HOSA Forensic Science Practice
Test Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
What is the fourth thing a forensic scientist should do? - Answer: Allow for certainty and
probabilistic considerations wherever appropriate through this ranking
What is the second step of the scientific method - Answer: Test hypothesis using observation or
experimentation
Who developed an advanced photographic method of comparing markings on bullets - Answer:
Victor Balthazad
What can you do after certification - Answer: To be further certified in a specialty area
What are private laboratories - Answer: Businesses designed to make a profti
What is the identification of suspects using 11 body measurements - Answer:
Anthropometric/bertillonage
What is contrite fallibism - Answer: The awareness of how much we do not know and the
humility to Acknowledge the possibility of making mistakes
, Certification - Answer: A forensic scientist that has completes a written test covering their
discipline
Who coined the term of "criminalistics" - Answer: Hans gross
What does accreditation also require - Answer: Re-accreditation on a set schedule
Who was the cousin of Charles darwin - Answer: Sir Francis Galton
Who helped advance fingerprint, firearms, and hair analysis - Answer: Victor Balthazad
Who is credited with establishing examination of firearms evidence in US - Answer: Galvin
Goddard
What will the office of the chief medical examiner also have - Answer: Toxicology laboratories to
analyze postmortem samples
Who developed the first classification for fingerprints - Answer: Sir Francis Galton
What poison did Mathieu Orfila spend the most time studying - Answer: Arsenic
What board covers the most diverse set of forensic disciplines - Answer: American Board of
Criminalists
What is the scientific method? - Answer: Data based and founded on concepts taken collectively
through a series of steps
Test Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
What is the fourth thing a forensic scientist should do? - Answer: Allow for certainty and
probabilistic considerations wherever appropriate through this ranking
What is the second step of the scientific method - Answer: Test hypothesis using observation or
experimentation
Who developed an advanced photographic method of comparing markings on bullets - Answer:
Victor Balthazad
What can you do after certification - Answer: To be further certified in a specialty area
What are private laboratories - Answer: Businesses designed to make a profti
What is the identification of suspects using 11 body measurements - Answer:
Anthropometric/bertillonage
What is contrite fallibism - Answer: The awareness of how much we do not know and the
humility to Acknowledge the possibility of making mistakes
, Certification - Answer: A forensic scientist that has completes a written test covering their
discipline
Who coined the term of "criminalistics" - Answer: Hans gross
What does accreditation also require - Answer: Re-accreditation on a set schedule
Who was the cousin of Charles darwin - Answer: Sir Francis Galton
Who helped advance fingerprint, firearms, and hair analysis - Answer: Victor Balthazad
Who is credited with establishing examination of firearms evidence in US - Answer: Galvin
Goddard
What will the office of the chief medical examiner also have - Answer: Toxicology laboratories to
analyze postmortem samples
Who developed the first classification for fingerprints - Answer: Sir Francis Galton
What poison did Mathieu Orfila spend the most time studying - Answer: Arsenic
What board covers the most diverse set of forensic disciplines - Answer: American Board of
Criminalists
What is the scientific method? - Answer: Data based and founded on concepts taken collectively
through a series of steps
