Definitions
Define Forensics
The application of science to law
Invisible fingerprints that appear on a piece of paper or check are known as?
Latent prints
What material/tool would investigators need to secure a crime scene?
Crime scene tape/barricade tape
What piece of evidence could an investigator use to determine most precisely who the suspect of a crime is if two identical twins are in question?
fingerprint
Ted Bundy was an American serial killer who was convicted on the basis of which type of forensic evidence?
Bite marks
When detectives explain that contact with another person, place, or object results in an exchange of physical materials, what principle are they describing?
Locard's Exchange Principle
What chemical can be used to develop fingerprints off of a piece of paper?
Ninhydrin
How should a crime scene technician package a bloody shirt?
In a paper bag
What is an important tool for examining the evidence details used in ballistics analysis?
comparison microscope
The BTK Killer was a serial killer who terrorized the Wichita, Kansas area between 1974 and 1991, murdering 10 people over the span. What does BTK stand for?
bind, torture, and kill
What is the study of bugs and their development on human corpses to determine the time of death called?
Forensic entomology
Identification of a victim through dental records is called what?
Odontology
When a crime scene technician arrives at the scene, he/she photographs the victim and observes the stiffening of the muscles in the victim's body. This type of change is called?
Rigor Mortis
Which type of crime is LEAST likely to be solved with the use of fiber evidence?
A. Breaking and entering
B. Hit-and-run
C. Bombing
C. Bombing
What was the DNA technology used in Golden State Killer's investigation?
Forensic genealogy
Forensic genealogy takes all of the facts through conventional genealogy and uses them to map out a complete picture of a family tree.
What is a transfer pattern in bloodstain pattern analysis?
A transfer pattern is a pattern that forms when a wet, bloody surface comes in contact with a second surface.
What is the method to collect a three-dimensional footwear impression?
Any plastic, or three-dimensional, footwear or tire impressions can be collected by casting.
Which crime scene search pattern would be best for a large outdoor crime scene search if there is a group of investigators on this task?
Line search pattern
What special tool/device/machine is needed for searching for trace evidence in a vehicle?
A vacuum
Tommie Lee Andrews became the first American ever convicted in a case that utilized DNA evidence. When was DNA first used in the criminal investigation in the US?
1987
What is dactyloscopy in forensics?
Dactyloscopy is the process of comparing two instances of friction ridge skin impressions. It is also called Fingerprint identification.
What is bifurcation in fingerprints?
A ridge characteristic occurs when a friction ridge splits into two.
At a crime scene, investigators observe bloodstain results from the accumulation of liquid blood in an absorbent material. What is this bloodstain pattern called?
saturation pattern
What are the two basic types of DNA?
Nuclear DNA (also called autosomal DNA) and mitochondrial DNA.
A good photograph of the child is altered using computer software and an artist's own knowledge of anatomy and physiology. Some artists combine the photograph of the child with that of a sibling or parent at the target age in order to accurately portray familial features. This is how specialists create a photograph that approximates how a child will look several years after the date of the original abduction. What is the forensic technology called?
Age progression