ALL FORENSICS TSA EXAM VERIFIED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

ALL FORENSICS TSA
EXAM VERIFIED QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS

Autopsy - ANSWERS- vx vx


The internal and external examination of a body after death. An autopsy is perform
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ed to confirm or determine the cause of death and establish other pre-
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death conditions, such as the type of food last consumed and the time it was consu
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med.

Ballistics - ANSWERS- vx vx


The study of the motion of bullets and their examination for distinctive characteristic
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s after being fired. Examiners can use this evidence to match bullets or bullet frag
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Blood Splatter - ANSWERS- vx vx vx


The pattern of blood that has struck a surface. This pattern can provide vital inform
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ation about the source of the blood. Can help determine the size and type of woun
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d, the direction and the speed with which the perpetrator or victim was moving, and
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the type of weapon used to create the blood spill.
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Caliber - ANSWERS- vx vx


The diameter of the bore of a rifled firearm, usually expressed in hundredths of an i
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nch or in millimeters.
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Composite Drawing - ANSWERS- vx vx vx


A sketch of a suspect produced from eyewitness descriptions of one or more perso
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ns.

Criminology - ANSWERS- vx vx


The study of criminal activity and how it is dealt with by the law.
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DNA - ANSWERS- vx vx


Deoxyribonucleic acid. Double helix strand. Genetic code (fingerprint). 50% from m vx vx vx vx vx vx vx vx vx vx


om and 50% from dad. ACGT.
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DNA Electrophoresis - ANSWERS-
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The technique by which DNA fragments are placed in a gel and charged with electr
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icity. An applied electric field then separates the fragments by size, as part of the p
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rocess of creating a genetic profile.
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DNA Profiling - ANSWERS-
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The process of testing to identify DNA patterns or types. In forensic science this tes
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ting is used to indicate parentage or to exclude or include individuals as possible s
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,ources of bodily fluid stains (blood, saliva, semen) and other biological evidence (b
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ones, hair, teeth) vx vx




Evidence - ANSWERS- vx vx


Anything that has been used, left, removed, altered, or contaminated during the co
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mmission of a crime or other event under investigation
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Fingerprint - ANSWERS- vx vx


The unique patterns created by skin ridges found on the palm sides of fingers and t
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humbs.

Forensic Science - ANSWERS- vx vx vx


The application of science to law. The application of science to those criminal and
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civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system. The foc
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us of forensics is the crime lab. The crime lab uses the principles and technique of
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biology, chemistry, physics, geology, anthropology, and other sciences in order to p
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lace physical evidence into a professional discipline.
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Absolute Certainty - ANSWERS- vx vx vx


ultimate sureness with no implication of possible change.
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Accountability - ANSWERS- vx vx


the quality of subordinate workers being responsible for his/
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her own work and answerable to a superior.
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Accuracy - ANSWERS- vx vx


the degree of conformity of a measured quantity to its actual (true) value.
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Acetone - ANSWERS- vx vx


a colorless, highly flammable chemical compound used as an organic solvent, an in
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gredient in many lacquer thinner compounds and adhering liquids.
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Accelerant - ANSWERS- vx vx


an agent, often an ignitable liquid, that acts to initiate a fire or increase its rate of s
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pread.

Administrative documentation - ANSWERS- vx vx vx


records such as case related conversations, evidence receipts, description of evide
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nce packaging and seals, and other pertinent information.
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Administrative (or Laboratory Director) Case File Review - ANSWERS- vx vx vx vx vx vx vx vx


a detailed final review of the case file documentation. A member other than the ass
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igned analyst must conduct the Laboratory Director case file review on all case files
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.

Algor mortis - ANSWERS-the postmortem cooling of the body.
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Analytical Data - ANSWERS- vx vx vx


all case specific records such as notes, worksheets, graphs, spectra, printouts, com
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, puter data files, photographs, photocopies, microscopic slides and other data or rec
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ords.

Analytical Procedure - ANSWERS-an orderly step-by-
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step process designed to ensure operational uniformity and to minimize systematic
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variability.

Analyst - ANSWERS- vx vx


any ADFS personnel assigned to perform scientific investigation or evidential exami
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nation.

Ante mortem - preceding death Antigens - ANSWERS-
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foreign substances in the body that are capable of causing disease.
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Arson - ANSWERS- vx vx


the intentional and unlawful burning of a building or other property.
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Assessment - ANSWERS- vx vx


the process of evaluating analysts to determine their level of technical knowledge, s
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kills, and abilities.
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Asphyxiation - ANSWERS- vx vx


a medical term for suffocation, which leads to lack of oxygen in the blood.
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Audit - ANSWERS- vx vx


a review conducted to compare the various aspects of the laboratory's performance
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with a standard for that performance.
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Back spatter - ANSWERS-
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blood directed back toward the source of energy or force that caused the spatter; o
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ften associated with entrance gunshot wounds.
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Ballistics - ANSWERS-branch of physics that deals with the flights of projectiles.
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Base pair - ANSWERS-vx vx vx


combination of 2 nucleotides (A and T or G and C) held together by weak hydroge
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n bonds; the DNA double helix is formed when a base pair of nucleotides in the DN
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A strands are connected by these bonds.
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Bile - ANSWERS-
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a digestive fluid made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder that helps digest fat
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s.

Biology - the science that studies living organisms. - ANSWERS-
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Blind or Double-Blind Sample Technique - ANSWERS-
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a type of proficiency testing where the member is not aware that the sample/
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case under analysis is a quality assessment sample.
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