INTRO TO CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION FINAL
EXAM
What were the scientists responsible for the early discoveries in forensic science
considered due to the fact that they worked in many forensic disciplines? - Answers
:Generalists
Who is responsible for developing probability models, showing that fingerprints were
unique? - Answers :Victor Balthazard
Who is credited with developing the first classification system for fingerprints? - Answers
:Sir Francis Galton
True/False: Locard's Exchange Principle, "every contact leaves a trace," is not an exact
phrase used by Locard; it has been evolved from his writings and studies. - Answers
:True
True/False: Forensic scientists can only testify in criminal action suits and for the
prosecution. - Answers :False
True/False: The difference of opinion between two experts indicates that one of the
experts is unethical. - Answers :False
What is considered court approved information that is used to determine a defendant's
guilt or innocence? - Answers :Evidence
Admissibility or inadmissibility of trial information is determined by the application of
what? - Answers :Rules of Evidence
What is the goal of generating forensic evidence from the gathered information? -
Answers :Establishing material facts before or at trial
What must admissible evidence be? - Answers :Reliable and Relevant
What jurisdiction do the FRE apply to? - Answers :Federal
What name did the Daubert decision refer to the judge as? - Answers :Gatekeeper
What kind of evidence is forensic evidence considered? - Answers :Circumstantial
What type of evidence comes into court and does not reference a particular suspect? -
Answers :Class Characteristics
, True/False: The forensic part of forensic evidence refers to the scientific process
through which facts are generated and the evidence part refers to a distinct set of
procedures that are unique to the litigation process. - Answers :True
True/False: The Daubert decision was one of two in the late 1990s that significantly
impacted the way in which many jurisdictions addressed the admissibility of evidence. -
Answers :False
True/False: The criminalist is responsible to report conclusions in a timely and
consistent manner and determine guilt. - Answers :False
True/False: Testimony does not serve as a type of evidence. - Answers :False
Who is credited with establishing scientific examination of firearms in the United States?
- Answers :Calvin Goddard
Who coined the term Criminalistics? - Answers :Hans Gross
What was Edmund Locard's main interest in forensic science? - Answers :Trace
Evidence
Who is considered the father of forensic toxicology? - Answers :Mathieu Orfila
What term describes when a laboratory has agreed to operate according to a
professional or industry standard and has proven that it can and does operate this way?
- Answers :Accreditation
How is an expert's qualification to testify established? - Answers :Voir Dire
True/False: Sherlock Holmes stories were not influential or inspirational to pioneers of
forensic science due to their lack of realism to the actual field of forensic science. -
Answers :False
Who is a physician that specializes in pathology and the diagnosis of disease and sub
specializes in the area between law and medicine? - Answers :Pathologist
What is defined as the disease or injury that initiated the lethal chain of events that led
to death? - Answers :Cause of Death
The acronym NASH is a breakdown of the four what? - Answers :Manners of Death
What change(s) are used to estimate time of death? - Answers :All of the Above (rigor
mortis, livor mortis, algor mortis)
___________ is a death that occurs within a few hours of the onset of symptoms or
death without any symptoms. - Answers :Sudden Death
EXAM
What were the scientists responsible for the early discoveries in forensic science
considered due to the fact that they worked in many forensic disciplines? - Answers
:Generalists
Who is responsible for developing probability models, showing that fingerprints were
unique? - Answers :Victor Balthazard
Who is credited with developing the first classification system for fingerprints? - Answers
:Sir Francis Galton
True/False: Locard's Exchange Principle, "every contact leaves a trace," is not an exact
phrase used by Locard; it has been evolved from his writings and studies. - Answers
:True
True/False: Forensic scientists can only testify in criminal action suits and for the
prosecution. - Answers :False
True/False: The difference of opinion between two experts indicates that one of the
experts is unethical. - Answers :False
What is considered court approved information that is used to determine a defendant's
guilt or innocence? - Answers :Evidence
Admissibility or inadmissibility of trial information is determined by the application of
what? - Answers :Rules of Evidence
What is the goal of generating forensic evidence from the gathered information? -
Answers :Establishing material facts before or at trial
What must admissible evidence be? - Answers :Reliable and Relevant
What jurisdiction do the FRE apply to? - Answers :Federal
What name did the Daubert decision refer to the judge as? - Answers :Gatekeeper
What kind of evidence is forensic evidence considered? - Answers :Circumstantial
What type of evidence comes into court and does not reference a particular suspect? -
Answers :Class Characteristics
, True/False: The forensic part of forensic evidence refers to the scientific process
through which facts are generated and the evidence part refers to a distinct set of
procedures that are unique to the litigation process. - Answers :True
True/False: The Daubert decision was one of two in the late 1990s that significantly
impacted the way in which many jurisdictions addressed the admissibility of evidence. -
Answers :False
True/False: The criminalist is responsible to report conclusions in a timely and
consistent manner and determine guilt. - Answers :False
True/False: Testimony does not serve as a type of evidence. - Answers :False
Who is credited with establishing scientific examination of firearms in the United States?
- Answers :Calvin Goddard
Who coined the term Criminalistics? - Answers :Hans Gross
What was Edmund Locard's main interest in forensic science? - Answers :Trace
Evidence
Who is considered the father of forensic toxicology? - Answers :Mathieu Orfila
What term describes when a laboratory has agreed to operate according to a
professional or industry standard and has proven that it can and does operate this way?
- Answers :Accreditation
How is an expert's qualification to testify established? - Answers :Voir Dire
True/False: Sherlock Holmes stories were not influential or inspirational to pioneers of
forensic science due to their lack of realism to the actual field of forensic science. -
Answers :False
Who is a physician that specializes in pathology and the diagnosis of disease and sub
specializes in the area between law and medicine? - Answers :Pathologist
What is defined as the disease or injury that initiated the lethal chain of events that led
to death? - Answers :Cause of Death
The acronym NASH is a breakdown of the four what? - Answers :Manners of Death
What change(s) are used to estimate time of death? - Answers :All of the Above (rigor
mortis, livor mortis, algor mortis)
___________ is a death that occurs within a few hours of the onset of symptoms or
death without any symptoms. - Answers :Sudden Death
