FIVS
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
