Criminal Investigation: Chapter 5 & 6(Completely solved)
T/F: DNA can be used to identify the victim of a crime by comparing it to DNA from close
relatives correct answers True
T/F: Forensic biologists are highly trained police officers first and foremost correct answers
False
T/F: Women have no control over the sex of their offspring correct answers True
T/F: If a man's DNA is recovered from the vagina of a rape victim, then he MUST be the rapist
correct answers False
T/F: There are many more copies of mtDNA in a cell than DNA correct answers True
Familial DNA and mtDNA are the same correct answers False- mito is from mother only
Presumptive tests are not very valuable as they do not precisely identify a substance correct
answers False
A confirmatory test for blood can indicate that the material is or is not human blood correct
answers False- can be done with presumptive
Evidence that may contain DNA must always be carefully sealed in a plastic bag for continuity
correct answers false- paper bag
Luminol does not destroy DNA in a sample correct answers True
Luminol can be used as a confirmatory test for blood correct answers False-presumptive
DNA in the databank can be used to determine the potential risk of disease in a subject correct
answers false
Which of the following happens in the Evidence Recovery Section?
DNA is extracted from an exhibit
b.DNA is profiled"
"a potential stain is identified and cut out for further analysis
d.evidence is received and catalogued
e.all of the above correct answers a potential stain is identified and cut out for further analysis
Which of the following is true of a man's mitochondrial DNA?
a.it is identical to his father's
b.it is identical to his mother's sister's
c.it is identical to his mother's father's
d.it can be passed to his children
e.it is identical to his daughter's correct answers it is identical to his mother's sister's
T/F: DNA can be used to identify the victim of a crime by comparing it to DNA from close
relatives correct answers True
T/F: Forensic biologists are highly trained police officers first and foremost correct answers
False
T/F: Women have no control over the sex of their offspring correct answers True
T/F: If a man's DNA is recovered from the vagina of a rape victim, then he MUST be the rapist
correct answers False
T/F: There are many more copies of mtDNA in a cell than DNA correct answers True
Familial DNA and mtDNA are the same correct answers False- mito is from mother only
Presumptive tests are not very valuable as they do not precisely identify a substance correct
answers False
A confirmatory test for blood can indicate that the material is or is not human blood correct
answers False- can be done with presumptive
Evidence that may contain DNA must always be carefully sealed in a plastic bag for continuity
correct answers false- paper bag
Luminol does not destroy DNA in a sample correct answers True
Luminol can be used as a confirmatory test for blood correct answers False-presumptive
DNA in the databank can be used to determine the potential risk of disease in a subject correct
answers false
Which of the following happens in the Evidence Recovery Section?
DNA is extracted from an exhibit
b.DNA is profiled"
"a potential stain is identified and cut out for further analysis
d.evidence is received and catalogued
e.all of the above correct answers a potential stain is identified and cut out for further analysis
Which of the following is true of a man's mitochondrial DNA?
a.it is identical to his father's
b.it is identical to his mother's sister's
c.it is identical to his mother's father's
d.it can be passed to his children
e.it is identical to his daughter's correct answers it is identical to his mother's sister's
