Definitions
Prints
At the crime scene
Evidence
DNA
100
Define Forensic Science
The application of science to solve crimes
100
Invisible fingerprints that appear on a piece of paper or check are known as?
Latent prints
100
What is it called when you split a crime scene into different sections to search?
Zone search
100
What solution is used to reveal fingerprints on a bullet casing?
Gun Blue
100
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribose nucleic acid
200
What do we use to get the DNA from the strawberry?
Extraction fluid
200
What chemical can be used to develop fingerprints off of a piece of paper?
Ninhydrin or Iodine fuming
200
How should a crime scene technician package a bloody shirt?
In a paper bag
200
How is a shoeprint at a crime scene captured for comparison later?
Cast stone
200
What are the four bases in DNA?
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
300
What is a fingerprint?
Friction ridges that form a pattern
300
What is a print with 2 deltas and a core?
Whorl
300
Who owns the body at a crime scene?
The Medical Examiner (M.E.)
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
What process is used to visualize and compare DNA?
Electrophoresis
400
What is luminol?
A solution that visualizes blood or other reactive substances
400
Define a porous object? Define a non-porous object?
Porous object absorbs the oil from a fingerprint. A non-porous object does not absorb the oil from a fingerprint.
400
In what container do you collect evidence from an arson crime scene?
Metal paint can
400
What do you use to collect body fluids from a crime scene?
Buccal swab
400
What is the structure of DNA called?
Double helix
500
Define the Bertillion System
24 measurements that are taken by an officer from a criminal to identify them before the use of fingerprints
500
The three main types of fingerprints are?
Loops, whorls, and arches
500
What is an important job of the first responding officer?
Securing the scene and ensuring the chain of evidence
500
What is used to visualize fingerprints on a car or dead body?
Super glue fuming
500
What is the name of DNA expert we met today?
Andrew
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