FSC 100 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027
Dr. Alec Jeffreys - Answers became the first person to make a breakthrough in DNA exclusion in
1984
True - Answers humans inherit a genome of 23 chromosomes from each parent for a total of 46
destroyed - Answers in canada, after voluntary DNA is used in an investigation, samples that do
not lead to a conviction are ___________
CODIS (combined DNA index systems) - Answers a software program; stores DNA profiles of
convicted individuals
primary offences - Answers in canada, sexual crimes and murder fall into the category of
meaning a DNA sample of the convicted perpetrator is automatically added to the Convicted
Offender Index
primary offences - Answers offence in relation to sexual offences against children; sexually
related offences; murder; attempt to commit murder
secondary offences - Answers escape custody or assist escape; prisoner of war; indecent acts;
assault police; break and entering; utter death threats
upon conviction, not arrest - Answers when is DNA taken from offender
national academy of sciences (NAS) report - Answers the realiability of DNA as a gold standard
of forensic science was published in the 2009 _______________
STR Analysis - Answers DNA typing method that examines smaller regions of repeated
sequences, thus requiring less DNA, and being less time consuming
ACE-V (analysis, comparison, evaluation, verification) - Answers identification process
ACE-V (analysis, comparison, evaluation, verification) - Answers the progression from first
awareness that one fingerprint should be compared to another consists of four steps
true - Answers DNA is totally individualizing, except in identical twins (t or f)
nucleus - Answers DNA can be extracted from any fluid that has a cell with a __________
bodily fluid deposition - Answers serology techniques are used to screen evidence items for the
presence and type of
the crime scene index (CSI) - Answers the national DNA Databank is responsible for two indices:
The Convicted Offender Index (COI) and the ___________________
cheek cells - Answers in a buccal swab, DNA samples are extracted from
, flourine - Answers this is not a nitrogen-containing base of dna
thymine, guanine, cystosine - Answers a nitrogen-containing base of dna
advanced ridgeology - Answers defined as the study and uniqueness of friction ridge structures
and formations
true - Answers in canada, fingerprints are defined as both the friction skin pattern formation
found on human skin, as well as the impression or mark left on a surface after having had
contact with fingers (t or f)
ridges are persistent after death, allowing for ID during decomposition - Answers what is not
one of the four premises of friction ridge identification?
(1) ridges develop on the foetus, prior to birth
(2) ridge paths are unique and never repeated
(3) ridge patterns vary within limits, which allow for classification - Answers four premises of
friction ridge identification
false - Answers volar skin is the name for non-friction skin that, unlike fingers, does not assist in
the ability to hold items or provide traction
sir frances galton - Answers in 1892, which cousin of charles darwin was responsible for the
acceptance of the use of fingerprints
relief - Answers what is not an attribute of friction-skin
sensitivity, purchase, thickness - Answers what are attributes of friction-skin
rate of sweat (excessive sweating), dietary habits, age - Answers what can affect the
composition of fingerprint secretions
true - Answers like dna, fingerprint patterns are inherited combinations derived from both
parents (t or f)
false - Answers like dna, identical twins have the same fingerprint patterns (t or f)
delta - Answers what is not a basic fingerprint pattern type
whorl, loop, arch - Answers basic fingerprint pattern types
3rd level - Answers pore size, pore shape and edge shape are attributes of _____________ level of
friction ridge detail
patent - Answers visible fingerprints found at a crime scene are known as
Dr. Alec Jeffreys - Answers became the first person to make a breakthrough in DNA exclusion in
1984
True - Answers humans inherit a genome of 23 chromosomes from each parent for a total of 46
destroyed - Answers in canada, after voluntary DNA is used in an investigation, samples that do
not lead to a conviction are ___________
CODIS (combined DNA index systems) - Answers a software program; stores DNA profiles of
convicted individuals
primary offences - Answers in canada, sexual crimes and murder fall into the category of
meaning a DNA sample of the convicted perpetrator is automatically added to the Convicted
Offender Index
primary offences - Answers offence in relation to sexual offences against children; sexually
related offences; murder; attempt to commit murder
secondary offences - Answers escape custody or assist escape; prisoner of war; indecent acts;
assault police; break and entering; utter death threats
upon conviction, not arrest - Answers when is DNA taken from offender
national academy of sciences (NAS) report - Answers the realiability of DNA as a gold standard
of forensic science was published in the 2009 _______________
STR Analysis - Answers DNA typing method that examines smaller regions of repeated
sequences, thus requiring less DNA, and being less time consuming
ACE-V (analysis, comparison, evaluation, verification) - Answers identification process
ACE-V (analysis, comparison, evaluation, verification) - Answers the progression from first
awareness that one fingerprint should be compared to another consists of four steps
true - Answers DNA is totally individualizing, except in identical twins (t or f)
nucleus - Answers DNA can be extracted from any fluid that has a cell with a __________
bodily fluid deposition - Answers serology techniques are used to screen evidence items for the
presence and type of
the crime scene index (CSI) - Answers the national DNA Databank is responsible for two indices:
The Convicted Offender Index (COI) and the ___________________
cheek cells - Answers in a buccal swab, DNA samples are extracted from
, flourine - Answers this is not a nitrogen-containing base of dna
thymine, guanine, cystosine - Answers a nitrogen-containing base of dna
advanced ridgeology - Answers defined as the study and uniqueness of friction ridge structures
and formations
true - Answers in canada, fingerprints are defined as both the friction skin pattern formation
found on human skin, as well as the impression or mark left on a surface after having had
contact with fingers (t or f)
ridges are persistent after death, allowing for ID during decomposition - Answers what is not
one of the four premises of friction ridge identification?
(1) ridges develop on the foetus, prior to birth
(2) ridge paths are unique and never repeated
(3) ridge patterns vary within limits, which allow for classification - Answers four premises of
friction ridge identification
false - Answers volar skin is the name for non-friction skin that, unlike fingers, does not assist in
the ability to hold items or provide traction
sir frances galton - Answers in 1892, which cousin of charles darwin was responsible for the
acceptance of the use of fingerprints
relief - Answers what is not an attribute of friction-skin
sensitivity, purchase, thickness - Answers what are attributes of friction-skin
rate of sweat (excessive sweating), dietary habits, age - Answers what can affect the
composition of fingerprint secretions
true - Answers like dna, fingerprint patterns are inherited combinations derived from both
parents (t or f)
false - Answers like dna, identical twins have the same fingerprint patterns (t or f)
delta - Answers what is not a basic fingerprint pattern type
whorl, loop, arch - Answers basic fingerprint pattern types
3rd level - Answers pore size, pore shape and edge shape are attributes of _____________ level of
friction ridge detail
patent - Answers visible fingerprints found at a crime scene are known as
