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Forensic Potpourri
100

The instrument used to detect bodily fluids not seen by the naked eye.

What is Alternative Light Source?

100

Her work contributed to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA.

Who is Rosalind Franklin?


100

These are the locations on which friction ridges can be found on the human body.

What are the hands and feet?

100

The first step in documenting a crime scene is Collection.

False: Photography.

100

Persistence and uniqueness are the cornerstones of this discipline.

What is Fingerprint/Friction Ridge Identification?

200

The process by which small amounts of DNA is amplified.

What is Polymerase Chain Reaction?

200

The psychologist of the early 1960s known as a staunch supporter of the therapeutic uses for psychedelic drugs such as LSD, often testing them himself.

Who is Timothy Leary?


200

DNA can be found within this structure inside of a cell.

What is the nucleus?

200

The Forensic Intelligence Unit receives the most requests from the Latent Fingerprint Unit.

False: Forensic Biology Unit.

200

These swabs, often used as reference standards, are obtained from the inside of an individual's cheeks.

What are buccal swabs?

300

The Latin meaning of Latent.

What is Hidden?

300

This country first used Fingerprint Identification in a criminal case to convict Francisca Rojas of murdering her two sons.

What is Argentina?


300

This country has replaced China s the US's main source of illicit fentanyl.

What is Mexico?

300

Both the field kit and laboratory color test for cocaine turns blue in the presence of a tertiary amine.

True: Specifically cobalt blue.


300

This type of packaging should be used when biological evidence may need to be tested for DNA.

What are paper bags?

400

The national database of crime scene DNA profiles.

What is Combined DNA Index System?

400

On January 22, 2016, the CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to respond to outbreaks of this virus.

What is Zika


400

This record shows the location and/or possession of an item of evidence at any given time.

What is Chain of Custody?

400

When the occurrence of a disease exceeds the normal rate, it has become endemic.

False: Epidemic.

400

This is the only infectious disease to have been eradicated as a result of widespread vaccine campaigns.

What is smallpox?

500

Washington DC is the hotbed for illicit use of this substance largely abandoned by drug users by the early 1990s.

What is Phenylcyclohexyl Piperidine?

500

This pioneer of Forensic Science is often associated with the basic principle "Every contact leaves a trace."

Who is Edmond Locard?


500

DNA was first used in a criminal court case in this country, to prove the innocence of the man charged with two sexual assault homicides.

What is the United Kingdom?


500

The friction ridges begin to take form on a human being during the 24th week of gestation.

False: 12th week.

500

The plant Papaver somniferum, commonly known as this, is the source of the white latex sap that contains opium.

What is the poppy?


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