WVU FIS 201 Exam 1,2 & final Exam with 100%
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How does forensic science use the scientific method? - Answer- 1. Observe something in the
context of the crime
2. Does this "something" tell us about the events of the crime
3. Test the hypothesis, "Yes it does"
4. State what we have discovered and the limits of that work
5. Repeat until satisfied
Alexandre Lacassagne - Answer- Professor of forensic medicine at University of Lyon
Solved the case involving the politician found in field and died from strangling
Advocated that society, not hereditary, was responsible for crime
Dr. Joseph Bell - Answer- Medical lecturer and surgeon
"observe carefully, deduce shrewdly, and confirm with evidence"
served as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
Hans Gross - Answer- introduced the word and concept of Kriminalistik
said physical evidence was the way to solve crimes
founded the first forensics school
17th and 18th century - Answer- medicine; how it first started
19th century - Answer- medicine, chemistry, law, and photography
20th century - Answer- microscopy, fingerprints, pathology, chemistry
,deals with identification, collection, and preservation of evidence - Answer- Crime scene
investigation
the body and damage to it - Answer- Pathology
skeletal identification - Answer- Anthropology
teeth; bite marks - Answer- Odontology
bugs - Answer- entymologist
pathology, anthropology, odontology, entymologist - Answer- Death investigation
body fluid identification - Answer- Serology
identification based on genetics - Answer- DNA analysis
identify shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, soil,
documents - Answer- Criminalists
drug identification
arson and explosive
ink and paper
trace evidence - Answer- Forensic Chemistry
drugs in the body - Answer- Toxicology
video imaging, speaker identification, digital evidence - Answer- Digital Foreniscs
,structures, materials, or processes that fail in a crime scene - Answer- Forensics engineering
scientific lab where crime scene evidence is analyzed - Answer- The crime lab
true - Answer- True or False:
Forensic Scientists do not need a college education
jurisdiction, agency, history, demands, type of cases, available budget - Answer- How a crime
lab is organized
detection
preservation
comparison/identification
association
reconstruction - Answer- Steps of evidence analysis
physical
eyewitness testimony
expert opinion - Answer- the 3 types of evidence
shows a fact to be true unless disproven - Answer- prima facie
could have arisen for non criminal reasons - Answer- circumstantial
evidence that strengthens or confirms other evidence - Answer- corroborating
evidence that contradicts other evidence - Answer- conflicting
, innocent suspect - Answer- exculpatory
guilty suspect - Answer- incriminating
able to be presented in court - Answer- admissible evidence
real (admissible) evidence - Answer- collected at crime scene
processed and presented as authentic
allows jury to draw own conclusion
demonstrative evidence - Answer- scene documentation
created after analysis
explains the scene
stress, weapon focus, cross-racial identification, co-witness, over a long period of time, distance,
lighting, memory decay, intoxication - Answer- why arent eye witness testimonies reliable
police, firefighter, EMTs - Answer- who gets called to the crime scene first
assist the living; can easily distort evidence - Answer- what do medical personnel do at the crime
scene?
speak with first responders
set boundaries of crime scene
secure crime scene without contamination
establish a command post - Answer- what do CSIs first do at the scene
determine what crime if any was committed
locate points of entry and exit
Correct Answers Latest Version (2025) Expert
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How does forensic science use the scientific method? - Answer- 1. Observe something in the
context of the crime
2. Does this "something" tell us about the events of the crime
3. Test the hypothesis, "Yes it does"
4. State what we have discovered and the limits of that work
5. Repeat until satisfied
Alexandre Lacassagne - Answer- Professor of forensic medicine at University of Lyon
Solved the case involving the politician found in field and died from strangling
Advocated that society, not hereditary, was responsible for crime
Dr. Joseph Bell - Answer- Medical lecturer and surgeon
"observe carefully, deduce shrewdly, and confirm with evidence"
served as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
Hans Gross - Answer- introduced the word and concept of Kriminalistik
said physical evidence was the way to solve crimes
founded the first forensics school
17th and 18th century - Answer- medicine; how it first started
19th century - Answer- medicine, chemistry, law, and photography
20th century - Answer- microscopy, fingerprints, pathology, chemistry
,deals with identification, collection, and preservation of evidence - Answer- Crime scene
investigation
the body and damage to it - Answer- Pathology
skeletal identification - Answer- Anthropology
teeth; bite marks - Answer- Odontology
bugs - Answer- entymologist
pathology, anthropology, odontology, entymologist - Answer- Death investigation
body fluid identification - Answer- Serology
identification based on genetics - Answer- DNA analysis
identify shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, soil,
documents - Answer- Criminalists
drug identification
arson and explosive
ink and paper
trace evidence - Answer- Forensic Chemistry
drugs in the body - Answer- Toxicology
video imaging, speaker identification, digital evidence - Answer- Digital Foreniscs
,structures, materials, or processes that fail in a crime scene - Answer- Forensics engineering
scientific lab where crime scene evidence is analyzed - Answer- The crime lab
true - Answer- True or False:
Forensic Scientists do not need a college education
jurisdiction, agency, history, demands, type of cases, available budget - Answer- How a crime
lab is organized
detection
preservation
comparison/identification
association
reconstruction - Answer- Steps of evidence analysis
physical
eyewitness testimony
expert opinion - Answer- the 3 types of evidence
shows a fact to be true unless disproven - Answer- prima facie
could have arisen for non criminal reasons - Answer- circumstantial
evidence that strengthens or confirms other evidence - Answer- corroborating
evidence that contradicts other evidence - Answer- conflicting
, innocent suspect - Answer- exculpatory
guilty suspect - Answer- incriminating
able to be presented in court - Answer- admissible evidence
real (admissible) evidence - Answer- collected at crime scene
processed and presented as authentic
allows jury to draw own conclusion
demonstrative evidence - Answer- scene documentation
created after analysis
explains the scene
stress, weapon focus, cross-racial identification, co-witness, over a long period of time, distance,
lighting, memory decay, intoxication - Answer- why arent eye witness testimonies reliable
police, firefighter, EMTs - Answer- who gets called to the crime scene first
assist the living; can easily distort evidence - Answer- what do medical personnel do at the crime
scene?
speak with first responders
set boundaries of crime scene
secure crime scene without contamination
establish a command post - Answer- what do CSIs first do at the scene
determine what crime if any was committed
locate points of entry and exit
