TRACE EVIDENCE
COURTROOM & LEGAL CONCEPTS
FORENSIC TOOLS & MICROSCOPES
TECHNOLOGY & FORENSIC SCIENCE
BLOOD, FIRE & EVIDENCE
100

Which of the following are types of trace evidence?

What are fibers, pollen and soil, hair and fur, glass and paint?

100

What are the main types of witnesses in courtroom testimony?

What are expert witness, lay witness, character witness, and eyewitness?

100

This microscope uses visible light and mimics the human eye.

What is a compound light microscope?

100

What are the three qualities that make fingerprint identification valuable?

What are individuality, identifiable characteristics, and unchanging structure?

100

This point holds clues to the fire's start and possible accelerants.

What is the point of origin?

200

The area in which blood drops in an impact pattern originated.

What is the area of convergence?

200

What are the jobs of the prosecutor and defense attorney?

What is to serve justice (prosecutor) and defend the accused (defense attorney)?

200

This powerful tool can magnify up to 1 million times.

What is an electron microscope?

200

Define mobile forensics.

What is the recovery and investigation of data from digital devices?

200

The evidence unit that tracks who handled items after collection.

What is chain of custody?

300

This number of tires must be present to leave tire track evidence.

 What is two?

300

What is the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine?

What is the doctrine stating illegally obtained evidence is inadmissible?

300

This microscope is joined by an optical bridge for comparing evidence side by side.

What is a comparison microscope?

300

What are the two types of facial recognition?

What are authentication and identification?

300

Evidence that can be linked to a single person or source.

What is individual evidence?

400

A dissecting microscope is also known as this.

What is a stereoscope?

400

This determines whether evidence stays admissible despite chain of custody concerns.

What is the value of the evidence?

400

Used to detect birefringence in botanical or pharmaceutical samples.

What is a polarizing microscope?

400

What must be considered in a human bite mark evaluation?

What are the maxilla, mandible, and victim movement?

400

The courtroom role responsible for determining the admissibility of evidence.

What is the trial judge?

500

This microscope measures spectra in trace samples like textile fibers or paint fragments.

What is a microspectrophotometer?

500

This type of correlation exists between mental illness and violent acts.

What is a weak correlation?

500

What unit assigns identification numbers to evidence at a crime lab?

What is the evidence intake unit?

500

Why is forensic psychiatry important in understanding criminal behavior?

What is because many individuals experience mental illness?

500

This type of evidence often requires tweezers or tape lifting to collect.

What is trace evidence?