Forensic Test 2 1.1.3

Question 1

What is Forensic Science?

Answer 1

Forensic Science is the application of scientific knowledge to resolve questions of civil and criminal law

Question 2

What is a Digital Footprint?

Answer 2

A digital footprint can be photographs, text messages, emails, voicemails, social media posts, internet search and browser history, and location data of where the person has been.

Question 3

What is Locard’s Exchange Principle?

Answer 3

Locard’s Exchange Principle is the concept that it is impossible for a criminal to act without leaving traces.

Question 4

What is trace evidence?

Answer 4

Trace evidence are tiny fragments of physical evidence. It can be hairs, fibers from clothing or carpeting, or pieces of glass.

Question 5

What is a decedent?

Answer 5

A decedent is a person who has died at a crime scene.

Question 6

What are biological similarities?

Answer 6

Biological similarities are similarities between living organisms.

Question 7

What is a Foresnic Technician?

Answer 7

A forensic technician is someone who works in a lab or field to process crime scenes by documenting the scene through observations, notes, sketches, and photographs and sends the evidence to the appropriate labs.

Question 8

What does Anatomical mean?

Answer 8

Anatomical means something relating to the bodily structure or anatomy.

Question 9

What is telogen?

Answer 9

Telogen is the part of the hair growth cycle when the hair sheds.

Question 10

What is anagen?

Answer 10

Anagen is the part of the hair growth cycle when the hair grows.

Question 11

What is catagen?

Answer 11

Catagen is the part of the hair growth cycle when the follicle shrinks.

Question 12

What is hair cortex?

Answer 12

The hair cortex is the part of the hair that provides strength, moisture, color, and texture.

Question 13

What are Ridges (on the finger)?

Answer 13

Ridges on the finger are tiny raised spiral and concentric patterns, found on the tip of each finger.

Question 14

What is a Loop vs. Arch pattern?

Answer 14

A loop pattern is one where ridges enter on one side and exit on the same side, while an arch pattern is one where ridges enter on one side and exit on the other side.

Question 15

What are minutae?

Answer 15

Minutiae are tiny characteristics found in fingerprints.

Question 16

How many minutiae have to match for prints to be identical?

Answer 16

The needs to be at least 12 to 15 points of minutiae to match for prints to be identical.

Question 17

What role does a Digital Forensics Investigator play in a criminal case?

Answer 17

The role a digital forensics investigator plays in a criminal case is that they receive digital components and they begin processing the device. Data is put into a format that’s easier to sift through like by creating keyword searches, categorizing pictures, and pulling out other information. Then they determine what’s relevant to an investigation and give this information to law enforcement and attorneys.

Question 18

Describe ways in which you could better protect your personal privacy and identity.

Answer 18

Ways you could better protect your personal privacy and identity is by getting a VPN and deleting your search history.

Question 19

Even though fingerprints typically remain unchanged throughout a person’s life, what might be some ways in which a person could lose or alter their fingerprint?

Answer 19

Some ways a person could lose or alter their fingerprint is by cutting their finger or getting deep burns on their finger.

Question 20

How do you find magnification when using a microscope?

Answer 20

You find magnification when using a microscope by multiplying the magnification of the eyepiece by the magnification of the objective lens.

Question 21

How are the cortex and cuticle affected when coloring your hair?

Answer 21

The cortex and cuticle are affected when coloring your hair by causing damage to the cortex and cuticle. And can leave reside on them, which cn be visible under a microscope.