FIS 306 Exam 2 questions with verified
answers to pass
Both the police and scientists share an overlap in their culture being that they both are non-
attorneys and both have to explain their methods in an adversarial system - correct answer
✔✔true
What are the main reasons there are clashes of culture between attorneys and scientists?
Scientists and the law enforcement? - correct answer ✔✔-The friction that occurs in the
courtroom is because of the differences and frustration between these cultures.
-Attorneys and scientists usually do not interact until they get to the courtroom.
Scientists and law enforcement officers usually do not interact until there is a case that gets
submitted to the laboratory.
-Attorney's take law classes, Scientists take science classes
frames that mold our expectations and help us assign order to the stream of experience -
correct answer ✔✔Cognitive schemas
interpretation of events - correct answer ✔✔shared meanings
how things work and how the world is - correct answer ✔✔Perceptions
what the best way is to do things and what the organization wants to happen - correct answer
✔✔Prescriptions and preferences
, how to dress, act and what kinds of things ones should and should not say - correct answer
✔✔behavior codes
what is good, what is bad - correct answer ✔✔basic values
Deciding what method to use to perform an examination on a certain type of evidence based on
the analyst's experience is an example of what type of organizational culture? - correct answer
✔✔preferences and prescriptions
Why is there overlap in culture between the police and the attorneys? - correct answer
✔✔They are both considered non-scientists. They are the ones that the scientists must explain
their results and how they reached that conclusion.
Attorneys have a set of facts in any case and the expert is there to help support those facts that
attorney wants to use, even if the attorneys don't use all the facts. - correct answer ✔✔true
Scientists are concerned with "good" or "bad". For example, if a car crashes they are concerned
with who caused the crash. - correct answer ✔✔false
The trial of ________________ demonstrated that it is not a new phenomenon that dueling
experts create an outrage and spark a national debate about experts ethics. - correct answer
✔✔Elizabeth Wharton
The first official document that the plantiff's attorney files with the court is the _____________,
which begins the discovery period set by the court. - correct answer ✔✔complaint
What is the main purpose of Discovery? - correct answer ✔✔to discover relevant facts and gain
advance access to knowledge about the other sides case. No surprises in court room.
answers to pass
Both the police and scientists share an overlap in their culture being that they both are non-
attorneys and both have to explain their methods in an adversarial system - correct answer
✔✔true
What are the main reasons there are clashes of culture between attorneys and scientists?
Scientists and the law enforcement? - correct answer ✔✔-The friction that occurs in the
courtroom is because of the differences and frustration between these cultures.
-Attorneys and scientists usually do not interact until they get to the courtroom.
Scientists and law enforcement officers usually do not interact until there is a case that gets
submitted to the laboratory.
-Attorney's take law classes, Scientists take science classes
frames that mold our expectations and help us assign order to the stream of experience -
correct answer ✔✔Cognitive schemas
interpretation of events - correct answer ✔✔shared meanings
how things work and how the world is - correct answer ✔✔Perceptions
what the best way is to do things and what the organization wants to happen - correct answer
✔✔Prescriptions and preferences
, how to dress, act and what kinds of things ones should and should not say - correct answer
✔✔behavior codes
what is good, what is bad - correct answer ✔✔basic values
Deciding what method to use to perform an examination on a certain type of evidence based on
the analyst's experience is an example of what type of organizational culture? - correct answer
✔✔preferences and prescriptions
Why is there overlap in culture between the police and the attorneys? - correct answer
✔✔They are both considered non-scientists. They are the ones that the scientists must explain
their results and how they reached that conclusion.
Attorneys have a set of facts in any case and the expert is there to help support those facts that
attorney wants to use, even if the attorneys don't use all the facts. - correct answer ✔✔true
Scientists are concerned with "good" or "bad". For example, if a car crashes they are concerned
with who caused the crash. - correct answer ✔✔false
The trial of ________________ demonstrated that it is not a new phenomenon that dueling
experts create an outrage and spark a national debate about experts ethics. - correct answer
✔✔Elizabeth Wharton
The first official document that the plantiff's attorney files with the court is the _____________,
which begins the discovery period set by the court. - correct answer ✔✔complaint
What is the main purpose of Discovery? - correct answer ✔✔to discover relevant facts and gain
advance access to knowledge about the other sides case. No surprises in court room.
