Forensic Science - Semester 1 Final
Exam
Pathology correct answersThe branch of medical science that studies
the causes, nature, and effects of disease
Forensic Science correct answersRelating/denoting the application of
scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime
Ballistics correct answersThe science that deals with the motion, behavior,
and effects of projectiles most often firearms and bullets
Edmond Locard correct answers"Every contact leaves
a trace" Henry Fauld correct answersFirst use of
fingerprints
First crime lab correct answers1910, France
Researcher of DNA molecule correct answersWatson
and Crick, 1953
Hearsay correct answersTestimony given by a witness who relates not
what he/she heard, saw, knw, personally, but what others said
Frye Standard correct answersScientific evidence must be given by an
expert witness and have general acceptance in the field of study, up to the
jury
Bill of Rights correct answersTen amendments guaranteeing rights such as
freedom of speech, assembly, and worship
Case Law correct answersMade by judges based on previous dcisions
predictability of how law will be applied
Criminal Law correct answersPublic law, deals with regulation and
enforcement of rights
Civil Law correct answersRelationships between individuals dealing with
property or contracts assigning blame-fines or transfer at property
Administrative Law correct answersLaws or rules IRS social security and
branches of the military
Misdemeanor correct answersMinor crimes, less than a felony, punished
with fine or confinement other than prison. Theft, assult, small amount of
drugs
, Felony correct answersA serious, major crime, punishable more than a
year of imprisonment up to death by execution. Murder, rape, armed
robbery, dealing with drugs, forgery
Direct and Indirect evidence correct answersDirect, evidence that stands
on its own to prove a fact. Indirect, evidence providing only a basis that the
fact is dispute.
Class Evidence correct answersCommon to a group of objects or persons.
Soil and hair for example
Circumstantial Evidence correct answersEvidence based on inference
rather than personal knowledge or observation
Testimony correct answersA statement made under oath, direct evidence,
prima facie evidence
Eyewitness correct answersA person who saw something happen, give
first-hand description of it
Issues for eyewitness correct answersStress, fear, threat/violence, time, did
one know the suspect
Open-ended questions correct answersQuestions that result with an
answer, "yes" or "no"
Individual Evidence correct answersSomething that can be linked to a
single source
Pattern Evidence correct answersDirect contact between person and object
or object to object
Transfer evidence correct answersContact between person or object, or
between person and person
Coroner correct answersAn official who investigates violent, sudden, or
suspicious death
Medical Examiner correct answersNote body's position, estimate time of
death
Chain of Custody correct answersA written record of all people who
have had possession of an item of evidence
Evidence correct answersSomething that tends to establish or
disprove a fact
Modus Operandi correct answersCharacteristic method of operation
of a criminal-MO
Exam
Pathology correct answersThe branch of medical science that studies
the causes, nature, and effects of disease
Forensic Science correct answersRelating/denoting the application of
scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime
Ballistics correct answersThe science that deals with the motion, behavior,
and effects of projectiles most often firearms and bullets
Edmond Locard correct answers"Every contact leaves
a trace" Henry Fauld correct answersFirst use of
fingerprints
First crime lab correct answers1910, France
Researcher of DNA molecule correct answersWatson
and Crick, 1953
Hearsay correct answersTestimony given by a witness who relates not
what he/she heard, saw, knw, personally, but what others said
Frye Standard correct answersScientific evidence must be given by an
expert witness and have general acceptance in the field of study, up to the
jury
Bill of Rights correct answersTen amendments guaranteeing rights such as
freedom of speech, assembly, and worship
Case Law correct answersMade by judges based on previous dcisions
predictability of how law will be applied
Criminal Law correct answersPublic law, deals with regulation and
enforcement of rights
Civil Law correct answersRelationships between individuals dealing with
property or contracts assigning blame-fines or transfer at property
Administrative Law correct answersLaws or rules IRS social security and
branches of the military
Misdemeanor correct answersMinor crimes, less than a felony, punished
with fine or confinement other than prison. Theft, assult, small amount of
drugs
, Felony correct answersA serious, major crime, punishable more than a
year of imprisonment up to death by execution. Murder, rape, armed
robbery, dealing with drugs, forgery
Direct and Indirect evidence correct answersDirect, evidence that stands
on its own to prove a fact. Indirect, evidence providing only a basis that the
fact is dispute.
Class Evidence correct answersCommon to a group of objects or persons.
Soil and hair for example
Circumstantial Evidence correct answersEvidence based on inference
rather than personal knowledge or observation
Testimony correct answersA statement made under oath, direct evidence,
prima facie evidence
Eyewitness correct answersA person who saw something happen, give
first-hand description of it
Issues for eyewitness correct answersStress, fear, threat/violence, time, did
one know the suspect
Open-ended questions correct answersQuestions that result with an
answer, "yes" or "no"
Individual Evidence correct answersSomething that can be linked to a
single source
Pattern Evidence correct answersDirect contact between person and object
or object to object
Transfer evidence correct answersContact between person or object, or
between person and person
Coroner correct answersAn official who investigates violent, sudden, or
suspicious death
Medical Examiner correct answersNote body's position, estimate time of
death
Chain of Custody correct answersA written record of all people who
have had possession of an item of evidence
Evidence correct answersSomething that tends to establish or
disprove a fact
Modus Operandi correct answersCharacteristic method of operation
of a criminal-MO
