FOR 105 Quiz 1 with complete solution
2025/2026
Erasistratus - correct answer ✔Hellenistic scientist known for his work on lie detection
Mathieu Orfila - correct answer ✔Father of forensic toxicology. Arsenic poisoning of Charles Lefarge
Alphonse Bertillon - correct answer ✔Developed a system of classification based on body
measurements
William West - correct answer ✔Two individuals with same body measurements and name
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - correct answer ✔Wrote Sherlock Holmes
Edmond Locard - correct answer ✔Theory of Exchange; First Crime Lab created in 1910 in France;
Fingerprint identification contributions
Locard's Theory of Exchange - correct answer ✔When two things come into contact there is an
exchange of material
Karl Landsteiner - correct answer ✔Developed modern classification of blood types
Calvin Goddard - correct answer ✔used a comparison microscope to determine if a particular gun fired
a bullet
First Crime Lab in United States was created in: - correct answer ✔1923; Los Angeles
, The FBI crime laboratory was created in: - correct answer ✔1932
Sir Alec Jeffreys - correct answer ✔developed the first DNA profiling test in 1984
What percentage of crime labs are affiliated with police agencies? - correct answer ✔80%
Frye v. United States - correct answer ✔Case that set the "general acceptance" standard for the
admission of expert testimony into court
Coppolino v. State - correct answer ✔Dr. Coppolino suspected of killing his wife. In this court case, the
judge upheld a murder conviction based on novel scientific analysis of a poison
Breakdown product of Succinylcholine Chloride - correct answer ✔Succinic Acid
Daubert vs. Merrell Dow - correct answer ✔In this case they decided that the judge initially has the
final say in the cases.
Daubert Standard - correct answer ✔A test of scientific acceptability applicable to the gathering of
evidence in criminal cases.
The Five Requirements of Daubert - correct answer ✔1) has the technique been tested
2) subjected to peer review and publication
3) its known or potential error rate
4) the existence and maintenance of standards controlling its operation
5) widespread acceptance within a relevant scientific community
2025/2026
Erasistratus - correct answer ✔Hellenistic scientist known for his work on lie detection
Mathieu Orfila - correct answer ✔Father of forensic toxicology. Arsenic poisoning of Charles Lefarge
Alphonse Bertillon - correct answer ✔Developed a system of classification based on body
measurements
William West - correct answer ✔Two individuals with same body measurements and name
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - correct answer ✔Wrote Sherlock Holmes
Edmond Locard - correct answer ✔Theory of Exchange; First Crime Lab created in 1910 in France;
Fingerprint identification contributions
Locard's Theory of Exchange - correct answer ✔When two things come into contact there is an
exchange of material
Karl Landsteiner - correct answer ✔Developed modern classification of blood types
Calvin Goddard - correct answer ✔used a comparison microscope to determine if a particular gun fired
a bullet
First Crime Lab in United States was created in: - correct answer ✔1923; Los Angeles
, The FBI crime laboratory was created in: - correct answer ✔1932
Sir Alec Jeffreys - correct answer ✔developed the first DNA profiling test in 1984
What percentage of crime labs are affiliated with police agencies? - correct answer ✔80%
Frye v. United States - correct answer ✔Case that set the "general acceptance" standard for the
admission of expert testimony into court
Coppolino v. State - correct answer ✔Dr. Coppolino suspected of killing his wife. In this court case, the
judge upheld a murder conviction based on novel scientific analysis of a poison
Breakdown product of Succinylcholine Chloride - correct answer ✔Succinic Acid
Daubert vs. Merrell Dow - correct answer ✔In this case they decided that the judge initially has the
final say in the cases.
Daubert Standard - correct answer ✔A test of scientific acceptability applicable to the gathering of
evidence in criminal cases.
The Five Requirements of Daubert - correct answer ✔1) has the technique been tested
2) subjected to peer review and publication
3) its known or potential error rate
4) the existence and maintenance of standards controlling its operation
5) widespread acceptance within a relevant scientific community
