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Chapter 15,16,17,18&19

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Primary explosives are?   NOT very stable  
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Debris recovered from the site of an explosion is routinely rinsed with _____ in an attempt to recover explosive residues.   acetone  
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What is a homemade explosive that has been used by terrorist organization in the Middle East?   TATP  
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Which of the following statements is false?   Dynamite is an initiating high explosive.  
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Which is NOT a high explosive?   black powder  
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An explosive readily detonated by heat or shock is:   primary eplosive  
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What is NOT true about taggants?   They are widely used to help trace an explosive to its last legal possessor.  
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Spot testing for the presence of explosives can be confrimed in the laboratory using   IR & x-ray defraction  
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The most widely used low explosive is   black powder & smokeless poweder  
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A procedure commonly used as a test for explosive residues is:   GC/MS,color spot test/thin layer/GC  
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A chemical used to synthesize the explosive TATP is?   hydrogen peroxide  
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High explosives can be classifed as either ___or___explosives.   Primary;secondary  
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The chemical ingredients of black powder are commonly:   potassium nitrate, charcoal, sulfur  
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____ explosives detonate almost instantaneously to produce a smasing or shattering effect.   High explosives  
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_____ is NOT a military explosive.   nitroglycerin  
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Eplosives taht decompose at relatively slow rates are classifed as:   Low explosives  
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Telltale signs of arson include:   accelerant,"streamer",separate points orgin, trails of burn patterns  
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Combustion occurring at the surface of the solid describes:   glowing combustion  
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Factor that contribute to abnormal observation at a fire scene include:   winds&drafts,secondary fires,structure holes,stirways&elevator shafts  
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When investigator search a fire scen, the first focus must be on:   finding the origin of the fire  
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Which instrmmentation is considered the most sensitive and reliable for detecting and characterizing flammable residues?   GC  
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A common classification system charaterizes ignitable liquids based on their boliing point ranges and number of ___ moeclues as light, medium and heavy petroleum distillates.   carbon  
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Heat ennergy can ignite distant objects through the transmission of:   Electromagnetic energy  
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Complex chromatographic patterns can be simplified by passing the compoinents emerging from the GC column through   mass spectrometer  
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The transfer of heat energy by movement of molecules withi a liquid or gas is:   convection  
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A fuel can only achieve combustion in:   gaseous state  
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The minimum temp at which fuel vapor will ignite is known as:   the ignition temp  
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All combustible fules simultaneously igniting to engulf a structure in flames is known as:   flashover  
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Gasoline residues are best characterized by:   gas chromatography  
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A natural heat-producing process that may give rise to a fire is:   spontaneous combustion  
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The decomposition of organic matter by heat describes:   pyrolysis  
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Hydrocarbon acelerants can be detected by:   portable dector(sniifer)/traied dogs  
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_____ can not be determinded from a lab examination of evidence recovered from an arson.   The brand name of the gasoline used to start the fire.  
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The chemical reaction associated with a fire is   oxidation  
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The transfer of heat energy by he movement of molecules witin a liquid or gas is:   Convection  
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_____is used to analyze the make and model of a printer when it is not physical available.   Class characteristics  
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A data bank of ink dye patterns has been maintained by the U.S. Secret Service using:   TLC  
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Document examiners frequently uncover the original writing or words that have been crossed out with the aid of:   infrared radiation  
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Inks on hadwriteen documents may be copared for their chemical composition by the tech of:   thin-layer chromatogrphy  
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The process by which the image is stored inn memory by scanning and converting by computer into array of digital intensity values called picture elements is known as:   digitizing  
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Some inks, when expsoed to blue-green light, absorb ___ radiation and emit light.   infrared  
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Fax machines print a header known as ___ at the top of each fax page which may become a very importat point of comparison.   TTI  
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Which of the following is NOT considered a hardware device?   The opperating sysytem  
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which of the following is NOT considered a type of software   Random Access Memory  
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What we know as the internet was orginally developed in?   1969  
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What keeps track of the location of files and folders on the HDD?   the FAT  
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One gigabyte can be expressed as:   1,000 megabytes(MB)  
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When is it necessary to make a "fingerprint" of a HDD?   before and after imaging its contents  
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Which of the following is not considered to be classified as software?   Floppy dics  
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Hard drive partitions are typically divided into?   Cluster, Tracks,Cylinders & Sectors  
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The complex of wires located on the motherboard which seres to carry data from one hardware device to another is"   ROM  
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One should not look for "latent" data in:   temporary files  
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Sectors are typically ___ bytes in size.   512  
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One should not search for "visible" date in:   unallocated space  
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A ____ is an automated search tool used to locate information on the internet.   Search engine  
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A quick method for sweitching back and forth between related web pages is to use:   Hyepertext  
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A _____ will provide the user with the capabilities for acessing web pages on the world wide web.   brower  
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Files containing chat and instant messaging are most likely stored in:   RAM  
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which service will allow the user to select informative messages of his or her choice fromt he systems bulletin board-like setup?   Newgroups  
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A service offered through the internet that will send messages concerning a specific topic directly to you e-mail acount is?   mailing list  
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If an individual wishes to send a message to another individual located in another part of the world he or she would use which sustem?   Electronic mail  
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The area of the internet where all the documents of informatoin are collected is called the:   World Wide Web  
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When looking at the deceased vitim,investigators should look for   wounds&blood,fingernail scraping&finails  
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Which factor would not effect decomposition?   sex of individual  
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The stiffening of the body musces after death is called?   rigor mortis  
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The term used to describe when blood settles to the bottom side of the body is?   lividity  
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Bodies found in air cecompose ____ as fast as those found submerged in water.   twice  
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What is studied in forensic playnology?   pollen and spores  
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The most reliable bone to determine sex is?   pelvis  
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The second best bone for determining sex is?   skull  
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Baby teeth are also known as?   deciduous  
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Adults that have a full set of teeth contain___teeth in total.   32  
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Children usually get their first final permanent teeth by about.   6-8 yrs  
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Children usually have their first tooth eruption at what age?   7 mo  
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What part of the bone is responsible for most of the length of the bone   metaphysis  
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What bones are used to determine height?   humerus,radius & ulna  
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The best bone to determine race is?   skull  
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Toward midline   Medial  
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Away from midline   Lateral  
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Closer to any point of reference on the body   Proximal  
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Farther from any point of reference on the body   distal  
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How many bones are usually found in an adult human?   206  
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