FSC100 Exam Review
Situ - correct answer ✔✔Original spot
Spatial controls - correct answer ✔✔measure the location of evidence as it relates to other pieces of
evidence prior
String Reconstruction - correct answer ✔✔Uses angular estimates based on length and width ratio
calculation and pieces of string to link blood stains to a common to a common origin
The Tangent Method - correct answer ✔✔Requires calculation of the incident angle and determination
of the area of origin through trigonometry
The CSI Effect - correct answer ✔✔Forensic television dramas influence on real-life court prodcedings
Latent - correct answer ✔✔DNA, fingerprints, footprints, tire tracks, often not visible without electronics
Sensitivity - correct answer ✔✔More times the number of nerve endings in friction skin than in skin
from other body parts
Thickness - correct answer ✔✔The skin on the palms and soles must be thick and tough enough to
handle a workload of touching, gripping, lifting and twisting.
Purchase - correct answer ✔✔We need skin on our hands that facilitates grasping and manipulating
tools. The rigid skin on the palms and soles resembles corduroy and gives us the nesscary purchase.
Sequential Processing - correct answer ✔✔The use of as many development techniques as necessary to
process a latent print.
Thenar and Planter Surfaces - correct answer ✔✔Inner surface of finger, palm and foot soles
Situ - correct answer ✔✔Original spot
Spatial controls - correct answer ✔✔measure the location of evidence as it relates to other pieces of
evidence prior
String Reconstruction - correct answer ✔✔Uses angular estimates based on length and width ratio
calculation and pieces of string to link blood stains to a common to a common origin
The Tangent Method - correct answer ✔✔Requires calculation of the incident angle and determination
of the area of origin through trigonometry
The CSI Effect - correct answer ✔✔Forensic television dramas influence on real-life court prodcedings
Latent - correct answer ✔✔DNA, fingerprints, footprints, tire tracks, often not visible without electronics
Sensitivity - correct answer ✔✔More times the number of nerve endings in friction skin than in skin
from other body parts
Thickness - correct answer ✔✔The skin on the palms and soles must be thick and tough enough to
handle a workload of touching, gripping, lifting and twisting.
Purchase - correct answer ✔✔We need skin on our hands that facilitates grasping and manipulating
tools. The rigid skin on the palms and soles resembles corduroy and gives us the nesscary purchase.
Sequential Processing - correct answer ✔✔The use of as many development techniques as necessary to
process a latent print.
Thenar and Planter Surfaces - correct answer ✔✔Inner surface of finger, palm and foot soles
