FSC100 EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS (PASS GUARANTEE) LATEST VERSION
1. What is Forensic Science?
o Science in service to courts
2. Define the Forensic Method.
o Systematic approach to documenting, collecting, interpreting and
presenting evidence for presentation in court of law
3. What is a crime?
o An act forbidden by law and punishable
4. What does Crime Scene Investigation refer to?
o Term referring to processes associated with investigation of
criminal events
5. Define Criminalistics.
o Term for analysis of physical evidence (often called forensic
scientists)
6. What is Criminology?
o Scientific study of crime
7. What is evidence?
o Anything that can help prove or disprove a point in question
8. What are the three main types of evidence?
o Physical (objects, impressions), Observations (weather, lights
on/off), and Testimony (eye witness, expert)
9. What is Locard's Exchange Principle?
o Every contact leaves a trace by leaving something behind, by
taking something away, or by doing both
10.What is Chain of Custody?
, o Documentation of evidence handling to prevent breaks in the chain
(fruit of the poisonous tree)
11.What is the CSI Effect?
o Combination of effects that might appear to contradict each other
12.What does LOSER stand for in crime scene management?
o Listen, Observe, Search, Evaluate, Record
13.What is the Hot Zone?
o The inner perimeter of the crime scene where the body is found
14.What is the Warm Zone?
o The outer perimeter of the crime scene, other rooms surrounding
the hot zone
15.What is cross contamination?
o Unintended movement of material between two or more objects
16.Define ethics in forensic science.
o Well-founded standards of right and wrong that dictate what
humans ought to do
17.What virtues do ethics encourage?
o Honesty, loyalty, compassion
18.What is a Code of Ethics?
o Systematic statement of rules, regulations or laws, developed by a
community to promote its values
19.Why are ethics important in forensic science?
o Can provide a set of rules to follow and can prevent ambiguity
20.What is an Expert Witness?
o A specialist witness, such as a forensic scientist, who testifies at a
trial
21.What do the 6 C's stand for?
o Contamination, Chain of Custody, Conflict of Interest, Contextual
Bias, Certainty, Confidentiality
, 22.What is impression evidence?
o Evidence that happens when any object or material takes on the
form of another object through direct physical contact
23.What is electronic evidence?
o Evidence in digital/electronic form
24.What is latent evidence?
o Any evidence that is not visible without the use of chemical,
photographic or electronic development/enhancement
25.Give examples of latent evidence.
o DNA, palm prints, fingerprints, footprints, tread marks and tire
tracks
26.What is trace evidence?
o Evidence that has to be extracted from another substance and is in
very small amounts, often invisible to the naked eye
27.Give examples of trace evidence.
o Glass, fiber, etc.
28.What is indicative evidence?
o Evidence that substantiates or proves that a certain period of time
has elapsed
29.Give examples of indicative evidence.
o Rate of body decomposition, light switch on/off
30.What is associative evidence?
o Any evidence that places an individual at a scene and/or a victim
Evidence Types (31-60)
31.What is class evidence?
o Evidence that requires classification into a more narrow range
32.Give examples of class evidence.
o Hair, blood, urine, saliva, semen
33.What is circumstantial evidence?
ANSWERS (PASS GUARANTEE) LATEST VERSION
1. What is Forensic Science?
o Science in service to courts
2. Define the Forensic Method.
o Systematic approach to documenting, collecting, interpreting and
presenting evidence for presentation in court of law
3. What is a crime?
o An act forbidden by law and punishable
4. What does Crime Scene Investigation refer to?
o Term referring to processes associated with investigation of
criminal events
5. Define Criminalistics.
o Term for analysis of physical evidence (often called forensic
scientists)
6. What is Criminology?
o Scientific study of crime
7. What is evidence?
o Anything that can help prove or disprove a point in question
8. What are the three main types of evidence?
o Physical (objects, impressions), Observations (weather, lights
on/off), and Testimony (eye witness, expert)
9. What is Locard's Exchange Principle?
o Every contact leaves a trace by leaving something behind, by
taking something away, or by doing both
10.What is Chain of Custody?
, o Documentation of evidence handling to prevent breaks in the chain
(fruit of the poisonous tree)
11.What is the CSI Effect?
o Combination of effects that might appear to contradict each other
12.What does LOSER stand for in crime scene management?
o Listen, Observe, Search, Evaluate, Record
13.What is the Hot Zone?
o The inner perimeter of the crime scene where the body is found
14.What is the Warm Zone?
o The outer perimeter of the crime scene, other rooms surrounding
the hot zone
15.What is cross contamination?
o Unintended movement of material between two or more objects
16.Define ethics in forensic science.
o Well-founded standards of right and wrong that dictate what
humans ought to do
17.What virtues do ethics encourage?
o Honesty, loyalty, compassion
18.What is a Code of Ethics?
o Systematic statement of rules, regulations or laws, developed by a
community to promote its values
19.Why are ethics important in forensic science?
o Can provide a set of rules to follow and can prevent ambiguity
20.What is an Expert Witness?
o A specialist witness, such as a forensic scientist, who testifies at a
trial
21.What do the 6 C's stand for?
o Contamination, Chain of Custody, Conflict of Interest, Contextual
Bias, Certainty, Confidentiality
, 22.What is impression evidence?
o Evidence that happens when any object or material takes on the
form of another object through direct physical contact
23.What is electronic evidence?
o Evidence in digital/electronic form
24.What is latent evidence?
o Any evidence that is not visible without the use of chemical,
photographic or electronic development/enhancement
25.Give examples of latent evidence.
o DNA, palm prints, fingerprints, footprints, tread marks and tire
tracks
26.What is trace evidence?
o Evidence that has to be extracted from another substance and is in
very small amounts, often invisible to the naked eye
27.Give examples of trace evidence.
o Glass, fiber, etc.
28.What is indicative evidence?
o Evidence that substantiates or proves that a certain period of time
has elapsed
29.Give examples of indicative evidence.
o Rate of body decomposition, light switch on/off
30.What is associative evidence?
o Any evidence that places an individual at a scene and/or a victim
Evidence Types (31-60)
31.What is class evidence?
o Evidence that requires classification into a more narrow range
32.Give examples of class evidence.
o Hair, blood, urine, saliva, semen
33.What is circumstantial evidence?
