Intro to forensic Science

Question 1

What are the steps of the scientific method? (6)

Answer 1

Question, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, conclusion and peer review

Question 2

T/F Hypothesis can be proven true.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

T/F Experiment does not have to be repeatable.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Forensic science: The application of knowledge and technology of ______ to the ___________

Answer 4

science, enforcement of law

Question 5

Began around the (year).

Answer 5

1800

Question 6

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle popularized forensic science thanks to ________.

Answer 6

Sherlock Holmes

Question 7

In 1814, he published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poison and their effect on animals

Answer 7

Mathieu Orfila

Question 8

Francis Galton (1822-1911)

Answer 8

Studied and classified fingerprints

Question 9

Who discovered that blood can be grouped in 4

categories: A, B, AB or O and when?

Answer 9

Dr Karl Landstainer in 1901

Question 10

Who discovered a method to determine the blood type of a bloodstain and when?

Answer 10

Leone Lattes in 1915

Question 11

Calvin Goddard (1891-1955)

Answer 11

Refined the examination techniques of gun bullets.

Question 12

Albert S. Osborn (1858-1946) (2 things)

Answer 12

Developped document analysis and made them admissible in court.

Question 13

Who said that whenever two objects come into contact with one another, there is exchange of materials between them ?

Answer 13

Edmond Locard (1877-1966)

Question 14

What evidence was used before forensic science? (3)

Answer 14

Witness statement, victim statement and suspect confession.

Question 15

T/F Circumstantial evidence is completely reliable?

Answer 15

False

Question 16

What unit identifies hairs, fibers and DNA?

Answer 16

Biology unit

Question 17

What unit examines firearms, discharged bullets, cartridge cases, etc.?

Answer 17

Firearms unit

Question 18

What principles does the physical science unit applies? (3)

Answer 18

Physics, chemistry and geology

Question 19

T/F Document Examination Unit studies

the handwriting and typewriting on questioned documents to ascertain authenticity and source.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

T/F Toxicology unit examines footprints and palm prints and compare them with prints obtained
from suspects, other crime scenes or print database.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

What unit uses digital imaging, infrared, ultraviolet and X-ray photography to make
invisible information visible to the naked eye?

Answer 21

Photography unit

Question 22

What does the latent print unit examine?

Answer 22

Fingerprints

Question 23

T/F The voice analysis unit performs lie detector tests.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

T/F The polygraph is not admissible in court ion canada

Answer 24

True

Question 25

What unit dispatches specially trained personnel to the crime scene to collect and preserve
physical evidence?

Answer 25

Crime scene investigation unit

Question 26

What type of “bodies” do anthropologist deal with compared to pathologists?

Answer 26

Bones only

Question 27

Odontologists deal with ______.

Answer 27

Teeth

Question 28

Entomologists deal with _________.

Answer 28

Bugs and slime

Question 29

Psychiatrist deal with ________.

Answer 29

People, their ability to testify in court, they do profiling, etc.

Question 30

Serologist deal with _______.

Answer 30

Blood and other bodily fluids.

Question 31

Botanist deal with _______.

Answer 31

Plants

Question 32

Who analyzes accident reconstruction, and causes and origins of fires or
explosions?

Answer 32

Engineer or physicist

Question 33

Who identifies, collects, preserves and examines information derived from
computers and other digital devices, such as cell phones?

Answer 33

Computer and digital analyst

Question 34

What are the three main functions of a forensic scientist?

Answer 34

Analyze physical evidence, provide expert testimony and traine police officers in the proper recognition, collection and preservation of physical evidence .