FSAT Practice Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Forensic science is the application of science to:
A. Criminal laws
B. Civil laws
C. Both criminal and civil laws
D. Speech making - CORRECT ANSWER both criminal and civil laws
Which area of science is NOT involved in criminalistics?
A. Biology
B. Chemistry
C. Geology
D. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER none of the above
The fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was created by:
A. Darwin
B. Doyle
C. Dalton
D. Denton - CORRECT ANSWER Doyle
Who is known as the father of forensic toxicology?
A. Lattes
B. Locard
C. Orfilia
D. Osborn - CORRECT ANSWER orfilia
Who developed the system known as anthropometry?
A. Gross
B. Goddard
,C. Bertillon
D. Galton - CORRECT ANSWER Bertillon
Who undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints as a method of personal identification?
A. Galton
B. Lattes
C. Gross
D. Locard - CORRECT ANSWER Galton
Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, which he applied to
criminal investigations?
A. Landsteiner
B. Gross
C. Lattes
D. Locard - CORRECT ANSWER Lattes
Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the modern firearms
examiner?
A. Osborn
B. Lattes
C. Gross
D. Goddard - CORRECT ANSWER Goddard
Who wrote the first treatise describing the application of science to the field of criminal investigation?
A. Locard
B. Gross
C. Landsteiner
D. Osborn - CORRECT ANSWER Gross
Who established the first workable crime laboratory?
A. Osborn
,B. Locard
C. Bertillon
D. Galton - CORRECT ANSWER Locard
The exchange of evidence principle was?
A. Locard
B. Osborn
C. Galton
D. Gross - CORRECT ANSWER Locard
The oldest forensic laboratory in the United States is that of the:
A. FBI
B. Los angeles police department
C. NYC police department
D. Secret service - CORRECT ANSWER los angeles police department
Approximately how many operating crime labs are there in the US (federal, state and country)?
A. 150
B. 200
C. 250
D. 300+ - CORRECT ANSWER 300+
Which of the following can be rightfully cited as an explanation for the rapid growth of crime labs
during the last 25 years?
A. Supreme court decisions in the 1960s
B. Staggering increase in crime rates in the US
C. Increase in drug-related arrests
D. Advent of DNA profiling
E. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER all of the above
Which entity maintains the largest crime lab in the world?
, A. ATF
B. FBI
C. Scotland yard
D. Royal Canadian mounted police - CORRECT ANSWER FBI
Which would not be included in the work of the biology unit of a crime lab?
A. DNA profiling
B. Blood typing
C. Comparison of hairs
D. Fingerprint analysis - CORRECT ANSWER fingerprint analysis
Which unit has the responsibility for the examination of body fluids and organs for the presence of
drugs and poisons?
A. Biology unit
B. Toxicology unit
C. Evidence collection unit
D. Physical science unit - CORRECT ANSWER toxicology unit
The concept of "general acceptance" of scientific evidence relates to the:
A. Exclusionary rule
B. Miranda rights
C. First amendment
D. Frye standard - CORRECT ANSWER frye standard
In the case of Daubert v. Merkel Dow Pharmaceutical Inc, the US supreme court advocated that a
"gatekeeper" determine the admissibility and reliability of scientific evidence. This gatekeeper is the:
A. Expert witness
B. Trial judge
C. Jury
D. Prosecutor - CORRECT ANSWER trial judge
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Forensic science is the application of science to:
A. Criminal laws
B. Civil laws
C. Both criminal and civil laws
D. Speech making - CORRECT ANSWER both criminal and civil laws
Which area of science is NOT involved in criminalistics?
A. Biology
B. Chemistry
C. Geology
D. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER none of the above
The fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was created by:
A. Darwin
B. Doyle
C. Dalton
D. Denton - CORRECT ANSWER Doyle
Who is known as the father of forensic toxicology?
A. Lattes
B. Locard
C. Orfilia
D. Osborn - CORRECT ANSWER orfilia
Who developed the system known as anthropometry?
A. Gross
B. Goddard
,C. Bertillon
D. Galton - CORRECT ANSWER Bertillon
Who undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints as a method of personal identification?
A. Galton
B. Lattes
C. Gross
D. Locard - CORRECT ANSWER Galton
Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, which he applied to
criminal investigations?
A. Landsteiner
B. Gross
C. Lattes
D. Locard - CORRECT ANSWER Lattes
Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the modern firearms
examiner?
A. Osborn
B. Lattes
C. Gross
D. Goddard - CORRECT ANSWER Goddard
Who wrote the first treatise describing the application of science to the field of criminal investigation?
A. Locard
B. Gross
C. Landsteiner
D. Osborn - CORRECT ANSWER Gross
Who established the first workable crime laboratory?
A. Osborn
,B. Locard
C. Bertillon
D. Galton - CORRECT ANSWER Locard
The exchange of evidence principle was?
A. Locard
B. Osborn
C. Galton
D. Gross - CORRECT ANSWER Locard
The oldest forensic laboratory in the United States is that of the:
A. FBI
B. Los angeles police department
C. NYC police department
D. Secret service - CORRECT ANSWER los angeles police department
Approximately how many operating crime labs are there in the US (federal, state and country)?
A. 150
B. 200
C. 250
D. 300+ - CORRECT ANSWER 300+
Which of the following can be rightfully cited as an explanation for the rapid growth of crime labs
during the last 25 years?
A. Supreme court decisions in the 1960s
B. Staggering increase in crime rates in the US
C. Increase in drug-related arrests
D. Advent of DNA profiling
E. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER all of the above
Which entity maintains the largest crime lab in the world?
, A. ATF
B. FBI
C. Scotland yard
D. Royal Canadian mounted police - CORRECT ANSWER FBI
Which would not be included in the work of the biology unit of a crime lab?
A. DNA profiling
B. Blood typing
C. Comparison of hairs
D. Fingerprint analysis - CORRECT ANSWER fingerprint analysis
Which unit has the responsibility for the examination of body fluids and organs for the presence of
drugs and poisons?
A. Biology unit
B. Toxicology unit
C. Evidence collection unit
D. Physical science unit - CORRECT ANSWER toxicology unit
The concept of "general acceptance" of scientific evidence relates to the:
A. Exclusionary rule
B. Miranda rights
C. First amendment
D. Frye standard - CORRECT ANSWER frye standard
In the case of Daubert v. Merkel Dow Pharmaceutical Inc, the US supreme court advocated that a
"gatekeeper" determine the admissibility and reliability of scientific evidence. This gatekeeper is the:
A. Expert witness
B. Trial judge
C. Jury
D. Prosecutor - CORRECT ANSWER trial judge
