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What year did Dr. Leon Lattes develop a test to determine the blood group of a dried bloodstain?

1915

The Frye standard came about in what year?

1923

Which amendment is known as the "unreasonable search and seizure" amendment?

4th

Rule ................of the federal rules of evidence deals with expert witness testimony.

702

What is an exemplar?

A known standard collected by investigators

What would be considered an exigent circumstance?

A scream for help behind a locked door

Who developed DNA profiling?

Alec John Jeffreys

Mathieu Orfila's favorite substance to study was:

Arsenic

When must documentation on found items be done?

Before it is collected

The word "forensics" actually means

Belonging to, used in, or suitable to cours of judicature; an argument

What is evidence?

Court approved information that the trier of fact is allowed to consider when determining a defendant's guilt or innocence

....... analysis is the gathering, display, and summary of information gathered through

Data

Which of these scientists consulted on the Marie Latelle case?

Edmond Locard

This phrase is a simplified version of Locard's Exchange Principle

Every contact leaves a trace

............ evidence is a type of evidence whose presence at the scene can exclude a person as a source.

Exculpatory

Which of these scientists is responsible for developing the first classificaiton system for fingerprints?

Francis Galton

Which standard was enacted after the court listened to evidence about polygraph tests?

Frye

Dr. .......................'s most famous case was the Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.

Goddard

A grand jury is empowered to:

Hand down an indictment in a federal case

Who coined the term "Criminialistics"?

Hans Gross

Which is NOT one of the three questions that must be answered in order to meet the Frye standard?

Has it been researched and presented by a qualified PhD?

.............. evidence is a type of evidence whose presence at the scene includes a person as a source.

Inculpatory

You illegally search a scene, and find hair and fibers that lead you to a particular car with a murder weapon. During the trial, the murder weapon is removed from evidence. Why?

It is fruit of the poisonous tree

The Will West Case is important because:

It proved the Bertillonage method didn't work in all case

The Culshaw case is important because:

It was the first documented case of matching physical evidence in modern history

Which famous case caused forensic photography to become a popular technique?

Jack the Ripper

Which of these famous figures was the insipiration for Sherlock Holmes?

Joseph Bell

According to the court, what is science?

Knowledge generated through the use of the scientific method

Hans Gross started the journal __________, which is still a major source of primary forensc literature.

Kriminologie

The ______ Institute of Police Science was founded in 1902 as a direct result of the early use of forensic photography.

Lausanne

The first step of the scientific method involves:

Making observations

Which of these is immune to outliers?

Median

The classification of the crime scene labels the site of the original or first criminal activity as what?

Primary crime scene

............refers to the law of chance, or how likely something is to happen.

Probability

The process of observing the outcome of a chance event is called a(n):

Random experiment

Which of these evidence rules considers the judge the "gatekeeper" of admissible evidence?

Rule 702

The ............... states that, on average, each data point is a certain amount away

Standard Deviation

........ ............ (two words) refers to the science of drawing conclusions from specific data using the laws of probability.

Statistical inference

What is the key to a good hypothesis?

Testability

Which of these was first drafted by the Supreme Court and then passed by Congress?

The Federal Rules of Evidence

Who is the "gate keeper" for evidence during a trial?

The judge

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

The only thing consistent about crime scenes is:

Their variety

How does the court determine the admissibility of evidence?

Through the trial court's application of rules of evidence

According to your reading, what is the primary responsibility of a forensic scientist?

To perform scientific analyses and report the results

The major goal of working a crime scene is:

To reconstruct the events that generated the collected evidence

The ............ is attached to a search warrant, and outlines the probable cause that a person or items being looked for are at a particular location.

affidavit

Duties of the First Responder consist of which of the following?

all of the above

Which of these is a goal of forensic science, according to your reading?

all of the above

This is a video of a crime in progress. What type of evidence is this?

direct

All the possible results of a random experiment are called ................... outcomes.

elementary

A region or geographical area over which law enforcement or a legal entity can exercise authority is known as a

jurisdiction

The ............. is considered the trier of fact in a court case.

jury

Mathieu Orfila is considered the father of forensic __________.

toxicology


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