Chapter 1 - Introduction

Question 1

What is the largest Forensic science organization in the world?

Answer 1

American Academy of Forensic Science

Question 2

Unrealistic expectations that every crime scene will yield forensic evidence, brought upon by television shows.

Answer 2

The CSI Effect

Question 3

One of the earliest records of applying forensic science to solve a criminal case.

Answer 3

Yi Yu Ji (A collection of criminal cases)

Question 4

What is the definition of Forensic Science?

Answer 4

The application of science to law.

Question 5

Who recorded the first notes about fingerprint characteristics?

Answer 5

Marcello Malpighi (1686)

Question 6

Who devised the first successful test for detecting the potion arsenic in corpses?

Answer 6

Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1775)

Question 7

Who des covered a more precise method for detecting small amounts of arsenic in the walls of a victim’s stomach?

Answer 7

Valentin Ross (1806)

Question 8

Who is considered to be the father of forensics?

Answer 8

Mathieu Orfila

Question 9

Who invented the polarizing microscope?

Answer 9

William Nichol (1828)

Question 10

Who formulated the first procedure for microscopic detection of sperm?

Answer 10

Henri Louis Bayard (1839)

Question 11

Who created the first system of personal identification?

Answer 11

Alphonse Bertillion (1879)

Question 12

What is anthropology/morphology?

Answer 12

The study of the structure of living organisms.

Question 13

Who had a influence on popularizing scientific crime detection methods?

Answer 13

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Question 14

Who was the fictional character that helped popularize scientific crime detection methods?

Answer 14

Sherlock Holmes

Question 15

Who discovered that blood can be grouped into different categories?

Answer 15

Dr. Karl Landsteiner (1901)

Question 16

What are the categories that blood can be grouped into?

Answer 16

A, B, AB, O

Question 17

Who developed a technique for grouping blood from a dried blood stain?

Answer 17

Dr. Leon Lattes

Question 18

What is Locard’s exchange principle?

Answer 18

When two object come in contact with one another materials are exchanged between them.

Question 19

Who first used the comparison microscope to examine firearms?

Answer 19

Colonel Calvin Goddard

Question 20

Who developed the first DNA profiling test?

Answer 20

Sir Alec Jefferys

Question 21

What is the oldest forensic laboratory in the United States?

Answer 21

The Los Angeles Police Department

Question 22

What are the basic services provided by a full service crime laboratory?

Answer 22

Physical Science Unit
Biology Unit
Firearms Unit
Document Examination Unit
Photography Unit

Question 23

What is scientific method?

Answer 23

A process that uses strict guidelines to ensure careful and systematic collection, organization, and analysis of information.

Question 24

In Frye v. United States what did the court rule?

Answer 24

In order to be admitted as evidence in trial, the questioned procedure or technique must be GENERALLY ACCEPTED

Question 25

What is an expert witness?

Answer 25

A person possessing knowledge not expected of the average person.

Question 26

First to apply scientific principles to document examination

Answer 26

Albert Osborn

Question 27

What are four agencies that offer forensic services?

Answer 27

FBI
DEA
ATF
USPIS