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Forensics Final
Forensic Science Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What can make hair analysis more difficult? | Cleaning agents, age of sample, no hair follicle, chemical treatment |
| Most common glass collected at crime scenes? | Soda lime glass from windows and bottles |
| What is the primary distinguishing characteristic of paint chips recovered from crime scenes? | Color |
| How many tire impressions are required for track evidence? | Two or more |
| What task does an evidence intake unit of a crime lab perform? | Assign an Identification number |
| What role do osteometric markers serve? | Ethnicity, tissue depth, gender, tissue type |
| Fiber chemical must be _______________ to be considered a match. | identical |
| Each geographic region has its own ___________________. | Pollen print |
| Where a fire starts. | Point of origin |
| Area of convergence shows where blood ____________________. | Originated |
| Whose principle is every contact leaves a trace? | Locard's |
| Three qualities of value in fingerprint identification | individuality, identifiable characteristics, and unchanging |
| Facors to be considered regarding prints left at a crime scene. | Weather, surface type, pressure, wear to finger |
| Three types of shoeprint impressions | Visible - direct transfer to surface Plastic - impressed into soft surface Latent - not visible, requires processing to view |
| What is important to notice about how a vehicle traveled when observing tire tread patterns? | Straight path or turning, Rear tire only visible during turns |
| Goal of explosive evidence examination | Type of explosion Explosive materials used Origin of device materials |
| Six types of crime labs | City, County, Regional, State, Federal, Research/Specialty |
| What is mobile forensics? | Recovery and investigation of information on digital devices |
| Types of facial recognition? | Authentication - recognition via phones and devices Identification - through security footage |