HOSA Forensic Competition
(Study Guide) Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
The Washing Away of Wrongs - Answer: -printed in a book in China in 1247
-one of the more important forces in the motivation to develop Forensic Science
Victor Balthazard (1852-1950) - Answer: - helped advance fingerprint, hair, and firearm analysis
- credited with developing probability models which showed the uniqueness of fingerprints(1 in
1060 having the same print)
- co-wrote the first comprehensive book on hair analysis
- developed advanced photography method for comparing and identifying bullets
-among the first to note firing pin impressions and fabric impressions.
, Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) - Answer: - developed the first systematic method for
identifying criminals and suspects called anthropometry or could also be referred to as
Bertillonage, used body measurements and descriptions which was widely used till fingerprints
began to replace it
- first in Europe to solve a case using fingerprints despite his reluctance to accept them,
however he only used prints from the right hand on his ID cards and not the left
Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) - Answer: - started collecting thumbprints in 1888
- credited with developing first fingerprint classification system which was then adopted by
British government
- published book Finger Prints in 1892 which helped bring fingerprinting to the forefront of
criminal identification
- was the first proponent of classification "Ga1ton Ridge" used to describe type of ridge
Calvin Goddard (1891-1955) - Answer: - often credited with establishing scientific examination
of firearms in US
- helped in many cases and helped create tools used in modern firearm analysis
Hans Gross(1847-1915) - Answer: - examining magistrate in Austria
- credited with coining term criminalistics to describe analysis of physical evidence
- generalist and understood the value of trace evidence like soil, dust and other biological
evidence
(Study Guide) Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
The Washing Away of Wrongs - Answer: -printed in a book in China in 1247
-one of the more important forces in the motivation to develop Forensic Science
Victor Balthazard (1852-1950) - Answer: - helped advance fingerprint, hair, and firearm analysis
- credited with developing probability models which showed the uniqueness of fingerprints(1 in
1060 having the same print)
- co-wrote the first comprehensive book on hair analysis
- developed advanced photography method for comparing and identifying bullets
-among the first to note firing pin impressions and fabric impressions.
, Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) - Answer: - developed the first systematic method for
identifying criminals and suspects called anthropometry or could also be referred to as
Bertillonage, used body measurements and descriptions which was widely used till fingerprints
began to replace it
- first in Europe to solve a case using fingerprints despite his reluctance to accept them,
however he only used prints from the right hand on his ID cards and not the left
Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) - Answer: - started collecting thumbprints in 1888
- credited with developing first fingerprint classification system which was then adopted by
British government
- published book Finger Prints in 1892 which helped bring fingerprinting to the forefront of
criminal identification
- was the first proponent of classification "Ga1ton Ridge" used to describe type of ridge
Calvin Goddard (1891-1955) - Answer: - often credited with establishing scientific examination
of firearms in US
- helped in many cases and helped create tools used in modern firearm analysis
Hans Gross(1847-1915) - Answer: - examining magistrate in Austria
- credited with coining term criminalistics to describe analysis of physical evidence
- generalist and understood the value of trace evidence like soil, dust and other biological
evidence
