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Criminalistics Exam 2026 Exam
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What is Forensic Science? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The application of science to
matters of criminal and civil law.
What is Criminalistics? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A branch of forensic science that
involves the collection and analysis of physical evidence generated by
criminal activity.
,What does the word "forensic" mean? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Public (derived from
Latin)
Chain of Custody - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The documentation of who had what
types of evidence and when.
Locard's Exchange Principle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Every contact leaves a trace;
includes contamination.
What is ASTM? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔American Society for Testing and
Materials - publishes voluntary consensus standards for a wide variety of
sciences.
What is ISO 17025? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The standard for accreditation in the
United States; General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and
Calibration Laboratories; International Organization for Standardization.
Alphonse Bertillon - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Developed a method of recording
physical features of a person in such a way that the record would be unique
to that person - anthropometry.
Watson and Crick (and Rosalind Franklin) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Discovered the
structure and functions of DNA in the early 1950s.
, Sir Alec Jeffries - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Developed the first forensic DNA typing
method known as "DNA Fingerprinting" in 1985; develops multi-locus RFLP
probes.
Kary Mullis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Discovered the way our bodies reproduce
DNA; Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
Calvin Goddard - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Modified the comparison microscope for
the analysis of bullets and cartridge casings.
Comparison Microscope - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Two standard compound
microscopes joined by an optical bridge.
Frye Standard (Frye v. United States 1923) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔General
acceptance test used in the United States to determine the admissibility of
scientific evidence (i.e. scientific evidence is only admissible in court if the
technique(s) used to reach the conclusion is generally accepted in the
relevant scientific community).
What are the five factors that need to be shown according to the Daubert
Standard? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The theory or technique employed by the
expert is generally accepted in the scientific community, the technique has
been subjected to peer review/publication, whether the technique can be
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Criminalistics Exam 2026 Exam
Questions and Verified Answers
| Already Graded A+
What is Forensic Science? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The application of science to
matters of criminal and civil law.
What is Criminalistics? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A branch of forensic science that
involves the collection and analysis of physical evidence generated by
criminal activity.
,What does the word "forensic" mean? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Public (derived from
Latin)
Chain of Custody - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The documentation of who had what
types of evidence and when.
Locard's Exchange Principle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Every contact leaves a trace;
includes contamination.
What is ASTM? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔American Society for Testing and
Materials - publishes voluntary consensus standards for a wide variety of
sciences.
What is ISO 17025? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The standard for accreditation in the
United States; General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and
Calibration Laboratories; International Organization for Standardization.
Alphonse Bertillon - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Developed a method of recording
physical features of a person in such a way that the record would be unique
to that person - anthropometry.
Watson and Crick (and Rosalind Franklin) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Discovered the
structure and functions of DNA in the early 1950s.
, Sir Alec Jeffries - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Developed the first forensic DNA typing
method known as "DNA Fingerprinting" in 1985; develops multi-locus RFLP
probes.
Kary Mullis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Discovered the way our bodies reproduce
DNA; Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
Calvin Goddard - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Modified the comparison microscope for
the analysis of bullets and cartridge casings.
Comparison Microscope - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Two standard compound
microscopes joined by an optical bridge.
Frye Standard (Frye v. United States 1923) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔General
acceptance test used in the United States to determine the admissibility of
scientific evidence (i.e. scientific evidence is only admissible in court if the
technique(s) used to reach the conclusion is generally accepted in the
relevant scientific community).
What are the five factors that need to be shown according to the Daubert
Standard? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The theory or technique employed by the
expert is generally accepted in the scientific community, the technique has
been subjected to peer review/publication, whether the technique can be
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