HOSA Forensic Science Practice Test
Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
What is the fourth thing a forensic scientist should do? - Correct answer-Allow for
certainty and probabilistic considerations wherever appropriate through this
ranking
What is the second step of the scientific method - Correct answer-Test hypothesis
using observation or experimentation
Who developed an advanced photographic method of comparing markings on
bullets - Correct answer-Victor Balthazad
What can you do after certification - Correct answer-To be further certified in a
specialty area
What are private laboratories - Correct answer-Businesses designed to make a
profti
What is the identification of suspects using 11 body measurements - Correct
answer-Anthropometric/bertillonage
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, What is contrite fallibism - Correct answer-The awareness of how much we do not
know and the humility to Acknowledge the possibility of making mistakes
Certification - Correct answer-A forensic scientist that has completes a written test
covering their discipline
Who coined the term of "criminalistics" - Correct answer-Hans gross
What does accreditation also require - Correct answer-Re-accreditation on a set
schedule
Who was the cousin of Charles darwin - Correct answer-Sir Francis Galton
Who helped advance fingerprint, firearms, and hair analysis - Correct answer-
Victor Balthazad
Who is credited with establishing examination of firearms evidence in US -
Correct answer-Galvin Goddard
What will the office of the chief medical examiner also have - Correct answer-
Toxicology laboratories to analyze postmortem samples
Who developed the first classification for fingerprints - Correct answer-Sir Francis
Galton
What poison did Mathieu Orfila spend the most time studying - Correct answer-
Arsenic
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Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
What is the fourth thing a forensic scientist should do? - Correct answer-Allow for
certainty and probabilistic considerations wherever appropriate through this
ranking
What is the second step of the scientific method - Correct answer-Test hypothesis
using observation or experimentation
Who developed an advanced photographic method of comparing markings on
bullets - Correct answer-Victor Balthazad
What can you do after certification - Correct answer-To be further certified in a
specialty area
What are private laboratories - Correct answer-Businesses designed to make a
profti
What is the identification of suspects using 11 body measurements - Correct
answer-Anthropometric/bertillonage
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, What is contrite fallibism - Correct answer-The awareness of how much we do not
know and the humility to Acknowledge the possibility of making mistakes
Certification - Correct answer-A forensic scientist that has completes a written test
covering their discipline
Who coined the term of "criminalistics" - Correct answer-Hans gross
What does accreditation also require - Correct answer-Re-accreditation on a set
schedule
Who was the cousin of Charles darwin - Correct answer-Sir Francis Galton
Who helped advance fingerprint, firearms, and hair analysis - Correct answer-
Victor Balthazad
Who is credited with establishing examination of firearms evidence in US -
Correct answer-Galvin Goddard
What will the office of the chief medical examiner also have - Correct answer-
Toxicology laboratories to analyze postmortem samples
Who developed the first classification for fingerprints - Correct answer-Sir Francis
Galton
What poison did Mathieu Orfila spend the most time studying - Correct answer-
Arsenic
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