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FIVS 205 - Exam 1
Fivs 205 Questions from Chapter Quizzes and Weekly Quizzes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was anthropometry officially implemented as an identification system in France? | 1883 |
| Who created anthropometry? | Alphonse Bertillon |
| The Will West Case is important because: | It proved the Bertillonage method didn't work in all cases |
| Who is responsible for developing probability models, showing that fingerprints were unique? | Victor Balthazard |
| Why wasn't Bertillon able to identify the thief that stole the Mona Lisa in 1911? | "Because fingerprints were left behind from the left hand, and Bertillion only took the fingerprints of a suspect's right hand" |
| "When a forensic scientist has completed a written test covering his or her discipline and completes proficiency testing to ensure methods and techniques are sound, that scientist is considered: " | Certified |
| Who is credited with developing the first classification system for fingerprints? | Galton |
| "What is ethics, according to your text? " | A set of rules that govern the conduct of a professional working in a given field |
| "Which of these best describes the phrase ""contrite fallibilism?"" " | The state of understanding the limits of our knowledge and the ability to acknowledge that were are not infallible as scientists |
| There are two basic type's of sketches as part of a crime scene investigation: Rough and what other? | Final |
| Which of these is an objective of any crime scene investigation? | Collection, Interpretation, Preservation and Recognition (All of these) |
| What is an exemplar? | A known standard collected by investigators |
| Which of these is a major task of crime scene documentation? | Nate Taking, Photography, Sketching, Videography (All of these) |
| Which amendment is known as the unreasonable search and seizure amendment? | 4th |
| You are working the scene of a body dump in which the victim was killed elsewhere. How do you classify the dump site? | Secondary crime scene |
| The classification of the crime scene labels the site of the original or first criminal activity as what? | Primary crime scene |
| When must documentation on found items be done? | Before it is collected |
| "Linkage of persons, scenes or objects is based on what?" | Edmond Locard's exchange principle |
| What single definition works adequately for every crime scene? | None of the following: Secondary, Microscopic, Macroscopic, Primary |
| The Federal Rules of Evidence was enacted by Congress in: | 1975 |
| DNA is categorized into which evidence type? | Biological Evidence |
| Which of these is an example of individual characteristic evidence? | Fingerprints, DNA, Fracture matches (All of these) |
| What jurisdiction do the FRE apply to? | Federal |
| What must admissible evidence be? | Reliable and relevant |
| How is an experts qualification to testify established? | Voir Dire |
| Which of these may be called a "trier of fact"? | Jury |
| "Evidence that proveds information about the events preceding, occurfing during, and occurring after commission of a crime is known as:" | Reconstruction |
| A region or geographical area over which law enforcement or a legal entity can excise authority is known as: | Jurisdiction |
| Items considered of unknown or questioned origin until a comparison is made to a known standard are called: | Associative evidence |
| Associative evidence must be compared to a(n): | Exemplar |
| What term describes when a laboratory has agreed to operate according to a professional or industry standard and has proven that it can and does operate this way? | Accreditation |
| What is the goal of generating forensic evidence from the gathered information? | Establishing material facts before or at trial |
| Lawyers representing one of two rival positions arguing for acceptance is called: | Adversarial system |
| What type of evidence comes into court and does not reference a particular suspect? | Class Characteristic |
| What is considered a common examination for questioned documents? | Alterations, Obliterations, Handwriting comparisons (All of these) |
| Private laboratories: | Are businesses designed to make a profit |
| The Daubert standard came about in what year? | 1993 |
| The Daubert case was decided by... | Supreme Court |
| Which of these references a particular suspect? | Individual characteristic evidence |
| "In law, which entity or person determines the truth? " | The judge or jury |
| ABO blood grouping is categorized into which evidence type? | Biological Evidence |
| A draft of what would become the Federal Rules of Evidence was put forth in: | 1969 |
| What name did the Daubert decision refer to the judge as? | Gatekeeper |
| What does the method in which a latent print is developed depend on? | Visibility of the print and the surface |
| You need to compare the striations of two bullets. Which of these would be the best tool to use? | Comparison scope |
| The __________ point is the point at which glass is no longer visible. | Match |
| The single direction in which light vibrating is absorbed is referred to as __________ direction. | Privileged |
| What is micrometry? | The measurement of dimensions of specimens under a microscope using a micrometer or specialized software |
| You are using a microscope with an ocular lens magnification of 10X and an objective lens magnification of 120X. How many times larger than the actual specimen is the image you’re viewing? | 1200X |
| _____ transfer if trace evidence is when there’s some intermediary between the original source of the evidence and where it ends up. | Secondary |
| According to your reading the most basic form of microscopy involves the __________ microscope, which uses light reflected off of or transmitted from a specimen through a single lens. | Light |
| ________________ is the measure of the spectra of microscopic samples using different wavelengths of electromagnetic wavelength. | Microspectrophotometry |
| In a standard light microscope, the magnification of the oculars is usually: | 10X |
| According to your reading, the __________ microscope is one of the most powerful analytical tools available to the forensic scientist. | Petrographic |
| Which of these best describes the dissecting light microscope as presented in your reading? | A microscope with only one objective lens, a lower magnification (around 15–20 X) and more working space between the objective lens and the specimen. |
| The presence of this measuring device that lies a scale over any image coming through the oculars is an unsophisticated method of quantification called what? | Micrometry |
| You need to look at an intact beetle under the microscope. Which of these would be the best microscope to use? | Dissection microscope |
| _______ transfer of trace evidence is when trace evidence comes directly from the original source. | Primary |
| The condition in which no light emerges when two polarizers are placed so that the privleged directions are perpendicular is called _______ polars. | Crossed |
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