HOSA: FORENSIC SCIENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
The Henry Classification System - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Classification for fingerprinting in all European Countries
1 in 64 billion - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Sir Francis Galton's odds for two
fingerprints being the same
The Scientific Method - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > System in which forensic
scientist work
The adversarial system - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > System in which lawyers
work
finder of fact - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Judge or jury who determines "right" in
a case
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,Civil Cases - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Occur between individuals and must
show a preponderance of evidence (51%)
Criminal Cases - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Occur when laws have been broken,
the government in the prosecutor and and guilt but be shown beyond a
reasonable doubt (99%)
Felony - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > In a serious criminal case, the possibility of
greater than 1 year in prison.
Misdemeanor - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A minor criminal case, possibility of a
fine or less than 1 year in prison.
vior dire - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Qualifications of a scientist given in a court
of law
subpoena - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A statement requiring someone to appear in
court and stating when and where the trial will be held.
Gilbert Thomas - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1882) Who used fingerprints
officially in the US for the first time
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,Dr. Henry Faulds - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1880) First to come up with a
classification system based on fingerprints
1892 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > When the first criminal fingerprint
identification was made
1901 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > When the idea of fingerprinting was introduced
to England/Wales
Karl Landsteiner - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Discovered that blood can be
grouped into different types, A, B, AB and O, and received the Nobel Prize in
medicine for this work in 1930.
Alec Jeffreys - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Geneticist who developed DNA testing
Colin Pitchfork - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The first criminal convicted by
DNA evidence
Forensic Nurse - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Trained to treat trauma patients
(assaulted), take blood and tissue samples, collect evidence, photograph and
measure wounds.
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, William Hershel (1856) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The first to use
fingerprinting as a method of identification
Forensic History and Careers - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - examination of all
aspects of toxicology (the study of drugs and poisons that may have legal
implications)
Mathieu Orfila - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1787-1853) Founder of forensic
toxicology, studied poisons and worked on the Marie Lafarge poisoning case
Sir Francis Galton - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1822-1911) Developed the first
classification system for fingerprints, published the book Fingerprints in 1892
and described the loop, arch and whorl of fingerprint patterns
Hans Gross - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1847-1915) A generalist who believed
in diverse approaches to forensic science and published the first forensic science
textbook, Criminal Investigations, in 1893.
Victor Balthazard - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1852-1950) Paris Medical
Examiner who advanced fingerprint, firearm, and hair analysis, showed that
fingerprints are unique to the 10^60 and used photography to help identify
bullets
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
The Henry Classification System - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Classification for fingerprinting in all European Countries
1 in 64 billion - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Sir Francis Galton's odds for two
fingerprints being the same
The Scientific Method - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > System in which forensic
scientist work
The adversarial system - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > System in which lawyers
work
finder of fact - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Judge or jury who determines "right" in
a case
Page 1 of 42
,Civil Cases - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Occur between individuals and must
show a preponderance of evidence (51%)
Criminal Cases - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Occur when laws have been broken,
the government in the prosecutor and and guilt but be shown beyond a
reasonable doubt (99%)
Felony - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > In a serious criminal case, the possibility of
greater than 1 year in prison.
Misdemeanor - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A minor criminal case, possibility of a
fine or less than 1 year in prison.
vior dire - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Qualifications of a scientist given in a court
of law
subpoena - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A statement requiring someone to appear in
court and stating when and where the trial will be held.
Gilbert Thomas - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1882) Who used fingerprints
officially in the US for the first time
Page 2 of 42
,Dr. Henry Faulds - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1880) First to come up with a
classification system based on fingerprints
1892 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > When the first criminal fingerprint
identification was made
1901 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > When the idea of fingerprinting was introduced
to England/Wales
Karl Landsteiner - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Discovered that blood can be
grouped into different types, A, B, AB and O, and received the Nobel Prize in
medicine for this work in 1930.
Alec Jeffreys - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Geneticist who developed DNA testing
Colin Pitchfork - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The first criminal convicted by
DNA evidence
Forensic Nurse - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Trained to treat trauma patients
(assaulted), take blood and tissue samples, collect evidence, photograph and
measure wounds.
Page 3 of 42
, William Hershel (1856) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The first to use
fingerprinting as a method of identification
Forensic History and Careers - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - examination of all
aspects of toxicology (the study of drugs and poisons that may have legal
implications)
Mathieu Orfila - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1787-1853) Founder of forensic
toxicology, studied poisons and worked on the Marie Lafarge poisoning case
Sir Francis Galton - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1822-1911) Developed the first
classification system for fingerprints, published the book Fingerprints in 1892
and described the loop, arch and whorl of fingerprint patterns
Hans Gross - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1847-1915) A generalist who believed
in diverse approaches to forensic science and published the first forensic science
textbook, Criminal Investigations, in 1893.
Victor Balthazard - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (1852-1950) Paris Medical
Examiner who advanced fingerprint, firearm, and hair analysis, showed that
fingerprints are unique to the 10^60 and used photography to help identify
bullets
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