Definitions
Prints
At the crime scene
Evidence
Misc.
100
Define Forensics
The application of science to law
100
Invisible fingerprints that appear on a piece of paper or check are known as?
Latent prints
100

What is included on a crime scene sketch?

The location of the scene, The case number, An arrow and "N" indicating north, an evidence legend, measurements, title, who created a sketch

100
What is an important tool used in both ballistics and trace evidence analysis?
A comparison microscope
100

What can the FS tell from shoeprints?

Any of these:

-direction person was traveling      *movement

- number of people

- limping or carrying an object

- height of person

200

This scientist discovered DNA can be used for identification

Who is Alec Jeffreys

200
What chemical can be used to devlop fingerprints off of a piece of paper?
Ninhydrin
200
How should a crime scene technician package a bloody shirt?
In a paper bag
200

How long does hair grow in a month?

1 cm

200

The stage of decomposition where the body gives off a strong odor and usually has lots of insect activity

What is active decay? Or, what is the putrid stage?

300

The dots cast off of a parent bloodstain is called a ____________________.

satellite

300
Identification of a victim through dental records is called what?
Odontology
300

When a crime scene technician arrives at the scene, he/she photographs the victim and observes stiffening of the muscles in the victim's body. This type of change is called?

Rigor Mortis

300

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

300
How can a scientist tell if a hair has been forcibly removed?
The root attached to the hair shaft will probably be broken or damaged.
400

What is it called when blood pools in the tissues given a blotchy appearance

Lividity
400
Bifurications are found on what?
Fingerprints
400
Which crime scene pattern would absolutely require more than one investigator?
Zone
400

  This type of medulla pattern is called 


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Interrupted

400

Which of the following databases store DNA information?

AFIS,  CODIS, SICAR

CODIS

500
When detectives explain that contact with another person, place, or object results in an exchange of physical materials, what principal are they describing?
Locard's principal
500
The three main types of fingerprints are?
Loop, whorl, arch
500
The first job of the first responder is to?
Provide emergency care
500

What is the difference between individual and class evidence?

Individual- Material that is used to make a direct id of a person Class- Material that is used to connect an object or person to a group

500

What hair and fiber light-absorbing test tells the FS the drugs, diet and geographical location of a person?

What is Neutron Activation Analysis(NAA)?

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