_____is generally thought of as the branch of forensic science that involves the collection and analysis of physical evidence generated by criminal activity.
Criminalistics
More than half of the cases forensic toxicologists receive involve drunk driving cases.
TRUE
___ developed a method of recording physical features of a person in such a way that the record would be unique to that person.
Alphonse Bertillon
___ is responsible for investigating major illicit drug enterprises and to help interdict shipments of drugs from other countries.
DEA
When analyzing evidence, what area requires the forensic scientist to preserve evidence as is practical in each case?
Preservation and Spoilage
What is a fixed reference point for all three-dimensional measurements?
Datum
Taking detailed notes at a crime scene is not very crucial to the success or failure of an investigation.
FALSE
Select all that apply!What are the 3 types of photographs that need to be taken at a crime scene
Cloe-up, Overall, Medium
_____ documents the movement of evidence from the time it is obtained to the time it was presented in court.
Chain of custody
The most compelling evidence in the world can be rendered useless if inaccuracies or gaps exist in the chain of custody.
TRUE
What type of profile consists of the sex, age at death, height and any other aspects that would describe the deceased's class-level information?
Biological
Medial means the side away from the midline of the body
FALSE
The axial skeleton is made up of the upper and lower limb bones.
FALSE
Compact bone is also known as this kind of bone.
Cortical
The ___ of death is the action that initiates the cessation of life; the ___ of death is the way in which this action came about.
cause, manner
During a trial the ________ must decide whether or not the statements made by the witness are true.
Trier-of-Fact
What type of evidence is based in inference and not on personal knowledge?
Circumstantial
Data is seen as it is created, no remnauts or proxy data, of those are left behind.
FALSE
Evidence transferred from a source to a location with no intermediaries, under goes what? ( A to B )
Direct Transfer
A group of objects with similar characteristics is called a _______?
Class
Blunt force trauma is caused by dull or non-sharpened objects (like baseball bats, bricks, or lamps).
TRUE
All states have a medical examiner
FALSE
Match the following:
Liver-Mortis-Post-mordem Lividity
Rigor mortis-Stiffing of the body
Algor Mortis- Decrease of body temperature.
The following are all categories for the manner of death EXCEPT
Murder
Traumatic deaths may be classified as mechanical, chemical, thermal, or electrical.
TRUE
According to the speaker, competency to stand trial means that the accused must be fully congnizant of the charges and assist in their own defense.
TRUE
According to the speaker, culpability means that the accused is competent at the time of the offense.
TRUE
Culpability is the competence at the time of the offense.
TRUE
Psychologists are also commonly used in the determination of competency
TRUE
CART stands for Child Abduction Response Team.
TRUE
At what schedule does a drug become restricted for medical use?
II
Which of the following is a semi-synthetic drug? Oxycodone
PCP
Morphine
Cocaine
none of the above
PCP is considered a hallucinogen.
TRUE
Match each presumptive test to the drug they are used to identify.
Marijuana-Hallucinagenic
Opium-Narcotic
Cocaine-Stimulant
Barbituates-Depressant
In order for a law to be broken, there must be a usable quantity of a drug present
FALSE
The cause of death is always one of five possibilities: homicide, suicide, accident, natural, or undetermined.
FALSE
Circumstantial evidence is based on personal knowledge or observation
FALSE
Which of the following, according to your textbook, documents the location of evidence from the time it is obtained to the time it is presented in court?
Chain of custody
Indirect transfer is when an object has been transferred without intermediaries while direct transfer involves one or more intermediate objects.
FALSE
Neither Forensic Anthropologists nor Forensic Odontologists can determine the exact age of a body
TRUE
______ is the application of science to law, both criminal and civil.
forensic science
There are _ teeth in the normal adult human dentition.
32
According to the lecture. What are the 3 types of photographs that need to be taken at a crime scene
overall, close up, medium
During a trial the ________ must decide whether or not the statements made by the witness are true.
treir-of-fact
_______ evidence is evidence tending to establish a criminal defendant's innocence.
Exculpatory
The two processes in decomposition are
Autolysis and Putrefacation
Criminalistics is a branch of Forensic Science that involves the collection and analysis of physical evidence generated by criminal activity.
TRUE
The _1_ is responsible for investigating major illicit drug enterprises and to help interdict shipments of drugs from other countries.
DEA
Taking detailed notes is crucial to a sucessful crime scene investigation.
TRUE
According to the text, What is a Datum?
A fixed reference point for all three-dimensional measurements
_______ results when blood droplets are projected away from the item creating the impact.
forward spatter
Directionality is usually obvious as the pointed end of the bloodstain ( tail ) will always point in the direction of travel.
TRUE
According to Dr. Lipton, the four type of search of search patterns for crime scenes are: Spiral search method, Strip/line search, Grid method, and Quadrant/zone search.
TRUE
A ______ pattern is the absence of blood staining in an area otherwise continuous bloodstained area.
void
A group of objects with similar characteristics is called a _______?
class
The ___ of death is the action that initiates the cessation of life; the ___ of death is the way in which this action came about.
cause, manner
Evidence transferred from a source to a location with no intermediaries, under goes what? ( A to B )
direct transfer
Even if the officer has a warrant, they cannot search the property of a suspect without permission of the property holder.
FALSE
The destruction of a surface due to heat or other factors is known as
spalling
Finding the point of origin is crucial to determination of the cause because it will provide the major evidence that will help permit the investigator to determine whether a fire was accidental or incendiary.
TRUE
The following are a number of factors that may be present that would indicate that a fire was arson EXCEPT
footprints
The crime of maliciously, voluntarily, and willfully setting fire to the building, buildings, or other property of another or of burning one's own property for an improper purpose" is the definition of:
arson
The following are the types of juvenile arsonists, EXCEPT
straight a students
Fingerprints are unique, can be classified and don't change over the course of your life.
TRUE
Which of the following are terms that are used to classify fingerprints?
loops, whirls, arches
Latent prints requires some sort of assistance to make them visible.
TRUE
The fingerprints you will find at a crime scene are:
plastic, latent, and visible
AFIS stands for
automated fingerprinte identification system
The diameter of the shotgun barrel is called the gauge.
TRUE
When at a crime scene, the investigator should pick up a gun by sticking a pen in the barrel so as to preserve any fingerprints on the gun.
FALSE
Questioned tools cannot be compared directly to the marks it may have left.
TRUE
The ______ of a firearm refers to the size of a particular ammunition cartridge.
caliber
The muzzle of a shotgun barrel may be constricted by the manufacturer to produce a choke.
TRUE
Which Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?
4th amendment
Which Amendment guarantees the Due Process Cause?
5th amendment
_______ requires the process used to analyze or collect the evidence must be generally accepted by the scientific community. The ______ decision requires the judge to decide what evidence will be allowed and thus be the "gatekeeper".
frye, Daubert
____ protects people against outrageous government behaviors.
due process clause
The guest speaker states that 89% of jurors in civil and court cases found expert witnesses to be believable and 71% of jurors said that the experts made a difference in the verdict. This is an example of the ___.
CSI effect
The internet is made up of: (select all that apply)
network service providers, local ISPs, regional ISPs
Anonymous is a "leaderless" group that is associated with global hacktivism.
TRUE
Computer Forensics is the use of computer science to collect and analyze data from computer stytems, networks, wireless communications and storage devices in a way that is admissible as evidence in a court of law.
TRUE
A "computer" is any device that has an input and output and stores data?.
TRUE
Data that the computer is "unaware" of is called _____.
latent data