated with them?
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  • Cast off
  • Satellite
  • Drip
  • Splashed

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What bloodstaining includes transfer, flow patterns, saturation stains, and stains from dripping blood?
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  • Active
  • Passive
  • Cast off
  • Satellite

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The nuclei of the red blood cells are the sources of DNA in the blood.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 51

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What type of target surface a drop of blood strikes will create little if any spatter?
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  • Smooth tile
  • Asphalt
  • Wood
  • Concrete

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Who was the coroner replaced by in1977in Massachusetts?
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  • Pathologist
  • Medical Examiner
  • Pathologist assistant
  • Judge

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How do coroners obtain their positions?
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  • Appointed by judge
  • Appointed by board of educators
  • Elected
  • None of the above

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Who is the physician that specializes in pathology and the diagnosis of disease and sub specializes in the area between law and medicine?
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  • Coroner
  • Medical Examiner
  • Pathologist
  • Pathologist assistant

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What is defined as the disease or injury that initiated the lethal chain of events that led to death?
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  • Mechanism of death
  • Manner of death
  • Cause of death
  • All of the above

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The acronym NASH is a breakdown of the four what?
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  • Mechanism of death
  • Manner of death
  • Cause of death
  • All of the above

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What change(s) are used to estimate time of death?
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  • Rigor mortis
  • Livor mortis
  • Algor mortis
  • All of the above

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What technique is customary in the United States for autopsy examination?
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  • Transverse incision
  • Neck incision
  • Inframammary incision
  • X-shaped incision

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What specimens are usually collected to determine the presence of common drugs of abuse?
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  • Blood and urine
  • Blood and bile
  • Bile and urine
  • Spinal fluid and bile

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What trauma occurs when applied physical force exceeds the tensile strength of the tissue to which the force is applied?
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  • Mechanical
  • Thermal
  • Chemical
  • Electrical

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What type of object produces lacerations rather than incised wounds?
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  • Blunt object
  • Sharp object
  • Electrical object
  • All of the above

Frage 62

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What color do carboxymyoglibin and carboxyhemoglobin appear as?
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  • Bright red
  • Dull green
  • Bright pink
  • Bright blue

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What term is used to describe the pattern of unburned powder that penetrates the skin?
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  • Stippling
  • Close contact pattern
  • Distant wound pattern
  • Powder pattern

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What causes entrance wounds to be round and/or elliptical?
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  • Bullet trajectory
  • Rotation from rifling
  • Proximity
  • Bullet wipe

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What drug is most commonly seen in forensic practice but rarely kills directly and is a contributory factor in approximately 50% of traumatic death?
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  • Ethanol
  • Marijuana
  • Cocaine
  • None of the above

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What is the mechanism of death generally associated with thermal burns?
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  • Multiple organ failure
  • Hemorrhaging
  • Contusions
  • Infectious spreading

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What combination of current and voltage produces ventricular fibrillation?
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  • Alternating current (AC) and high voltage
  • Alternating current (AC) and low voltage
  • Resistor–capacitor (RC) and high voltage
  • Resistor–capacitor (RC) and low voltage

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The size of a sharp object can be precisely determined from examination of the characteristics of the wound.
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  • True
  • False

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Where was the pivotal article on examining skeletal remains written by W.M. Krogman in 1939 published?
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  • Journal of Forensic Science
  • FBI Bulletin
  • Journal of Forensic Anthropology
  • Anthropological News

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Approximately how many bones does the adult human skeleton have?
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  • 408
  • 307
  • 206
  • 105

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What animal’s paws are notoriously similar to human hands and feet?
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  • Bear
  • Lion
  • Dog
  • Sloth

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Insects colonize humans differently than they colonize dead animals.
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  • True
  • False

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Which of the following generally develops earlier?
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  • Males
  • Females
  • Both develop at the same rate
  • Depends on fetal development

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How many teeth do most human adults have?
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  • 23
  • 32
  • 42
  • 45

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When does tooth development begin?
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  • Fetal life
  • Newborn
  • Infant
  • Toddler

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Prior to what do most anthropologists not attempt to assign sex?
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  • Adolescence
  • Puberty
  • Menopause
  • None of the above

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What skeletal feature do many methods use for forensic ancestry attribution?
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  • Femur
  • Pubic symphysis
  • Skull
  • Teeth

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Scientific certainty is generally restricted to what percent levels?
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  • 10%
  • 50%
  • 70%
  • 90% or higher

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When recovering remains the scene is destroyed as the evidence and remains are removed.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 80

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What is one of the most important factors that impact insect development?
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  • Egg location
  • Temperature
  • Body position
  • None of the above

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What term is defined as the study of insects?
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  • Entomology
  • Biology
  • Agrology
  • Insectology

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After how many hours are most of the biological changes, typically used to estimate time of death, completed?
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  • 12-24 hours
  • 24-48 hours
  • 48-72 hours
  • 72-102 hours

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What insect’s predictable development is used in estimating elapsed time since death?
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  • Gryllustexensis
  • Catocala relicta
  • Larval diptera
  • All of the above

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What are the first insects usually attracted to remains?
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  • Flies
  • Maggots
  • Beetles
  • Cockroach

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How is a fly quickly attracted to a dead body?
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  • Sight
  • Odors
  • Both A and B
  • Flies aren't attracted to a carcass, maggots are

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What location on the body do flies prefer to lay their eggs to increase the chance of success of the offspring?
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  • Wound
  • Clavicle
  • Neck
  • Does not matter

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Blowflies are nocturnal
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  • True
  • False

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The infestation of living human or other vertebrate animals with dipteran larvae is termed what?
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  • Mitosis
  • Myosis
  • Myiasis
  • Mitiasis

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What is considered court approved information that is used to determine a defendant’s guilt or innocence?
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  • Expert Testimony
  • Eye-Witness Testimony
  • Evidence
  • Rules of Evidence

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Admissibility or inadmissibility of trial information is determined by the application of what?
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  • Expert Testimony
  • Eye-Witness Testimony
  • Evidence
  • Rules of Evidence

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What must admissible evidence be?
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  • Reliable and relevant
  • Testimonial evidence
  • Expert approved
  • Jury approved

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What jurisdiction(s) do the Federal Rules of Evidence apply to?
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  • All
  • Federal
  • State
  • Local

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What name did the Daubert decision refer to the judge as?
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  • Gatekeeper
  • Trier of the fact
  • Plaintiff
  • King/Queen

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What kind of evidence is forensic evidence considered?
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  • Direct
  • Circumstantial
  • Both
  • None of the above

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What type of evidence comes into court and does not reference a particular suspect?
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  • Class characteristic
  • Individual characteristic
  • Inculpatory
  • Exculpatory

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The federal rules of evidence are inclusionary in nature, meaning they serve to include all information presented by either side.
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  • True
  • False

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The forensic part of forensic evidence refers to the scientific process through which facts are generated and the evidence part refers to a distinct set of procedures that are unique to the litigation process.
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  • True
  • False

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The criminalist’s responsible to report conclusions in a timely and consistent manner and determine guilt.
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  • True
  • False

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What were the scientists responsible for the early discoveries in forensic science considered due to the fact that they worked in many forensic disciplines?
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  • Specialists
  • Generalists
  • Chemists
  • Examiners

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Who is responsible for developing probability models ,showing that fingerprints were unique?
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  • Alphonse Bertillon
  • Calvin Goddard
  • Victor Balthazard
  • Edmund Locard

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Who is credited with developing the first classification system for fingerprints?
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  • Charles Darwin
  • Sir Francis Galton
  • Edmund Locard
  • Mathieu Orfila

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Who is credited with establishing scientific examination of firearms in the United States?
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  • Calvin Goddard
  • Edmund Locard
  • Mathieu Orfila
  • Victor Balthazard

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What was Edmund Locard’s main interest in forensic science?
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  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Trace Evidence
  • Toxicology

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What term describes when a laboratory has agreed to operate according to a professional or industry standard and has proven that it can and does operate this way?
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  • Accreditation
  • Certification
  • Attestation
  • Quality Assurance

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How is an expert’s qualification to testify established?
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  • Direct Examination
  • Cross Examination
  • Voir Dire
  • Re-cross Examination

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Anthropometry remained widely used into the early 1900’s when fingerprints began to replace it.
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  • True
  • False

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The difference of opinion between two experts indicates that one of the experts is unethical.
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  • True
  • False

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Linkage of persons, scenes or objects is based on what?
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  • Edmond Locard’s exchange principle
  • Hans Gross’ principle on the value of physical evidence
  • Sir Francis Galton’s classification system
  • Alphonse Bertillon’s measurement system

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Duties of the First Responder consist of which of the following?
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  • Detain any witnesses
  • Protect the crime scene
  • Document any changes or alterations to the crime scene
  • All of the above

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There are two basic types of sketches as part of crime scene investigation: Rough and what other?
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  • Final
  • Initial
  • Perfect
  • None of the above

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What is the process of determining or eliminating the events that could have occurred at the crime scene by the analysis of the crime scene appearance, location and position of physical evidence, and the forensic laboratory examination of the physical evidence?
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  • Sketching the crime scene
  • Photographing the crime scene
  • Reconstructing the crime scene
  • Video recording the crime scene

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A crime scenes boundaries are permanent and cannot change once defined.
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  • True
  • False

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The six patterns of searching a crime scene are: link, line or strip, grid, zone, wheel, and spiral methods?
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  • True
  • False

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Which of the following is not a technique for obtaining measurements for the crime scene sketch?
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  • Rectangular coordinates
  • Baseline
  • Triangulation
  • Four corner

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Which of the following is not a component of crime scene documentation?
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  • Notes
  • Sketches
  • Testimony
  • Photographs

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How many pairs of chromosomes, including the gender chromosome, do humans have?
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  • 4
  • 15
  • 23
  • 26

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How many loci have been selected as the standard in the United States?
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  • 6
  • 10
  • 13
  • 24

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Who is mitochondrial DNA inherited from?
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  • Both parents
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Neither

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What does the acronym CODIS stand for?
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  • Central Organization of DNA Information Standards
  • Combined DNA Integrative Software
  • Combined DNA Information Systems
  • Central Office of DNA Integrative Systems

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The first DNA tests developed by Sir Alec Jeffreys were known as Replication Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) tests.
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  • True
  • False

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The replication of DNA for analysis is a process known as:
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  • RFLP
  • STR
  • PCR
  • CODIS

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Attacks against the science of DNA are now rare in court.
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  • True
  • False

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Which of the following is not a possible outcome of a DNA analysis?
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  • Exclusion
  • Non-exclusion
  • Inconclusive
  • Probable

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The name of the provider of the DNA sample is included in a CODIS DNA profile.
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  • True
  • False

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Current DNA tests examine genes for information on eye color, height, and hair color.
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  • True
  • False

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When did the concept of drugs being legal or illegal come about in the United States?
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  • 1920's
  • 1960's
  • 1970's
  • 1990's

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The Controlled Substances Act classifies drugs into how many schedules?
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  • 3
  • 5
  • 7
  • 10

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What type of examination identifies physical characteristics specific to plants that are considered controlled substances?
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  • Botanical examination
  • Biological examinations
  • Serological examinations
  • Chemical examinations

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What is the chemical color test to confirm the presence of cannabinoids and THC?
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  • Duquenois Levine test
  • Marquis test
  • Cobalt thiocyanate test
  • Phenolphthalein test

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What is the component of the peyote button that produces hallucinogenic effects?
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  • THC
  • Psilocin
  • Mescaline
  • Cocaine

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Schedule V drugs have the highest potential for abuse and have no accepted medicinal uses.
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  • True
  • False

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The possession of mushrooms is technically legal.
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  • True
  • False

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Which of the following is an example of a Schedule I drug?
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  • Heroin
  • Morphine
  • Cocaine
  • Cannabis

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Which of the following is required in a criminal prosecution of possession of a controlled substance?
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  • Amount of substance in the court exhibit
  • Spectroscopy
  • Identification
  • Instrumentation used

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There are two crucial aspects to the investigation of arson. The first is the determination of the cause of the fire. The second is:
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  • Identification of the suspect
  • Gathering of insurance information
  • Determination of motive
  • Determination of the origin

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The rapid oxidation process with the evolution of heat and light is the definition of:
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  • Explosion
  • Fire
  • Pyrolysis
  • Detonation

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Any substance that will burn or support combustion is known as:
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  • Heat
  • Flame
  • Fuel
  • Volatile reaction

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Which of the following is not acceptable as an evidence container for suspected arson evidence?
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  • Paint cans
  • Nylon bags
  • Plastic bags
  • Glass jars

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What is the primary cause of death in fatal fires?
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  • Multiple organ failure
  • Burning
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Carbon dioxide poisoning

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Normal atmospheric air contains what percentage oxygen?
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  • 10%
  • 21%
  • 38%
  • 74%

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The transfer of heat by a circulating medium, usually air or liquid, is known as:
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  • Radiation
  • Compression
  • Convection
  • Conduction

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This type of heat moves in invisible waves and travels the same speed as visible light:
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  • Radiation
  • Compression
  • Convection
  • Conduction

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Which of the following is not an element of the fire tetrahedron?
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  • Fuel
  • Oxidation
  • Oxygen
  • Heat

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Fuel can exist in three states: solid, liquid, and gas. Each of these three states can be volatized and consumed.
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  • True
  • False

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The temperature at which a liquid gives off sufficient vapors to form an ignitable mixture at it’s surface is known as the:
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  • Upper combustible limit
  • Fire point
  • Lower combustible limit
  • Flash point

Frage 146

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Which of the following is not a basic method of heat production?
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  • Chemical
  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • Accidental

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Fires will generally extend horizontally and vertically from the point of origin and follow the path of least resistance.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 148

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Fire intensity doubles for every __________ degrees Fahrenheit rise in temperature.
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  • 18
  • 32
  • 50
  • 120

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Which of the following is not a classification of fire cause?
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  • Providential
  • Accidental
  • Revenge
  • Incendiary

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Motor vehicles usually only have two sources of ignition in fires. The first is electrical. The second is:
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  • Providential
  • Incendiary
  • Chemical
  • Compressed fuel

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The flash point of gasoline is 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
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  • True
  • False

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There are two characteristics of fingerprints that makes them capable of being used as a means of personal identification. The first is that fingerprints are unique. The second is that:
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  • Fingerprint patterns are unique
  • Depth of friction ridges are unique
  • Fingerprints degrade with age
  • Fingerprints do not change

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At what point in life do fingerprints form?
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  • Immediately after birth
  • At inception
  • 12th to 13th week of development
  • Between the first and second year of birth

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It has been shown that identical twins can have identical fingerprints.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 155

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Which of the following is not an area in which friction ridge skin exists on the body?
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  • Soles of the feet
  • Fingers
  • Palms
  • Forehead

Frage 156

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Which of the following is not a fingerprint pattern?
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  • Double loop whorl
  • Tented arch
  • Palmar whorl
  • Ulnar loop

Frage 157

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Which of the following is not minutiae used to identify fingerprints?
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  • Looped ridge
  • Ending ridge
  • Ridge dot
  • Bifurcation

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This fingerprint pioneer published the book Finger Prints that is still regarded as a classic in the field of fingerprint identification.
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  • Sir William Herschel
  • Sir Francis Galton
  • Sir Edward Henry
  • Sir Alec Jeffreys

Frage 159

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The following graphic is usually referred to as a(n):
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  • Felony card
  • Arrest card
  • Ten print card
  • Application card

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AFIS is the Automatic Fingerprint identification System.
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  • True
  • False

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The national criminal database maintained by the FBI is:
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  • AFIS
  • NIBIN
  • IAFIS
  • IBIS

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A plastic print is an evidentiary print that is invisible at a crime scene.
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  • True
  • False

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Evidentiary fingerprints are composed of approximately ________ % water.
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  • 25.5
  • 50.2
  • 75.6
  • 98.5

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Which of the following is not a physical method for developing latent prints?
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  • Magnetic brush and powder
  • Powder dusting
  • Iodine fuming
  • Small particle reagent

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A method used to develop latent prints on wet surfaces is known as:
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  • Iodine fuming
  • Cyanoacrylate ester fuming
  • Gentian violet
  • Small particle reagent

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Iodine fuming will ruin documents on which it is applied.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 167

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Ninhydrin reacts with what substance left in fingerprints?
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  • Water
  • Salts
  • Pheromones
  • Amino acids

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Amido black and Coomassie Blue R250 are chemicals used to enhance impressions made in:
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  • Water
  • Fats
  • Blood
  • Semen

Frage 169

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Which of the following is used for processing the adhesive side of tape?
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  • Small particle reagent
  • Cyanoacrylate esters
  • Gentian violet
  • Rhodamine 6G

Frage 170

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Obtaining latent prints from human bodies has proven to be very successful.
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  • True
  • False

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When processing an item of evidence for the presence of latent prints, always start with the least destructive methods.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 172

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The acronym ACE-V is:
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  • A methodology for identifying firearms
  • A methodology for comparing Toolmarks
  • A methodology for the analysis of fingerprints
  • A FBI criminal history database

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What type of gun holds cartridges in a firing chamber in a rotating cylinder?
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  • Semi-automatic pistol
  • Revolver
  • Lever action rifle
  • Single action rifle

Frage 174

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What is the term used to describe the diameter of a circle that is tangent with the top of the lands of the rifling?
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  • Gauge
  • Bore
  • Caliber
  • Cartridge

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What part of a shotgun is a constriction in the muzzle that serves to concentrate the shot pattern?
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  • Gauge
  • Choke
  • Bore
  • Shot column

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What is the term used to describe the number of spherical lead balls having the diameter of the interior of the barrel that weigh one pound?
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  • Gauge
  • Choke
  • Bore
  • Shot column

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What is the most common type of projectile for a shotgun?
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  • Rifled slug
  • Semi-jacketed
  • Wad
  • Pellets

Frage 178

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Which of the following is considered a class characteristic of rifling?
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  • Caliber
  • Number of land and grooves
  • Direction of twist
  • All of the above

Frage 179

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What network was developed to facilitate linking firearms evidence in cases in different jurisdictions?
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  • AFIS
  • CODIS
  • NIBIN
  • AAFS

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Which of the following is a category of tool mark?
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  • Compression
  • Sliding
  • Cutting
  • All of the above

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Firearms examiners should always place an identification mark on the side of a projectile.
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  • True
  • False

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The first step in tool mark analysis is to fit the suspect tool into the tool mark.
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  • True
  • False

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Which of the following is the best way to remove a bullet from a wall?
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  • Remove with metal forceps
  • Remove with metal tweezers
  • Remove with rubber coated forceps
  • Remove the wall containing the bullet

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Shotgun wads or shot cups can act as secondary projectiles entering the body at close range.
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  • True
  • False

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Cartridges can be rimfire or centerfire based on the location of the:
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  • Projectile
  • Propellant
  • Primer
  • Cannellure

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The bullet shape seen in the below photograph is a:
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  • Semi-jacketed
  • Full metal jacket
  • Hollow point
  • Wadcutter

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Hollow point bullets are more likely to ricochet than full metal jacketed bullets
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  • True
  • False

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As a general rule, shotgun pellets spread one inch laterally for every _______________ downrange.
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  • One foot
  • One yard
  • Six feet
  • Four yards

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When conducting muzzle to target distance testing, the suspect gun and suspect ammunition must be used. No substitutions are allowed.
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  • True
  • False

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An irregular blown out entrance wound is known as a:
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  • Distance wound
  • Near contact wound
  • Stellate wound
  • Close wound
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