FIS 201 Final Exam questions with
verified solutions passed
science - correct answer ✔✔method of study used to empirically understand and describe the
physical universe
Forensic - correct answer ✔✔Forum: place of debate, court of law
dubious evidence - correct answer ✔✔torture, spectral evidence, junk science
Contrite Falliilism - correct answer ✔✔Awareness that there we can never prove something
100% and there may be alternative explanations. Willingness to change our conclusions in light
of new data.
Apophenia - correct answer ✔✔False patterns, priming effects, unconscious attitudes
Serology - correct answer ✔✔Body Fluid Identification
Pathology - correct answer ✔✔Trauma to the body
DNA Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Identification based on genetics
Pathology - correct answer ✔✔The body & damage to it
Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Skeletal identification
, Odontology - correct answer ✔✔Definition and bite marks
Entomology - correct answer ✔✔Insects on bodies
what do criminalists do? - correct answer ✔✔Shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms,
hairs, fibers, questioned documents
Forensic Chemistry - correct answer ✔✔Drug identification, toxicology, Arson & Explosive
Identification, trace evidence
Digital Forensics - correct answer ✔✔recovery of digital evidence,video imaging &
enhancement, speaker identifcation, biometrics
engineering sciences - correct answer ✔✔structures, materials, or processes that fail, buildings,
vehicles
behavioral sciences - correct answer ✔✔competence & sanity, violence likelihood, profiling
criminology - correct answer ✔✔application of psychology and sociology
Edmond Locard - correct answer ✔✔father of modern forensic science,founded the first
forensic laboratorym helped establish the primacy of fingerprints for identification
what was locards exchange principle? - correct answer ✔✔Every action leaves a trace
quantity - correct answer ✔✔the amount of material transferred from source
verified solutions passed
science - correct answer ✔✔method of study used to empirically understand and describe the
physical universe
Forensic - correct answer ✔✔Forum: place of debate, court of law
dubious evidence - correct answer ✔✔torture, spectral evidence, junk science
Contrite Falliilism - correct answer ✔✔Awareness that there we can never prove something
100% and there may be alternative explanations. Willingness to change our conclusions in light
of new data.
Apophenia - correct answer ✔✔False patterns, priming effects, unconscious attitudes
Serology - correct answer ✔✔Body Fluid Identification
Pathology - correct answer ✔✔Trauma to the body
DNA Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Identification based on genetics
Pathology - correct answer ✔✔The body & damage to it
Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Skeletal identification
, Odontology - correct answer ✔✔Definition and bite marks
Entomology - correct answer ✔✔Insects on bodies
what do criminalists do? - correct answer ✔✔Shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms,
hairs, fibers, questioned documents
Forensic Chemistry - correct answer ✔✔Drug identification, toxicology, Arson & Explosive
Identification, trace evidence
Digital Forensics - correct answer ✔✔recovery of digital evidence,video imaging &
enhancement, speaker identifcation, biometrics
engineering sciences - correct answer ✔✔structures, materials, or processes that fail, buildings,
vehicles
behavioral sciences - correct answer ✔✔competence & sanity, violence likelihood, profiling
criminology - correct answer ✔✔application of psychology and sociology
Edmond Locard - correct answer ✔✔father of modern forensic science,founded the first
forensic laboratorym helped establish the primacy of fingerprints for identification
what was locards exchange principle? - correct answer ✔✔Every action leaves a trace
quantity - correct answer ✔✔the amount of material transferred from source
