NFA Test Questions & Answers 2023/2024
The principle that every contact leaves a trace was put forth by - ANSWER-Edmond Locard
The publisher of the book, Finger Prints and the first proponent of the classifications of loop, whorl and arch was - ANSWER-Sir Francis Galton
Evidence that tends to implicate the accused party is - ANSWER-Inculpatory Evidence
Evidence that tends to exonerate the accused party is - ANSWER-Exculpatory Evidence
Information that establishes a fact directly without the need for further inference is - ANSWER-Direct Evidence
Evidence of the events leading to, occurring during, and occurring after a crime is committed is - ANSWER-Reconstructive Evidence
A feature of an item that is unique to a group of items or information in a non-individual context about some aspect physical evidence is - ANSWER-Class Characteristics
A feature that is unique to a specific item is - ANSWER-Individual Characteristics
The term used to describe the overall crime scene is - ANSWER-Macroscopic Crime Scene
The crime scene description based on the location of the original criminal activity is - ANSWER-Primary Crime Scene The step in Crime Scene Reconstruction where additional accumulation of data is based on examination of the physical evidence and the continuing investigation is - ANSWER-Hypothesis Formulation
The step in Crime Scene Reconstruction when the hypothesis has been thoroughly tested and verified by
analysis, this may occur. - ANSWER-Theory Formulation
The fluid portion of the blood that contains red and white blood cells. - ANSWER-Plasma
The fluid portion of the blood that does not clot. - ANSWER-Serum
The major components of the clotting mechanism of blood - ANSWER-Platelets
What is exsanguination - ANSWER-The process of blood loss to a degree sufficient to cause death
Force that pulls the surface molecules of a liquid toward its interior. - ANSWER-Surface Tension
The weight of a substance relative to the weight of an equal volume of water. - ANSWER-Specific Gravity
The four phases of a blood drop impacting a surface in order are - ANSWER-collapse, displacement, dispersion, retraction
The area containing the intersections generated by lines drawn through the long axes of individual stains that indicates in two dimensions the location of the blood source - ANSWER-Area of Convergence
Using a measuring device to show location of patterns and labeling those patterns with numbers or letters for documentation purposes. - ANSWER-Road Mapping
Characteristics that should be documented for each pattern identified include: - ANSWER-Size, shape, distribution, appearance and location
The principle that every contact leaves a trace was put forth by - ANSWER-Edmond Locard
The publisher of the book, Finger Prints and the first proponent of the classifications of loop, whorl and arch was - ANSWER-Sir Francis Galton
Evidence that tends to implicate the accused party is - ANSWER-Inculpatory Evidence
Evidence that tends to exonerate the accused party is - ANSWER-Exculpatory Evidence
Information that establishes a fact directly without the need for further inference is - ANSWER-Direct Evidence
Evidence of the events leading to, occurring during, and occurring after a crime is committed is - ANSWER-Reconstructive Evidence
A feature of an item that is unique to a group of items or information in a non-individual context about some aspect physical evidence is - ANSWER-Class Characteristics
A feature that is unique to a specific item is - ANSWER-Individual Characteristics
The term used to describe the overall crime scene is - ANSWER-Macroscopic Crime Scene
The crime scene description based on the location of the original criminal activity is - ANSWER-Primary Crime Scene The step in Crime Scene Reconstruction where additional accumulation of data is based on examination of the physical evidence and the continuing investigation is - ANSWER-Hypothesis Formulation
The step in Crime Scene Reconstruction when the hypothesis has been thoroughly tested and verified by
analysis, this may occur. - ANSWER-Theory Formulation
The fluid portion of the blood that contains red and white blood cells. - ANSWER-Plasma
The fluid portion of the blood that does not clot. - ANSWER-Serum
The major components of the clotting mechanism of blood - ANSWER-Platelets
What is exsanguination - ANSWER-The process of blood loss to a degree sufficient to cause death
Force that pulls the surface molecules of a liquid toward its interior. - ANSWER-Surface Tension
The weight of a substance relative to the weight of an equal volume of water. - ANSWER-Specific Gravity
The four phases of a blood drop impacting a surface in order are - ANSWER-collapse, displacement, dispersion, retraction
The area containing the intersections generated by lines drawn through the long axes of individual stains that indicates in two dimensions the location of the blood source - ANSWER-Area of Convergence
Using a measuring device to show location of patterns and labeling those patterns with numbers or letters for documentation purposes. - ANSWER-Road Mapping
Characteristics that should be documented for each pattern identified include: - ANSWER-Size, shape, distribution, appearance and location
