Careers
Processing the Crime Scene
Fingerprints
DNA
Potpourri
100
An elected official who certifies deaths and can order additional investigations of suspicious deaths.
Who is a coroner?
100
They identify unique characteristics and sometimes scan indentations using an electron microscope to determine this type of evidence.
What is tools?
100
The two types of these fingerprints are plain and tented.
What are arches?
100
This section of a nucleotide changes to give us genotype.
What is the nitrogenous base?
100
The last s in the seven s's.
What is securing and collecting evidence?
200
They use teeth and bone evidence to identify deceased people.
Who is a forensic odontologist?
200
These are collected live and preserved in jars.
What are bugs/bug evidence?
200
These fingerprints change ulnar and radial depending on the hand.
What are loops?
200
Paternal lineage can be traced using this.
What is STR analysis of the Y chromosome?
200
The triangles on the crime scene sketch indicated where these were taken.
What were photographs?
300
A specialist performing tests and analyses on drugs, toxins, poisons or chemicals present in the body.
Who is a toxicologist/ who is the toxicology unit?
300
Analyzed to determine if origin is synthetic, from a human, animal, or clothing.
What is fiber/clothing evidence?
300
The four types of whorl fingerprints.
What are plain, central pocket, double loop and accidental?
300
Maternal lineage can be traced using this.
What is mtDNA?
300
Impressions left by friction ridge skin on a surface, such as a tool handle, glass, door, etc.
What is a latent print?
400
Determines the manner of death.
Who is the medical examiner?
400
This person calls for backup, provides medical attention and secures the scene.
Who is the first person at a crime scene?
400
The US requires this many points of similarity in fingerprints to determine a match.
What is 8-12?
400
CODIS.
What is combined DNA index system used by law enforcement to compare unknown samples to a database of known offenders?
400
What are points of similarity/points of identification?
500
Looks for deception in suspects and microexpressions.
Who is a forensic psychologist?
500
This type of evidence is stored in a plastic evidence bag if it is small enough.
What is nonbiological evidence?
500
AFIS.
What is automated fingerprint identification system?
500
A man with an STR genotype of (5,10) claims that he is the father of a child who had a genotype of (4,8). Assuming no mutations, based on his genotype, this statement is (true/false).
What is false?
500
The way to make up for mishandled/contaminated/unrecovered evidence.
What is you can't?