8696204495 | Arches | Least frequent fingerprint pattern | ![]() | 0 |
8696204494 | Loops | Most frequent fingerprint pattern | ![]() | 1 |
8696204451 | What are the three phases of hair growth | Anagen, catagen and telogen | 2 | |
8696204452 | What are 3 basic methods of recording at the crime scene? | Notes, Sketches, Photograph/Videotape | 3 | |
8696204454 | What is Chain of Custody? | Written record of who has had possession of evidence at all times | 4 | |
8696204455 | Class Evidence | Object has characteristics common to a group of similar objects NOT to one single object | 5 | |
8696204457 | Individual Characteristics | Material that can be related of a single source such as DNA profile or fingerprint | 6 | |
8696204458 | Locard's Exchange Principle | There is always a cross-transfer of evidence between victim and suspect | 7 | |
8696204462 | Forensic Odontology | The study of teeth and bite marks as it relates to the crime scene | 8 | |
8696204464 | Manner of Death | 1) Natural 2) Accident 3) Suicide 4) Homicide 5) Undetermined 6) Pending | 9 | |
8696204465 | Cause of Death | The cause of death is the disease or injury that produces the physiological disruption inside the body resulting in death, for example, a gunshot wound to the chest. | 10 | |
8696204467 | Forensic Anthropology | Study of bones/skeletal remains | 11 | |
8696204471 | CODIS | Combined DNA Index System | 12 | |
8696204472 | PCR | Process that replicates or makes extra copies of DNA | 13 | |
8696204476 | STR | Short tandem repeat, unique areas of DNA used in DNA profiling | 14 | |
8696204478 | Medulla | spongy interior of hair that is useful in determining species of hair because it contains unique patterns | 15 | |
8696204480 | AFIS | Automated Fingerprint Indentification Systems | 16 | |
8696204483 | Visible print | Left by finger that has touched colored materials such as blood, paint, ink etc. | 17 | |
8696204484 | Latent Print | Essentially invisible and must be developed by physical or chemical means | 18 | |
8696204486 | Three types of fingerprint patterns | Loops, Whorls, Arches | 19 | |
8696204490 | How should bloodstained material be stored? | Biological material should be dried and in paper | 20 | |
8696204502 | DNA Bases | ![]() | 21 | |
8696204503 | During gel electrophoresis, the DNA is: | Separated by fragment size | 22 | |
8696204506 | Wear and tread pattern on footwear | Class characteristic of a suspect's sneaker | 23 | |
8696204508 | What is the LEAST important consideration in the gathering of evidence at a crime scene? | Guilt of Suspects | 24 | |
8696265119 | forensic science | application of science to law | 25 | |
8696270386 | overview, mid-range, close-up | types of photographs taken at a crime scene | 26 | |
8696273292 | second series photo | includes ruler and evidence marker | 27 | |
8696278823 | physical evidence | must be properly collected, documented and packaged and comes from suspect, crime scene or victim | 28 | |
8696291515 | testimonial evidence | eyewitness evidence which may not be accurate | 29 | |
8696298383 | compound microscope | tool used in forensics to study trace evidence in a nondestructive manner | 30 | |
8696305330 | electrostatic lifting | used to collect footprint on a tile | 31 | |
8696311518 | side lighting | brings out detail in a photograph | 32 | |
8696326951 | iodine fuming | Fingerprint processing technique used for paper | 33 | |
8696331835 | chromatography | ink identification technique that separates pigments in pens | 34 | |
8696345907 | Retention factor | Calculation used in ink chromatography | ![]() | 35 |
8696371816 | passive, projected and transfer | categories of bloodstain patterns | 36 | |
8696374544 | projected | type of bloodstain pattern under force | 37 | |
8696376116 | transfer | type of bloodstain pattern created when a bloody object comes in contact with a non bloody object | 38 | |
8696382927 | blood travel | tail points the way | 39 | |
8696397001 | impact angle | inverse sine (short axis/long axis) | 40 | |
8696410546 | area of convergence | 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. | 41 | |
8696443778 | stereo microscope | tool used in forensics to study larger objects in detail in a nondestructive manner | 42 | |
8696467812 | natural fibers | tends to be irregular in appearance includes silk, cotton, linen | 43 | |
8696472020 | autopsy | specialized surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause and manner of death | 44 | |
8696486642 | Forensic toxicologist | examines blood and urine for the presence of alcohol or toxic chemicals | 45 | |
8696493284 | pelvis | Useful bone for determining gender | 46 | |
8696503332 | suture lines | visible in the skulls of young children | 47 | |
8696515146 | Asian skulls | contain round eye orbits | 48 | |
8696522785 | African skulls | contain nasal broad aperture | 49 | |
8696543411 | Exemplar | evidence that comes from a known source | 50 | |
8696545953 | Counterfeit | Made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud. | 51 | |
8696552406 | Forgery | A copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art that is not authentic. | 52 |
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