Test Bank for Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science (13th Edition, Richard Saferstein) — Chapters 1–20

N
O
TI
LU
O
STS
TE

, KJHGFDS


Test Bank
Chapter 1
Introduction
TE
Chapter 1 Multiple Choice
1) Forensic science is the application of science to:
A) Crime scene reconstruction.
B) Civil laws.
C) Criminal laws.
S
D) Both criminal and civil laws.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 03
TS
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Basic
2) The fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was created by:
A) Dalton.
B) Doyle.
O
C) Darwin.
D) Denton.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 05
LU
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Intermediate
3) Who is known as the “father of forensic toxicology”?
A) Orfila
B) Locard
TI
C) Osborn
D) Lattes
Answer: A
Page Ref: 05
O
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Intermediate
4) Who developed the system known as anthropometry?
N
A) Bertillon
B) Goddard
C) Gross
D) Galton
Answer: A

154

Copyright © 2021 Pearson Education, Inc.

, KJHGFDS


Page Ref: 05
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Intermediate
5) Who undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints as a method of personal
identification?
A) Gross
TE
B) Lattes
C) Goddard
D) Galton
Answer: D
Page Ref: 07
S
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Intermediate
6) Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, which he
TS
applied to criminal investigations?
A) Lattes
B) Gross
C) Locard
D) Bertillon
Answer: A
O
Page Ref: 07
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Intermediate
LU
7) Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the modern firearms
examiner?
A) Goddard
B) Lattes
C) Gross
D) Osborn
TI
Answer: A
Page Ref: 07
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Intermediate
O
8) Who wrote the first treatise describing the application of science to the field of criminal
investigation?
A) Locard
N
B) Osborn
C) Lattes
D) Gross
Answer: D
Page Ref: 07
155

Copyright © 2021 Pearson Education, Inc.

, KJHGFDS


Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Intermediate
9) Who established the first workable crime laboratory?
A) Galton
B) Bertillon
C) Locard
TE
D) Osborn
Answer: C
Page Ref: 07
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Intermediate
S
10) The exchange of evidence principle was theorized by:
A) Gross.
B) Locard.
TS
C) Galton.
D) Osborn.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 08
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
O
Level: Basic
11) The oldest forensic laboratory in the United States is that of the:
A) N.Y.C. Police Department.
B) FBI.
LU
C) Los Angeles Police Department.
D) Secret Service.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 08
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
TI
Level: Intermediate
12) Which of the following can be rightfully cited as an explanation for the rapid growth of
crime labs during the last 40 years?
A) Supreme Court decisions in the 1960s
O
B) Staggering increase in crime rates in the United States
C) Advent of DNA profiling
D) All of the above
N
Answer: D
Page Ref: 9-10
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
Level: Basic


156

Copyright © 2021 Pearson Education, Inc.