PLTW PBS CAREERS With Correct Answers
911 Operator - ANSWER • Questioning callers to determine their location and the nature
of the emergency
• Receiving incoming telephone calls regarding fire, police and emergency medical
services
• Determining response requirements and placing priorities on situations
• Recording details of all calls, dispatches and messages
• Retrieving and entering data from teletype networks and computerized data systems
• Contacting emergency response field units to determine their availability for dispatch
EMT - ANSWER provides basic care for medical emergencies, illness, injury
crime-scene investigator - ANSWER person who uses physical evidence at the scene of
the crime and then uses deductive and inductive reasoning to gain knowledge of the
events surrounding the crime.
Blood spatter analyst - ANSWER forensic scientist that deals with the physical
properties of blood and the patterns produced under different conditions as a result of
various forces applied to the source of blood
Forensic DNA Analyst - ANSWER Analyzes crime scenes, analyze & interpret data,
provide court testimony, reconstruct crime scenes, preform chemical, biological, and
physical analysis on evidence
Medical Examiner - A physician who conducts an autopsy where death is suspected to
be the result of accident or violent means. In some localities may also function as the
coronor.
Coroner - Public elected official charged with the duty of inquiry into deaths that are
sudden and suspicious in nature. Most have no medical training of any kind
911 Operator - ANSWER • Questioning callers to determine their location and the nature
of the emergency
• Receiving incoming telephone calls regarding fire, police and emergency medical
services
• Determining response requirements and placing priorities on situations
• Recording details of all calls, dispatches and messages
• Retrieving and entering data from teletype networks and computerized data systems
• Contacting emergency response field units to determine their availability for dispatch
EMT - ANSWER provides basic care for medical emergencies, illness, injury
crime-scene investigator - ANSWER person who uses physical evidence at the scene of
the crime and then uses deductive and inductive reasoning to gain knowledge of the
events surrounding the crime.
Blood spatter analyst - ANSWER forensic scientist that deals with the physical
properties of blood and the patterns produced under different conditions as a result of
various forces applied to the source of blood
Forensic DNA Analyst - ANSWER Analyzes crime scenes, analyze & interpret data,
provide court testimony, reconstruct crime scenes, preform chemical, biological, and
physical analysis on evidence
Medical Examiner - A physician who conducts an autopsy where death is suspected to
be the result of accident or violent means. In some localities may also function as the
coronor.
Coroner - Public elected official charged with the duty of inquiry into deaths that are
sudden and suspicious in nature. Most have no medical training of any kind
