Forensic Science Chapter 7

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Question 1

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compound microscope is equipped with two objective lenses (10x and 45x) and has a 10x ocular lens. The highest magnification attainable with this instrument is:
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  • 65x
  • 100x
  • 650x
  • 450x

Question 2

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In order to examine an opaque object with a compound microscope, one must:
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  • Use transmitted illumination.
  • Light the object from beneath the stage.
  • Use reflected illumination.
  • Stain the object before viewing it.

Question 3

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A parfocal microscope:
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  • Eliminates the need to stain the specimen to be viewed.
  • Has two ocular lenses.
  • Requires a polarized light source.
  • Allows for ease of focusing when switching from low to high power.

Question 4

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As the magnification of the compound microscope is increased, the field of view:
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  • Decreases
  • Remains the same
  • Increases
  • Becomes more focused

Question 5

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As the magnifying power of the compound microscope increases, the depth of focus:
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  • Remains the same
  • Decreases
  • Increases
  • Becomes less focused

Question 6

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A comparison microscope designed to examine bullets and fibers is equipped with:
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  • Vertical illumination.
  • Transmitted illumination.
  • Oblique illumination.
  • Both A and B.

Question 7

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When using a compound microscope, the areas above and below the depth of focus are best viewed by adjusting the:
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  • Eyepiece lens.
  • Fine or coarse adjustment.
  • Intensity of the illumination.
  • Numerical aperture.

Question 8

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Which microscope has the largest potential working distance?
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  • Steroscopic
  • Comparison
  • Polarizing
  • Compound

Question 9

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Which microscope provides a right-side-up image?
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  • Comparison
  • Steroscopic
  • Compound
  • Polarizing

Question 10

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In the design of a polarizing microscope, the polarizer is placed between the:
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  • Specimen and the analyzer.
  • Analyzer and the eyepiece.
  • Light source and the sample stage.
  • Sample stage and the analyzer.

Question 11

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Normally with a polarizing microscope, the polarizer and analyzer are set:
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  • Parallel to each other.
  • So that maximum plane polarized light can reach the eyepiece.
  • Perpendicular to each other.
  • So that they are in constant motion.

Question 12

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Which microscope is best suited to the study of birefringent minerals and fibers?
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  • Stereoscopic
  • Microspectrophotometer
  • Polarizing
  • Comparison

Question 13

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The condenser of a compound microscope is located:
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  • At the base.
  • Within the body tube.
  • Beneath the stage.
  • Between the coarse and fine adjustments.

Question 14

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Which microscope plots an absorption spectrum of the item under examination?
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  • Polarizing
  • Comparison
  • Stereoscopic
  • Microspectrophotometer

Question 15

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A microscope with which light source, when linked to a spectrophotometer, will provide a "fingerprint" spectrum of the object being viewed?
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  • Visible
  • Plane polarized
  • IR (infrared)
  • UV (ultraviolet)

Question 16

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_____ are used to focus the SEM (scanning electron microscope).
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  • Analyzers
  • Lenses
  • Polarizers
  • Magnets

Question 17

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The image produced by an SEM is initially displayed on:
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  • An X-ray analyzer.
  • Photographic paper.
  • An X-ray film.
  • A cathode ray tube.

Question 18

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The microscope that provides the highest resolution and greatest depth of focus is the:
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  • SEM
  • Comparison
  • Compound
  • Steroscopic

Question 19

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Which microscope can be linked to an X-ray analyzer?
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  • SEM
  • Microspectrophotometer
  • Steroscopic
  • Polarizing

Question 20

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Which microscope is most likely to be used as a tool for determining whether or not a suspect has recently fired a gun?
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  • Comparison
  • Polarizing
  • SEM
  • Steroscopic

Question 21

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When the SEM's primary electron beam bombards a specimen, it causes the emission of:
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  • Electrons from elements of the upper layer of the specimen.
  • X-rays from the target.
  • Gamma rays from the target.
  • Both A and B.

Question 22

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Richard Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh child in part on the basis of optical examination of:
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  • GSR (gunshot residue)
  • Wood
  • Hair
  • Fibers

Question 23

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A microscope uses a combination of _____ to magnify an image.
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  • Stages
  • Mirrors
  • Lenses
  • Confocals

Question 24

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A type of image that cannot be viewed directly is called a(n) ___________ image.
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  • Real
  • Imaginary
  • Reflected
  • Virtual

Question 25

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A transparent specimen is viewed through a microscope using _____ light while an opaque object requires _____ illumination.
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  • Transmitted; stereoscopic
  • Confocal; transmitted
  • Vertical; horizontal
  • Transmitted; vertical

Question 26

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The size of the specimen area in view is known as the:
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  • Depth of field.
  • Field of view.
  • Stage size.
  • Objective.

Question 27

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Crystals that are _____ produce two planes of polarized light, each perpendicular to the other.
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  • Amporphous
  • Solid
  • Birefringent
  • Colored

Question 28

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If crystals of unknown origin are viewed under a polarizing microscope and appear dark, what can be concluded about the crystals?
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  • The crystals are not heroin crystals
  • The crystals are colorless
  • The crystals are polarizing
  • The crystals are non-polarizing

Question 29

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What instrument can be used to view a single fiber found at a crime scene and identify its generic class?
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  • Infrared microspectrophotometer
  • Stereoscopic microscope
  • Polarizing microscope
  • Both a and c

Question 30

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The major advantages of the SEM image include all of the following except:
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  • High magnification.
  • High reproducibility.
  • High resolution.
  • Great depth of focus.

Question 31

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Components of a compound microscope include all of the following except:
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  • Expander.
  • Stage.
  • Coarse adjustment.
  • Condenser.

Question 32

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An objective lens with a numerical aperture of 1.50 can separate details at half the distance of a lens with a numerical aperture of:
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  • 0.65
  • 3.00
  • 30.00
  • 0.75

Question 33

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An object with the letter "L" is viewed under low power of a compound microscope. The image would appear as:
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  • Regular
  • Upside-down, Flipped
  • Upside-down
  • Flipped

Question 34

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The magnification power of a microscope equals the magnifying power of the:
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  • Eyepiece lens.
  • Objective lens.
  • Objective lens multiplied by two.
  • Objective lens multiplied by the eyepiece lens.

Question 35

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The microscope examination of a bullet requires:
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  • Transmitted light.
  • Reflected light.
  • Condensed light.
  • All of the above.

Question 36

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Which of these is not part of the optical system of a compound microscope?
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  • Abbé condenser
  • Objective lens
  • Eyepiece lens
  • The body tube

Question 37

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Which of the following statements is false?
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  • If the polarizer and analyzer of a polarizing microscope are placed parallel to each other, no light will penetrate.
  • Light confined to a single plane of vibration is said to be polarized.
  • Many crystals are birefringent.
  • The lens nearest the specimen is called the objective lens.

Question 38

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The most important tool of the firearms examiner is the:
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  • Compound microscope.
  • Comparison microscope.
  • Stereoscopic microscope.
  • Polarizing microscope.

Question 39

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Which of the following is false?
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  • The scanning electron microscope (SEM) produces an image by aiming a beam of electrons onto a specimen.
  • The major attraction of the SEM is its high magnification and depth of field.
  • The SEM produces an image that is stereoscopic in appearance.
  • Microwaves are generated when the electron beam of the SEM strikes a target.

Question 40

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Palynology is the study of:
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  • Fish
  • Insects
  • Birds
  • Spores

Question 41

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Which type of pollen is rarely deposited on objects except by direct contact with the plant?
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  • Anemophilous
  • Exine
  • Entomophilous
  • Gameotphyte

Question 42

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The pattern of the pollen grain surface is called:
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  • Sculpturing.
  • Apertures.
  • Exine.
  • Pollen rain.
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