FIS Exam 1 Review: Core Concepts, Safety Standards, and
Evidence Basics
AAFS - correct answer ✔✔What organization has come up with a Code of Ethics used in most
crime laboratories?
Proficiency tests - correct answer ✔✔What is an example of Quality Assurance?
Written procedures, protocols - correct answer ✔✔What is an example of Quality Control?
Statistics - correct answer ✔✔In Daubert v. Merrill Dow, what do both the plaintiff and the
defendant us to assess if Bendectin contributed to birth defects?
Judge - correct answer ✔✔Who makes decisions on the admissibility of evidence?
Public, criminal or civil cases within the criminal justice system - correct answer ✔✔What is
Forensic science?
Forensic Nursing - correct answer ✔✔Which is NOT a major AAFS branch of forensic science?
Criminalistics, Forensic Nursing, Digital/Computer Forensics, Forensic Toxicology, Jurisprudence
Criminalistics, pathology/biology, odontology, anthropology, general, questioned documents -
correct answer ✔✔Major branches of forensic science
Fingerprints - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following topics will be covered during this
course?
Explosives, DNA, Illicit drugs, Fingerprints, Blood spatter
, forum - correct answer ✔✔"Forensic" is derived from the Latin word
True - correct answer ✔✔True or false: DNA evidence is included in criminalistics.
Education - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following departments within the U.S. government
does not administer a forensic laboratory?
Postal Service, Education, Justice, Treasury, Interior
When testifying in court, they are considered to be expert witnesses - correct answer ✔✔Which
of the following is true of forensic scientists who work in a lab?
Yes - correct answer ✔✔Is DNA evidence included in criminalistics?
False - correct answer ✔✔True or false: A person accused of a crime has access to the services
of a public forensic crime laboratory
Accredits forensic science labs - correct answer ✔✔What does ASCLD do?
University Forensic Laboratory - correct answer ✔✔What type of laboratory would analysis of
specialized evidence, such as entomology, be done?
Chain of Custody - correct answer ✔✔The single most important piece of paper generated at a
crime scene
Hair and fibers, fire and explosives, trace evidence, physical evidence - correct answer
✔✔Criminalistics
Evidence Basics
AAFS - correct answer ✔✔What organization has come up with a Code of Ethics used in most
crime laboratories?
Proficiency tests - correct answer ✔✔What is an example of Quality Assurance?
Written procedures, protocols - correct answer ✔✔What is an example of Quality Control?
Statistics - correct answer ✔✔In Daubert v. Merrill Dow, what do both the plaintiff and the
defendant us to assess if Bendectin contributed to birth defects?
Judge - correct answer ✔✔Who makes decisions on the admissibility of evidence?
Public, criminal or civil cases within the criminal justice system - correct answer ✔✔What is
Forensic science?
Forensic Nursing - correct answer ✔✔Which is NOT a major AAFS branch of forensic science?
Criminalistics, Forensic Nursing, Digital/Computer Forensics, Forensic Toxicology, Jurisprudence
Criminalistics, pathology/biology, odontology, anthropology, general, questioned documents -
correct answer ✔✔Major branches of forensic science
Fingerprints - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following topics will be covered during this
course?
Explosives, DNA, Illicit drugs, Fingerprints, Blood spatter
, forum - correct answer ✔✔"Forensic" is derived from the Latin word
True - correct answer ✔✔True or false: DNA evidence is included in criminalistics.
Education - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following departments within the U.S. government
does not administer a forensic laboratory?
Postal Service, Education, Justice, Treasury, Interior
When testifying in court, they are considered to be expert witnesses - correct answer ✔✔Which
of the following is true of forensic scientists who work in a lab?
Yes - correct answer ✔✔Is DNA evidence included in criminalistics?
False - correct answer ✔✔True or false: A person accused of a crime has access to the services
of a public forensic crime laboratory
Accredits forensic science labs - correct answer ✔✔What does ASCLD do?
University Forensic Laboratory - correct answer ✔✔What type of laboratory would analysis of
specialized evidence, such as entomology, be done?
Chain of Custody - correct answer ✔✔The single most important piece of paper generated at a
crime scene
Hair and fibers, fire and explosives, trace evidence, physical evidence - correct answer
✔✔Criminalistics
