Who is the fictional character popularizing scientific crime-detection ?
Who is Sherlock Holmes ?
100
What case set forth the standard guideline for determining the admissibility of scientific examinations ?
What is the Frye v. United States ?
100
What is the first priority of the first officer on the scene ?
What is preserve life and assist living victims ?
100
What does IAFIS stand for ?
What is the integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) ?
100
What is PMI ?
Postmortem Interval. (To estimate time of death)
200
Who is Alphonse Bertillon ?
What is the name of the inventor for the body measurements used in personal identifcation?
200
What Unit performs DNA profiling ?
What is the Biology Unit ?
200
What is the second priority in securing and controlling the crime scene ?
What is to detain and question any suspects and remove them from the scene ?
200
What system links and compares DNA profiles ?
What is CODIS ?
200
What are the most important factors in the timing of the developmental cycle of an insect?
Where was the body's location, weather and temperature, characteristics of the body ?
300
Who noted the fundamental principle underlying how a suspect can be linked to a crime scene was developed from the observation that any encounter involves a transfer of evidence?
Who is Edmond Locard ?
300
What unit determines the presence or absence of drugs and poisons in body fluids and organs ?
What is the Toxicology Unit ?
300
How can cross contamination be prevented?
What is packaging all materials separately ?
300
What is the cooling of the body's core temperature ?
What is Algor mortis ?
300
The study of insects in relation to a criminal investigation is known as this.
What is a Forensic Entomologist ?
400
What is the single most inmportant factor that has contributed to the increase of crime labs in the US ?
Solving crimes relies more on DNA analysis.
400
What is the unit which dispatches trained personnel to a crime scene is to retrieve evidence ?
What is the CSI ?
400
What is the chain of custody?
What is a written record of all the people who have had possesion of the evidence, including the date ?
400
Who ultimately determines the significance of physical evidence in a trial ?
Who is the Jury ?
400
What is the thing no two pople have the same of, except for identical twins?
What is DNA ?
500
Who is known as the Father of forensic toxicology ?
Who is Mathieu Orfila ?
500
What court case set the obligation for the trial judge as the "gatekeeping" ?
What is Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals ?
500
What evidence should not be stored in an airtight container ?
What is Bloodstained materials ?
500
What is the stiffening of the body ?
What is Rigor mortis ?
500
What is the settling of the blood caused by gravity ?