FIS 201 – Exam 1 Study Guide (Modules 1–3, Mohr,
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From its inception, Forensic science has moved more towards a generalist model in which
individual forensic scientists work across a variety of disciplines. - ANS✔✔ False
What term describes when a laboratory has agreed to operate according to a professional or
industry standard and has proven that it can and does operate this way? - ANS✔✔ Accreditation
Defendant - ANS✔✔ A person who is accused of a criminal act
Plaintiff - ANS✔✔ A citizen who initiates civil legal action against another
Grand Jury - ANS✔✔ A group of people who evaluate the preliminary evidence to determine if
a full trial should proceed
Trier of Fact - ANS✔✔ The entity which evaluates evidence to determine the outcome of a trial
Voir dire - ANS✔✔ The portion of a trial where jury members or forensic experts are evaluated
for their ability to participate in a trial
Which scientist or scientists are responsible for the first comprehensive book on hair analysis? -
ANS✔✔ Victor Balthazard, (see pg.5 for additional)
Which pioneering forensic scientists made significant contributions in the area of firearms
evidence analysis? - ANS✔✔ Victor Balthazard, Calvin Goddard
, The set of rules that governs the proper, acceptable, and honest behavior of a forensic scientist
are called the - ANS✔✔ Ethics
The main significance of Sherlock Holmes to the history of forensics was that Holmes developed
new test for blood. - ANS✔✔ False
Which specialist would be responsible for identifying the voice of someone who has left a
threatening phone call on the governor's voice mail? - ANS✔✔ Digital Examiner
The federal rules of evidence address which of the following aspects of evidence? - ANS✔✔
Whether someone is defined as a witness or not
Which statements is/are true about the Daubert decision? - ANS✔✔ (Do later)
Evidence with class characteristics can be associated with a particular suspect. - ANS✔✔ False
A significant reason that the admissibility of all forensic evidence must be considered is to weed
out "junk science". - ANS✔✔ True
Historical investigations using proxy data are by definition forensic. - ANS✔✔ False
Prima facie evidence - ANS✔✔ Evidence that is accepted as true until proven otherwise
Tainted evidence - ANS✔✔ Evidence which cannot be presented to the court due to its method
of collection.
Exculpatory Evidence - ANS✔✔ Evidence which tends to contradict the prosecution's hypothesis
of guilt
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From its inception, Forensic science has moved more towards a generalist model in which
individual forensic scientists work across a variety of disciplines. - ANS✔✔ False
What term describes when a laboratory has agreed to operate according to a professional or
industry standard and has proven that it can and does operate this way? - ANS✔✔ Accreditation
Defendant - ANS✔✔ A person who is accused of a criminal act
Plaintiff - ANS✔✔ A citizen who initiates civil legal action against another
Grand Jury - ANS✔✔ A group of people who evaluate the preliminary evidence to determine if
a full trial should proceed
Trier of Fact - ANS✔✔ The entity which evaluates evidence to determine the outcome of a trial
Voir dire - ANS✔✔ The portion of a trial where jury members or forensic experts are evaluated
for their ability to participate in a trial
Which scientist or scientists are responsible for the first comprehensive book on hair analysis? -
ANS✔✔ Victor Balthazard, (see pg.5 for additional)
Which pioneering forensic scientists made significant contributions in the area of firearms
evidence analysis? - ANS✔✔ Victor Balthazard, Calvin Goddard
, The set of rules that governs the proper, acceptable, and honest behavior of a forensic scientist
are called the - ANS✔✔ Ethics
The main significance of Sherlock Holmes to the history of forensics was that Holmes developed
new test for blood. - ANS✔✔ False
Which specialist would be responsible for identifying the voice of someone who has left a
threatening phone call on the governor's voice mail? - ANS✔✔ Digital Examiner
The federal rules of evidence address which of the following aspects of evidence? - ANS✔✔
Whether someone is defined as a witness or not
Which statements is/are true about the Daubert decision? - ANS✔✔ (Do later)
Evidence with class characteristics can be associated with a particular suspect. - ANS✔✔ False
A significant reason that the admissibility of all forensic evidence must be considered is to weed
out "junk science". - ANS✔✔ True
Historical investigations using proxy data are by definition forensic. - ANS✔✔ False
Prima facie evidence - ANS✔✔ Evidence that is accepted as true until proven otherwise
Tainted evidence - ANS✔✔ Evidence which cannot be presented to the court due to its method
of collection.
Exculpatory Evidence - ANS✔✔ Evidence which tends to contradict the prosecution's hypothesis
of guilt
