FORENSIC CHEMISTRY ACTUAL TEST BANK
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
●● Define forensic science.
Answer: The use of science and technology to enforce civil and criminal
laws.
●● What does forensic chemistry include?
Answer: The chemical side of criminal investigation and analysis of
materials that may lead to legal proceedings.
●● What is physical evidence?
Answer: Articles and materials found during an investigation that help
establish the identity of the perpetrator or circumstances of the crime.
●● What is Corpus Delicti?
Answer: The body of the crime or fact of specific loss or injury
sustained, essential in the commission of the crime.
●● What is associative evidence?
Answer: Evidence that links the suspect to the crime scene, such as
weapons or prints left behind.
, ●● What is tracing evidence?
Answer: Articles that assist in locating the criminal, such as stolen goods
found in the suspect's possession.
●● What is blood referred to in forensic science?
Answer: The circulating tissue of the body, a complex mixture of cells,
enzymes, proteins, and inorganic substances.
●● What is the importance of studying blood in forensic science?
Answer: It serves as circumstantial evidence, helps in disputed parentage
cases, determines cause of death, and establishes timelines.
●● What is the composition of blood?
Answer: 90% water and 10% solids, which include red blood cells,
white blood cells, and platelets.
●● What is serum?
Answer: A straw-yellow liquid formed when clotted blood stands and
the clot contracts.
●● What are the four chronological tests for blood?
Answer: Preliminary Test, Confirmatory Test, Precipitin Test, Blood
Grouping/Typing.
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
●● Define forensic science.
Answer: The use of science and technology to enforce civil and criminal
laws.
●● What does forensic chemistry include?
Answer: The chemical side of criminal investigation and analysis of
materials that may lead to legal proceedings.
●● What is physical evidence?
Answer: Articles and materials found during an investigation that help
establish the identity of the perpetrator or circumstances of the crime.
●● What is Corpus Delicti?
Answer: The body of the crime or fact of specific loss or injury
sustained, essential in the commission of the crime.
●● What is associative evidence?
Answer: Evidence that links the suspect to the crime scene, such as
weapons or prints left behind.
, ●● What is tracing evidence?
Answer: Articles that assist in locating the criminal, such as stolen goods
found in the suspect's possession.
●● What is blood referred to in forensic science?
Answer: The circulating tissue of the body, a complex mixture of cells,
enzymes, proteins, and inorganic substances.
●● What is the importance of studying blood in forensic science?
Answer: It serves as circumstantial evidence, helps in disputed parentage
cases, determines cause of death, and establishes timelines.
●● What is the composition of blood?
Answer: 90% water and 10% solids, which include red blood cells,
white blood cells, and platelets.
●● What is serum?
Answer: A straw-yellow liquid formed when clotted blood stands and
the clot contracts.
●● What are the four chronological tests for blood?
Answer: Preliminary Test, Confirmatory Test, Precipitin Test, Blood
Grouping/Typing.
