FORENSIC SCIENCE -- FRSC 2600 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
Forensic Science
The study and application of science to matters of law
As well as:
- The business of providing timely, accurate, and thorough information to all levels of
decision makers in our criminal justice system.
Criminalistics
The scientific examination of physical evidence for legal purposes
Criminology
Includes the psychological angle, studying the criteria scene for motive, traits, and
behavior that will help to interpret the evidence.
Mathieu Orfila
- Father of Forensic Toxicology
- Spanish medical professor who developed a test for identifying arsenic in the body
THINK: Matheiu didn't want involve himself with toxic crowds that had basic eff bois
named Matthew
Alphonse Bertillon
,- Father of Criminal Identificaion
- Used anthropometry -- body measurements as a means of identification
THINK: Alphonse from FMAB had no body, so he always focused on other people's
bodies
Francis Galton
- Developed the fingerprint method as a means of identification
- Write a book called FINGERPRINTS (first statistical proof of uniqueness of
fingerprints)
THINK: Fracis Galtoner == Fin Ger
Karl Landsteiner
- Aussie that identified the A, B, AB, O blood groups in 1901
- Later, a dude named Leone Lattes devised a simple procedure for determining the
blood group in dried blood stain.
THINK: LAndsteiner and LAttes are BLALALAD BROS
Rudolph Ludwig Karl Virchow
- German pathologist
,- Stanardized a way to perform autopsies
- Cell theory: cells arise from preexisting cells
THINK: Mr. Ludlow and his Swedish Fish vs Ludwig and his cells
Albert Osborn
- Developed the fundamental principles of document examination
- Wrote book: "Questioned Documents"
THINK: Ozzy Osborne being an annoying philosopher, examining and questioning
everything and won't let people relax.
Edmund Locard
- Father of criminalistics
- Built first forensics lab in france 1901
- Locard exchange principle: whenever two objects come into contact with each other,
traces of each are exchanged
THINK: we talk about him too much for me to forget lolol
Eugene Francois Vidocq
, - Father of modern criminal investigation
- Greatest real life detective, despite being a criminal himself
- Introduced record keeping (a card-index system) and science of ballistics
THINK: Eugene is an old man name, yet he tries to stay hip (modern) by "balling" and
playing cards with youngsters
Scientific Method
1. Observe a problem/question evidence
2. Consider a hypothesis or solution
3. Examine, test, n analyze data
4. Determine signifance of evidence
5. Formulate theory based on evaluations of step 4
Complex Reasoning Skills
- Deductive & Inductive reasoning
- Classifying
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
Forensic Science
The study and application of science to matters of law
As well as:
- The business of providing timely, accurate, and thorough information to all levels of
decision makers in our criminal justice system.
Criminalistics
The scientific examination of physical evidence for legal purposes
Criminology
Includes the psychological angle, studying the criteria scene for motive, traits, and
behavior that will help to interpret the evidence.
Mathieu Orfila
- Father of Forensic Toxicology
- Spanish medical professor who developed a test for identifying arsenic in the body
THINK: Matheiu didn't want involve himself with toxic crowds that had basic eff bois
named Matthew
Alphonse Bertillon
,- Father of Criminal Identificaion
- Used anthropometry -- body measurements as a means of identification
THINK: Alphonse from FMAB had no body, so he always focused on other people's
bodies
Francis Galton
- Developed the fingerprint method as a means of identification
- Write a book called FINGERPRINTS (first statistical proof of uniqueness of
fingerprints)
THINK: Fracis Galtoner == Fin Ger
Karl Landsteiner
- Aussie that identified the A, B, AB, O blood groups in 1901
- Later, a dude named Leone Lattes devised a simple procedure for determining the
blood group in dried blood stain.
THINK: LAndsteiner and LAttes are BLALALAD BROS
Rudolph Ludwig Karl Virchow
- German pathologist
,- Stanardized a way to perform autopsies
- Cell theory: cells arise from preexisting cells
THINK: Mr. Ludlow and his Swedish Fish vs Ludwig and his cells
Albert Osborn
- Developed the fundamental principles of document examination
- Wrote book: "Questioned Documents"
THINK: Ozzy Osborne being an annoying philosopher, examining and questioning
everything and won't let people relax.
Edmund Locard
- Father of criminalistics
- Built first forensics lab in france 1901
- Locard exchange principle: whenever two objects come into contact with each other,
traces of each are exchanged
THINK: we talk about him too much for me to forget lolol
Eugene Francois Vidocq
, - Father of modern criminal investigation
- Greatest real life detective, despite being a criminal himself
- Introduced record keeping (a card-index system) and science of ballistics
THINK: Eugene is an old man name, yet he tries to stay hip (modern) by "balling" and
playing cards with youngsters
Scientific Method
1. Observe a problem/question evidence
2. Consider a hypothesis or solution
3. Examine, test, n analyze data
4. Determine signifance of evidence
5. Formulate theory based on evaluations of step 4
Complex Reasoning Skills
- Deductive & Inductive reasoning
- Classifying
