Drugs
The 2 types of dependency drugs carry the risk for.
Physiological and psychological
The type of characteristics (class or individual) an examiner would use to determine the type of tool used at the scene of the crime.
Class
The study of the motion of projectiles is called:
Ballistics
The term for impressions left on papers positioned under another piece of paper that has been written on.
Computer forensics is also known as this:
Cybercrime
This occurs when the body becomes accustomed to taking a drug, the body adapts, requiring higher dosage of the drug to achieve the same effects.
Tolerance
What 2 things can cause variation in toolmark patterns due to the different ways people hold tools?
The angle at which the tool was used
The amount of wear on the tool
Who is the serial number on a firearm always linked to?
The original purchaser
Exemplars should be from within how many years of the the time of questioned document.
2-3 years
Email investigations are difficult because most emails are not what?
Encrypted
The type of drug that alters the perception of the mind by interrupting the communication between the brain and the spinal cord.
Hallucinogen
The 2 types of surface toolmarks that a tool can leave and an example of a tool that could make each one.
Impressed/compression: hammer, pliers, pry bar, chisel
Striations: knife, scissors, screwdriver, chisel
This is the first step in collecting a firearm as evidence.
This is the part of a firearm that should be used to pick it up for collection.
Make sure it isn't loaded.
The trigger guard
What is the first step in handwriting comparison and give an example of a unique identifier in handwriting.
Analyze evidence and known exemplars for unique identifiers.
Unique identifiers: slant, spacing, letter formation
Name 3 of the 5 areas a computer forensic investigator will examine.
Locations where illegal stimulants are manufactured and delivered to distributors.
Clandestine labs
Identify, collect and submit questioned tool to lab, make test marks, and compare.
This forces a bullet to spin and leaves striations imprinted on a bullet upon being fired called what and what.
Do shotguns have these?
Rifling
Lands and grooves
No
What is the second step in handwriting comparison?
Compare for similarity in spelling, grammar, and phraseology.
Be able to match the following terms with their definitions.
Phishing, Keylogging, Ransomware
Look them up in your notes/book.
Presumptive: color, microscopy, microcrystalline, UV spectrometry
Confirmatory: gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy
This is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States.
Marijuana
List the 3 ingredients of gun shot residue that must be present to determine the presence of GSR.
lead, barium, antimony
What is the third step in handwriting comparison?
What are the 4 goals of anti-forensic tools?