Questioned documents &Fingerprints
Firearms
Fire and Arson
CBRNE
Environmental
100

What is an example of a questioned document? 

■Driver’s license

■Passport

■Lottery ticket

■Check

■Contract

■Will

■Voter registration form

■Petition

■Suicide note

■Writing and markings on walls, doors, windows and other objects

100
Which firearm is considered a longarm? 

rifle, shotgun, assault rifle 

100

A fire is considered ____ when there is criminal intent and burring with damage to property. 

Arson 

100

What does the E in CBRNE stand for 

Explosives 

100

______ are substances intentionally released into the environment to kill, repel, or control weed, insect, fungi, and rodent pests.

Pesticides 

200

What is used for serial number restoration?

HCl

200

Which firearm has a smooth barrel? 

Shotgun 

200

What term is used to describe the temperature needed for the vaporization of a liquid? 

Flash point 

200

What is an attack characterized by the silent release of a WMD agent into a population? 

Covert 

200

Environmental forensics is focused on detecting and identifying ___________ and ___________.

Pollutants and contaminants 

300

What is the most common ridge pattern? 

Loops 

300

What type of bullets has only class characteristics? Fired or unfired

Unfired 

300

What stage of fire occurs when the flames spread up and outward from the ignition source?

Free burning 

300

What does TIC stand for? 

Toxic industrial chemicals 

300

What was the name of Rachel Carson's book about the broad effects of DDT? 

Silent Spring 

400

What type of fingerprints can be seen with the naked eye without chemical processing?

Visible 

400

What are spiral impressions cut into the inner surface of the barrel? 

Grooves 

400

What type of heat transfer occurs when the density of liquids and gases is reduced causing them to expand and rise upon heat transfer

Convection

400

What can be used to detect radioactive materials at a scene?  

Geiger counter 

400

The mobility of herbicides and pesticides ________ with water solubility

increases

500

Which fingerprint processing method is done using a tray of super glue on a hot plate in a humidity chamber in a hood?

Superglue fuming 
500

What are the three components of GSR? 

Lead, antimony, and barium 

500

What three things are required to start a fire? 

Heat, fuel, and oxygen 

500

What is a type of nuclear reaction characterized by the splitting of a heavy nucleus? 

Nuclear fission 

500

Which pesticide inhibits acetylcholinesterase by non-reversible binding?

Organophosphates