Forensic Science Final Exam
Review – 148 Q’s and A’s
The following service does not normally lie within the 3 basic services of the
forensic scientist. - -A. preservation of life in a crime
The three basic services of a forensic scientist:
-collection an danalysis of evidence
-presentation of evidence in a public forum
-training of aw enforcement personal on processing of crime scene
-Which of the following types of fingerprints are most likely to be found
impressed in soft wax? - -Plastic
-The presence or absence of how many antigens determines an individual's
blood type in the ABO system? - -2
-What are the manners of death? - -Homicide, Suicide, Accidental, Natural,
Unknown
-An individual who is type O blood has what type of antibodies? - -Both A
and B antibodies
-Which of the following is not a manner of Death? A. Homicide B. Suicide C.
Manslaughter D. Accidental - -C. Manslaughter
-The fingerprint pattern accounting for roughly only 5% of all known
patterns is the: - -Arch
-The value of physical evidence and laboratory test results in almost always
dependent on: - -the way the evidence is collected and presented for
examination
-Physical evidence may be obtained from: - --the crime scene
-the victim
-the suspect
-A hydrogen peroxide can used to identify: - -Animal and human blood
-Livor Mortis determines what? - -Time of death and if the body had been
moved
, -Perspiration (Amino acids) on a porous surface are best developed into
fingerprint impressions with: - -Ninhydrin
-If the laboratory can piece broken glass form a window or headlight
together, then the evidence has__________________ characteristics - -
individual
-If blood is found to have both A and B antigens it is typed as: - -AB
-Livor Mortis could determine which of the following? A. Temperature of the
decedent B. Evidence of tampering with the position of the body after death
C. Cause and mechanism of death D. Blood alcohol level of the decedent at
time of death - -B. Evidence of tampering with the position of the decedent
-Which of the following could not be classified as impression evidence: - -
Contact Bloodstains
-A shoe print would be an example of individual characteristic evidence if
you could identify - -Wear patterns in the shoe
-When should insect evidence be collected? - -The crime scene
-A comparison analysis subjects a suspect specimen and a control specimen
to the same tests and examinations for the ultimate purpose of determining:
- -whether of not they have a common origin
-One parent is type AB, the other is type O. A possible genotype for an
offspring is? - -AB, AO, OO
-Physical evidence that can be used to aid in a crime scene reconstruction
includes: - --blood spatter
-DNA
-Fingerprints
-Shoeprints
-The study of antigen-antibody reactions in the blood is called: - -Serology
-At which stage of composition are only bones left? - -Dry
-Which of the following is not an example of a minutiae - -tip
-Where does Rigor Mortis start - -Eyes and face
-A loop pattern that opens towards the thumb is called the ulnar loop - -
False, radial loop
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