Criminalistics Ch. 1-5 Question and
answers 100% correct
Victor Balthazar - correct answer Responsible for developing probability
models, showing that fingerprints were unique
Anthropometry/Bertillonage - correct answer Used a measurement system,
whereby 11 body measurements were taken to identify a person - later
replaced by fingerprints
Sir Francis Galton - correct answer Credited with developing the first
classification system for fingerprints
Accreditation - correct answer When a laboratory agrees to operate
according to a professional or industry standard and has proven that it can
and does operate this way
Certifications - correct answer Means the forensic scientist has complete a
written test covering their discipline and participates in yearly proficiency
testing to ensure that their methods and techniques are sound
Forensic science has moved towards ______________ - correct answer a
specialist model in which a forensic scientist is specializes
Scientific Method - correct answer Formulate hypothesis
Test the hypothesis using observation or experiment
Based on results, revise hypothesis and repeat
Continue until the data are in agreement with the hypothesis
, Locard's Exchange Principle - correct answer "When two things come into
contact something is left and something is taken away"
Ethical Problems for Forensic Scientists - correct answer If they work for a
law enforcement agency there may be "prosecutorial bias" - must find results
based on science not based on what they believe
To be admissible evidence has to be _________ and ______________ -
correct answer Reliable and relevant
Rules of Evidence - correct answer Determines admissibility or inadmissibility
of trial information
Class Characteristics - correct answer Evidence can only be associated with
a group and not a unique source
Individual Characteristics - correct answer Evidence can be attributed to a
unique source with a high degree of certainty
Federal rules of evidence regarding expert testimony - correct answer "If
scientific, technical, or other specialize knowledge will assist the trier of fact to
understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as
an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify
thereto in the form of opinion or otherwise"
Inculpatory vs Exculpatory Evidence - correct answer Inculpatory include
them as a suspect and exculpatory excludes them
Associative evidence - correct answer Hair, blood, fibers, firearms,
fingerprints, paint, glass
answers 100% correct
Victor Balthazar - correct answer Responsible for developing probability
models, showing that fingerprints were unique
Anthropometry/Bertillonage - correct answer Used a measurement system,
whereby 11 body measurements were taken to identify a person - later
replaced by fingerprints
Sir Francis Galton - correct answer Credited with developing the first
classification system for fingerprints
Accreditation - correct answer When a laboratory agrees to operate
according to a professional or industry standard and has proven that it can
and does operate this way
Certifications - correct answer Means the forensic scientist has complete a
written test covering their discipline and participates in yearly proficiency
testing to ensure that their methods and techniques are sound
Forensic science has moved towards ______________ - correct answer a
specialist model in which a forensic scientist is specializes
Scientific Method - correct answer Formulate hypothesis
Test the hypothesis using observation or experiment
Based on results, revise hypothesis and repeat
Continue until the data are in agreement with the hypothesis
, Locard's Exchange Principle - correct answer "When two things come into
contact something is left and something is taken away"
Ethical Problems for Forensic Scientists - correct answer If they work for a
law enforcement agency there may be "prosecutorial bias" - must find results
based on science not based on what they believe
To be admissible evidence has to be _________ and ______________ -
correct answer Reliable and relevant
Rules of Evidence - correct answer Determines admissibility or inadmissibility
of trial information
Class Characteristics - correct answer Evidence can only be associated with
a group and not a unique source
Individual Characteristics - correct answer Evidence can be attributed to a
unique source with a high degree of certainty
Federal rules of evidence regarding expert testimony - correct answer "If
scientific, technical, or other specialize knowledge will assist the trier of fact to
understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as
an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify
thereto in the form of opinion or otherwise"
Inculpatory vs Exculpatory Evidence - correct answer Inculpatory include
them as a suspect and exculpatory excludes them
Associative evidence - correct answer Hair, blood, fibers, firearms,
fingerprints, paint, glass
