FIS 480 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Planned and systematic actions necessary to demonstrate that a laboratory's
product or service meets specified requirements for quality.
Quality Assurance (QA)
QA Plans address
•Organization & Management of Lab
•Proficiency Testing
•Safety
•Validation
•Evidence Control
•Employee Qualifications and Training
•Reports
"Internal activities, or activities conducted according to externally established
standards, used to monitor the quality of analytical data and to ensure that it
satisfies specified criteria."
Quality Control (QC)
What does QA really mean?
Your lab's Quality Assurance team has a "plan", a tangible document, that specifies
what your lab is going to do to maintain the quality of their product.
What does QC really mean?
Quality control is the day-to-day actions performed by the personnel of the lab to ensure
a quality product.
QC task examples:
1. Testing reagents before use.
2. Checking calibration of the instruments
3. Technical Review of Reports
when is the job of a forensic scientist ineffective?
If a forensic lab does not have the proper QA plans in place nor QC actions occurring
regularly
When QA/QC Fails?
"Dry-labbing" not only discredits and tarnishes the reputation of the analyst in
question....but the laboratory they work for as well.
when the analyst claims to have done the bench work when in fact they have not
Dry-labbing
the evaluation of a person's ability to perform work in a functional area prior to
the performance of independent case work.
competency test
a quality assurance measure used to monitor performance and identify areas in
which improvement may be needed
Proficiency testing
Proficiency tests may be classified as:
Internal proficiency
External proficiency
, test is one prepared and administered by the laboratory
Internal proficiency test
test which may be open or blind, is one which is obtained from a second agency
External proficiency test
How often must an analyst take a proficiency test
According the ASCLD/LAB criteria, each examiner must complete an annual proficiency
test. This is required for every discipline
How often must a DNA analyst take a proficiency test?
twice a year external proficiency tests
The interval between events must be at least 4months but not more than 8 months
apart.
SWGDAM stands for:
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods
SWGDAM was originally:
TWGDAM - Technical Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods
SWGDAM goal:
to bring together scientists currently working in that discipline to discuss research and
development of technology.
DAB stands for:
DNA Advisory Board
What 3 classes are a guideline from the DAB
biochemistry, genetics, and molecular
QAS standards are part of:
ASCLD/LAB accreditation criteria for DNA sections
ASCLD stands for:
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
ASCLD is a:
private non-profit organization and not an accrediting body
ASCLD/LAB stands for:
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors / Lab Accreditation Board
ASCLD/LAB perform _________ and issue _________
inspections
accreditations
Who was the main accrediting body in the forensic community
ASCLD/LAB
ASCLD/LAB currently has two different accreditation programs:
Legacy and International
Being accredited by ASCLD/LAB is___________
voluntary
Who is now the home of ASCLD/LAB
ANAB
After_________ all Forensic
Laboratories must seek Accreditation
through the International Program
March 2009
Planned and systematic actions necessary to demonstrate that a laboratory's
product or service meets specified requirements for quality.
Quality Assurance (QA)
QA Plans address
•Organization & Management of Lab
•Proficiency Testing
•Safety
•Validation
•Evidence Control
•Employee Qualifications and Training
•Reports
"Internal activities, or activities conducted according to externally established
standards, used to monitor the quality of analytical data and to ensure that it
satisfies specified criteria."
Quality Control (QC)
What does QA really mean?
Your lab's Quality Assurance team has a "plan", a tangible document, that specifies
what your lab is going to do to maintain the quality of their product.
What does QC really mean?
Quality control is the day-to-day actions performed by the personnel of the lab to ensure
a quality product.
QC task examples:
1. Testing reagents before use.
2. Checking calibration of the instruments
3. Technical Review of Reports
when is the job of a forensic scientist ineffective?
If a forensic lab does not have the proper QA plans in place nor QC actions occurring
regularly
When QA/QC Fails?
"Dry-labbing" not only discredits and tarnishes the reputation of the analyst in
question....but the laboratory they work for as well.
when the analyst claims to have done the bench work when in fact they have not
Dry-labbing
the evaluation of a person's ability to perform work in a functional area prior to
the performance of independent case work.
competency test
a quality assurance measure used to monitor performance and identify areas in
which improvement may be needed
Proficiency testing
Proficiency tests may be classified as:
Internal proficiency
External proficiency
, test is one prepared and administered by the laboratory
Internal proficiency test
test which may be open or blind, is one which is obtained from a second agency
External proficiency test
How often must an analyst take a proficiency test
According the ASCLD/LAB criteria, each examiner must complete an annual proficiency
test. This is required for every discipline
How often must a DNA analyst take a proficiency test?
twice a year external proficiency tests
The interval between events must be at least 4months but not more than 8 months
apart.
SWGDAM stands for:
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods
SWGDAM was originally:
TWGDAM - Technical Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods
SWGDAM goal:
to bring together scientists currently working in that discipline to discuss research and
development of technology.
DAB stands for:
DNA Advisory Board
What 3 classes are a guideline from the DAB
biochemistry, genetics, and molecular
QAS standards are part of:
ASCLD/LAB accreditation criteria for DNA sections
ASCLD stands for:
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
ASCLD is a:
private non-profit organization and not an accrediting body
ASCLD/LAB stands for:
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors / Lab Accreditation Board
ASCLD/LAB perform _________ and issue _________
inspections
accreditations
Who was the main accrediting body in the forensic community
ASCLD/LAB
ASCLD/LAB currently has two different accreditation programs:
Legacy and International
Being accredited by ASCLD/LAB is___________
voluntary
Who is now the home of ASCLD/LAB
ANAB
After_________ all Forensic
Laboratories must seek Accreditation
through the International Program
March 2009
