Forensic Science: Final Exam and 100
percent correct answers
What is the definition of forensic science? - ANSWER-Act of gathering and interpreting
evidence so that it is presented to persuade a jury or judge that an act has or has not
taken place.
What cause of death cannot be determine from bones? - ANSWER-Bleeding.
What can be determined by a skull? - ANSWER-Gender, race, and age.
What can be determined by a pelvis? - ANSWER-Gender.
What can be determined by a long bone? - ANSWER-Height and age.
What is the best way to determine the age of a skeleton? - ANSWER-Ossification and
denture.
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Bullets. - ANSWER-Pick it up and bag it.
Ballistics.
Method of Collection and Crime lab for Fingerprints. - ANSWER-Tape and photograph.
Fingerprints.
Method of Collection and Crime lab for Hair. - ANSWER-Tweezers and bag it. Hair and
Fiber.`
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Ink. - ANSWER-Chemical Test. Documentation
or toxicology.
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Poisons. - ANSWER-Bag it. Toxicology.
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Wet Blood/Blood Spatter. - ANSWER-When wet
you have to swab it and use a vacuutainer and photograph. Serology.
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Tire Tracks. - ANSWER-Photograph or mole.
Trace.
Can two people have the same fingerprints? - ANSWER-No. Fingerprints are like DNA.
Everybody has a unique strand of it.
When do you develop your fingerprints? - ANSWER-When you are in the womb.
What do the ridges of fingerprints provide us with? - ANSWER-Grip.
percent correct answers
What is the definition of forensic science? - ANSWER-Act of gathering and interpreting
evidence so that it is presented to persuade a jury or judge that an act has or has not
taken place.
What cause of death cannot be determine from bones? - ANSWER-Bleeding.
What can be determined by a skull? - ANSWER-Gender, race, and age.
What can be determined by a pelvis? - ANSWER-Gender.
What can be determined by a long bone? - ANSWER-Height and age.
What is the best way to determine the age of a skeleton? - ANSWER-Ossification and
denture.
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Bullets. - ANSWER-Pick it up and bag it.
Ballistics.
Method of Collection and Crime lab for Fingerprints. - ANSWER-Tape and photograph.
Fingerprints.
Method of Collection and Crime lab for Hair. - ANSWER-Tweezers and bag it. Hair and
Fiber.`
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Ink. - ANSWER-Chemical Test. Documentation
or toxicology.
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Poisons. - ANSWER-Bag it. Toxicology.
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Wet Blood/Blood Spatter. - ANSWER-When wet
you have to swab it and use a vacuutainer and photograph. Serology.
Method of Collection and Crime Lab for Tire Tracks. - ANSWER-Photograph or mole.
Trace.
Can two people have the same fingerprints? - ANSWER-No. Fingerprints are like DNA.
Everybody has a unique strand of it.
When do you develop your fingerprints? - ANSWER-When you are in the womb.
What do the ridges of fingerprints provide us with? - ANSWER-Grip.
