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FRNSC 100 - Exam 1The term criminalistics refers to the scientific examination of physical evidence. - correct answer
✔✔True
"Pure" science research involves trying to understand how the natural world works. - correct answer
✔✔True
The originator of the examination and comparison of firearms evidence is - correct answer ✔✔Calvin
Goddard
Who is a criminalist? - correct answer ✔✔One who applies science to matters of the law
Who is a criminologist? - correct answer ✔✔One who studies the social aspects of crime and criminals
Forensic science is a broad category that includes practically any specialty which could be used to prove
an argument in court. - correct answer ✔✔True
Professional criminalists have a personal stake in winning convictions and acquittals. - correct answer
✔✔False
Which if the following is not considered part of the heart and soul of criminalistics by the author of
Crime Lab? - correct answer ✔✔Analyzing
'When two objects come in contact there is a transfer from one object to another' is paraphrasing which
principle? - correct answer ✔✔Locard's Exchange Principle
A good grasp of manufacturing techniques and an insatiable curiosity about the mechanics of the world
around us are essential for a criminalist. - correct answer ✔✔True
, The criminalist or team of criminalists is/are usually the first people at the crime scene. - correct answer
✔✔False
Direct evidence is evidence of a fact based on a witness's personal knowledge or observation of that fact
- correct answer ✔✔True
To make a chemical "map" of a saliva stain, you need all of the following except - correct answer ✔✔UV
light source
If saliva is present, the area will show blue on the filter paper after applying the iodine spray. - correct
answer ✔✔False
The Today Show story you read about faulty eyewitness testimony involved what kind of case? - correct
answer ✔✔sexual assault
What does probative mean? - correct answer ✔✔Tending to prove
A criminalist must always be present at an autopsy. - correct answer ✔✔False
Which statement below is correct? - correct answer ✔✔After death blood settles in the lowest parts of
the body. The blood coagulates and remains in those parts of the body even if it is later moved. These
purple marks are lividity.
Which crime scene search pattern can be expanding or contracting? - correct answer ✔✔sprial
A criminalist's work does not begin until - correct answer ✔✔a crime has been committed
A person's guilt of a charged crime may be proven by circumstantial evidence if, standing alone, that
evidence satisfies a jury beyond a reasonable doubt of the person's guilt of that crime. - correct answer
✔✔False
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