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Francesco Redi

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Challenged the idea that maggots develop spontaneously in decomposing meet

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Blowflies

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Typically recognized by their green or blue coloring that appears metallic. They are often the first insect present on human remains.

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Song Ci

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Wrote a book that noted that impact of insects on human remains in the late 13th century in China

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Bergeret Darbois

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Studied the general lifecycle of insects. And doing so he produced one of the first estimations of the time that has passed.

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Forensic entomology

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The study of insects, including insect behavior as it relates to crime

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Time since colonization

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How many days may have passed since insects first arrived at a body

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Entomology

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The scientific study of insects

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Herman Reinhard

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Conducted, perhaps the first systematic study in forensic entomology. He exhumed human remains and examine the different insects that were found at different stages of decomposition.

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Necrophagous insects

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Insects that feed on decomposing flesh

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Jean Pierre Megnin

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Developed a theory in the 1800s arguing that there were predictable “waves” of insects that would appear on a human remains

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Marcel Bergeret

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Was involved with one of the first recorded times when forensics entomology was used in a criminal case, which happened in 1850 in France

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Postmortem interval

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The time since a person died

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Forensic odontology

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The study of dentistry as applied to criminal investigations

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Dentition

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The unique condition and arrangement of teeht

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Sutures

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The seams where bones of the skull meet

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Osteology

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The study of bones

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Forensic anthropology

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The study of human bones in relation to criminal investigations

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Epiphyseal fusion

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The closing of the areas at the clavicle, iliac crest, and the king bones of our arms and legs

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Scatter pattern

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The displacement of bones in an area over time, due to scavengers and other factors

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Hardware

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The physical components of a computer or other device, including the hard disk, drive, random access memory (RAM) and the central processing unit (CPU)

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Browser cache

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Temporary Internet files stored on a device so that websites can load more quickly

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Swap file

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File or space on the hard drive for data from our a.m. is swapped in order to preserve space

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Network interface card

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Allows computers to communicate with each other

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Sectors

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The smallest unit of data on a hard drive

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Unallocated space

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The area on a hard drive, that the operating system sees as empty

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Forensic image

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Duplicate copy of the entire contents of a hard drive from the computer or other device

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Internet protocol

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The address through which a computer connects to the Internet shown as a series of numbers

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Cookies

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Files that are placed on a computer by some websites when the user visits the site. they contain information about user activities

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Faraday bag

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Pouch that locks signals from reaching a device used for evidence collection

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Visible data

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The data that is readily available because of the operating system of the computer or the device is aware of it

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Random access memory

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The non permanent or volatile memory of a computer

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Hacking

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The unauthorized intrusion into another device or net work

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Hex editors

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Low data on a hard drive to be read on the binary level

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Hard disk drive

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The main storage location for a computer

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Digital forensics

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The field of forensic science, that deals with digital evidence, including evidence from computers devices and networks

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Software

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The set of instructions that allows a program to complete a task

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Slack space

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The extra amount of space that is not used by a file in the allocated space

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Cloud

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A network of servers where data is stored remotely and accessed via the Internet

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Iris scan

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A process in which a later beam pick out unique details of the iris. The information can be used to identify a person.

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DNA phenotyping

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The process of using DNA to create a composite representation of a suspect or victim

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Vehicle systems forensics

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Special field of forensic science, that analyzes evidence from the digital system in cars and other vehicles

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Facial recognition, software

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Suffer that uses algorithms to recognize faces in photos in mash them with faces from a database

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Microbiomics

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The study of the unique bacteria that live on our bodies

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Forensic palynology

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A special field of forensics science, that analyzes evidence from pollen grains found at the crime scene

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Identikits

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Photo identification systems that have different facial features on cards so that they can be put together to form a complete face

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Challenge forensic scientists face in the future

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Limited resources

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True about iris scan

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Picks out the unique characteristics of each persons iris

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Hacker generally disguise their

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IP address

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E-fit system developed by who?

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Scotland Yard

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What is like the “recent calls” list?

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Internet history

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NIBIN contains info about

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Bullets and guns

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National Crime Information Center maintained by who

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FBI

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IP addresses are shown as a series of numbers, most commonly

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What is true about web based email

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It is sometimes stored on the computer like other webpages

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The national integrated ballistic information network has information about what

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Bullets

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The purpose of a firewall is

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To stop unauthorized access to a network

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Latent data is

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Generally invisible to the user

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Forensic scientist generally photograph and sketch

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A computer and its components during the analysis

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The purpose of hex editors

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Allow the hard drive to be read at the binary level

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What contains visible data?

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Print spool file

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Do floppy disks hold more data than a CDR/RW

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No

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What file may contain data written to, in case of an unexpected error or program shut down

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Temporary file

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What is a duplicate copy of the entire contents of the hard drive from the computer or other device

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Forensic image

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Are print spool files created each time the computer is powered on, just in case you decide to print something

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No

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Nettwerk forensics might deal with

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Investigating a data breach

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Ram is part of which of the following

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Hardware

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Programs and the instructions for running these programs are loaded into RAM, while the computers using them

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True

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An example of operating system

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Linux

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Is software the set of instructions that allow a particular program to complete a task

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Yes

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The computer views unallocated space as what

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Empty

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Where is cloud, data stored?

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On remote servers

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Body lying on the top of the ground will be skeletizedin about how long

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8 months

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For bodies left on the surface of the ground bone rot begins to occur after around

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12 years

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The first step in a computer facial reconstruction

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Scan the school

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Which of the following is not a long bone in the arm?

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Femur

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Blow fly, maggots typically hatch from eggs on a body about how long after the blowflies first arrive

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One day

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Are beetles the first insects present on human remains

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No

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How soon do adult blowflies typically start appearing on a body after the person is died?

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0 to 60 minutes

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Scanning electron microscope, may be used to

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Distinguish between the eggs of different insect species

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