Forensics: Summative Review

Question 1

What is an exemplar?

Answer 1

Authentic samples of handwriting used for comparison with questioned writing.

Question 2

What is the Bertillion Method?

Answer 2

Method used to ID criminal before fingerprinting was used.

Question 3

What type of cuticle pattern do humans have?

Answer 3

imbricate

Question 4

What type of cuticle pattern do mice have?

Answer 4

coronal

Question 5

What type of cuticle pattern do cats have?

Answer 5

spinous

Question 6

What is the protein in hair and fingernails?

Answer 6

keratin

Question 7

What is the medullary index for human hair?

Answer 7

generally less than 1/3

Question 8

What is the medullary index for animal hair?

Answer 8

generally greater than 1/2

Question 9

What are diacritics?

Answer 9

individualistic handwriting characteristics - i’s and t’s

Question 10

At what velocity would blood spatter leave spines and satellites?

Answer 10

Low velocity

Question 11

What kind of DNA can be found in the shaft of the hair?

Answer 11

mitochondrial DNA which only comes from the mother