MMSC 220 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is used interchangeably with forensics? - Answers - criminalistics
Important definitions of forensic science - Answers - -application of science to matters of
law and public concerns
-not a branch of law enforcement
Functions of a forensic scientist - Answers - -analysis of physical evidence
-expert testimony
Professional organizations - Answers - -American Academy of Forensic Sciences
(AAFS)
-Local organizations: Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists (MAAFS)
Area of forensic science: Toxicology - Answers - analyses of bodily specimens for
chemicals such as alcohols, illicit drugs, medications, poisons, and metals
Area of forensic science: Pathology - Answers - identification of deceased,
determination of mechanism of death, cause of death (COD), and manner of death
(MOD)
5 Manner of deaths (MOD) - Answers - 1. natural
2. homicide
3. suicide
4. accident
5. undetermined
Area of forensic science: Anthropology - Answers - identification and examination of
human skeletal remains
Area of forensic science: Entomology - Answers - the study of insects in relation to a
criminal investigation
Area of forensic science: Odontology - Answers - uses characteristics of teeth,
alignment, and overall structure
Odontograms - Answers - dental record images and radiographs
Area of forensic science: Seized drugs - Answers - analysis of suspected illicit and
controlled substances
, Area of forensic science: Trace evidence - Answers - textile fibers, hairs, paints, etc
Carl Scheele - Answers - first to detect arsenic in a corpse
Mathieu Orfila - Answers - -first treasie on detection of poisons and their defects on
animals
-father of forensic toxicology
Alhponose Bertillon - Answers - -anthropology and morphology applied as a system of
personal identification
-father of criminal identification
-the Bertillon system or bertillonage
Francis Henry Galton - Answers - first definitive study of fingerprints and methodology of
classification
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Answers - first novel with the character Sherlock Holmes
Edmund Locard - Answers - first police labratory
Locard's Exchange Principle - Answers - when 2 objects come in contact with one
another, materials are exchanged between them
Sir Alec Jeffreys - Answers - developed first profiling test
When was the oldest crime lab in the US established? - Answers - 1923
Laboratory accreditation - Answers - International Organization for Standardization
(ISO)
3 methods of organized systematic search - Answers - 1. strip or lane
2. spiral
3. grid
Crime scene's investigators rule - Answers - collect physical evidence
Reference/known samples - Answers - when you know where your evidence is from
Questioned/unknown samples - Answers - when you don't know where your evidence is
from
Substrate/control samples - Answers - material on which the evidence is on (material
could effect lab results)
What a tool kit has - Answers - -flashlight
-alternate light source
ANSWERS
What is used interchangeably with forensics? - Answers - criminalistics
Important definitions of forensic science - Answers - -application of science to matters of
law and public concerns
-not a branch of law enforcement
Functions of a forensic scientist - Answers - -analysis of physical evidence
-expert testimony
Professional organizations - Answers - -American Academy of Forensic Sciences
(AAFS)
-Local organizations: Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists (MAAFS)
Area of forensic science: Toxicology - Answers - analyses of bodily specimens for
chemicals such as alcohols, illicit drugs, medications, poisons, and metals
Area of forensic science: Pathology - Answers - identification of deceased,
determination of mechanism of death, cause of death (COD), and manner of death
(MOD)
5 Manner of deaths (MOD) - Answers - 1. natural
2. homicide
3. suicide
4. accident
5. undetermined
Area of forensic science: Anthropology - Answers - identification and examination of
human skeletal remains
Area of forensic science: Entomology - Answers - the study of insects in relation to a
criminal investigation
Area of forensic science: Odontology - Answers - uses characteristics of teeth,
alignment, and overall structure
Odontograms - Answers - dental record images and radiographs
Area of forensic science: Seized drugs - Answers - analysis of suspected illicit and
controlled substances
, Area of forensic science: Trace evidence - Answers - textile fibers, hairs, paints, etc
Carl Scheele - Answers - first to detect arsenic in a corpse
Mathieu Orfila - Answers - -first treasie on detection of poisons and their defects on
animals
-father of forensic toxicology
Alhponose Bertillon - Answers - -anthropology and morphology applied as a system of
personal identification
-father of criminal identification
-the Bertillon system or bertillonage
Francis Henry Galton - Answers - first definitive study of fingerprints and methodology of
classification
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Answers - first novel with the character Sherlock Holmes
Edmund Locard - Answers - first police labratory
Locard's Exchange Principle - Answers - when 2 objects come in contact with one
another, materials are exchanged between them
Sir Alec Jeffreys - Answers - developed first profiling test
When was the oldest crime lab in the US established? - Answers - 1923
Laboratory accreditation - Answers - International Organization for Standardization
(ISO)
3 methods of organized systematic search - Answers - 1. strip or lane
2. spiral
3. grid
Crime scene's investigators rule - Answers - collect physical evidence
Reference/known samples - Answers - when you know where your evidence is from
Questioned/unknown samples - Answers - when you don't know where your evidence is
from
Substrate/control samples - Answers - material on which the evidence is on (material
could effect lab results)
What a tool kit has - Answers - -flashlight
-alternate light source
