FIS 201 Exam 1 – WVU: Fundamentals of Forensic Science and
Scene Processing
How does forensic science use the scientific method? - correct answer ✔✔1. Observe
something in the context of the crime
2. Does this "something" tell us about the events of the crime
3. Test the hypothesis, "Yes it does"
4. State what we have discovered and the limits of that work
5. Repeat until satisfied
Alexandre Lacassagne - correct answer ✔✔Professor of forensic medicine at University of Lyon
Solved the case involving the politician found in field and died from strangling
Advocated that society, not hereditary, was responsible for crime
Dr. Joseph Bell - correct answer ✔✔Medical lecturer and surgeon
"observe carefully, deduce shrewdly, and confirm with evidence"
served as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
Hans Gross - correct answer ✔✔introduced the word and concept of Kriminalistik
said physical evidence was the way to solve crimes
founded the first forensics school
17th and 18th century - correct answer ✔✔medicine; how it first started
19th century - correct answer ✔✔medicine, chemistry, law, and photography
, 20th century - correct answer ✔✔microscopy, fingerprints, pathology, chemistry
deals with identification, collection, and preservation of evidence - correct answer ✔✔Crime
scene investigation
the body and damage to it - correct answer ✔✔Pathology
skeletal identification - correct answer ✔✔Anthropology
teeth; bite marks - correct answer ✔✔Odontology
bugs - correct answer ✔✔entymologist
pathology, anthropology, odontology, entymologist - correct answer ✔✔Death investigation
body fluid identification - correct answer ✔✔Serology
identification based on genetics - correct answer ✔✔DNA analysis
identify shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, soil,
documents - correct answer ✔✔Criminalists
drug identification
arson and explosive
ink and paper
trace evidence - correct answer ✔✔Forensic Chemistry
Scene Processing
How does forensic science use the scientific method? - correct answer ✔✔1. Observe
something in the context of the crime
2. Does this "something" tell us about the events of the crime
3. Test the hypothesis, "Yes it does"
4. State what we have discovered and the limits of that work
5. Repeat until satisfied
Alexandre Lacassagne - correct answer ✔✔Professor of forensic medicine at University of Lyon
Solved the case involving the politician found in field and died from strangling
Advocated that society, not hereditary, was responsible for crime
Dr. Joseph Bell - correct answer ✔✔Medical lecturer and surgeon
"observe carefully, deduce shrewdly, and confirm with evidence"
served as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
Hans Gross - correct answer ✔✔introduced the word and concept of Kriminalistik
said physical evidence was the way to solve crimes
founded the first forensics school
17th and 18th century - correct answer ✔✔medicine; how it first started
19th century - correct answer ✔✔medicine, chemistry, law, and photography
, 20th century - correct answer ✔✔microscopy, fingerprints, pathology, chemistry
deals with identification, collection, and preservation of evidence - correct answer ✔✔Crime
scene investigation
the body and damage to it - correct answer ✔✔Pathology
skeletal identification - correct answer ✔✔Anthropology
teeth; bite marks - correct answer ✔✔Odontology
bugs - correct answer ✔✔entymologist
pathology, anthropology, odontology, entymologist - correct answer ✔✔Death investigation
body fluid identification - correct answer ✔✔Serology
identification based on genetics - correct answer ✔✔DNA analysis
identify shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, soil,
documents - correct answer ✔✔Criminalists
drug identification
arson and explosive
ink and paper
trace evidence - correct answer ✔✔Forensic Chemistry
