Forensic Science Exam Questions
Correctly Answered.
Forensic Science - CORRECT ANSWER the applications to matters of science to law
-As well as. . .
The business of providing timely, accurate, and thorough information to all levels of decisions makers in
our criminal justice system.
Criminalistics - CORRECT ANSWER the scientific examination of physical evidence for legal purposes This
term is synomous with forensic science
Criminology - CORRECT ANSWER includes the physcological angle, studying the crime scene for motive,
traits, and behavior that will help to interpret the evidence
Divisions of Crime Lab - CORRECT ANSWER **Physical Science Unit
-chemistry
-physics
**Geology
**Biology Unit(DNA)
**Firearms Unit(tool mark)
**Document Examination Unit
**Photography Unit
, Edmond Locard - CORRECT ANSWER **French professor
**Considered the father of: criminalistics( understood the importance of nature in crime scenes and
other cases.)
**Built the world's first forensic laboratory in France in 1910
Exchange Principle
Whenever two objects come into contact with each other, traces of each are exchanged.
Alphonse Bertillon - CORRECT ANSWER Father of: criminal identification
Francis Galton - CORRECT ANSWER First to develop a method of: first to develop a method using
fringerprints as a means of identification.4f
Dr. Karl Landsteiner - CORRECT ANSWER An Austrian physician that identified the A, B, AB, and O blood
groups in 1901.
Rudolf Virchow - CORRECT ANSWER A German pathologist who standardized a way to preform
autopsies one of two ways still used today.
** His cell theory, ("Omnis cellula e cellula") said that cells arise only from other cells.
scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Observe a problem
2. Consider a hypothesis or possible solution.
3. Examine, test, and then analyze the evidence.
Correctly Answered.
Forensic Science - CORRECT ANSWER the applications to matters of science to law
-As well as. . .
The business of providing timely, accurate, and thorough information to all levels of decisions makers in
our criminal justice system.
Criminalistics - CORRECT ANSWER the scientific examination of physical evidence for legal purposes This
term is synomous with forensic science
Criminology - CORRECT ANSWER includes the physcological angle, studying the crime scene for motive,
traits, and behavior that will help to interpret the evidence
Divisions of Crime Lab - CORRECT ANSWER **Physical Science Unit
-chemistry
-physics
**Geology
**Biology Unit(DNA)
**Firearms Unit(tool mark)
**Document Examination Unit
**Photography Unit
, Edmond Locard - CORRECT ANSWER **French professor
**Considered the father of: criminalistics( understood the importance of nature in crime scenes and
other cases.)
**Built the world's first forensic laboratory in France in 1910
Exchange Principle
Whenever two objects come into contact with each other, traces of each are exchanged.
Alphonse Bertillon - CORRECT ANSWER Father of: criminal identification
Francis Galton - CORRECT ANSWER First to develop a method of: first to develop a method using
fringerprints as a means of identification.4f
Dr. Karl Landsteiner - CORRECT ANSWER An Austrian physician that identified the A, B, AB, and O blood
groups in 1901.
Rudolf Virchow - CORRECT ANSWER A German pathologist who standardized a way to preform
autopsies one of two ways still used today.
** His cell theory, ("Omnis cellula e cellula") said that cells arise only from other cells.
scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Observe a problem
2. Consider a hypothesis or possible solution.
3. Examine, test, and then analyze the evidence.
