Test 1

Which entity maintains the largest crime laboratory in the world?

no answer

8. Which search pattern would be best for a crime scene where many investigators are available to search a large area?

zone

19. Officers should attempt to locate tool marks at the point of entry during the investigation of what type of crime?

Burglary

Who is the final evaluate of forensic evidence?

Jury

Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, which he applied to criminal investigations?

Lattes

13. What is the name of the search pattern in which one or two investigators start at the boundary at one end of the scene and walk straight across to the other side?

Line

14. What search pattern employs two people performing line searches that originate from adjacent corners?

Line

18. Which search pattern is most reliant on the boundaries established?

Line

Who established the first workable crime laboratory?

Locard

What is the oldest forensic laboratory in the United States?

Los Angeles Police Department

What U.S. Supreme Court case made it necessity for the forensic scientist to appear in court?

Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

16. The concept of general acceptance of scientific evidence relates to what?

Miranda warnings No answer

17. Which of the following acts is permissible for officers at the scene?

None of the above

The conditions at a crime scene can be compromised by all of the following actions except:

Taking photographs at the crime scene

Forensic odontology refers to the study of which of the following?

Teeth

11. Once the lead investigator determines that all pertinent evidence at the crime scene has been located, the investigators must perform what?

The final survey

6. The size and location of the crime scene as well as the events that occurred there will determine:

The kind of search pattern that will be used to located evidence

7. Which crime-scene search pattern does not require more than one investigator?

line

An expert witness must be able to demonstrate:

1. Education in his/her area of expertise 2. Working knowledge of the subject matter Incorrect 3. Significant experience in a relevant field

Approximately how many crime labs are currently operating in the United States (including federal, state, county, and municipal labs)?

400

The case of Coppolino v. State highlights issues dealing with what?

Acceptability of new scientific tests

Police barricades and the strategic positioning of guards are used prohibit access to the crime scene by whom?

All unauthorized personnel

In Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael, the US Supreme Court ruled that the gatekeeping role of a trial judge:

Applied to all expert testimony

Bite marks would be least likely to be found in cases involving:

Arson

Who developed the system known as anthropometry?

Bertillon

The dramatization of forensic science on television has led to a phenomenon known as what?

CSI effect

The fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was created by

Charles Doyle

What judicial case set forth the most current guidelines for determining the admissibility of scientific examinations in the federal courts?

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals

The current system of crime laboratories in the United States can best be described as which of the following?

Decentralized

15. Which of the following is a disadvantage of the spiral search pattern?

Evidence could be missed

To formulate a successful strategy for recovering relevant physical evidence at crime scenes, what must the investigator ultimately rely on?

Experience

Which of the following would not be included in the work of the biology unit of a crime lab?

Fingerprint analysis

What area of forensic science is concerned with failure analysis, accident reconstruction, and causes and origins of fires or explosions?

Forensic engineering

What area of forensic science examines the relationship between human behavior and legal proceedings?

Forensic psychiatry

Who undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints as a method of personal identification?

Galton

Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the modern firearms examiner?

Goddard

16. Which search pattern employs several people moving from the boundary straight toward the center of the scene (inward) or from the center straight to the boundary (outward)?

Grid

Who wrote the first treatise describing the application of science to the field of criminal investigation?

Gross

Who is known as the father of forensic toxicology

Orfila

The lay witness provides testimony that relies on what?

Personal knowledge

10. The purpose of the crime-scene search is to locate what?

Physical evidence

Which of the following services does not normally lie within the expertise of the forensic scientist?

Polygraph examination

9. The types of evidence commonly found during a vehicle search include all of the following except which?

Questioned documents

1. After providing medical assistance for the injured and arresting any suspects on the scene, the first officer should immediately:

Secure the scene

Which unit is responsible for examining body fluids and organs for the presence of drugs and poisons?

Toxicology unit

In the case of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the US Supreme ...

Trial judge

4. What is the initial survey of the crime scene that is carried out by the lead investigator called?

Walk-through

hich of the following may give clues about the timing of an incident?

Whether a door is locked or unlocked

The scientific method requires that scientific evidence be validated by what means?

a. All of the above - Correct b. Formulating hypothetical c. Formulating pertinent questions d. Performing experiments

The eleven sections of the American Academy of Forensic Science include all of the following except:

a. Criminalistics b. Jurisprudence c. Arson/explosives - Correct d. General

Which one of the following people did not make a contribution to forensic toxicology?

a. Mathieu Orfila b. Alphonse Bertillon - Correct c. Carl Wilhelm Scheele d. Valentin Ross

20. The first responding officer at the crime scene must make attempts to detain and question whom?

a. Suspects b. Unauthorized personnel

The effectiveness of an experts testimony is almost always dependent on:

a. The ability of the expert to talk in clear, concise language b. All of the above - correct c. The educational background of the expert d. The scientific validity of the tests used

Which of the following can be said to explain the rapid growth of crime labs during the last forty years?

a. The advent of DNA profiling b. Supreme Court decisions in the 1960s c. All of the above - Correct d. A staggering increase in crime rates in the United States

Forensic science is the application of science to

civil and criminal laws