FIS – Exam 1 Reading Quizzes Study Guide
From its inception, Forensic science has moved more towards a generalist model in which
individual forensic scientists work across a variety of disciplines. - ANS✔✔ False
What term describes when a laboratory has agreed to operate according to a professional or
industry standard and has proven that it can and does operate this way? - ANS✔✔ Accreditation
Defendant - ANS✔✔ A person who is accused of a criminal act
Plaintiff - ANS✔✔ A citizen who initiates civil legal action against another
Grand Jury - ANS✔✔ A group of people who evaluate the preliminary evidence to determine if
a full trial should proceed
Trier of Fact - ANS✔✔ The entity which evaluates evidence to determine the outcome of a trial
Voir dire - ANS✔✔ The portion of a trial where jury members or forensic experts are evaluated
for their ability to participate in a trial
Which scientist or scientists are responsible for the first comprehensive book on hair analysis? -
ANS✔✔ Marcell Lambert
Victor Balthazard
Which pioneering forensic scientists made significant contributions in the area of firearms
evidence analysis? - ANS✔✔ Calvin Goddard
Victor Balthazard
, The set of rules that governs the proper, acceptable, and honest behavior of a forensic scientist
are called the - ANS✔✔ Code of Ethics
The main significance of Sherlock Holmes to the history of forensics was that Holmes developed
new test for blood. - ANS✔✔ False
Which specialist would be responsible for identifying the voice of someone who has left a
threatening phone call on the governor's voice mail? - ANS✔✔ Digital Examiner
The federal rules of evidence address which of the following aspects of evidence? - ANS✔✔
Whether someone is defined as a witness or not
Whether or not particular scientific approaches are valid
Which statement(s) is/are true about the Daubert decision? - ANS✔✔ The judge is the sole
arbiter of whether or not scientific evidence is admissible.
Scientific data must be specifically relevant to the case at hand.
Evidence that is admissible under Frye is generally also admissible under Daubert
Evidence with class characteristics can be associated with a particular suspect - ANS✔✔ False
A significant reason that the admissibility of all forensic evidence must be considered is to weed
out "junk science". - ANS✔✔ True
Historical investigations using proxy data are by definition forensic - ANS✔✔ False
Prima facie Evidence - ANS✔✔ Evidence that is accepted as true until proven otherwise
From its inception, Forensic science has moved more towards a generalist model in which
individual forensic scientists work across a variety of disciplines. - ANS✔✔ False
What term describes when a laboratory has agreed to operate according to a professional or
industry standard and has proven that it can and does operate this way? - ANS✔✔ Accreditation
Defendant - ANS✔✔ A person who is accused of a criminal act
Plaintiff - ANS✔✔ A citizen who initiates civil legal action against another
Grand Jury - ANS✔✔ A group of people who evaluate the preliminary evidence to determine if
a full trial should proceed
Trier of Fact - ANS✔✔ The entity which evaluates evidence to determine the outcome of a trial
Voir dire - ANS✔✔ The portion of a trial where jury members or forensic experts are evaluated
for their ability to participate in a trial
Which scientist or scientists are responsible for the first comprehensive book on hair analysis? -
ANS✔✔ Marcell Lambert
Victor Balthazard
Which pioneering forensic scientists made significant contributions in the area of firearms
evidence analysis? - ANS✔✔ Calvin Goddard
Victor Balthazard
, The set of rules that governs the proper, acceptable, and honest behavior of a forensic scientist
are called the - ANS✔✔ Code of Ethics
The main significance of Sherlock Holmes to the history of forensics was that Holmes developed
new test for blood. - ANS✔✔ False
Which specialist would be responsible for identifying the voice of someone who has left a
threatening phone call on the governor's voice mail? - ANS✔✔ Digital Examiner
The federal rules of evidence address which of the following aspects of evidence? - ANS✔✔
Whether someone is defined as a witness or not
Whether or not particular scientific approaches are valid
Which statement(s) is/are true about the Daubert decision? - ANS✔✔ The judge is the sole
arbiter of whether or not scientific evidence is admissible.
Scientific data must be specifically relevant to the case at hand.
Evidence that is admissible under Frye is generally also admissible under Daubert
Evidence with class characteristics can be associated with a particular suspect - ANS✔✔ False
A significant reason that the admissibility of all forensic evidence must be considered is to weed
out "junk science". - ANS✔✔ True
Historical investigations using proxy data are by definition forensic - ANS✔✔ False
Prima facie Evidence - ANS✔✔ Evidence that is accepted as true until proven otherwise
