HOSA Forensic Science Practice Test Questions and
Answers
What is the fourth thing a forensic scientist accreditation on a set schedule
should do? - -Allow for certainty and
probabilistic considerations wherever appropriate
through this ranking Who was the cousin of Charles darwin - -
Sir Francis Galton
What is the second step of the scientific method -
-Test hypothesis using observation or Who helped advance fingerprint, firearms, and
experimentation hair analysis - -Victor Balthazad
Who developed an advanced photographic Who is credited with establishing examination of
method of comparing markings on bullets - firearms evidence in US - -Galvin Goddard
-Victor Balthazad
What will the office of the chief medical examiner
What can you do after certification - -To be also have - -Toxicology laboratories to
further certified in a specialty area analyze postmortem samples
What are private laboratories - - Who developed the first classification for
Businesses designed to make a profti fingerprints - -Sir Francis Galton
What is the identification of suspects using 11 What poison did Mathieu Orfila spend the most
body measurements - - time studying - -Arsenic
Anthropometric/bertillonage
What board covers the most diverse set of
What is contrite fallibism - -The awareness forensic disciplines - -American Board of
of how much we do not know and the humility to Criminalists
Acknowledge the possibility of making mistakes
What is the scientific method? - -Data
Certification - -A forensic scientist that has based and founded on concepts taken
completes a written test covering their discipline collectively through a series of steps
Who coined the term of "criminalistics" - - What is the adversial system? - -Two
Hans gross positions arguing for acceptance
What does accreditation also require - -Re- How does certification begin - -Passing a
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Answers
What is the fourth thing a forensic scientist accreditation on a set schedule
should do? - -Allow for certainty and
probabilistic considerations wherever appropriate
through this ranking Who was the cousin of Charles darwin - -
Sir Francis Galton
What is the second step of the scientific method -
-Test hypothesis using observation or Who helped advance fingerprint, firearms, and
experimentation hair analysis - -Victor Balthazad
Who developed an advanced photographic Who is credited with establishing examination of
method of comparing markings on bullets - firearms evidence in US - -Galvin Goddard
-Victor Balthazad
What will the office of the chief medical examiner
What can you do after certification - -To be also have - -Toxicology laboratories to
further certified in a specialty area analyze postmortem samples
What are private laboratories - - Who developed the first classification for
Businesses designed to make a profti fingerprints - -Sir Francis Galton
What is the identification of suspects using 11 What poison did Mathieu Orfila spend the most
body measurements - - time studying - -Arsenic
Anthropometric/bertillonage
What board covers the most diverse set of
What is contrite fallibism - -The awareness forensic disciplines - -American Board of
of how much we do not know and the humility to Criminalists
Acknowledge the possibility of making mistakes
What is the scientific method? - -Data
Certification - -A forensic scientist that has based and founded on concepts taken
completes a written test covering their discipline collectively through a series of steps
Who coined the term of "criminalistics" - - What is the adversial system? - -Two
Hans gross positions arguing for acceptance
What does accreditation also require - -Re- How does certification begin - -Passing a
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