FIS 306 Exam 2 Comprehensive Study Notes and Practice
Material
Both the police and scientists share an overlap in their culture being that they both are non-
attorneys and both have to explain their methods in an adversarial system - ANS✔✔ true
What are the main reasons there are clashes of culture between attorneys and scientists?
Scientists and the law enforcement? - ANS✔✔ -The friction that occurs in the courtroom is
because of the differences and frustration between these cultures.
-Attorneys and scientists usually do not interact until they get to the courtroom.
Scientists and law enforcement officers usually do not interact until there is a case that gets
submitted to the laboratory.
-Attorney's take law classes, Scientists take science classes
frames that mold our expectations and help us assign order to the stream of experience -
ANS✔✔ Cognitive schemas
interpretation of events - ANS✔✔ shared meanings
how things work and how the world is - ANS✔✔ Perceptions
what the best way is to do things and what the organization wants to happen - ANS✔✔
Prescriptions and preferences
how to dress, act and what kinds of things ones should and should not say - ANS✔✔ behavior
codes
, what is good, what is bad - ANS✔✔ basic values
Deciding what method to use to perform an examination on a certain type of evidence based on
the analyst's experience is an example of what type of organizational culture? - ANS✔✔
preferences and prescriptions
Why is there overlap in culture between the police and the attorneys? - ANS✔✔ They are both
considered non-scientists. They are the ones that the scientists must explain their results and
how they reached that conclusion.
Attorneys have a set of facts in any case and the expert is there to help support those facts that
attorney wants to use, even if the attorneys don't use all the facts. - ANS✔✔ true
Scientists are concerned with "good" or "bad". For example, if a car crashes they are concerned
with who caused the crash. - ANS✔✔ false
The trial of ________________ demonstrated that it is not a new phenomenon that dueling
experts create an outrage and spark a national debate about experts ethics. - ANS✔✔ Elizabeth
Wharton
The first official document that the plantiff's attorney files with the court is the _____________,
which begins the discovery period set by the court. - ANS✔✔ complaint
What is the main purpose of Discovery? - ANS✔✔ to discover relevant facts and gain advance
access to knowledge about the other sides case. No surprises in court room.
Interrogatories are: - ANS✔✔ list of questions (written discovery) that are composed by one
side and sent to the other
Material
Both the police and scientists share an overlap in their culture being that they both are non-
attorneys and both have to explain their methods in an adversarial system - ANS✔✔ true
What are the main reasons there are clashes of culture between attorneys and scientists?
Scientists and the law enforcement? - ANS✔✔ -The friction that occurs in the courtroom is
because of the differences and frustration between these cultures.
-Attorneys and scientists usually do not interact until they get to the courtroom.
Scientists and law enforcement officers usually do not interact until there is a case that gets
submitted to the laboratory.
-Attorney's take law classes, Scientists take science classes
frames that mold our expectations and help us assign order to the stream of experience -
ANS✔✔ Cognitive schemas
interpretation of events - ANS✔✔ shared meanings
how things work and how the world is - ANS✔✔ Perceptions
what the best way is to do things and what the organization wants to happen - ANS✔✔
Prescriptions and preferences
how to dress, act and what kinds of things ones should and should not say - ANS✔✔ behavior
codes
, what is good, what is bad - ANS✔✔ basic values
Deciding what method to use to perform an examination on a certain type of evidence based on
the analyst's experience is an example of what type of organizational culture? - ANS✔✔
preferences and prescriptions
Why is there overlap in culture between the police and the attorneys? - ANS✔✔ They are both
considered non-scientists. They are the ones that the scientists must explain their results and
how they reached that conclusion.
Attorneys have a set of facts in any case and the expert is there to help support those facts that
attorney wants to use, even if the attorneys don't use all the facts. - ANS✔✔ true
Scientists are concerned with "good" or "bad". For example, if a car crashes they are concerned
with who caused the crash. - ANS✔✔ false
The trial of ________________ demonstrated that it is not a new phenomenon that dueling
experts create an outrage and spark a national debate about experts ethics. - ANS✔✔ Elizabeth
Wharton
The first official document that the plantiff's attorney files with the court is the _____________,
which begins the discovery period set by the court. - ANS✔✔ complaint
What is the main purpose of Discovery? - ANS✔✔ to discover relevant facts and gain advance
access to knowledge about the other sides case. No surprises in court room.
Interrogatories are: - ANS✔✔ list of questions (written discovery) that are composed by one
side and sent to the other
