FIS 480 – Key Terms and Vocabulary Study
Guide
Quality Control (QC) - ANS✔✔ Internal activities, or activities conducted according to externally
established standards, used to monitor the quality of analytical data and to ensure that it
satisfies specified criteria.
Objective Evidence - ANS✔✔ Data supporting the existence or verity of something.
competency test - ANS✔✔ The evaluation of a person's ability to perform work in a functional
area prior to the performance of independent case work.
Developmental validation - ANS✔✔ The acquisition of test data and determination of
conditions and limitations of a new or novel DNA methodology for use on forensics and/or
casework reference samples.
Calibration - ANS✔✔ The set of operations which establish, under specified conditions, the
relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system, or
values represented by a material, and the corresponding known values of a measurement.
Proficiency testing - ANS✔✔ A quality assurance measure used to monitor performance and
identify areas in which improvement may be needed for an analyst.
Accreditation - ANS✔✔ A third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body (such
as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) conveying formal demonstration of its
competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (such as certification, inspection
and testing).
Guide
Quality Control (QC) - ANS✔✔ Internal activities, or activities conducted according to externally
established standards, used to monitor the quality of analytical data and to ensure that it
satisfies specified criteria.
Objective Evidence - ANS✔✔ Data supporting the existence or verity of something.
competency test - ANS✔✔ The evaluation of a person's ability to perform work in a functional
area prior to the performance of independent case work.
Developmental validation - ANS✔✔ The acquisition of test data and determination of
conditions and limitations of a new or novel DNA methodology for use on forensics and/or
casework reference samples.
Calibration - ANS✔✔ The set of operations which establish, under specified conditions, the
relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system, or
values represented by a material, and the corresponding known values of a measurement.
Proficiency testing - ANS✔✔ A quality assurance measure used to monitor performance and
identify areas in which improvement may be needed for an analyst.
Accreditation - ANS✔✔ A third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body (such
as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) conveying formal demonstration of its
competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (such as certification, inspection
and testing).
