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What is the fourth thing a forensic scientist should do? - correct answersAllow for certainty and probabilistic
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What board covers the most diverse set of forensic disciplines - correct answersAmerican Board of Criminalists
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What is the fourth thing a forensic scientist should do? - correct answersAllow for certainty and probabilistic
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considerations wherever appropriate through this ranking
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What is the second step of the scientific method - correct answersTest hypothesis using observation or
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experimentation
Who developed an advanced photographic method of comparing markings on bullets - correct answersVictor
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What can you do after certification - correct answersTo be further certified in a specialty area
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What are private laboratories - correct answersBusinesses designed to make a profti
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What is the identification of suspects using 11 body measurements - correct
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Acknowledge the possibility of making mistakes j j j j j
Certification - correct answersA forensic scientist that has completes a written test covering their discipline
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Who coined the term of "criminalistics" - correct answersHans gross
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What does accreditation also require - correct answersRe-accreditation on a set schedule
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Who was the cousin of Charles darwin - correct answersSir Francis Galton
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Who helped advance fingerprint, firearms, and hair analysis - correct answersVictor Balthazad
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Who is credited with establishing examination of firearms evidence in US - correct answersGalvin Goddard
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What will the office of the chief medical examiner also have - correct answersToxicology laboratories to
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Who developed the first classification for fingerprints - correct answersSir Francis Galton
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What poison did Mathieu Orfila spend the most time studying - correct answersArsenic
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What board covers the most diverse set of forensic disciplines - correct answersAmerican Board of Criminalists
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